mikeysentra

I just ordered the air lift 1000 helper springs for my 97 pathy. Has anyone ever installed these? I tow my Miata to various autocrosses in the northwest and I am sick of the truck riding on the bumb stops and am not ready for a lift or other springs as its not in the budget. anybody have any experience with these? with trailer and the miata I am pulling about 3300 lbs, evenly distributed and it is disgusting how the rear sags with any bit of weight on it. Is there anything I need to watch for with any towing? I have the factory trans cooler and the pathy has about 150,000 miles on it. it has never gone over 30k miles on trans flush and filters, and the front and rear diff are recently drained and filled with redline and the t-case has redline trans fluid. what else should I do for extended tows? It may see a trip to Omaha Nebraska for SCCA SOLO Nationals in september and I want things to be reliable. Thanks and any info would be helpful.

Well it does look like I am one lucky SOB. I parked the Motorcycle this week and wanted to drive the pathy to see if any other damage was done. I had the oil changed at work on monday and while they had it on the lift, I pulled both diff fill plugs and t-case plug to check for any water contamination. I figured if there was water contamination that the fluids would be milky. All are clean with no signs of water intrusion. the engine oil came out un-contaminated also. I went a head and had the oil changed again today just as a precaution, and after about 150 more miles, still clean. also I did notice that the pathy runs better since. it has a really really smooth idle and better pick up on throttle tip in. also my fuel mileage is up to about 16 MPG now. I think when the water came in to the engine that it cleaned some carbon out of the combustion chambers. Also the air box in the fender well has like 3 hole sawed holes in it that sucked up the water. had it not been for those I dont think I would have had the issue at all. so before I head back up to the cabin I will have a new resonator box installed.

I am going to do an oil change this morning and then another when I get about 100 miles on it.

Well I made a boobo. a buddy and I were on our way up to his cabin last night to do some fishing, and we had to cross about a 10 foot stream. it was only about 2 feet deep so I figured I would be safe to cross. well I guess those holes that I holesawed into the resonator box to get more air to the airbox were a bad idea. we made it about 3/4 of the way out then the engine died. it would try to crank but wouldent. I knew I hydro locked it. well we are about 3 miles from the nearest farm, with a phone to call for help, as our cells were out of range. we got a ride into town got a hotel called a friend that brought a trailer and diesel P/U out to pull us back out of the water. well we decided to pull the plugs and crank her over. WOW there was a whole lot of water that came out. we put the plugs back in and it started right up. I got really lucky as my pathy drove just as good as it did before, for the 70+ miles home. other than some slightly damp carpet I cant find anything wrong with it. So for anyone thinking about cutting holes in there resonator box in the LF fender well, I wouldent do it if you plan on wheeling it. On that note does anyone have a resonator box laying around that they want to sell? Courtesy wants 135.00 for it. Just thought I would share my little story

thry this. This site is where I get all of my replacement factory Like parts for my 97 R50. I did the front 2 O2 sensors for about 330. I bought the parts and then had the dealer install them. I used denso's and they so far have worked great. I am going on 10,000 miles now with them W/O Problem. also if you spend more than 50.00 its free shipping and it normally takes about 2-3 days to get them. I have been useing AUTOHAUSAZ.com for several years now and rate them well. I even did the leg work for you and the link is to the O2 sensor listings for an 02 R50. http://catalog.autohausaz.com/autohausaz/d...Oxygen%20Sensor

I am just following what the previous owners maintnance practices. I have all reciepts from the local dealer here for everything done to my rig. Everything was always done on a 30,000 mile schedual. so I am going to stick with that. + changing them more often is cheaper insurance. I also tend to pull about 4,000 lbs distances of about 400 miles round trip about once a month in the summer, so I am a bit harder on equipment than most.

I am at 140,000 and going strong. Orignal Trans, engine, diffs, ect.... All maintnace done on time or early. Oil changed every 2500-3000 miles, trans flushed and filtered every 30,000 along with all 4x4 related fluid changes Every 30,000. I also go a little beyond and flush the brakes about once a year and flush the power steering fluid every 30,000 also. I have complete trust in my pathy and It wouldent bother me to go across country with it. I believe as long as you keep up on the maintnace you will get 250,000 + before anything MAJOR goes out on a Pathfinder.

I just had my right front axel replaced yesterday at the dealership where I work. We are a Chevrolet dealer but will work on any employees rigs. Anyway I paid 34 dollars for a remanufactured axle, and 66 dollars for labor to have it installed as I dont have the time to do it myself for a total of 100 and some change. I think I did varry well, and if you have a parts warehouse close by where you live that supplies parts to mainly dealers to check them out as retail on it was just 55.00. just shareing a little info.

Why cant somone just make the clear lenses for the 96-99 pathys?

A buddy of mine installed a set in his 94 Camry that has the same style lens as our pathys. They work great and they dont blind the other drivers. I have driven past him at night and they dont bother me anymore than regular lights. But they offer great visibility and look cool too. I am not really into the cool part as much as getting the most lighting as possible.

I am thinking about buying these today. Any thoughts? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...rksid=p3907.m32

Sounds just like the blower motor resistor. I had one go south in my sentra and it had the same symptoms you described.

Sounds pretty normal to me also. I have a 97 XE with 31's and about 138,000. i was concerned about it when I got mine last april but after about 13,000 miles and a full tranny flush and filter its still there and hasent changed so I have rendered it normal and it hasent left me yet. just my .02

I ended up needing only 5 quarts of gear oil to fill the diffs. also ran into somthing interesting. The T-case was full of gear oil instead of ATF. So while I had the pathy on the lift I filled the t-case with ATF and ran it in 4 wheel on the lift for 10 min to flush the t-case then drained it and filled again with ATF. all seems to be good. I was wondering if it was a cover up for some noise or somthing, but it looks like it was just a mistake. anyone think somthing was damaged by the wrong fluids being put in the t-case?

I would say thats a deal, I got my 97 XE for $6,500 In april of 07 with 125,000 on the ticker, but It was also a 1 owner, always garaged, never wrecked or damaged and has every service reciept from the selling dealer and even the window sticker from new. As for what to look for on a really high milage pathy, Bushings shocks and struts, t-belt, auto trans, ect.... Unless it comes with a good service history I dont think I would be brave enough to attempt purchase. just my .02.