Balln
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I'm going to the junkyard to pull some parts this weekend and might snatch some parts to do this swap. But I see the pic and its on the pathy but have you wheeled it yet? Like said before above this isn't for hardcore wheelers and that's good I don't plan on doing that just some medium wheeling and trails with a susp lift. At work we have a machine shop so I may just buy the tap myself and have the guys here do it. May be able to help some guys out if I do go through with getting the tap.
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I got this little guy for free at the hobby shop
Once i get all the stuff thats hanging up it will sit a bit lower and look more scale.
Hope you guys like
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Hey guys i got some more stuff done to the little guy and figured i would share the progress.
I picked this up from ebay
Already black i plan on making the green one a still model in a desert scene crawling some rocks it will look like MR. Jims rig.
I made some tranny brackets that mount in the pre existing holes of the model and rc tranny. The screws are just for mock up
You can see here the start of the rear susp. I know!!!! I know!!!! Leafs!!!!! but the rod ends to link it are just so big that it will make it hard to make work besides how cool will little leafs be.
The leaf mounts dont hang down that low
You can see here with the trans brackets i made the trans sits pretty low in the body
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So i went to the this junk yard to pick up a trans pan for the pathy (45min drive) but after i got there they said they didnt have anything like that go figure. But they did have other nissan trans and infinity and was wondering if any other pan will match up to mine?
But after walking around the nissan section and checking out there pathys i noticed this one sat up higher then the rest. I then noticed it had a body lift you can see in the pic that it is octogon.Not sure if its custom made or an old kit but all the mounts where the same.
Sorry for the crappy pic my sprint evo camera is starting to take a @!*%.
Looks to be a 3" but i can get them and the hardware for $40 or less becuase im buying other stuff off the pathy. But would it be worth it? I would still need to figure out the front bumper brackets and trans extensions however those work? I might try to send 4x4parts a email and see if they can sell me those brackets seperate along with there rad drop bracket and the body lift gap mats. What do you guys think pull them or leave them? I also plan on pulling the idler arm off the same pathy so i can use it to jig up a brace im going to make and the rear swaybar rods i plan on drilling them and making my own disconnects. Then next to the pathy is a couple hardbodys that im going to take the centerlink off of and get that all ready to install when i lift it.
If i pull this idler arm off can i rebuild it? If so where do i get the parts from? And can i add a grease fitting into it? Or would it be better just to buy a new one from autozone for $45?
Something else that im wondering is im taking it that the pathy with the bodylift also had a susp lift becuase both the upper arms where gone and everything else was there but maybe not becuase the rear springs looked stock and the shocks where solid red not sure if those are after market or not. I wish i could tell becuase i wouldnt mind picking the springs up if i new that they where lift springs. Another thing the pathy had disc brakes on the rear axle so didnt only SE,LE come with those not XE? Im taking it that it was a XE becuase it had normal shocks on it and not the sport or comfort shocks. I didnt happen to look at the rear to see What it was.
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Noob question but what is the reason behind this swap?
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Ok thanks yeah I have read your thread a lot and everytime I read something new. And ill have to take a better look into the cooler. Now to get another tranny pan so I can drive mine while I het everything ready.
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Your the man!!!!! I searched and searched and all i could find is where you had to buy the episodes. And i just went to check and my episode got deleted and i was bummed out but cool now i can watch the first ones
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Hey guys i just got in the mail my
Hayden 18,000 GVW tranny cooler
Magnefine inline filter
Autometer tranny guage
I was talking to my buddy about how would i ground out my inline T-fiiting with the sending unit in it? He says i should just weld up a bung in the tranny pan and put the sending unit there. What do you guys think about that? And when i run the oil line to the new cooler ( side ports) Do i run the oil line coming from the tranny into the top or bottom port?
Im a Tig welder so welding in the bung will not cost me anything. I would run a 90 coming out of it then the unit so it wont be sticking straight down.
Thanks Guys
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I have searched and searched for episode vids but nothing. Nothing on youtube either. kinda sucks and there really isnt any pics of it done. I have it recorded and i will try and take some pics of it with my phone and post them.
