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Yeah that manual trans in pathfinders are a beefy transmission same with the tcase so it should easily handle the torque if you go that route.. You defiantly got me thinking tho, I'm curious how the td27 would be to get in North America (perferably Canada) would be a sizeable turbo diesel esspecially for my 87 hardbody, that might be a safe route, I can use the h233b from my parts 95 pathy and steal my friends parts grand waggy and take the front Dana 44, would be a lot cheaper then the 4bt and lighter, I don't have to worry about snappy or twisting axles with the higher torque.... Hmmm

:lol: this I am curious too Welcome back!!

Good luck man, thanks for the advice and take care!

Yeah I understand, I'm a nissan guy first then cummins power.. Unfortunately haven't had the pleasure to own a dodge truck yet but in the future will be looking for an old 12 valve <3 Hahah anywho nissan motors are build well, that vg30 in a typical pathy, are bullet proof (personal opinion) take care of it it will take care of you. Curious on the transmission fit, what would be an easy fit transmission, what would you use? And I agree, turbo diesel defiantly cooler

Damn, I love these cut aways, so beautiful.. Yeah the unfortunate thing about the 4bt is weight, 750lbs just the block, I'm debating between leafs in the front for an sas, which will help support the weight more but, I want to build a rock crawler, and if I go that way, i would 3 link the front and rear... That motor might be improbable (4bt) but how awesome would it be to throw a cummins logo on your nissan That's quite a bit of power for that motor, would be more practical for a rock crawler.. Hmm you got me thinking now, but as you said, parts would be a pain, even if you build it up, and something goes, your trucks down for a long time waiting on parts to be shipped, plus who would work on them? A shop might not be interested cause its foreign... Too much to consider lol I have always thought (since I have a couple friends that are heavy into drag racing) build up a chevy small block sc or turbo with an auto tranny with dual tcase or crawl box and throw that in hahah oh how fun would that be

agreed

that was me... Then my pathy got wreaked but still planning the swap for my hardbody 87 just finishing my apprenticeship is priority right now (same year as your pathy just z24 d21) anywho this is what inspired me... Link won't load... Frustrated.... YouTube nissan hardbody 4bt swap their is a couple short videos Ended up joining a forum 4btswaps and started talking to the owner of that 87 pickup, he has a complete build thread that I have read over a couple times, covers a lot of issues, but that is for the 4bt engine, unsure about the nissan diesel, never done any research I am all for Diesel engines, especially the old ones that you can run off of McDonald's French fry oil another thing to think about, a 2 door diesel pathy that smells like French fries hahah

Welcome! Anyways to answer your question I'd first check the filter, my friend and I were heading up the coquihalla right after Merritt and we lost all power engine was struggling to stay alive, after 2 hours and 2 km later we unplugged the fuel filter and it started right up and we rushed to the closest crappy tire and bought a new one. (Truck was a b2200) Otherwise check the lines make sure they aren't clogged, both sending and returning lines.

Yes I will also confirm this, had a parts 94 xe for my 95 xe used the tranny but everything in the engine compartment is identical. I know 90-93 had the square dash, that might be different FYI

Even if you have a small lift I would think about 32's? You don't really have to worry about re gearing not sure how big of a difference would be in between 31 and 33's just ideas. Glad you made it home, this makes me want to throw my full size spare in the back of my truck

Damn, thanks for the warning guys, I'm gunna call up napa to get a base price and see what else I can get for cheaper. Order them this week and hopefully install one day after work.

Damn I'm putting a lot of money into this ifs when I was a sas soon, ill look into that this week, doesn't seem like a big job but sooner than later seems necessary

Passenger side Driver side (and yes those bushings are loose) I take it that it would be a very good idea if I replaced these what would be the best way to go about this? Bushing kit? Or do I have to buy the arm as well? Thanks for bringing this up, it has been a worry but I defiantly have over looked it.

