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Or in other words, every car gets to that point in life where you either sell it, junk it, or sink way too much money in it to fix it up. I'm about to embark on the "sink money" option; I really, really like my Pathy.
It's got 190.220km on it as of this morning, and the previous owners weren't too hot on maintenance. As you can see from my various posts, I've not been spared my share of problems, so I decided to bite the bullet and get it all done and over with, and basically catch up on *all* the maintenance.
Currently on order from the nearest Nissan parts guy:
- new front discs and pads
- new rear drums and shoes
- new clutch pack (discs, bearings,the works)
- new carburator
- new front fender flares
- a new instrument cluster due to the old one's wires being so badly mauled it's impossible to fix properly
- 4 new shocks
- pretty much every bushing and joint in the front suspension
I've already made a deal with my local garage to park it there, and I can do the work myself or have them do it - so probably a little 50/50 since the mechanics there still think it's hilarious that a foreigner (I live in Indonsia) actually gets his hands dirty by working on his own car; and it's fun to hang around with them and get me some learning!
Already told my wife that I'd rather keep the pathy than to switch to another car, in the 4 years I've owned it it's had it's fair share of weird problems, but it's never once actually let me down or gotten me stranded. It's reliable, sturdy, comfortable to drive (well... except my right foot, it gets hot...) and hey, I *heart* it. My 3 year old son also loves it, last time we drove another car he was incredibly cranky and didn't like it one bit. I think he's already got ideas about him "taking it over" when he turns 18...
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My 2002 Pathy now has 190.220 kilometers on it.
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... when flooding in town makes you go all tingly in the pants because you can finally prove to she who must be obeyed that it is in fact a useful car even though it's eating money in maintenance and fuel.
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The fender flare was pushed into the tire and rubbed on left turns, so I decided to tear into it. Looks like there's no mechanical damage, so that's good. The lower valance and the bumper weren't too bad, but the driver's side bumper bracket is bent in new and exciting ways. When I get the bracket straight and flatten the fender out a bit, it should look good enough to leave until spring.
Any pointers on how to remove a bumper bracket? I can probably just straighten it from the outside but I would like to make sure it isn't cracked or something where I can't see it.
Does it run any better cleaned out? (I'd recommend motor or gear oil over WD40, it evaporates pretty quickly.)
(Crimp connectors and lots of electrical tape?)
It runs much better now, but I used up pretty much the whole can and gave the thing a blasting inside and out, then a repeat to clean it up. Also readjusted the idle (again). Sounds better, uses less gas right now, and on the whole there's been improvement. New carbs are expensive so going to have to make this one last...
I wish crimp connectors, we're talking twisted together wires, and plain old duct tape. Oh, and some dodgy connections straight to the battery for power, and the control box for the whole thing is wired into the fusebox tapping into a couple of things where a fuse failing will cause the thing to either sound the alarm, or refuse to disarm... fun times.
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well considering all that rides on me be mobile. that would be something very good for me to know. I'm not exactly tool shy. how do I do it in case I get stuck
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I think hardbody already answered it but I'll throw my 2 cents in, I was assuming you have a manual, if it's an automatic this won't work but...
If you find yourself stuck without starter, either you whack it like you did before, if that doesn't work then:
1) Find someone (or multiple someones) that can push the car
2) Hop in, gear in first, ignition on, clutch depressed
3) Get people to start pushing
4) When you're moving at a decent clip, just let the clutch pop up (don't gently lift off, just.. wham! foot off)
5) ???
6) Profit!
At step #4 the car should start, if it doesn't get people to push harder
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Black like the bowels of hell...
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The pothole bit might make sense... if you're going slow enough and the potholes have a bit of roughness around them, driving by braille might work out alright.
Now you've got me wondering, though... maybe if you took a fish finder, adjusted the range a bit, and screwed it to your front bumper...
Bit late to reply but been a tad busy; the pothole thing is a case of just feeling the car; when I drive across "rough" ground I don't really hold the steering wheel much, as in I don't have a death grip on it. I let it move quite freely, until it's time to not have it move freely. The second you start dipping into a pothole, ditch, or other stuff you don't want to smash through, you can feel the car tip and pull into it, and that's when you move out of it. Can't do it if you're going too fast obviously.
Thankfully I don't need a fish finder... there's usually a bunch of kids mucking about in the water (well, what passes for water anyway), and they're more than happy to walk you through for some small change. And if there's no kids, then there's always a few enterprising fellows who provide said service for somewhat more small change. It's crazy, I can fill a book on Indonesian traffic oddities...
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On a side note, you'll never really be stranded, there's ways to start a car without starter
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Finally got some time to go at my wonky carb with a can of carb cleaner, sprayed that sucker good, waited a while, sprayed it again and was mighty impressed at the stupid amount of black gunk coming off it. It actually has shiny parts on it! I never knew... then spent some time with a can WD40 oiling up the linkage, tightened my throttle cable up some, got a new air filter in, and finally figured out how the after-market alarm and central locking unit is hooked up to the electronics system... you really don't want to know
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Also. welcome
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If you can hear the starter run but it doesn't turn over, sounds like the starter isn't engaging the flywheel (or wherever the starter engages on in a pathy, never bothered to look >.>) - not sure how complicated of a fix that is but IIRC a friend of mine once solved it with a BFH and a few whacks... but that was a temporary thing.
