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    1987 5sp manual, tiny engine, black silver two toned, 2 door, 2" lift 1994 5sp manual 3.0L V6, silver blue two tone, 4 door, just purchased!
  • Mechanical Skill Level
    Standalone Tool Chest Mechanic
  • Your Age
    22-29
  • What do you consider yourself?
    Weekend Warrior
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    SE
  • Year
    1994

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    Melbourne, Australia
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    Australia

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  1. Yeah, I removed the resonator stuff. I think all the water got in around the lip of the air box. Maybe it needs a new rubber seal.
  2. Jos cruiser is fine.... Was completely full of water obviously. We all the air intakes off and the turbo and everything else we could remove while sitting beside the river. Then tied it to my car and dragged it around for a couple of minutes with out the battery or anything. Stopped to see if we had pumped the water out of his cyclinders and found out his car was ideling by itself.... Yeah turns out I know nothing about diesels and neither does he. We hadn't even got in to the cyclinders adn being a diesel it didnt need power so it was happily running. Took a while to get home still as all his electrics were screwy and both his car and mine stopped fora while with water it them but both all good now. Your right, I dont need to SAS. But I do want to upgrade the steering. I wore it out in about 6 months. I'll have a look through that steering upgrade but I really wish I could just buy a kit. I have had a great time fabing up all my custom parts but its got to the stage where the steering is not good and I dont really want to be messing with steering components. Ill keep looking. Any extra suggestion are definitely welcome though.
  3. Quite a few months on and the car is coming along. Been following the list of reccommended mods. Went for 32" tyres. Glad I didnt go any bigger because they required a bit of fender trimming so they wouldnt rub. 3" body lift, 3" suspension lift. AC UCA's And a heap of smal mods iv done my self. Like the Panhard rod drop bracket, raising the bull bar and rear bumper and Tow bar. But now I have the problem everyone said I would have.... The IFS / Steering was all replaced 6 months ago and now its shot. So, what I would like to know is, does any one know of a steering system upgrade similiar to the Calmini one but for Right Hand Drive vehicles? Also, do people generaly modify the Airbox to get a more water tight seal? Because mine filled up with water... Also here is a video of my Pathfinder. Its not the main attraction but it still features. Still need to re-spray it, add rock sliders, and upgrade my steering.
  4. So where do us ozzies go to buy parts for our pathfinders? After market upgrades that is. America? I took my Pathy for a drive in the dunes in SA and accidently jumped it about 10m... Could have happened to any one, but now my steering really sucks. Considering how busted it is, I'd happily pay for the Calmini Heavy Duty steering kit, except it doesnt work on RHD's. Any one got any suggestions? And I know everyone says the Grassroots kit from US but are there any other options. Whats every one else done? Or is everyone using stock steering parts? Melbourne Vic. Oh yeah, and here is a video of my car. Not thats its the main attraction.
  5. Going insane!! So, Automotive Customizers (4x4parts.com) sell UCAs for pathfinders. AC UCAs with Rear Springs I couldn't find any UCAs in Australia, so I though I would order these. They say that they correct ball joint angle, but someone has mentioned in a previous post that they don't?? Which is true? Please help me not to go crazy. Im getting a tan from my computer screen ive been on here so long.!
  6. I dont know weather this snorkel is good or not? It is in Australia though.. 1: Its expensive, at $365 plus $20 postage. 2: It says its for Pathfinders up to 1997. But thats a bit vague. Are they all the same up to '97? It also says further down its for 4 cyclinders? 3: Has any one every tried an airflow snorkel? It looks good but its a lot of money to spend if its not going to be awesome. lol. Pathfinder Snorkel
  7. Ok, So im back, and still alive. Just. 2 weeks in hospital because apparently my gall bladder packed it in?? weird. Any who, I need UCA. Does any one know where I can order them from? IM in Australia, so id prefer an Australia Distributor. They charge a lot more, but I save on shipping and get them much quicker. Does anyone know any where in Oz I can get UCAs from? I want to order them now!! That and a Snorkel. I cant even find a snorkel that I could garantee was the right one. And the one I can find doesn't look right, its got the intake on the side of the snorkel, and it looks really narrow.. I want to spend money but cant find where to spend it
  8. Jadm4x4. I'm off for three weeks on a holiday that doesn't involve my 4wd. Going to Sumatra. But you not that far from where I live I think. I'm in Preston. Both, north melb any way.
  9. Thanks heaps for all your help guys. I'm off for a while. At the airport now, going to Sumatra for three weeks. Be ready for some 4wding action when I get back. Cheers.
