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maybe not, but this one does xD haha maybe wouldn't work so great if you stopped, but great idea long as you keep moving, seems functional enough

hey welcome to NPORA, looks like you'll be right at home here. Where abouts in BC are you from?? I am VERY jealous of your lack of rust >_> As for engine swap options, upgrading to a VG33E block out of the '96-2000 pathy's would be easiest, although I have seen a couple pathy's with chevy 350's (I forget where the links are to them... I JUST SAW THEM YESTERDAY XD). I'm more partial to the chevy blocks myself when it comes to V8 power (cram a 572 in there! ) I do remember seeing some kits to swap in chevy 4.3L V6s on the Automotive Customizers site. My buddy with a '96 Chevy 1500 short box is putting out 500hp with his V6

mine was custom fabbed by a previous owner. all welded steel tube and plate. If you'd like an off-the-shelf after market bumper, there's quite a few ARB bumpers floating around. Precise1 has one on his truck. I'd rather an ARB bumper, you can mount a winch on those ones but can't on mine

though I've never tried their gear oil or lsd additives, Lucas seems to have done a pretty solid job with all their other products. Lucas 75w90 would definitely be a safe bet

hello Wookier, welcome Precise is right, practice practice practice is a great way to learn. If there is anybody around where you are that does any off roading, I'd recommend going out on some trips with them as much as you can too. We will all do what we can to help you out and answer any questions you might have from here

OMNOMNOM redline

wow, GORGEOUS truck welcome.

Aye, they be fine there laddy. Post pictures of the install

hey, THATS ME!! I'm that guy! lol I know this thread is ancient, I thought it was just really cool coming across it SO here's what happen: The water pump started leaking and coolant got all over the t-belt and she snapped. As far as I can tell I've remedied the whole situation

I kinda thought it looked like a 4wd Gremlin... O.o

Royal Purple rocks my socks, good stuff man

haha I'd drive it

^_^ haha well I guess those dealers are good for something after all

nope. its just called "Lucas Oil Stabilizer" that stuff is like... miracle fluid lol can be used throughout the whole power train (except in automatics). 5-20% mixture in motor oil does wonders too. Can also be used in the diffs (no matter the weight). It will say right on the bottle what mixtures to use where, but I personally swear by Lucas products, as they are the only fluid additive that I have ever used that has actually yielded noticeable results it's pretty thick stuff, so be prepared to have some patience putting it in. I found warming it up by letting it sit on the intake manifold while the motor is running for a few minutes helps. I forget the name of it, but it looks like a giant syringe with 2 feet of 3/8" rubber tube coming out... I picked mine up for $30 from Gregg's distributors and it's a life saver when it comes to refilling the drive lines. I'll poke around and see if I can find the real name for it, I've always just referred to it as "the sucky blowy tool"

yea... kinda -_-

well from what I came to understand while doing the manual trans in my '93 Mazda 626, is that GL5 is BAD to use in GL4 specific applications. Something about GL5 corroding the bronze synchronizers. Red Line and Royal Purple both have GL4 75w90, but the local parts stores here carry synthetic Penzoil stuff too. Long as it meets GL4 requirements, you'll be fine. That is kinda strange that no one would carry it though O.o Here we have Part Source, Napa and Canadian Tire for larger parts places. Any quick-lube place should carry the stuff, as well as be able to tell you exactly how much your transmission takes. (I think about 3.5 - 4 quarts, but don't quote me on that) one thing I discovered is that using about a 50/50 mixture of Lucas oil stabilizer, along with the GL4 fluid is a BEAUTIFUL combination. Your trans will shift as smooth as a Honda S2000... which is pretty silky smooth, compared to just straight gear oil

well... actually my truck sounds like a tractor O.o but I discovered that the spark plug on cylinder 5 isn't firing, after checking the cap and rotor and both of those looking good, I'm going to pick up some plugs and wires today haha I'll be fashioning some tools like you did in your video for that job... hope you didn't patent them yet

LOL loved the videos I never could figure out how to use that puller tool... ended up using 2 pry bars and bent my lower cover a little bit... lesson learned: don't use pry bars to get the balancer off xD nothing my trusty hammer couldn't fix though ^_^ and just checking -- is it 41 teeth, or 41 'wells' in between cam markers O.O the little piece of paper that came with my napa belt few weeks ago told me 40 teeth I'm just curious, because I dont really fell like taking the whole deal apart again if I don't have too XD

haha my ex girlfriend's '87 Jetta had the same issue. I just assumed it was a pos and never really looked into it to much O.o

Install was pretty smooth. Drilled 2 holes in the steel plate for mounting, 3" apart. Used my eyeball to drill the first hole, then once I had the light mounted with one screw, I used a sharpee to mark the 2nd. I utilized an original hole already there to feed the wires through (was about 3/16") As for wiring, I just cut off the ground connectors and spliced them entirely into the factory harness I couldn't find the exact ones I used, but they're pretty similar to these The LED's are way brighter than the original incandescent light bulbs that were there before

ALRIGHTY, so after being pulled over the same day I started driving this beast for not having functional signal lights up front, I picked up some nifty LED markers from Part Source for $10 each and mounted them up. A nice little improvement

ok, looks same as mine. must have been swapped in from a '94+ then pardon the dirt xD

I believe round tooth is the newer style 105k interval belts while the square belts are the older 60k -- as far as I've come to understand anyway. I still have my top cover off, I'll take some more pics today and show what I have

argh, I gotta get a hold of Nick -_- I vaguely remember him saying there was only 15k on the motor since it was swapped in can't remember what the year was that it was pulled out of... and I threw the old broken belt away like.. a month ago and wasn't paying attention:(

lol well... it has a gasket now XD I wish I had thought about those zip ties earlier, I'll have to remember for next time! my pathy's a '92 but... a round tooth belt meshed perfectly O.O are the square tooth and round tooth belts interchangeable?? Nick threw in a lightly used round tooth belt when he sold me the pathy, I gave it a try after the new square tooth one I bought kept skipping teeth and making my life miserable while trying to install it >_> OH, and I couldn't really remember where the spring on the tensioner was suppose to sit so... i put it here is all this right? just... so I know before I bolt it all back together tomorrow haha Precise, I'll probably do the same thing before i bolt it all up, but it was getting realllly windy and starting to rain by the time I got the belt on today, but that's the same order I went about getting it on too