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That indeed looks sweet, because i've also been considering getting something like that!
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No choice but to go slow anyway, I tend to drive slow enough that I can feel it in the steering wheel if I'm about to hit a pothole so I can steer out of it; not sure if that feeling bit makes sense but... yeah.
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That is a quick easy thing to do, Given the weather and rain you get there regularly doing so would be very useful! It will at least take one think off your mind to not worry about.
It does look like a case of a fair bit of rubber hose and some lockers, just trying to figure out where to route it so it doesn't pinch anywhere and can move with suspension travel and all that, think I got it figured out but will have to wait until tomorrow to work on it, I was crazy enough to get under it at 10pm with my flashlight but it's started pissing rain again so called it a day.
Doesn't the transmission have a breather tube as well? Because I might as well just go for the full monty if I'm crawling around under there anyway.
Aside: the great thing about Pathfinders? They're pretty easy to get under even for a lardass like myself without having to jack anything up at all
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Looks like it has all been covered here!
Good job Perlninja on being cautious when you are not sure! Props for actually reading your owner's manual!!
Anyone who has gone out in stuff like that can tell you that it can be deeper than it looks and you cant see drop offs well if you do not walk it first.
Anything higher than the wheel hubs and you risk getting water into the breather hose(s) for the differential(s) especailly if you wade slow or stop. Running though a spot of water fast you are probably ok!
Anything higher than the top of the tires or exhaust pipe and you are getting dangerously close to trouble!
Going that high you need to have good door and rear hatch seals too our it will get wet inside!
Thanks, but admittedly... I do have a habit of not reading it and just doing things; usually if I'm by myself in the car I'll take a chance because worst case scenario it's just giving me some grief, but any time I need to transport she who must be obeyed and our little mini-boss (and he sure is a bossy 3 year old) I don't like taking chances. It's only water but getting stuck with no way out except to wade/swim is not really an option.
Regarding dropoffs and such, a lot of people get caught out by it, they may be flooded streets but given the um... rather... atrocious quality of construction, they tend to generate potholes due to heavily loaded trucks literally ripping the crap out of everything; when I was out for example we were directed by some kids to move over into a busway lane (also flooded), a truck that followed us didn't and nearly tipped over when it went through what appeared to be a pothole at least a foot deep. A car that followed the truck (because obviously waiting wasn't in their plans) went through it and ended up not only sucking copious amounts of water, but also wrecked it's front suspension. Didn't wait around for the followup but yeah... it's a pain.
The breather hose is still where it's at, not extended, and I've had the diff submerged while stopped, maybe it's clogged or otherwise gummed because there's no water in the oil. Will have to check that out, maybe extend it up some.
It will get wet inside, the door seals are pretty much shot in the rear, the climate here has rather detrimental effects on anything rubber, but then again the climate here also tends to dry out anything that got wet in a hurry. She who must be obeyed has already gotten used to the fact that our car (albeit being a 2 wheel drive) is more rugged than anything she's owned before, and can take a generous helping of punishment, so she's alright with it.
For everyone, thanks for all the advice and such, appreciate it
I'm considering doing some work on getting a bit more of a safety margin on wading depth, and I'll see if I can get that picturized and posted up some time -
About the leak that you think is coming from the firewall made me think that it might actually be coming from the floor just up behind the gas pedal.
Since you mentioned its the same body style as the WD21 this model is notorious for rotting in that area...heat from the exhaust pipes that run close to that spot tends to accelerate corrosion.
Please post some pics of your truck
It's RHD
It's the places where the cables for the gas pedal and some of the brake and clutch assembly go through the firewall, bunch of grommets missing there (at least, it seems they should have them). Used a tip I saw on the forum here somewhere a while ago and cut some from a hose. Floods receded so no way to test it out easily but... Pics:
The ride:
Front grille that everyone seems to dig:
Factory standard dash that looks pretty sweet:
The power plant:
This shows nicely where my air intake is at:
The throne:
And my center bits:
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Check your fluids afterwords (including diffs) for signs of water and change accordingly after the trip as well.
diff, singular
Checked that earlier today after thinking about what all had been submerged, nothing but the proper fluids in there. Only thing that I noticed is that I'm getting some water coming up through the firewall, a bunch of stuff that's supposed to have rubber grommets in them no longer have them, so will get that sorted eventually
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I've been in water up over the tires several times, and on rare occasion have done the submarine thing. No snorkel but I have incredible luck!
Sounds like it
Not a WD expert by any means, but most factory manuals don't suggest going into water over the hubs. (IE the center of your wheels) In my R50 I've been past this level and about 3/4 up the tire without difficulty, but again, it's more of a guessing game the closer you get to your intake. The hubs are usually the safest bet.
My intake is sitting pretty much at the level of the hood lip on the front left of the car, at least, that's where the rubber hose going from the air filter ends up.
No snorkel. Stay below the top of the wheel well. Be safe and stick to top of the tire and move at a slow pace, to keep the bow wave moving.
