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Wow its been a minute since ive done anything to the pathy. Mostly just my DD while my jeep was with out axles. Currently deployed so not much work is getting done to the car, just picked up a instrument cluster on ebay from a 87, gauges config matches mine and the needles look good. Guy said it worked fine when pulled so we shall see. she is sitting in my backyard right now, battery pulled and put on a trickle charger, covered with tarps to help keep some of the snow off. I should be back in the states around Feb and I want to go through the front end suspension/steering and get it tightened up

Thats not a problem, lets see what I can come up with for you

+1 to above reply, you can do a lot with three things, proper off road tires, at least a LSD in back and selectable locker up front, and a winch. tire size isn't all that critical here local we do a stock tire jeep run, where we take our lifted jeeps and put the stock size tire back on and run the trails, now we also run hard core trails but if you stick to mild trails a rig with 31" tires lockers and a winch could easily pass, especially if your not concerned about body damage.

The chances of something large enough or with enough mass to knock a belt off or cause damage is pretty slim, but since I'm not a mechanical engineer I would assume that the engineers at Nissan designed the cover for a reason. That being said, the cover being off doesn't sound like it had anything to do with your belt splitting. More likely, the belt split due to manufacturer defect or something sharp rubbing on the belt. Hope nothing too serious happened to the internals

If it was me I would replace the gauge. Sounds like everything else is working

From what I got out of the wiring diagram, the Tach gets a signal from the coil through a resistor pack which should be at 2.2k Ohms resistance, being intermittent it sounds like loose connection somewhere, or a busted wire that looses contact. It could also be the gauge itself having internal problems, if the resistor is good, and all the connections are clean and tight, then i would start with the gauge.

glad to see you figured it out. bulbs go out all the time.

Is the Transfercase locking into gear and the front end is still not pulling or is the Tcase not going in gear at all?

Here is the over all, but I can get you better ones if i knew what part exactly you were working on, EX: starter, or TPS

Going to have to pull the instrument cluster apart again, the bulb that lights up the left side of my speedo went out. Figures seeing as how i was just in the cluster last weekend.

I Did that a Little bit mostly just removed the dust and dirt from the gauges and cover

Sorry about the crappy pics but basically the FSM for my 87 says the most common problems are going to be with spark plugs, poor connection at the air flow meter, or clogged injector

See if this helps

174k but mine sat for a few years in WY when the fuel pump went out. New fuel pump and fuel tank, oil and filter, spark plugs and wires and she started up for the first time in years like she had been running all along

I was thinking along the same lines I could probably make a jig to hold the needle and glue it back together. Also a little history on this pathy, it was a rollover and was repaired by a shop which is why i have a aftermarket sunroof on a truck that shouldn't have one Cool mine is a "W" so looks like it came from Japan. Thanks for the information