FeelthePathos95

Yep, would not be looking at changing anything except switching a dash cover piece that has some tears/cracks with one that has no flaws. Was assuming there would just be some mounts, etc., to be dealt with but thought I should see whether (as is often the case) it gets more complicated than that.

Question for any and all on this topic. How easy or difficult is it to swap a dash if you are looking only to switch the damaged shell to an undamaged one from same model year?

Was waiting for someone to say 'maybe you should rephrase your question'?

Kudos, sir! That one made my day.

Tried the Lucas in mine and it did nothing. Someone else on the board called it worthless "gorilla snot.'' Had me laughing all day about that.

I have had same issue and yes, your tranny is freaking out over something when you hit highway speed and going into fail safe. Hope you have better luck than me. Have taken it to two indys and a dealer and no one can figure it out. Last guy finally just changed the fluid and told me not to use overdrive. That works for me as I drive it just in the city for now and plan to replace vehicle soon anyway due to frame rust. It shifts fine until you ask it to do more than 50-55, then it goes that fast for a bit and goes to fail safe.

So here is the nightly forecast low for next five nights: -18 -27 -19 -14 -7 Thursday we get a heat wave and the low will only be +10. So what do you think the chances are I make it through this without a new battery?

No, Winnipeg is the king of the cold. Been there once in winter and it was a regular thing to get down to -25 every night. All the full-timers had block heaters. That said, some wise guy just noted that the -42 in northern Minnesota just now is colder than the surface of Mars at the equator.

Other thing to do with a fuel door frozen shut is just find a heated garage and park there for two or three hours to thaw it out. Think of it as a day spa for our 20-year-old cars when it's so freaking cold. Gives all the fluids and lubricated parts a chance to thaw. Worth the $15 out of pocket.

Greetings from another Minnesotan. Mine's a '95 and a godsend in the deep cold. Glad to see you got yours sorted out with the $700 hole in your pocket.

Where I live the temps get below freezing on a daily basis this time of year. Noticed the tranny doing better coincident with the temps falling. Maybe no more than coincidence, but ...

Thanks much! Educate me, if you will: How would fouled MAF or fuel filter cause tranny to go into limp mode? Wasn't aware there could be any such interaction.

Gorilla snot! Love it. Yeah, guess I learned a lesson there. At the time, though, was being told the tranny was a goner, so figured why not. Last Indy put the proper Dextron fluid in it. It's an automatic, by the way. Frame rust may take vehicle to Pathy heaven before the tranny at this rate. Just stumped over what's really going on and thought a board member or two might have seen or heard of similar issues and resolutions.

So I'm still driving my rusty '95 while continuing to look for a replacement. It's had a tranny issue for 6 months or more that I've had several places look at with no one able to give me a satisfactory answer. Thought I'd turn to the board and see what opinions are. The issue is that it started sometimes falling out of highway gear and back into third, then staying there in failsafe mode. So I'd be going say 55 or 60, rpms normal and I'd feel it shudder a bit and fall back into 3rd and rpms jump to 4,000 or more. Took it to Nissan dealer. They said they couldn't reproduce the problem and shrugged their shoulders. Thanks, Nissan. Took it to two indys since then. Told them my guess was bad shift solenoid. One looked at it and said he verified that tranny computer is OK, wiring OK, solenoids OK. They changed fluid and filter, said they found a small piece of metal in pan. They got it shifting normally again but recommended new tranny. After a short while, the tranny went back into limp mode. The second guy I took it to changed fluid again, said it looked burnt. Recommended new tranny. I wonder if he thought it was burnt because I had added some Lucas transmission additive to it over the summer to see if that would make any difference. I also had started having a problem with neutral safety switch not engaging, so had him replace that. Lately, tranny has gone back to normal operation. Not getting the flashing indicator light when I start it that indicates problem with tranny. Could this all just be electrical somewhere that no one diagnosed? Trying to figure out why this intermittent problem would persist and then actually get better rather than worse. Car has 158,000 miles on it, so not high mileage on tranny. Driving it with O/D off now, as last indy told me tranny won't engage into O/D anymore.

Agreed. I changed out the ones in my other car recently and it was amazing how black and nasty with crap they were. Oh, well. Pathy cabin air hasn't killed me yet.

I didn't think so, but then I thought I saw a reference to them on another site and I was like, what?!?!

Where are they located on a 1995 XE and how easily changed?

Hello all! I have a '95 XE that I have owned since it was new. It has been a great and reliable truck and at 18 years old only carries 157,200 miles on the clock. Should have many years left but needs a lot of work now, starting with a fix for frame rust. If I can secure that, next thing would be transmission. It's a 4X2 that currently won't shift into 4th gear and has gone into fail/safe mode. Engine and interior still good. Just afraid Minnesota winters have done their damage to body and trans. Anyway, I'm joining here in hopes of getting some counsel along the way as I try to restore the beast. We'll see if it can be done at a reasonable cost. Happy motoring!