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Sorry for bringing up a old thread but what happended to this pathy? I came across this pathy when my tv recorded it and it was the last episode. To me they put way to big of tires on it and it didnt even look functional (fenders sitting on the tires). Not sure how long ago this episode was shot but just wondering where its at now?
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That last pic you took is great!!!!! Like 918 said in my mind i pictured it totaled but the pathy took its beating looks like he put up a good fight with that rock. lol Looks like you guys had a blast i def want to go next time.
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Alot of
But Stalker has one we can all agree on that would look good on the home page for people to see when they enter the site. -
O I knew you where just joking lol just didn't know what you where saying and thanks for the honest opinions.
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Like said before glad you and your family are ok and stuff happens man don't beat your self up over it you did your best and you and your family are safe becuase of it. And if you need help working on the pathy just let me know I don't mind lending a hand.
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Thanks Guys i think it looks pretty damn cool it crawls alot better with the swampers. I cant wait to get the chassie done and mount the body and crawl it.
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lol Repo cuase you like it or dislike it?I think that if you leave the chrome on, I'll join with the PO and REPO it...
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I don't like that much chrome, preffer it all black.
But if you like it better that's what matters.
Thanks man and i liked the black but i think it looks better with the chrome or just different.
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Anything is possible with the seats it depends on how much time you want to invest making them work. I had nissan 720 buckets in my hardbody that fit fine but i did have to use spacers. I used some nice chrome ones from ace. And like nunya said the integra seats will fit in there. Im not sure how hard they would be but they are a very common seat to see in the hardbodys. Take a look over on infamousnissan.com I just did a search and alot of stuff popped up From nissan 350z,240,frontiers to newer pathy to prelude and acura. They where saying the 350z bolt up pretty nicly but there will be spacers on one of the legs.You can also look at swapping your old pathy seat rails to the newer seats.
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Thats crazy!!!!! Glad you and your family are ok. So what made you go off a cliff? And i really like my little stock bumper but i guess i will need to build a bigger one. In your case the bumper isnt there for show like alot of rigs. Its cool to see that it helped save your truck.
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Im not sure on that but i know when i was having my lifter noizes on my hardbody and was searching everything i came across several things under the hood that raddled and made a similiar sound my dipstick was one lol.
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With model wheels and super swampers
ARE YOU READY?????????????????
ARE YOU SURE??????
OK THEN!!!!!
Some Sexy Flexy
The body is just sitting on there just to give you guys an idea of what it will look like. The guy made custom threaded links and they are not equal so the wheels stick further out on the front and back.
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Not sure if this is ok to post here so mods feel free to move where you like
I picked up a little losi micro crawler off craigslist for $30 and when i got it home i new exactly what i was going to use it for. I have a extended cab nissan hardbody model that has been sitting for some time now but after measuring some parts i thought it would be better to put my pathyfinder body on it and make a mini Woody. The stock losi wheels are way to big for the little pathfinder body so i had to make the model wheel and tires fit the losi axles. They are still big but much better for the scale look im going for. This will be a slow build but i plan on using the model chassie or making my own for it and lots of detail i want it to look like my pathy but micro
Ok on to the pics.
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Heading back home
This was in Paysen when we stopped to stretch our legs.
Yesterday i decided i was going to swap the front clip with some parts i had laying in
storage. I took all the stock black 3peice bumper off and installed a 1peice chrome bumper from a hardbody and then put on a chrome pathy grill and had to do some trimming but i was able to get the chrome hardbody corner lights on. I think it looks much better. The front bumper has a dent but it will get swapped out with a new bumper here soon.
MY pathy, Hardbody, And 4dr hardbody in the garage
What do you guys think?
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After waking up in the morining and finding woody covered in snow.
RC Pathy
in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders
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Thanks guys I'm glad you guys like it!!!! I trimmed a couple things up and I think I may be able to link it. At least in the rear to make it more scale to my 1/1.