The_Magicians_Eye

Got one for free with less than 40k on it. Trying to figure out how much of a pain in the ass it would be to make it work in the Pathy. Do any of you know anyone that has put one of these engines in any type of truck?

Got the CB hooked up and working. Thanks again 918pathy. That was completely awesome of you to give that to me. Tomorrow I take my hitch off, completely remove my rear sway bar finally, change out the bolts in the MM hubs I got from KovemaN (the ones I bought are a little two short for my comfort), and give the truck a once over to insure it's ready to go Saturday morning.

Yes please let's take our sweet ass time. I rushed last time and felt like I missed so much.

I'll have my cameras so as long as we take our time up and allow me time to shoot some action I'll get it done. Last time I was to worried about making it up to even think about shooting.

KovemaN who else is going? You said you has some buddies heading up too. Anyone from the other Nissan sites? What are they driving?

x2 lol

Sounds like fun lol. I could be wrong but I don't think the trail will be too bad. There was snow up by horse thief lake that was melting and had that road pretty muddy the last time I went up. Even if it's muddy we should be fine so long as no one does anything stupid. The obstacles should be interesting to say the least if their wet. I was wondering how much water will be in the rock beds. Just think, I was trying to plan this trip for this past Saturday. We'd have woke up to that mess on Sunday morning if we went then.

Got mine from 918pathy today. Thanks again buddy. Let's hope I can get it hooked up and working before Saturday. I'm going to install the MM hubs tonight. At some point this week I'll be taking back the wrong steering box that I got from the JY and getting another one. If I don't get it installed I'll just make sure I bring plenty of power steering fluid with me just in case lol.

I'll take it. Thank you PM sent

That I can have or borrow or buy? I'm interested!

So I figured I'd try and send a group message to everyone interested in going but I couldn't figure out how to send a message to more than one person on here. Anyway we only have a week before this trip. KovemaN suggested we meet at a staging area around 8am - 9am. Put this into google maps and let me know if this is the staging area you were thinking about. 33.936288,-112.324404 I don't have a CB but I do have a set of two way radios. How about the rest of you? Who for sure will be going? The only way I'm not going is unless something catastrophic takes place between now and then. From the looks of it all the rooms in town are booked. KovemaN and I have rooms but unless you guys are lucky you may have to plan to camp out at one of the sites near town. That's free camping but it's first come first serve. If you've never been on this trail it's pretty rough while driving through the river rocks but all tough obstacles have a bypass. My buddy's stock Cherokee made it without a problem on all season tires.

BTW thanks KovemaN for the hubs. Let me know about the steering and I may be ready to get that Wednesday when I get paid. Would be nice to have before I hit the trail again.

Ok so I just called about renting a cabin. Everything in town is booked that weekend! Any ideas?

If I was you I would start planning on going threw everything listed above if you want your ride to last. Used car owners tend to forget how many years of wear and tear the parts on their cars/trucks have taken. From my experience when things start falling apart on older vehicles it's like an avalanche of things falling apart. Think about it. If a part made of rubber or plastic falls apart there is a great chance all of the other rubber and plastic parts similar to the one that fell apart will be failing soon. Basically if you plan on being a used car/truck owner and don't want to find yourself in the typical, "$hit now I can't get to work" situation because your ride broke down, You'll need to stay on top of replacing everything at some point. I'd start with the parts that could cause a very unsafe situation i.e. brakes, steering, and suspension. Then go strait for the timing belt, cam/crank seals, water pump, belts, and hoses. Next I'd tackle the vacuum lines and hoses. Then lastly I'd go after the fuel filter, trans cooler (bypass the radiator and buy a nice large external cooler), ignition system, and replace or find replacements for all of the ECU connected sensors. You don't need to replace them if they aren't bad but finding an keeping a replacement will prove to be a huge stress saver when one of them does fail on you. If you do all of those things your ride will last you many many years to come so long as your engine and trans are up to the task wear wise. To many people buy used cars for 1000 or 2 and expect them to last forever just because they ran good when they got it. The above might sound like a ton of money but think of it this way. A payment on a new car would get you for an extra $200 - $600/month for a reasonably priced ride. Then tack on the full coverage insurance and any maintenance costs along the way. If you took half that money every month and spent it on your used car you'd have a really nice ride in a very short period of time. The new car will start to look like $hit and start falling apart in that same period of time after spending twice the money on it.

I hear you on this. It's definitely a trade off for sure. I'm as lazy as the next but being able to put the truck in 4 low and not lock the hubs will give me 2 low (with some very bad gas mileage). I can't express how many times I've wanted a lower main gear while on the trail. However I play in the rocks and other things that I shouldn't if I want my truck to last and I've on two occasions heard my driver side hub pop really loud. It didn't break but it scared the hell out of me. I think the popping is coming from the hub not being fully engaged. So basically I'm wanting to sacrifice my lazy tendencies to have 2 wheel low and a little more security. Also I still have that tempting desire to weld up the front diff, not sure if I will but it's tempting.

Let me know koveman I'll for sure grab the mm if the warns are damaged.

lol

Every time I go I look and haven't seen any.

Mile Markers are on sale over at 4Wheel parts for $81 right now. About to order them.

Stock vs Mile Marker hubs. What's stronger? I've seen Warn vs MM but can't seem to find any info on whether these are stronger than the stock auto hubs. We all know they are much cheaper than the other new options out there but I don't want to waste my money on something that may be weaker than the stock auto hubs.

Keep in mind that the truck on the bottom has long travel suspension. Any trucks with stock length arms will look more like the first pic.

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I want the fenders. I'll pay the $35 per fender plus shipping. I'll have the money on Wednesday if you want to grab them for me.

Here is one sitting on a toyota frame that has been modified in the rear to look more like an SUV (for rear seat head room).