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I am going to have to dis agree with most on the Synthetic being the better way to go. I had switched to the Mobil 1 Synthetic a little under 2 months ago now maybe it has to do with being a Mobil 1 Synthetic instead of a different Brand but ever since I have done the switch My 95 XE Pathfinder has gotten worse off each day that goes by. Did not have any issues with shifting on her up until after switched to Synthetic which now the shifting is nowhere near as smooth as it was from before the switch. I think I am going to get rid of the Synthetic & go back to using the ATF as I was before which she always ran great running that it her. Now as I said could it maybe be just the brand of the Synthetic I tried to use? I guess for now back to the original ATF which should make her run the way I am used to her running & will make her much happier as well.

well i would have 2 entries but don't know if it will let me vote twice both 95 XE's Automatic 4x4 first one with 356,754 & 2nd one with 265,235

Why do youi want to sell it if I were you I would be wanting it to have & do some Mods to & with under 30,000 miles on it that thing has some life left in her too. You just don't find ones like that anymore with that little bit of miles on it. The WD21's are beasts mine both have gone in places most wouldn't think even possible. Just my thoughts though I would love to find one like that which hasn't even had much travel in it.

I would also agree with Citron would always be a good project for your son to help with fixing it up. That's what my Daughter has been doing with me on my 95 XE. Since I am looking to get another WD21 for myself as well & they do tend to appeciate it much more when the have all that time into working on them. I figure why not keep it in the family then you don't have to scrap it & you always know where it is & that it will be taken care of & can always lend a hand if needed if something needs to be worked on down the road.

Ah your the one who bought it I had hit up that same ad but was to late sweet buy for sure.

I'm not in the Leadville Area however I do find myself going that way quite often camping & wheeling around Mosquito Pass & North London Mine which connects into Leadville & the drive doesn't bother me since we usually travel a ways when we go wheeling. Get in touch with me whenever you are going to be going out wheeling & I will see if I can make it out to join or if you ever find your way over in the Roosevelt National Forrest area & want to go wheeling this way to let me know I live in Loveland.

That sounds like a pretty good deal & you will enjoy her I love my 1995 XE She has always impressed me & let me down when out wheeling. Can't wait to add another one to my family. Post some pics & if need help with anything lots of great members here with a lot of knowledge.

Have you checked to see if there are any codes be thrown from the diagnostics box which is under the passenger side front seat which it will flash red & green colored lights to determine what code it is. If is reads out a code 55 everything checks out for those tests however ther are quite a few other variations of tests you cas do from the diagnostics box. I would also suggest downloading the FSM for the 1995 Pathfinder which you can download for free in the forums here located in the Garage section of the forums. It can come in quite handy as it is vehicle specific for each year. Also finding other posts here through the search section whicxh you may see others with same issues who have posted & given what the solution was for them & How to fix as well as lots of pictures. There are a great deal of members here who knowquite a bit about these Nissan's & can be a great help with finding causes of issues on our girls. I know for myself without a number of the Members here who have chimed in on my posts with problems on both of my 1995 XE's I may might have still been scratching my head on where to put my attention at to help diagnose the situation so I am very glad to have found NPORA & appreciate every bit of help from everyone here & all the information we are able to access through the forums here as well. As far as your issue with your temp gauge not working could be a few things there in my experience on my 1995's to fix for me with mine not working was due to a wire on the connectors getting exposed causing it to short out. Which I would start there & follow your connector wires look for any signs of bad wires also check all connectors as well make sure nothing could be causing it to not get a solid connection. Maybe also check the cluster in the dash to make sure something there hasn't gone bad as well as check fuses too. Sorry I don't have a better answer on this for you but I can only speak from my personal experience with similar issue on temp gauge notg working.I am sure there are few more who have experienced this too & will chime in also. Good luck & keep us posted with it & what was the reason causing your problem & what ended up being able to fix itfor you.

Sorry to hear this. I would agree with the others try looking for a good used one to change out with. If you are certain you don't want to do this let me know & I would be interested in seeing what she has left to offer on her. Would hate to see her just go to scrap yard. Let me know also if you decide to give her another chance I would be more then happy to lend a hand as well which I see you are in Colorado as well. What area of the State are you located in?

Does anyone know exactly how to connect the manual valve from the valve body to the shifter arm so that it is able to shift through the gears correctly?

Yeah, I am going with transmission issue as well just a rather strange one at that. Certainly going to dig into the trouble shooting steps & tests listed in the fsm in the morning & hope I can come up with something fromthat. Wondering if maybe could be something bad with the gold transmisson control box behind the passanger side paneling in rear of pathfinder? Whatever it may be though I'm sure hoping to figure it out soon been losing out on a lot of extra work with not having her running making it rather tough to be able to make it to some of the jobs. Will keep updated on if I am able to figure something more out about what is causing it to malfuntion.

