PerlNinja

Thought about it, but to get a pathy that I can strip for parts would run me about $9000 for the pathy alone, then there's the slight annoyance that I must get an export license even to just ship parts out of the country. Just the customs way of getting paid a little extra on the side, so in the end it'd mean that I'd spend a day stripping a part off, ship it, and make $5 off the deal. No time for that

Well I asked her about it too, for the job the options were limited to either Florida or California, I've lived in Miami for a year and near Los Angeles for a year and a half, so for me that's a matter of "don't care either way". So she settled on Florida, given that it sees there's a somewhat larger Indonesian community around there than other states. Snow country is something I personally would do in a heartbeat (I'm Dutch so sub-zero temperatures and such don't bother me any), but I was told that that would be something that'd happen when pigs fly. Considering I'm nominally speaking a muslim, I can't kick a pig either to make it fly so that kinda fizzled Price wise I'm stunned, been looking at CL and some other websites and it's like, pathy paradise! I know I can sell the one I have here for around $9000, so I should be able to find me a cheapish 4WD V6 equipped one and have enough money left to throw an overhaul at it. Probably initially it won't get pimped out and will be the daily driver until my wife's gotten her license and I've gotten her some wheels, then the pathy will turn into daddy's toy

I don't see many HiLuxes around here, but Navara's get the 3.something diesel, at least, until the end of the year, they're stopping that line of engines. I think I'll just stick to doing maintenance on my pathy, this move-to-US thing seems to be firming up so I think the money I can get off selling it will go towards getting one in the states.

Well, the move, if it goes through, is at the end of 2012 So if you're still entertaining the idea of selling it by that time, who knows Also, I'll be in Florida... not my first choice but to make it a bit easier on the missus I figured moving somewhere with a similar climate is a start.

Hmm, the donor vehicle is a problem. I guess I'll just wait until I've moved to the USA and but a 4WD there From the looks of it going to be a bunch cheaper too, most pathys run anywhere from $7000 to $10000 here.

Hi folks, Been sort of lusting after a 4WD pathy but considering that down this way cars tend to get driven until they fall to pieces, finding one has been a problem (that and everyone loves their pathys so actually finding a 4WD for sale that isn't a rusting heap of junk is rare, and prices reflect this). I did some poking under the body of my pathy, and noticed that contrary to what people have been telling me, all the bolt holes and other mounting points for a transfer case are there, and judging from the look of the floor pan over the tranny, a little dremel action will cut out the slot for the transfer case gear shift. Now obviously the question that's been on my mind; would it be worth finding a transfer case that bolts up, and converting to 4WD? I'm not uh, very mechanically inclined, so any custom-fab jobs would have to be farmed out to whatever local guy I can find, with the caveat I need to have drawings for him to work off, otherwise I'm going to get something that's close but no potato. So yeah, just wondering if it's possible, and if it is, whether it's actually worth the trouble of doing it. I'm looking at a potential move to the USA at the end of 2012, so if that goes through the pathy here gets sold, and I'm getting another one when I get to the USA, but roads around my area have gotten to the point where any sort of rain turns it into a major mud fest, and 2WD's have a grand old pain in the ass finding traction to get through. (Although sitting in 2nd gear @ 4000 rpm and just powersliding the crap out of everything works)

Score. That'd be it; I suspected this already since today I actually ran the car for a while with the AC off (since it was frakkin cold outside, for some wacky reason) and noticed the noise ain't there. Turned the AC on, get the by-now customary chirp off the belt/clutch engaging, and tah-dah the noise is back. Turn AC off, no more noise when slowing down. Well farq. Guess I'm going to be looking for a new AC compressor, can't really do without considering the 100+ temps we get here, and if I have wife +kidlet with me they're not going to appreciate not having it

That's not it, I'd hear it more from where the tranny is I figure, this actually comes way from the front of the car, had a friend with me the other day so we played "let's triangulate this noise" Turns out it's coming from the area where the AC compressor is mounted, so I guess it's about time to swap bits there, or at the very least see if I can figure out wtf's going on up in there.

2002 Terrano, 4 cylinder carburated Z24, reporting in

I'm thinking AC pulley; given that it's gotten a habit of chirping like a fiend when the clutch engages, that pulley/clutch assembly might be hitting it's shelf life. Hoses are also an option since people here do tend to leave hoses on until they're cracked, which also doesn't take long with the climate down here.

Varies a little bit, 600 with the AC on, about 700/800 with AC off. It had a fuel filter change (the old one got so clogged my engine would stall out on idle) and I had to tweak the carb some to get my regular idle back. The thing is though, I listened to it a bit more yesterday and it's not the belts slipping. The belt driving the AC does slip but only when the AC clutch engages and I'm over 3000 RPM; and it's a loud chirp. The sound I described might be something totally different though, I thought it couldn't be my bearings since usually when they go off they make a way different whine, but the fact it only happens when I'm letting up on the gas makes me thinks it's either the bearings going off, or my brake disks have gone screwy again (the dirt/water on the road here at times causes gunk to build up between the pads and the brake disks, or even causes the calipers to stick and not retract fully). Not sure which one of these it could be. I might just go for a complete suspension and brake maintenance round, see if that changes anything. Now to find a shop that won't charge me an arm and a leg and fskcs it up

I suggest not driving it in the state it's in, if you've got bits and pieces of your suspension missing, you might end up watching your front wheel decide to take off without you, or it'll fold under, or it'll fold out, or just flat out snap something else off and you get your front wheels disagreeing on which direction to go. All these are Bad Things.

Hmm, that could be it, given that lately whenever the AC clutch engages the belt driving it chirps something fierce, so might just be time to replace the belts. Weird though cos I checked them not too long ago and they seemed fine, but have to admit I've been pushing the terry a little lately.

I wish, it'd mean my 2WD secretly turned into a 4WD

Mine does it at any speed, well, above 30km/h really. As soon as you lift off the gas it starts softly whistling, like something is spinning down. Get on the gas a little bit, it whistles "slower", get on the gas to keep your speed the same and it's gone. At first I thought it's the wheel bearings, but after driving around a bit with my head out the window it's really coming from the engine bay somewhere... dunno what it is

Hola folks, in case you hadn't seen my introduction yet, I own a locally (Indonesia) assembled 2002 WD21 Pathfinder that has a few oddities to it that I hoped someone could shed some light on. The most quirky thing is this: there's a toggle switch on the dashboard that isn't standard. It's ground is wired up on one side to the brake pedal stop (i.e. if you push the brake pedal down apparently the circuit is broken), and the other side disappears alongside the wiring harness into the engine bay. Anyone have the foggiest clue what this might be for? I've tried to figure out where the heck it went but as is often the case down here, most wiring jobs are done using copious amounts of duct tape, so I've not managed to find anything yet. The effects of this toggle switch are also a bit strange; if it's in it's "on" position, it seems the engine has more "oomph", it'll rev higher, and seems to deliver more power. A bit odd since it's a carbed Z24 in there, so hoping someone can solve this mystery