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cvdloc

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  1. Lost traction? I think it did more of a tuck and roll procedure lolol
  2. Lol yes this has happened to me too, I just say its a tough sounding 4banger, aka a small person with a loud voice hahah From the look of it, it's straight piped with a small off set, into the muffler then a 5" straight tail piece, ends 2' ish from the rear axle, looks a bit bigger than 2" probably the same size as yours ahardb0dy. Sounds mean, but has no guts lol loudest and last off the line
  3. Lol well my hardbody got the gwb bumped up (something like that) so it doesn't need to be air cared! But the pathfinder I also had a small exhaust leak up front, I had poor mileage before and still had poor mileage afterwards, you will but I'm not sure by how much it was the same time I did my standard swap
  4. My hardbody had the cat cut off, just the muffler left, and that sounds loud and a whole lot worse than the pathfinder with the cut back, neighbours loooove it
  5. Yup, I have, well didn't have a choice it fell off lol, you will but you will loose power, I welded a small down pipe to it to direct the exhaust below the rear axle
  6. You shouldn't be running into issues like that, but from school I remember either you aren't using the right bulbs (but that shouldn't be an issue) or you have to tighten the ballast (you need a good ground but it shouldn't kill your ballast) you have a strange issue could be poorly made. But if your interested in upgrading... I know where I live it's against fire code to have high density lighting in your house (unless its approved) but I'd recommend getting those, high lighting output, hp sodium for warm or metal hylid (however you spell it) for cool (anyone correct me if I'm wrong I might have got them switched) but in short they are grow lights lol so your best bet is to find them at hydro shop or electrical whole salers (check and make sure it's legal for you to put in!) and these are a bit pricy, depending on what you want 2 or 4. But if your looking for a cheaper route, look into compact flures. These are cheaper and you can get them in high w (I have 2 100w as job site lighting) you can get them in different colours too warm or cool or even pinkish lol Lastly you could always, upgrade, cheap usually means cheap lol just buy better fixtures? Personally I use my friends shop and he has metal hylid. But then again, it's a 60' x 200' barn. But when I find my own place, ill use cfl's.
  7. I agree, transmission cooler is a very good idea for extending the life of your auto (if you dont have one) I just swapped mine for a manual instead of add the cooler, which is a hung step but my auto was toast. And yes it is normal on a hot day for your cars heat to rise, but should drop after a bit of time, happened to me on the first day is was hot up here this year in bc but check you coolent fluid, if its still bright, looks clean, I wouldn't worry about changing the fluid, but if you owned the truck for a couple years and never done it? It's your call
  8. I never really had these issues but ill try my best, with the ac, it seems weird that it only does it when it's on, you might have something wrong with the unit itself? Something loose inside, never had that issue myself The fuel gauge might be an issue with the sensor, I don't quite know where or how but it seems like its just junked up. I assume you have an auto, it sounds like the clutch plates (correct me if I'm wrong I don't know the correct term) but it might be rubbing and or not enough ATF, maybe change it? Had a conditioning agent? Your over heating issue, could just be an air bubble, if it becomes more of an issue I'm sure you know throw your heat on and rev the engine so cycle everything threw, when's the last time you did a coolent flush? Oil change too? That's all I can really think of, hopefully nothing too major, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, I personally never had these issues in my 95
  9. Question guys, in my 87 pickup my speedo doesn't work at all (not bouncing around like you said) do you think it's the vss? Or something else, I noticed that a wire was out of a plastic disconnect next to my tranny, so I cut it out and spliced the wires together, didn't work, is that plastic piece the key? I still have it so I can easily connect it back. I have the day off so I'm going to do some research and work on the truck a bit, I have a small list of stuff to do and the speedo is one of them!
  10. Same issue in my 95, it was a leak. Never got around to fixing it before it got wreaked, but my plan was too cut out the floor, weld all the way around the pipe, and then add a thicker piece of sheet metal over it. Just an idea for anyone with the same issue. If your asking why weld the pipe? Because I was going to do an engine swap and plus its a perminate solution, it won't fail again lol muffler paste and carbon fibre tape can only do so much!!
  11. Looks like you have a lot of homework on your hands, well good luck on whatever route you take, Let us know how things go!
  12. Have you ever thought about converting it to manual? It seems like you are keen on rebuilding the auto but this might be a good time to swap! Anyways that's just my input I ended up busting 2 autos in my 95 path before I did the swap to standard.
  13. I feel your pain! Transmissions are the worst!
  14. I think the saying 'there is more than one way to skin a cat' can be used here lol
  15. They are in such a bad spot too! Blocked in by the starter and alternator you can't really get at it, I tucked myself inside the wheel well. And really I maybe moved it a quarter turn (at the most) and it came off by hand after.
  16. http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag52/cvdloc/image_zps3ff367b8.jpg So I decided to do my oil and oil filter today but, even with 2 different oil wrenches I couldn't get it off for the life of me, so I thought to myself, what can I do... Wafer screws! Upload your custom tools for the job! Even though mine isn't extreme, It worked in the first minute of adding the screws!
  17. No problem man, update us! I'm trying not to let mine bug me since that motor is going in about 4 months (replacing it with a 4bt cummins <3 lol) so I'm not bothering
  18. I see that you have said you don't have a vacuum leak that you can't find, it seams like your issue points to that? With my hardbody 87 during warm up it fluctuates between 1200 - 1500 but is steady at running temp, could you do a video of the sound? Even when you drove around it l, it sounded fine, but during start up it does? Sounds to me, and I few other people I have asked, like a vacuum leak
  19. Vacuum leak? How is it up at running temp?
  20. Bad suggestion on my part now that I think about it. If you we're up in bc I'd give you the one off of my truck, it became a donor as of last week.
  21. No I agree first time wheeling in the summer it was getting dark and I had to use my brake lights, thus i fixed it, plus my rear window is fairly lightly tinted so it made seeing a breeze. Inshort I waited until it was a problem
  22. Have you ever thought about leaving it? I never had reverse lights for the longest time (just lazy after tranny swap), just tapped the horn if I was backing up in a crowded spot, then one day I had some spare time I metered everything out and got it hooked up. Just a suggestion lol
  23. How good does it have to be lolol
  24. Question about the hardbody, did you cut that yourself or buy a kit (if you answered this earlier I haven't read threw the thread so I apologize) with the ammount of detail it looks like it was a kit, could you elaborate if you did this yourself? I just bought a hardbody looking to do an sas/4bt swap and I need to strengthen the frame, just taking some notes that's all Good job by the way!
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