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Hmm, Good call on the driveshaft dust cover, that would make sense, I am going to go check that right now. Brakes are gooped, and the indicators have lots of space. Thanks for the replies.

Hey there, So today I was just reminded of a problem that I have had with my pathfinder since I bought it 4 years ago. After about 30 min or more of highway driving, when I slow down to come to a light, <40kmh, I get this brutal squealing from somewhere in the front end. Sounds similar to train brakes at first then slows to almost a rubber on metal squeal stopping around 15kmh. Stops when I stop, starts when I start rolling again. Stays in sink with the speed of the drive train, ruling out the belts(which have all been replaced). Must be something heating up because its only after the highway driving and never does it just around town. Braking does not affect the sound, other than to slow it as the truck slows. 4wd changes nothing, hubs locked or unlocked changes nothing. Stops after 5 min of slower driving. In the search to fix it I have replaced: Front bearings and seals, Changed hubs to Warn manual locking ones Brakes, pads and calipers installed grease nipples on drive shaft U joints and greased them. Tires are new, stock and clear everything just fine. Checked the caliper dust covers and they have clearance all around the disks I kind of gave up looking 3 years ago(and 80 000 km) , I figured after replacing all the important parts whatever is squealing might as well just brake and save me the troubleshooting. Its hard to pinpoint due to the speed you have to be driving. Plus I hate driving for half an hour to get a few minutes of possible troubleshooting. But alas, no luck as of yet, and hopefully not in a while as I have a few road trips coming up soon. knock on wood Does anyone have any ideas? Cheers guys

Thanks Harv! Picked up the engine complete with wiring harness, computer, tranny, pretty much all attached components. I now have it stripped apart, (will post some photos as soon as I upload them. I think I am going to need a different transmission or at least shift linkage... not exactly sure how or if this transmission can bolt to the transfer case of the pathfinder, I am going to have to check some part numbers again but no big deal. The head was in remarkably good shape for having 400k on it, I think it may have been replaced at some point. Still need to check the valves but by the looks of things I will just reuse it as is if I keep things stock. I was surprised to see that the engine is actually a fair bit longer than the VG30 in my truck. It makes sense but I just hadn't thought about it. will still fit no problem but I might go to an electric fan to save some space. Does anyone know if I would be able to use the steering pump off the KA24 to power the pathfinders steering? The 240sx it came from had rack and pinion steering? Not sure if there are any differences there of if they are interchangeable. Just a thought. More updates soon, and I guess I should probably put this project somewhere under its own post? I am really new to the whole forum thing. Well, other than a lot of reading and searching through. thanks guys.

Hello everyone, First timer here with a question about the KA24 swap... I have had this idea in my head for the last 3 years ever since my D21 got written off in an accident and I bought a pathy. I like the pathy with 2 exceptions, the vg30 engine and the auto tranny. I loved that little ka24E in the D21 pickup. So if I were to do the swap... from what I understand, I could swap the engine and tranny from one and it should bolt right up to the transfer case in the pathfinder. The idea is to buy one, rebuild the engine the tranny in the garage (maybe with a few modifications) and then hopefully have a reasonably easy swap. I understand the computers going to have to come with the engine, and that the clutch and shifter are going to take some work to install. I mainly want it for the fuel economy, space in the engine compartment and to make it easier to work on. Anyone done it yet? Big advantages to the KA24DE over the E? (I really like the single overhead cam simplicity) I am thinking the exhaust might be a little tricky. I figure the power won't be to big an issue as the toyota 4runners came with the 2.4L 4 Cyl engines that were 2 valves per cyl. Not that they were powerful... but they do work. Any info would be great, was going to look for an E, however craigslist has a DE with tranny right now for $150(400k) Cheers