Update: So finally got her to stay running and at normal idle only to end up with a whole set of new issues. So after got her running and at normal idle howeverwhen i was working my way through the gears while sitting in driveway a rather odd thing went on which was I noticed when I was in reverse it actually started to go forward same when in neutral as well. didn't reaaly notice it grabbing when running through the gears at all when switching in and out of them. So once It started to move forward when in reverse and neutral I shut her down waited a few minutes & started her back up and went through shifting through the gears again which all worked this time except when in neutral she wanted to drive forward again. Shut back down waited few minutes again this time when started up let sit at idle for a moment & now anytime I give her any gas she doesn't do anything but raise rpms no driveability at all in any gear as well as if i try to put her in four wheel drive too doen't do anything acts like she is just stuck in neutral now. Any ideas I am lost without a clue on this one and not even sure where to start on looking for cause and a solution to fix it as well.

I did check that one out as well and it checked out good also. I am going back out to look at the carbon canister now since I just happened to notice that it seemed to feel a bit loose at bottom of canister as if it was detached or maybe broken from the feel of it but needed to put the led lights on there stands and get them plugged in to get a better look now that it's getting dark out. Will know for sure in just a few.

I do know as well when I do try to rev up engine I am not even getting 2k rpms on it at all before the engine dies out on me.

No not throwing any codes at all it has only showed code 55 saying there is no malfunction I have been checking all electrical connections to make sure something isn't broken there and all are checking out fine. However when I just tried to start it again a few minutes ago while running before engine stalled out again I did notice a hissing or whistling sound seemed to be coming from the area of the carbon canister or airfilter box but was hard to pin point it's exact location though. I have checked all of the Vacuum hoses which were all recently replaced not long ago & all are intact with no tears or breaks anywhere on them. Mass Air flow sensor has been cleaned. I do however have an extra one which I pulled of my old 95 XE guess maybe wouldn't hurt to replace it just to see if this fixes the issue. Not sure what else could be causing this for me.

SO I recently changed out my shift solenoids in my 95 XE 3.0 Automatic 4x4 Pathfinder along with radiator replacement, changed out front 3 belts & alternator. After all is said & done with on changing everything out out & getting new parts installed and ready to start her up. Once i get her started she ran with high idle & after bout 3 seconds to a minute later idle goes way down and she becomes rather sluggish on me. Go to give her a little gas & doesn't really even rev up much at all while still sluggish then engine just stalls out. Wait for a few minutes to try and start up again she turns over starts and only runs for maybe 25 seconds or so before engine stall again. Same thing again 2 more times after. Wait til morning since it was getting late that night once I go out to start up in morning turns over and runs a only bout 500 rpms and sounds rough and a bit sluggish again she stays running for bout a minute until i try to give her a little gas and then bogs out and engine stalls. Repeat this a couple of times and each time engine stalls out everytime i try to give her any gas. Also died once without giving any gas and each time she only runs for maybe 2 minutes or so at most before stalls out. I am thinking maybe bad alternator is the cause of this but i am not for certain though so looking for any input on this to see if i can track down the problem. I have read through a lot of posts but didn't see one that had exactly the same issues as i am having so not sure which route to go on it from here? If anyone can shed some light on this for me it would be greatly appreciated. I'm ready to get her up and running again and back on the road.

I checked all my fuses & all checked out good

I have got only 2 small stickers on mine which are rather small ones as well maybe I am the only one figured I would be the first one for you without a ton of em on there Ride. lol! Also yes you are right there is an adjustment to be able to tighten the ebrake on these I had same issue on mine as well which had to adjust it from underneith located bout midway or little more towards the rear of the vehicle. as for what I have done today on my Pathfinder to continue on with the thread: Done Today: 1. Changed out Radiator from one that I had Pulled off of my old 1995 XE 2. Changed all the Belts 3. While I was at it since I was already getting into things while I was in there cleaned up engine bay changed water Pump timing belt & going to track down my injector circut code I keep getting. 4. Changed all fluids 5. Switched out all Solenoids with new ones in my Transmission Pan see if that fixes that issue if not then well it's on to looking for a new transmission for this girl. Which if that is the case then heck at least I have a couple extra of all solenoids in there in case I ever need them or guess I could sell em if it comes down to that we'll see what the outcome is first though. To Do: 1. Try to figure out why my ET-Auto Power Switch is no longer functioning anymore 2. Find source to why the clock on my dash is no longer working light comes on for it but doens't display the time just lit up & blank. 3. Get new windshield & replace 4. Front steering & Suspension replacement

Awesome, that is good to know & I will have to give it a go this weekend & see if that helps out with this thanks.

I have not heard of doing this before but I do have the same issue going on as well. How safe is it to put ATF in with the oil though just curious since I haven't heard of anybody doing this before.

Bionic Woman

Yes, I did mine in the reverse order as it shows for tightening them