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    Need Ideas to deal with petty thieves

    in Off-Topic

    Posted

    The grenade may severely damage the R50 like....light it on fire....but that will depend on the specific type of grenade. Perhaps a big-ass firecracker with a really short fuse. Piezoelectric firing mechanism, wired to a motion sensor with a delay circuit inside the car. Mechanical switch hidden to turn it off when you get in.

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    Oil Weight

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    News to me as well. Science and technology move along and what we were told/taught might not apply any more. I've eaten of that pie enough to look before I bite.

    That link is a very basic course, but is enough for most people AFAIC. Again, the big questions seem to be the local climate, dino or synthetic and do you just jump in and drive.

    Seems to me the cold weather people would do well with a block heater. Not to make sure it starts, but to make sure it is lubricated... :shrug:

     

    B

     

     

    I have to agree with the Precise1. It has been my experience that a change in oil type alone is enough to offer a noticeable ease in first startup when going from a heavier to a lighter oil and 10x easier when it hits stupid cold temperatures with synthetic oils. I used a dino 5w40 and 5w50 sythetic in my Jetta. I didn't notice any change in fuel consumption but the car turns over in 1/3rd the time at -40 degrees with audibly less work by the starter. I'll take the synthetic oil thanks.

    And now I'm bleeding AND the truck won't run.

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    Here is the progress report:

     

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbvGVaGlFkQ&list=UUwc1c-qX5owUsjlFsdYxrAQ

     

    Thanks to you all for the help, the culprit was the guy doing the work in a hurry ( there's a lesson ) and not paying attention to what was coming off ( there is another lesson )..... The item causing the huge lack of compression / vacuum cleaner noise was an injector seal for the #2 piston that I bumped out of the way during reassembly in my rush to get the work done before the end of the day so I could drive home. I ended the day by taking my bike to the local bar and waited for my fiancee to swing by and pick me up. This morning I found the seal with a flashlight and looking down the space for the plug boot, I could see something small and clean that looked very out of place next to the plug. Obviously I had to pull the whole intake off again to get the fuel rail off and get the seal back on, job done and two lessons learned.

    And now I'm bleeding AND the truck won't run.

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    Alkorahil I would like to order the Special Edition Eddie Bauer Signature Series inverted intake please, that's the one where all the fricking parts are on the top and in the front...

     

    Thanks for the heads-up on that gasket and thanks to Nefarious for the one on the electrical connection! !

     

    I'll keep you posted on the progress today as I work on it.

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    And now I'm bleeding AND the truck won't run.

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    Hey B,

     

    I looked at the vac diagrams in the FSM after I finished putting everything back together to confirm that everything was in the right place, I also took pictures of areas that were busy ( around the EGR ) to be able to get everything back on in the right location, orientation and path. Everything that is on there now looks correct but I know I missed some esentail thing during reassembly because of the inability of the truck to keep running. I drove it to work, took it apart and I messed up the rebuild...Can you think of a likely area that a newbie might overlook while installing new fuel hoses onto the fuel rail, while doing the fuel pressure regulator or IACV?? A small detail like a hook / hold-down / or a missed clamp? Anyone else know of an easy-to-miss thing that wouldn't jump out as a significant problem?

    And now I'm bleeding AND the truck won't run.

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    I thought that I would use my nice day and peel the intake off and take care of the IACV and fuel pressure regulator aaaaannnddd now the truck won't stay running. All of the new vac hoses are attached and the big secondary air tubes to the brake booster are attached. The pcv is new, attached and has been working for the last four months and I can hear something that is leaking but what am I missing?

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    Oil Weight

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    If I can find my 4 liter jug of oil I'll be changing it this weekend for 5w30 Castrol synthetic, even though I ran 10w30 standard oil all winter in Montreal... not that the truck enjoyed a -30 degree celsius startup with that oil, but it's still running top notch.

    Sun roof drain

    in 96-2004 R50 Pathfinders

    Posted

    That's funny, mine leaks onto the passenger's side sun visor mirror. And surprise! you get wet three days after it has rained.... right in your lap (or on your boobs, depending on gender).

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    1993 Pathfinder - How much does the body weigh?

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    That's a lot of glass, steel and plastic. I don't really know but I would hazard an estimate of just about 3/8ths of the total weight of 1770kg. Knowing that the drivetrain, suspension and frame are all made of aluminum and steel...... but I'm just throwing that out there. Anyone ever pull a body off??

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    Inaccurate Oil dipstick reading?

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    I'm just not getting how we are supposed to read it on the upper braided part if the high and low mark is 3/4" below that!! I would have to guess that somebody stuffed the dipstick tube into the motor until it stopped instead of where it's supposed to be. So I just pull, wipe, insert up to the plastic base and roll with that. 3.5 liters is still a weird number for a 3.0 V6 but maybe that's just me... I expect a V6 to have closer to 4.4 litres of oil with a new filter. The Subaru took that much and it's a 4 cyl... of couse the Subaru also blew an oil seal and left me stranded.

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    What did you do to your Pathfinder today?

    in The Garage

    Posted

    I took another run at tracking down the missing left high beam problem and spent the morning on that to no avail. Then I decided that I would rather have functional washers so I replaced those with new ones and spent the last two hours looking throgh my boxes for the FSM Wiring diagram.... now I'm having a coffee because I give up. But I'll be back.

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

    Missing some light

    in 90-95 WD21 Pathfinders

    Posted

    I'll preface this post with a warning that I'm not very good with electrical stuff so if you could be kind that would be appreciated!

     

    The beast is the V6wagon and right now I'm missing the high beam on the left side of the truck only. I found one wire that was exposed and checked that there was power with the lights on (0v), off (0v) and on high (0v). The wire is red with a blue stripe. I'm looking at EL-40 in the FSM and found the Daytime Lights Control Unit on the truck but all of the wires are green with corrosion and most are not attached. My question is how do I track down the open wire OR how can I bypass the DLCU to get nightime driving safety back??

     

    sent from under Ernest the Pathfinder

     

     

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