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^^^ Like he said I cut the rivets out and installed latching pins in their place, makes for more room with the seat bottoms out. and a 6 footer can sleep back there comfortably

aboard, So Cal here and retired Mechanic. There's a sharp group of guys here

One thing to remember when bleeding brakes start from the corner furthest from the master cyl. and work towards the master cyl.

We're kind of sheltered up close to the hills, it;s been about 3 years since we;ve had frost here. I think the lowest temp so far this year was about 35 F

Checked this morning and the 94 has heated mirrors, had it for almost 4 years and didn't know

Hood doesn't look bad in a flat back

I punched mine out last summer, I knew I was going to have to install a new one before it needed to be smogged again

Just bought a 95 donor for the 88 and the 94. It's from Illinois with major body rust and frame rot, but the engines strong and no leaks and the autotragic shifts great. Will put the engine and tranny in the 94, the rest is for the 88 finally get my round dash for the 88. I'm going to be busy the next couple of months :jig:

well lets see 2 pathys a Southwind motor home oh . .. . . . . .. . and . . .. . . . . . . driving . . . . . . .. . . my . . . . . wife crazy :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Just for the heck of it if you have a volt ohm meter, check the battery voltage in the morning before starting, then check and see what it is after the engine is running for a few

you may also have a draw on the system, drawing the battery down

(A little hint,) 14 mm impact wobbly 3/8 drive socket or even a 9/16 makes it so much easier

http://s1208photobucketcom/user/dosvagabonds/library/mods for electric fan?sort=2&page=1 If the above works it should show how I did the senders on my 88 and 94 using the maxima fan on both The sender is for low speed only it comes on at about 190, the high speed is wired to a switch on the dash

installed the autometer electric oil pressure gauge today and had a heck of a time getting the sending unit started, but it's in and working and no leaks. The old sender was leaking, that's the 3rd one in ten years. hopefully no more leaks in that area Idles at about 15psi 3000rpm at about 25 psi, hoping for a little more but not too bad for almost 250,000 miles

picked up 3 more Oil Filters from Nissan and noticed that they are smaller then they used to be, but same part #. The dealer I use sells them for $6.95 each, buy 2 get the 3rd 1 free

washed a little bit more mud off the 88 from last months trip

I use an autometer

Just finished a 2700 mile trip on the 88, the big a$$ Bosch lights are gone and I'm running KC series 57s in place of the 4 Bosch. My best mileage was 17.85 mpg on 1 tank, the other tank fulls were 17.26 mpg to 17.50 mpg. Average speed was 70 to 75 mph, tried to keep the RPM around 3000 rpm

So far it's been shifting normal, going to NAPA for a new filter, and will cut open the old 1 to see if I can see anything. Thanks Tungsten for the thought

We'll be home tomorrow and I'll change the filter monday

add wallyworld to the list of not cut well

running an inline filter,no on the rad cooler 2 external coolers 1 is the ford exploader tranny cooler, trans was serviced late last year, Trans was rebuilt about 2 years ago and has been working with no probs, everything seems normal now.

Been out in the desert this last week playing with the 88, I noticed the tranny was shifting like it had a shift kit in it 3 days ago it shifted like that for 2 days, now it's back to shifting it's nice smooth shift. The fluid is nice and red no burnt smell and the fluid temp hasn't gotten over 210, normally running about 140/150. Any ideas????????????

wonder what his gear ratio is, 3000 rpm on my 94 & 88 is around 70 mph

well it's something to start on after we get back from vacation next month