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  1. sorry, I latched mine to the under-hatch brackets after they were mounted, used a ratchet strap to hold it against the body, a pencil and a tape measure.

     

    Negative, you have to source brackets for a truck that was not originally equipped with one.

     

    did yours have the dimples for the holes for the under hatch brackets, my 87 did and I just very carefully drilled the holes out and the threaded brackets were already there

  2. Loved cruising in my 69 CJ5 doors off top off and windshield strapped down to the hood.

    Back in the 60s when you passed another fourwheeler you'd give each other the high sign, then in the 70s it was just with your own brand, times change.

  3. Drove into town to fuel up... or tried to. Ran out of gas three miles from the gas station. I knew it was low but the light hadn't come on yet... :lol:

     

    I was interested to see how much gas it would take to fill her back up... between the jerrycan and the fillup afterwards I bought 20.5 gallons of gas. I say 'I bought' rather than 'it took' because the jerrycan was shot, the baffle in the filler was unhelpful, and between them, a fair amount of gas went down the side. So I didn't find out how much usable capacity the tank has, but I did discover that you can pour gas in from a plastic cup if you jam the baffle open with a drinking straw.

     

    So, what I did to my Pathfinder today... I washed the quarter panel with gas and lost part of a drinking straw down the filler neck. :doh:

     

    (Anyone know of a downside to removing that baffle?)

     

    I've found it's easier to siphon the gas out of the jerry can to the filler neck

  4. I don't remember what year but prob somewhere in the late 80s early 90s, but the later models were plastic with 2 fans but they were wider.

    The ones I installed on my 88 and 94 were both metal shrouds with 2 fans and fit the radiator almost perfect.

    My laptop is all messed up. Try going to photobucket and looking at dosvagabonds check the mods for electric fan I've got a bunch of pathy stuff stored there

  5. the way I did mine was the metal maxima fan, the temp sensor in the bottom of the maxima radiator and the fitting that it screws into, I used the metal tube that's in the tbi units upper hose and soldiered the sensor fitting into the metal tube, and a switch on the dash for the high speed fan. On tbi units you can drill a hole below the vent on the metal tube, on the mpfi I just ground off the vent and drilled out the hole to fit the sensor fitting.

    I'm running both my 88 and my 94 this way

  6. When I was still at Pacific Nissan We'd get Nissans that had been partially submerged, we'd strip them down and let carpet and and interior dry and install a new eccu, You'd be suprised how many of the old eccus would still work after drying out

    I was able to salvage a radio out of a 88 hardbody the the lifeguards had submerged, when I got the truck in my stall you could see where the water line was half way up the instrument cluster. I pulled the radio and pulled the top and bottom covers and rinsed it out in hot water, took it home that afternoon gave it a soapy bath and rinse. A week later it was working even the cassette player.

    Sheesh the ramblings of an old man, see what all you young guys have to look forward to :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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  7. Taurus fans, Maxima fans both work. The Max fan fits the rad almost perfect if you use the older style with the metal tubing on it, just notch it a bit to clear the gearbox.

    The Taurus fan is a single 2 speed fan, the max fan is a dual fan setup

  8. we did a 2500 mile trip last Oct in the 88 and averaged a little over 17 per tank on the road, 1 tank we got 17.8. We left So Ca went to Grand Junction Co to Gallup Nm to Laughjin Nv, then the Barstow area where we playedl in the desert for 3 days

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