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90-93 should be the same wiring but 94/95 had a "supplement" diagram package for the changes.

I have a working wiper out of my 1994, I could ship it to you.

Check the wiring from the truck body to the tailgate if you haven't. It is kind of common where the door opens and closes for the wires to break and possibly short. Or your wiper motor itself could have a short. I forget what else is on that circuit at the moment but you'll have to check all of them. Does the fuse blow even if you don't try to use the wiper or mirrors?

That doesn't sound good... Is there any oil in it? It sounds a little deeper tone than a lifter would make. It sounds like it has no oil pressure.

Always nice to have a win. It must be running pretty well now then.

fskc, that's awesome, Found one for 1994 terrano, it's gotta be the same. I was looking at aftermarket ones actually. It's 350CAD for oem, that might be worth it.

That's great info! Thanks for posting. I haven't done e-fans yet but have had a set laying around forever. But the clutch fan just keeps going. Xterra comp works great but haven't dealt with the pathy because I am replacing the radiator support. Which guess what, not available AT ALL in Canada, and the eBay store I ordered it from will no longer ship to Canada.

When you had the rear tailshaft off, did the pinion bearing feel okay in the rear differential? Was the tailshaft "phased" correctly?

That's great! Makes sense there was stuff to burn off, when I did the intake gaskets on my Xterra, it smoked for a good 10-20 minutes as I drove it around. People were flagging me down it was funny lol. Eventually it tapered off and was fine.

That could absolutely affect it. Those manifolds aren't featherlite lol.

Ah cripes, if you haven't put it back together yet, note that the RMS retainer comes off and you can change that sump gasket at the same time.

You're so close! I can feel it. At least you'll be prepared for any car repairs in the future.

That's pretty much our only option for a lot of the hoses now, like the pcv ones. Either run a massive loop of hose or use those spring host bender things the parts stores sell. hose bender springs | McMaster-Carr

Could be bad intake manifold gasket?

How are those Trakmotive axles holding up? I'm still on the fence, heh. Nice work on cleaning up the rusty brackets. I swear the early 2000s trucks they must have used the crappiest metal for that stuff. The ones on my 1995 WD21 still have most of their black paint whilst my Xterra looks like a leper under the hood.

Those ebay injectors have caused a lot of problems for a few people. But since it got better after fiddling with the MAF, that would be suspect to me as well, especially the rpm dependant issue. You don't have a spare MAF laying around that you could try, do you?

VG33E was used in the R50 until 2000 here in NA as well. I have one in my Xterra and it is very similar to the 3.0 in the WD21 terrano/pathfinder. Now for the bad news, you need to unbolt the transmission and pull it back to replace the rear main seal. There really is no other way. It is set in a retainer on the back of the engine. I'll find a pic. The good news is since it is not an wd21 or an Xterra, you don't have to fight with the torsion bars in the way. Should be fairly simple to remove or at least pull back the transmission. This is what it looks like:

Have you verified the timing is accurate as well, check the mass airflow sensor, common issue to have the wiring at the connector be flaky.

I don't think they're compatible.

I've got a few of those "Big Shiny Tunes" ones in the 6 disc changer, as well as a Fleet foxes album, plus Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage.

The sensor for the abs on these is on the pinion. Sure you didn't bump the wiring there whilst removing the driveshaft?

Sweet. Always nerve wracking firing that up after doing this job lol.

I know for me at least, it was just lack of knowledge back then, didn't know you could just put different temp thermostats in.

I remember in college with my old 95, when it got even colder in the winters, it was either see out the window, or have warm feet lol, couldn't have both.

I would make sure the transmission is serviced (fluid/filter) and an external cooler is added before doing any towing of that size.