1994SEV6

wow. thanks for waiting until now to mention that. LOL

thanks for the video. How does that happen? lack of oil from low quality oil and filter?

yeah, I noticed that actually. Too bad too. They don't look terrible, besides the struts, I'm sure they're really good. They would make a nice vehicle, but it seems like the strut issues are overwhelming. One single decision like that (not really because it was a continuing decision) can really hurt Nissan for a long time.

Anyway, how does buying in bulk for multiple people work? I'm sure I get the idea, but I don't want to be fuzzy or surprised on anything.

ahhh THAT makes sense. I always wondered why some people called them "caR50s". I get it now.

notice the quotes. " 'drifting' " Don't fskc with FF transmissions. The headache of the job is worse than it's worth.

When you do get 20, how do you plan on buying them? 19+ people send you ~$40 and then you send $800 to the company?

is it me, or is hauling bicycle(s) the biggest pain in the neck? I drove my truck to school today for exams (crazy stupid school schedule). After school I hung out with some friends. One of them brought his bike. there were 6 of us. Another friend of mine had a Toyota Yaris. Hell if a bike was gonna fit in that. I said "just throw it in the back". Even then, he somehow managed to break a reflector and give my bed liner a nice gouge. Lifting it up and over is so much easier than finagling it through a hatch. I was thinking. "Wow, that would be complicated as hell with an SUV." My uncle has some 90s Grand Cherokee and he is a huge bike fanatic. He must have 25 bikes. I've gone with him to pick some bikes up, and it's always so complicated. Gotta take the front wheel off (if it has a quick release), gotta lay it down, have to put the wheel somewhere safe, and hope your hatch can shut. That's just one bike. Think about having 2 bikes, or if your wheel doesn't have a quick release. It's just stuff like that where an SUV just can't compete. I know, I know. "That's what we use our roof racks for" or "that's why you buy a bike rack". I guess so. Trogdor, putting the christmas tree on the roof is definitely the proper idea. I didn't even think of that. The roof might actually be the best place. It doesn't obstruct your view and it can be very secure if you have a roof rack.

I could have sworn I replied to this last night. Must have dreamed it. Anyways, pretty much what I typed, or thought I typed was that yours DOES sound a bit like mine. It might be the exhaust, but I can't hear it at all engine ranges like you can. You were totally right about that. I think I hear a minor idler pulley squeak.

I guess in the topical states, you have coconuts just everywhere. In the road, under your car, in your yard

my eye might be off today, but that doesn't look like an ordinary american Pathfinder. the mud flaps are kinda throwing me off. They are attached to the fender in a weird way. Something else I can't quite place about it. Anyway, doesn't look too rough. You shouldn't have that hard of a time fixing it up.

I also came pretty close to rolling my Nissan today. A friend of mine in one of those tiny ass Yaris cars was 'drifting' in a parking lot with me. His turning radius is MUCH smaller. FF though. We were racing around town a little bit. For having a 1.4l or whatever engine, those things are quick. I'm sure he always had the pedal to the floor, but damn it can move. Other than that, took my mom to some bulk grocery store 20 miles away. Had it at 90mph/3.8k RPM the whole time (actually ~70mph because of the tires). Once you get that VG into the 3k+ RPM range, acceleration is amazing.

There's a few reasons. Quite simply, the higher your mass is from the ground, the more gravity acts on it. It's the same thing with 2wd trucks. A 2wd truck will have a few hundred pounds more payload ability than the identical 4wd truck. That is not only of the extra ground clearance, but it's also because of the added complication of components. If your mass is sitting higher above the ground, it contains more energy. When you drive or transport that mass, it exerts more energy than before on your axles, tires, wheels, brakes, transmission, engine, frame, everything basically. That extra energy leaves less percentage for payload. I'm speaking purely in technicalities and in theory. This won't affect your every day driving, but you might not want to pull that 5000lb trailer after you do a 6"lift. When you lift a vehicle, the rest of the components aren't naturally how they should be. This causes additional stress, which, in turn, lessens your payload unless you want to break something. In other words, the maximum limit is lowered. I'm not an expert with lifts, but I don't think blocks are involved. Blocks are sometimes involved with lowering a vehicle, but that's a bit sketchy. With lifting, you replace your suspension components with longer components. Longer coils, longer shocks, longer springs. That type of thing. You might also add leaf springs for moderate lift (not on Pathfinders). In contrast, adding a leaf to your leaf springs might actually increase the maximum payload but that's only because there's more resistance. That doesn't necessarily mean the other components can handle it. P.S. I think the purpose of lifting is to increase suspension travel. If your suspension travel is very long, then blocks would fall out. When you lower your vehicle, you are limiting the suspension travel, which, on paper, makes blocks the perfect solution.

check the FSM? It's in the garage section

"when racing" LOL

I completely agree. Especially since my truck was an automatic LSD with 4.3 gears.

good point

they are. If they don't want to replace it..they just won't.

I thought the VGs (in trucks) had either 4.3 or 4.6? I have 4.3 because my truck came with 31s stock. I think the smaller tires came with deeper gears.

I don't know if it means that it's opened or closed, but I don't even have a clutch position switch. I couldn't find the wire plug for it. It sounds like you have the right idea. It might be the trick from the "Switching from A/T to M/T" thread. When I switched over, and hadn't yet done my park-neutral switch, I heard one single click. Your Park-neutral relay might be bad (apparently this is extremely rare) or for whatever other reason, your starter isn't getting power.

man up! girl scout

The shafts are the same. If you get under there and look, there is a shaft coming off of the front diff to accommodate for it being asymmetrical. I would recommend getting parts like that from rockauto.com I think my CV shaft was like $45? $55 with shipping I think. Brand new shaft. I went to AAP and NAPA, they wanted something like $75 for some remanufactuered BS. and they wanted a huge core charge. I think NAPA wanted like $50 for a core. I was like WTF.

I know all about those Z24s. They pack a huge punch for only having 106hp. My dad had a 1983 720 Nissan truck. Base model, like yours. std. cab, 5speed, no A/C, no front bumper, etc. My dad always tells me stories about that truck when we drive or work on mine. 270k miles on everything stock when the odometer broke. He must have put another 40k on it when someone slammed into him coming out of a driveway. Even with 300k miles, he pulled a 1974 Ford Maverick with one of those tow bar things around the trailer hitch. You could load that truck up with whatever you wanted. wood till it over flowed, as much sand as you wanted, mulch up to the ceiling. You wouldn't even feel the difference when starting from a red light. Just cool to talk about that stuff. You might be able to transplant a bigger gas tank, but it would probably require some fabrication. The tanks are shaped almost identically, just the proportions are different. You might want to snag the brackets from a donor truck and just bolt it up in there somehow.

you must have something completely different from me. Make a video. When you say "very metallic" that makes me think of banging a metal pipe on another metal pipe or something. I wouldn't classify mine as metallic at all really. If you can hear it at regular driving speed, that either means that it's going much slower than my noise, or you have the best hearing in the world.

that sounds kinda cool actually. I don't recommend running your tank dry, it hurts your fuel pump. Just one time won't break it, but you don't know the condition of it currently. It should be in the FSM or your owner's manual. no carpet?? that sounds like it wouldn't be that bad. Completely unacceptable compared to today's expectations, but you would never have stains! No tach? but you have a 5speed? Wow, Nissan WAS very unforgiving. the Z only gets 20mpg highway? Some of our v6s can put that to shame. I guess the smaller engine has to kill itself to do the same work. Sometimes, having less stuff going on is a lot better. No doubt.