  10. Mmm. I can see your point, having a weakest link that's not too hard to fix, but surely if they are as easy to bend and break as ppl seem to suggest, it could do with a little upgrading.? Just for the record, what causes them to bend and break? Is t rocks and such forcing the wheels in a direction they don't want to go, or hitting them on things, or just shock loads transmitted through the wheels/ shocks. That and, does and one know the best place to get the UCAs in australia? Is there an Australian distributer? Cheers all.
  11. Not entirely sure what sort of 4wding I'll be doing. I go out with lots of different ppl and they all have different ideas as to what we are doing. It ranges from real steap muddy hills I can't get up with my current pathy, to river crossings that flood my current pathy, to sand driving that my current pathy hasn't got enough power for, to snow driving in hills which actually isn't too bad... I like to actually go somewhere when I go on trips. So normally like 3 day trips through the mountains. You kind of get a bit of everything thrown in so im not really sure what the answer is. Basically anything I can get up or over or through. The more capable the car the harder I'll push it until I get stuck, or someone else does. I'm hopeing for someone else.. So yeah, I'll do the rough country UCAs. And can find all the shocks springs and such. I'll get the grassroots4x4 centre link, and prob make an idler arm brace. Are there stronger TREs u can get? That should be simple shouldn't it? To get larger diameter steel bar TREs? I'm going to make the skid plates and sliders, and trim and fix the current bull bar. It's got a cow pusher. (hangs real low to the ground) I might do a 1" or 2" body lift if it's not too hard. And yeah, rear ARB locker. And maybe a bull bar mounted winch even though everyone tells me a real 4wd driver wouldn't have an electric mounted winch. I'm meant to have a Turfa... Just a though. Is there any reason you can't do a 2" lift by cranking the torsion bars and another 2" by lowering the front diff? Is there anyone that offers a kit for that? That way you don't have extreme angles on the CVs and you get 4"'under the car. Can you lower the steering components as well? Or would you be even more likely to break steering parts?
  12. Sooo, Would you recommend the Calmini upgraded steering kit? and the Calmini 3" suspension lift kit? That would be expensive... Or -Superlifters UCA. -Rancho Shockes. UNCCPATHFINDER - What model are the long travel shocks? -Springs. JGC <- is that Jeep Grand Cheroke? what year? Any in particular? -32 x 10.5 tires What steering parts do I need? For upgrades... People have listed quite a few parts. -panhard drop bracket -centre link -idler arm brace -TREs? Tie Rod ends??? No one told me what TRE's are.
  13. MY1PATHY, while that is correct that the air would get heated from the exhaust, there is also a lot of heat made from compressing that much air, that quick. I got halfway through putting a supercharger in my 87 pathy and if you blocked the air outlet (as if it was compressing the air into the engine) it got pretty warm pretty quick.
  14. I know im being confusing. Sorry, I just want a reasonably capable 4wd, I don't want it braking down all the time but I want to be able to beat all those damn cruisers and patrols. A SAS sound like it might be quite difficult but I don't wanna do a 3" IFS lift if its Gunna brake down on me all the time. I was thinking dual lockers to give me a slight edge where the IFS fails me. Just to stop with the procrastinating, I'll stick with the 4 door, V6. Now, IFS lift or SAS??
  15. Ok ok, so, I'm probably not going to do a SAS at the moment. At least I don't think I am. Damn, I keep second guessing my self. I was thinking maybe the Calmini 3" complete lift lit, but by the sounds of it I might be better just buying all the parts separate. So, as a start point, I need: Upper control arm. Rough country?? Shocks all round Tougher torsion bars (maybe) I think someone has already put them on this car. Only think that because there orange. Any one know who sells orange Torsion bars? And rear springs. And maybe low profile bump stops. Is that all? And any recommendations for places to purchase them from? I really love the 2 door but I think it's just making more work for my self for no good reason, trying to swap engines over. That's good advice about the rust though. I'll have a look over my new '94 tomorrow for any cancer. Also im kind of new to this so, I understand UCA, and SAS and BL but a little stuck on TREs. Some about tie rods??? And why do they brake so often after a lift? Oh, and that said, will the front actually go up 3" and still have clearance between the UCA and bump stop? Damn, I really do keep second guessing my self. This is on of the few times I'll have two cars around, so I could work on my new pathy, and I work in a steel/ aluminum workshop so I have all the equipment. Maybe I could do a SAS. But surely the legal issues are pretty hard to get round. I guess we just don't mention them. Lol.
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