adamzan

Unplug the o2 and see if it runs better. If it does, then you know.

What size tires are those? If they are bigger than 31" that is why it gears down so much on the highway.

If you put it in power mode and leave it in "2", I find it will pick the right gear for the situation itself...With headers on mine, compared to my stock exhaust old pathy, I can hold speed in OD easier than before on the same hills. What kind of off roading are you doing? Why not just use 4-low?

I know a guy here that had a 95 manual that he swapped the 4.6 gears from an auto into. With the stock 235 tires, it screamed well over 3k at 100kmh...

MAYBE if you have an auto, and your torque converter won't lock...But then if that's the case you have other issues.

Why do people on here think changing the oil will affect the rpms it runs at, at speed? The gearing is the only thing that affects this...

Great to see someone has installed one of these on a pathy. There are a couple other ones around like the yellow box and speedo healer. I am going to install one because I swapped in an xterra trans and couldn't get the speed sensor out of my old tranny lol. Plus I run 33s making it useless anyway. Thanks for the write up!

Sounds low to me. Mine runs around 2100 at 62mph and that is with 33s. Sure your tach is working right?

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This ^^^^ If you take off the wheel and give th rotor a good look over, you will actually see where it is too, usually in the shape of the brake pad...I just sanded it off on my friend's mazda 3 and he said it feels pretty smooth again.

To me it sounds like you moved the timing too far back...Are you sure you're reading the marks on the pulley correctly?

I am in the group on there, some of the people I recognize fro m here, others are just morons posting pictures of their hacked up junk and asking stupid questions.

Are the front calipers on the right way? Way back when I first changed a set i mixed up the left and right and they wouldn't bleed....derp. Make sure the bleed screws are at the top!

Mine doesnt make noise must be lucky...

The fuel gauges in these tend to read low, both of mine have. It doesn't really bother me, since I know I can go real far on the light, but anyways...Check your o2 sensors, while they may not set an engine light they could still be getting lazy especially after 10+ years. Also a set of manual hubs in the front will stop the drag of the front driveline that is not needed in 2wd.

That how to will work. If you read it says: For VG30E with slotted switch: Turn the 'diagnostic mode selector' screw on the ECU fully clockwise. The check engine light will go out. Wait 5 seconds, then turn the screw fully counter clockwise.

In the how to section in the garage area, there is a thread on how to read your ecu codes. I would start there. If the engine light is on then it definitely has a code stored.

I have no idea how hard it is to just do the trans. I imagine any shop with half a brain could figure it out. I might do a half assed write up about my experience. The one in your link should work. Not sure if the frontier ones are hd but I imagine they are.

Aww I was hoping to hear some Frenchman say le pathfinder run good bien oui tabernac. Happy it runs well though

Oem for the 94-95 years was Bosch. That's what I've pulled out of both my wd21s. The ngk ones work great and they are cheaper too lol.

Mine is a 94 with 274,000km and I get 17 mpg on 33s...Though I do granny it most places I like to fly down the freeway at 70mph

Pull the distributor cap and check for brown dust or any looseness in the shaft. Could be a failing distributor.

The rear o2 sensors only tell if the cats are working. Swap out the front ones.

Whoa, you don't have to do that much! You can just drop the pan by itself, use a 1/4 inch drive ratchet for the bolts by the trans mount. As for the exhaust, I unbolted it from the passenger side manifold and pulled it down. Or you can remove some tube once you unbolt the pan.

My old pathy used to do that. Reverse, when it worked, never slipped ever. But there were many a time where I would go to back into a parking space and throw it in reverse, and have the tires chirp as it slammed in. When reverse doesn't work, try just leaving it in R and see if it engages eventually. Sounds like you have something sticking. I used seafoam trans tune and it made mine a lot better. Downside is you'll have to drain all that fluid again.