Kieran

Its now (by now I mean last time I drove it a few months ago) slipping once I get to about 90km/h (in 2wd of course) so maybe that O/D has gone or is going?? It was in 4Lo, so i thought, before getting stuck which is what really confused me. If i had it in 2wd and got stuck I would have deserved to dig the damn thing out, it was in a place I had visited many times before without having a problem Other then putting into 4LO, is there any way to test the hubs? Also have been looking at getting manual hubs, but have heard mixed things about both, can someone give me pros/cons for both? I have plenty of tools etc at home and have replaced a few gearboxes on my older manuals, but never a 4WD. Just unsure about doing it myself, as is the person I turn to when things are out of my depth. Was told that to remove the gearbox the front suspension needed to be removed? is that right? The service manual says only the torsion bars need to be moved out of the way. I might just take it to a shop and see what they say. As for the sports/touring, had a look and shocks have been replaced so doesn't do anything. I think maybe I should have stuck with road cars , but they just aren't as fun.

I have been having multiple problems with my 91 D21 Terrano/Pathfinder. Managed to narrow it down to a MAF clean and TPS replacement. This fixed the problems I had with power cutting and stalling. I thought all was good until I took it off road for the first time since fixing it. Drove the 30kms out to where I was going fine and then managed to get myself stuck in hard sand, normally not an issue but it turns out the transfer case was not selecting 4HI or 4LO, although the dash lights were suggesting otherwise. As A/T's are out of my depth I took it to a place to get diagnosed. The reckoned that the AT was on its way out and this was affecting the transfer case. Purchased a new AT and transfer case and thats to going to university in another city it has been parked in a garage all year. So this brings me to my problem. Nobody I knows has enough skill/experience to replace the AT due to it being much more difficult then just dropping it out and swapping it over. Does anyone here have any idea how much it generally costs to get the AT replaced by a mechanic? or any instructions on how to make it easier to swap out myself? On an unrelated thing, anyone know what the Sports/Touring switch does? Its from japanese model but I cant seem to find any information (in English) that helps. Thanks, KEZ

As for discribing the problem better: an example is driving at 50kms/hr it runs about 1800 revs. When it decides to have this problem the revs will drop to under 1000, then pick up to 2000, and do this untill i either stop and it stalls or I put my foot down and it comes right for a while. The same problem will happen when accelerating to overtake and happens at all speeds and cant pin it down to any particular time or situation. I have only had problems on the road and none off-road or at very low speeds ie below 30km/hr.

Its an Auto, has done 180,000kms. has been serviced regularly and auto was rebuilt 15,000kms ago. I checked the fault codes and ran the diagnostics and all was fine except the throttle position sensor which was working but sometimes would lag when deprssing or releasing the accelerator pedal. Whould this cause it? talked to a mechanic who said it was possible but wouldnt know untill I replaced it with a new one, but he is unfamiliar with the engine so wasnt 100% on his advice. any other ideas? I checked the coolant and 02 sensor and all was fine there.

oh here is my problem. Im all out of ideas to what could cause it. I have a 1991 Terrano/Pathfinder V-30RM 3L V6 auto and the power fluctuates/drops out while cruising or acceletrating. It doesnt happen at any particular speed or rev count and doesnt matter if I have just started it or has been running for a while. I have cleaned injectors, changed fuel filter, and chcked the distributor and plugs. On previous advice removed MAF and problem still occured so probably not that. what else could it be?