Yeah I settled on the tops of the wheels being the cutoff, the problem with moving is that... well, most people in Indonesia can't be accused of knowing how to drive at the best of times, and at times like these they tend to turn into single-celled organisms. Harsh but true...
Anyway, I had to leave yesterday before I read this so that's why I figured top of the wheels, I was by myself (she who must be obeyed and the munchkin decided to stay home while I ran my errands), and figured fskc it, if I get stuck or otherwise end up sucking up water, I'll deal with it then and there. No shortage of big rigs that are more than willing to give you a tow.
It worked out
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Mainly don't suck air into the air box, and don't let the floorboards flood as the ECU sits under the passenger seat.
Not in mine, that's another thing that came to mind because my Pathy is apparently a bit of a frankensteinian affair - it's a 2002, built on the WD21 platform, Z24 carburated engine, with most of the electronic doohickeys wedged behind the dashboard. The only thing that is under the seat (drivers seat) is pressure sensor for the central locking, it'll lock the doors if you're seated and start the engine.
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Silly question maybe, but the wading depth as mentioned in the owners manual (mine mentions it, at any rate), would that be the conservative value or the absolute maximum? Asking because for those not in the know, Jakarta (where I live) has been having serious flooding ranging from 30cm up to 2 meters of water, and in the past few days I've had to make a few detours around flooded roads where I wasn't entirely sure I could get through it because the depth (as judged by some guy standing in the middle of it... strange dude that..) seemed to be higher than the wading depth from the manual.
I'd rather not do the "try and see" approach
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Since I don't go wheeling I don't carry a lot of spares with me, but in various spots in the car you will find:
- 2 gallons of drinkable water (for me!
) - 2 gallons of non-drinkable water (engine, etc.)
- full first aid kit
- 2 small fire extinguishers
- tow rope
- 2 tie down straps
- 2 belts (pant belts, yep.. really..)
- magic toolbox (it tends to have just the things in it that i always need at the time i need them)
And a telescoping bit of leather covered iron I can't have with me in most civilized countries >.>
- 2 gallons of drinkable water (for me!
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In Indonesia we only get Terrano's, in a few variants:
Terrano Spirit S1: the base 4 cyl (Z24) model, doesn't have much in the way of options installed
Terrano Spirit S2: the kitted out 4 cyl model, has AC, power locks, power windows, etc.
The Spirits are all RWD.
Terrano Kingsroad: 4 cyl 4WD base model
Terrano Granroad: 4 cyl 4WD kitted out model
The 4WD ones I'm not entirely sure on, there's no reference material around anymore
They're all WD21 based, though, and most of the ones you see driving around are from the 1998-2004 year range since they kept on producing them here for a while, it seems a lot of them were meant for Japanese export but never got exported and were instead sold locally.
Practically there's no real difference between a Pathfinder and a Terrano beyond the thing that the later model (2000-up) Terrano's still use the late 90's body style.
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Like everyone has said already, fuel filter. I've had it happen a few times where I've gotten pretty close to running on empty, and it seems that that's the perfect time for it to start sucking up the crud floating in the tank, it tends to gum up the filter after a while, and then it'll just merrily starve the engine of fuel. Luckily (not sure how this applies to other model pathfinders) my fuel filter is located in the engine bay, so popping it off and giving it a good blast of compressed air tends to un-clog the works.
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Even a rebuild kit will draw the attention of the customs hounds (and we're not talking canines here), and thus will be levied with the usual courtesy tax. Unfortunately being a foreigner, I then get to pay the additional white man tax on top of that, so the total cost (and the time spent having to wrestle my stuff out of their hands) makes it a rather inconvenient exercise
I do have a line on 2 wrecked pathies, they got rear-ended and are currently sitting at the toll road operators' wrecking yard not too far from my place, gonna go there tomorrow and see if I can scavenge anything useful off it, probably going to cost me a couple packs of cigarettes and a few cups of coffee so that ain't too bad.
We can make it better, we have the technology...
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Yes it has - I'm in the enviable (?) position of owning a ... not entirely one-of-a-kind; Indonesia happens to be one of those countries where Pathfinders were made for a lot longer than anywhere else, and they come in a variety of odd flavors. Mine was built in 2002, has the 90's body style, but the updated front fender. Comes with a Z24 engine - not a Z24i, but a Z24. With a carb
Actually my exhaust runs under the left side of the car, I sit on the right since it's RHD - the heat is more a case of it coming off the engine; for some reason the airflow through the engine bay deflects all the hot air off the firewall, and it gets hot at some point. Not really super hot but hot enough to get noticeable after a while. On top of that I've got a tendency to lead-foot it, so that doesn't help >.>
My entire exhaust system has been replaced already, new headers (well... somewhat headerish), new pipe that runs a bit further to the side of the vehicle, no catalytic converter (yay...
), and a flow-through muffler. There is one section of pipe that's going bad though, might finagle a welding torch from somewhere and slap a patch on it for the time being.
WIth all this maintenance coming up I'm having very, very sneaky visions of spooning a bigger engine in... I mustn't mention it around SWMBO though, she tends to frown on massive spending for car related fun parts >.>