... Let me take some pictures

Well that makes sense lol, I was thinking it was a lower control arm for the lower arm (that short bar that connects it to the frame) my driver side looks loose or dinged up its hard to explain without a picture

Not sure what the UCA is or what it stands for if you don't find defining that for me I just wanted to make sure I was in the clear to grind/notch away Maybe this is to do with the UCA, but I noticed my steering alignment is off... When one tire is straight the other is kicked in a notch, no idea how Long it's been like that or what could have caused it

You said your belt flew off? I assume that's your timing belt too, that's the reason why it won't turn over. I'd do that first check rebelord suggested

So I ended up installing the shocks yesterday (rears only ill explain in a second) the rear shocks were no problem went in under 15 minutes, but when I hit the front I ran into issues... The small issue was the bushings needed to be pre squished to install, what is your guys tricks when you did these? I was just thinking of using a vice clamp and squish them but if guys got anything better? The next issue scares me a bit and I want to check with you guys first, but the look of this picture... You can see that the old shock is much skinnier than the new pro comps so when these were in I noticed that it was just hitting the upper arm as you can see here... I'm worried that when fully extended my upper arm will hit the shock and damage it, what did you guys do? I did just jack it up from the middle so the arms aren't supported they are just hanging maybe that's why? And it's a non issue. I just wanted to get some feed back before I install them so I don't end up damaging them... Here is a photo with the old shock in and it's clearance And just to show off the new shocks in the rear, here is a little flex test that night

I agree with Alkorahil, and I do want to throw an extra warning, those little motors are also a series motor, which in short will keep accelerating until self destruction, I have seen it happen (a little electrician fun), can be quite violent.

Looky what came today

92/94 years different style? Might be different, just my thoughts

Yes r180 the shafts are 27 spline because its a 87' because the shaft went and not the joint, it was a torque issue. 4lo magnified it plus I was alrighty on about 30 degree angle going up an almost vertical hump and pinned her to win her and I broke her honestly wasn't surprised I have been pushing this beast it just kind of sucked lol That's not a bad idea, from being less than a 30 min drive to the boarder, a po box isn't a bad idea, could always share it among my wheeling buddies and family and I don't know if it's life time lol would be nice could always take them up on it if it goes again Anyways here is an update, last night I was trying to do things differently then the book, if you can't tell it didn't work. Because on removal I couldn't spin the cv axle to get access to the bolts I left that until last so apon installation I bolted it to the axle then tried to slide the rest of the assembly on... Don't do this, after lots of swear words and a second look at the instructions I decided to wait until morning to finish it. Jumped on it about noon today, went in surprisingly fast lol (look what happens when you follow instructions, everything fell into place nicely. As for the steering nut I swapped out one with threads from my pathy, but it looked like someone hammered the end of the bolt so I couldn't get the nut on. Grinded away at it to get ride of the bulge and it went on nicely. As for the broken bolt on the upper link, I have left it for now, I went to steal one off of the pathy and realized there was only 3 I have been driving on that for 2 years so I'm pretty sure it won't cause any damage, anywho the bolts off the pathy are too long so either a trip to the wreckers or order a couple. But that will be for another day.. Total time is about 7 hours after fudging with other issues and all solo, except I had my dad give me a quick hand working the jack when I put on the upper link bolts. All in all, I will do this again if I need too it wasn't bad at all just took some time the first go, but I'm sure next time I can atlease cut the time in half. Just follow the instructions, lol they are their for a reason

Members map won't work on my iPhone or tablet don't own a computer, maybe ill throw up a thread in the northwest section.. Anywho I'm half way threw just about to bolt everything back together, I wish I could say things went smoothly but they didn't.. PO used a nail in the ball joint bolt so it took about 45 min to get that b!tch out and then once i got the nut off i took a look at the threads... Plus the bolt is fudged too, so that is technically supposed to get replaced but im under budget so im going to make it work (luckily i can put a pin into it then I snapped 1 out of 4 bolts for my upper link but I'm not concerning myself with that right now even if I leave it for a night it isn't going to fall off with one less bolt I just need the right tools that I don't have access to at this moment.. Anyways here is a side by side of the Cvs.. Well time to get this done!

So I ended up seeing these guys in Vancouver, they were parked outside my site downtown and I got a chance to talk to them. Just an amazing trip over 40000 km and ends at the 2014 world cup. it explains more on the site www.road2rio.com but it's in German so you might need to translate it lol here is a photo of there plan, they were just leaving Vancouver to go down threw the states maybe you will have a chance to see them!!

It's all that duty bull @&#33;*%, hell I think I need to find a friend in north west Washington, anyone interested