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I was just commenting on oil on a post last night. Here is what I said: I have a STRONG opposition to amsoil. I haven't had a single vehicle that hasn't overheated on that sludge. I took my wife's LS460 (toyota, i know, i know) in to have the oil changed (i refuse to work on it), and after 3,000 miles that amsoil garbage had her cam pistons and crank shaft all out of alignment, and her overhead coils had about 60% wear on them. The car ran about 14% hotter than it does with Royal Purple. I ran amsoil back in my Pathfinder back in 2002, and after one oil change with amsoil I pretty much had to rebuild the lower block. On another note: Royal Purple was founded in Humble, TX about two hours from where I live now. That's a Texas oil, boy, none other like it in the world. Royal Purple all the way!

I have a STRONG opposition to amsoil. I haven't had a single vehicle that hasn't overheated on that sludge. I took my wife's LS460 (toyota, i know, i know) in to have the oil changed (i refuse to work on it), and after 3,000 miles that amsoil garbage had her cam pistons and crank shaft all out of alignment, and her overhead coils had about 60% wear on them. The car ran about 14% hotter than it does with Royal Purple. I ran amsoil back in my Pathfinder back in 2002, and after one oil change with amsoil I pretty much had to rebuild the lower block. On another note: Royal Purple was founded in Humble, TX about two hours from where I live now. That's a Texas oil, boy, none other like it in the world. Royal Purple all the way! Also, were you wandering, or wondering?

Tell you what, a set like that is worth cuttin a little plastic for...

Nitro- I've been welding since you were pissin yellow. But honestly, I don't trust anyones welds but my own. I worked in a shop for a few summers after high school and I've seen some of the "craftsmanship" these companies are selling out there. It's bad enough to make you sick. And that's exactly what I was when my bumper threw my winch. It's just plain dangerous when it comes down to it. I had my step daughter in pathfinder with me sitting in deep mud and starting to sink. I had to roll the window down and let her climb on top of the roof to jump to safety. When it was all said and done I had about 8 inches of water on my floor boards and had to pull the pathfinder out with two dozers. My son took pictures of all of this stuff. When he comes home for thanksgiving in a few weeks I'll have him post. He also keeps the pathfinder at his house, so i'll have him take some pictures of my welds to show y'all.

She'll run just fine. I'm sure of it. Ran the same set back in '97 for about six months before hydroplaned and hit a curb going about 55mph. Did all kinds of damage. Real shame too...

I don't trust those pre-made after market bumpers one bit. I haven't bought one yet that hasn't busted on me or thrown a winch. I've bought three over the years until I started makin em myself. Doesn't matter who's makin em or who's sellin em- they're all garbage. My KMA bumper worked fine up until I took it through some knee high grass and hit about a 4 inch thick oak sapling. Damn thing crumpled that bumper like a tin can. About a 6 inch weld busted right open. I thought it must have been that bumper so I got a replacement and the same thing happened to me two weeks after that. So I said I'll never buy another bumper from them. So then I got a ARB bumper. Ran over a submerged log in about 13 inches of water and got stuck. Wrapped my winch around a tree and slowly stared to pull out. After about 30 seconds the bumper threw the winch. Just pulled it right off. Since then I won't look twice at a pre-made bumper. I weld all my own bumpers and haven't had a problem since. Plus I can add a few goodies like front steps and 3/4 U-rings. :-) Happy trails, Tom

Hey man, Pretty much the exact same thing happened to me back in '02. I was on a vacation with my son and girlfriend at the time fishing down at Matagorda. We were drivin on the beach and I assume some sand got up in my electrical wiring or something. Maybe it was the salt water. Whatever it was did a number on my door locks. If I manually locked the door lock, it would start running opposite the electric locks. (if I tried to unlock it with the electric locks it would lock the door instead). Luckily there was a pretty simple fix (little japanese fella at the nissan dealership was pretty familiar with the problem). All you got to do is pop off the driver side door panel and disconnect the wiring to the window controls. Then you need to remove rest of the panels that have electric locks on them, to expose the wiring. All you have to do then is just replace the bg1-7 relay circuit. Make sure to use the one with the green wire cover. They are only about $0.40 at walmart. Then all you gotta do is reconnect the main wiring from the driver side door. Fixed my problem right up. Hope it works for you! Best regards, Tom

Greetings Gentlemen, My name is Tom Barton, a Pathfinder enthusiest from the great state of Texas. I own and live on land near Centerville, Texas, and have owned mechanic shops in my younger days. My son Tommy was kind enough to introduce his old man up to this forum. I can't work a computer to save my life, so I'll rely on him to do the posting of pictures from some of our outings. I've worked on cars since I was pissin yellow and have been muddin with my dad all my life. I love the Pathfinder, best car I ever owned. I bought my boy a 2002 F-150 4x4 and put a 3" body lift and some all terrains on it for him for his 20th birthday. He won't admit it, but the Pathfinder can out mud and out climb that F-150 any day of the week. (Except on Sunday, the sabbath, when we don't offroad) I'm excited to hopefully offer you gentlemen some of my expertise from workin on my own Pathfinder, and maybe even learn sometihng new myself. I changed the first tank of oil on my Pathfinder, and I plan to change the last, too. Nice to meet y'all. God Bless, Tom