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Terranovation

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  1. Ha. We actually have those here too, can even get retrofit ones that plug in like a standard tail light bulb. However for $8-11 (free shipping usually) for 15 meters of the things in any color you want, the novelty of plug and play goes away. :aok:

    I really want to put a big long red led strip that cycles up and back like Knight Rider but I'm afraid the police will find it most exciting.

  2. I ripped out the plastic speaker boxes that go over the rear wheel arches and mounted up a pair of home stereo Sony speaker boxes. I just got some angle brackets and screwed them to the sides of the speaker boxes and screwed the brackets to existing holes left from removing the original plastic. There's definitely more space either side now. In the future I want to cover the speakers with some nice material so it matches the interior and also so the material covers over the angle brackets because it looks a bit redneck.

  3. Mine unlocks all doors with one turn of the key in the drivers side, I assumed that this was normal? It's got electric windows so I can always hit the 'all doors locked' switch when I get in if I have to. Passenger side door lock was tampered with, I think someone must have tried to break in a few years back because it wasn't like that when I got it.

  4. http://www.nissanpathfinders.net/forum/topic/18579-how-to-replace-wd21-tire-carrier-bushings/

     

    Try the how to topic or the rattle noise could just be your seat that the carrier seats onto needs adjusting up or down. Try loosening the seat at the bottom part and see if you can adjust it so the carrier clips in and seats properly. Mine will rattle if I haven't properly slammed it shut. My wife never closes it properly so I'll be driving along and every bump I hear a clunky te clunk noise and I immediately know it's the tire carrier!

  5. Just a tip on the refilling part, only add the same amount that you took out ie - four litres came out so put 4 fresh litres back in. The dipstick shows COLD on one side with a hash mark zone and on the other side it has HOT with a hash marked area. Some dipsticks may have these marks all on one side but this is how I found mine to be. Run the engine for 20 mins or just go for a drive to get the engine at proper warmed up running temperature, leave the vehicle in P and check the HOT level on the transmission - it should be near the top of the hash marked level and a nice reddish pink colour. Some of these trans have a drain plug on the pan, lucky mine has one so I don't have to get the pan off. Keep in mind just draining the pan doesn't drain all of the fluid, it only gets about half of the old out. The best way to get all of it out is taking off one of the trans lines to the trans cooler and then start up, the fluid will get pumped out at a fast rate so have a bucket under the trans line.

  6. Not glad to hear about your accident but glad to hear you are on the mend. Those bump stops are grinding metal on metal. As stated above it's a good idea to put some grease on the metal stops but you might be able to get the plastic bump stop screw on fittings brand new from Nissan. I've also heard coke bottle plastic caps fit but idk.

  7. I've put normal lithium grease into mine, via a plastic straw connected to the end of a grease gun. Couldn't get much into the holes, it kept coming back out so I just smeared it into the 'knuckles' until it was a coated, black mess. Had to wipe quite a lot of grease off but there's still heaps in there, that combined with ATF fluid and Wd40, the thing won't stay open by itself without using the metal pin. I regret using so much lube.

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