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    What to do first on my new 2003 Pathfinder?

    in General Forums

    Posted · Edited by Rebelord

    For ARB Old Man Emu springs, if you want to know a time frame. Call up Sierra Expeditions customer service. Tell them the part numbers your looking for. They will call you back after they talk to ARB to see where they currently are. If they are in country, you can get em pretty quick. Sometimes they will say in transit expected to be in port within 2 weeks. Count on another 2-3 weeks after that for customs. But, if you do order them. The will just drop ship them from the port once they clear customs. Most of the time.

    Take care of any maintenance issues first. Fluids change out, all of them. Spark plugs, check your bushings. Rear trailing arms, upper and lower. Sway bar bushings and links. Price out struts shocks you'd like. Then look at springs and spacers if interested.

    Personally, I'd stay away from a "brush guard" a slight bump can total out your truck instead of just damaging the bumper. If you want a real bumper, its either ARB, custom modify to fit XJ or straight custom built. (Stay away from Tatical armor or whatever they call themselves now.) Plus they are just as much as an ARB.

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    96 Rear spring seat rusted out?

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

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    I believe the spring seats are welded to the frame. If they are mostly there and will hold the spring. Best bet would be to remove the springs. Use a coarse wire brush to remove as much of the loose rust as possible. Then use Ospho on the surface. Which stops the oxidation and makes it a paintable surface. I'd paint with a spray on bedliner of sorts for a good solid coating. Once dried and cured, re install rear springs. Make sure to re use the rubber isolators. If those are shot, you can get some cheap heater hose to put on the ends of the coils, usually the first 1/2-3/4 of a coil to minimize metal on metal contact.

    Don't buy a Duralast Distributor...

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

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    Yup that sucks. I believe I paid $320? for mine from the Nissan Dealer? Its one of the items that, well our Nissans are picky about. Cheap knock off? Nope, wont work. Its like trying to run the cheap plugs. Nope, unless its NGK. The engine doesnt like it. Oh, same with the spark plug wires. I ran a set of Napa Premiums for awhile. Developed a miss, ohm'd em out. Check good!? Put on some NGK from Amazon. Miss gone. Same Ohm values. /shrug

    Engine skipping

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

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    When you change your distributor cap. Look for a metal dust covering everything. Your coil could be grounding out causing a miss fire. But only way to rebuild is pull one from a junk yard. Otherwise have to buy new.

     

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    What did you do to your Pathfinder today?

    in The Garage

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    Started a search for cold air intakes on 1996, and found JACK!

    Nope and no need. Won't do anything at all really. Run stock but remove the white bellows in the wheel well if you want. Then run a tube from the bottom of the stock box to the front of the truck. Below your turn signals you can cut out that recesses area for the new intake. But watch deep water.

     

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