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Hey all! So I just picked up this 93 Pathy today..for $750. Zero Rust, slight drip in the water pump, and a slight shift in the front left bumper mount, but all in all, runs great... 182K. esthetically...it's a 5, interior is a 4, but overall mechanical is a 7.5... So, I'm torn between turning it into a Semi Good Weekend small-Rock Crawler, or stripping it, pulling the doors, building out a roll cage and gutting it and making it into a Side-By Side UTV with buckets in front and back...yanking the liftgate, cutting out part of the roof and pretty much turning it into a Street Legal Polaris variant... So, lets take a vote!! I already have a 95 pathy daily driver with a 3" lift kit, but this looks like fun! What do you think??? ~Hans NOTE:** I was attempting to upload a pic to Photobucket, but the damn site is so overwhelmed with ads that it wouldn't even let me upload around the 40 ad popups..Wow...Do we have a different site that we can use? This forum wont accept google photo links...*** Any ideas?? Thanks!

UPDATE**** Didn't get a chance to update this thread due to travel and the holidays... Turns out it was the ONLY ignition component that I didn't replace. The Distributor. The assembly was just fine, but the sensor on the assembly would apparently work fine while cold, but when it got warm, it went bat@!*% and started to send erratic signals to the ECU, which interrupted the pulse signal to the coil, causing intermittent operation of the coil, and intermittent spark to the plugs... Isolated the issue, then got the part on order, since the dealership didnt even have one on hand. Autozone got me one the next morning, and the dealership installed it, verified timing, and I was out the door. Total cost for the Distributor fro Autozone: $280, total cost from the dealer for the Troubleshooting and installation/timing: $191 I was floored. The dealership was awesome. Haven't EVER walked out of a dealership with less than a $700 bill for ANY vehicle before. Kept the old distributor, disassembling it so i can understand the entire assembly operation, and figure out why it went crazy when warm. I'll fill you all in with that later. Anyway, got it installed, and drove back to Phoenix with no issues. Since the replacement, however, I've gotten a solid 17-19 mpg and LOTS more power.

Thanks for the reply. That is actually the Coolant Temp Sensor, and I already replaced that one, as mentioned, but THANKS A BUNCH for your speedy reply. That's one more reason I really enjoy this site! So... After standing side by side with mechanics at Sid Dillon Nissan (who were also scratching their heads...these guys were awesome and their service was excellent. Very stoked at how they worked with me standing side by side with them troubleshooting the problem) we isolated the problem to the following conditions: When cold, runs great. As it becomes progressively warmer, performance goes to @!*% out...but correspondingly, the ignition starts to go haywire, and if too much gas is applied, you get backfires... So, the conclusion is the distributor assembly, which has a position sensor which has gone to @!*%. Of course, no one in this city has one, so a complete assembly is on its way to be here by 10am...in the middle of an ice storm... Now..is that the 100% guarantee as to the problem?. I guess we'll see. Let me know your thoughts. I enjoy hearing everyone's perspective!!

Can't isolate WHERE the CHTS is located?? Dont have any reference data that talks about it, even after looking through the FSM...

So...Ive posted pics under the Newbie section previously of my Pathy "Romy". Ive rarely had any issues with her since purchasing her, and I drive back and forth halfway across the US due to work, etc. Headed out of Omaha 2 nights ago, started to get a squeal at about 2500 rpm. Turned into a major squeal at 3,000. Figured maybe just a loose belt, and was going to pull off and take a peek at it when the engine suddenly started to run like @!*%. Felt like it just went into crap mode like somebody threw a switch. No gradual decrease, just 100% operation to barely 25%...had the gas all the way to the floor just to get to an offramp and limped it into a gas station so I could do some quick troubleshooting. Figured out ultimately that the squeal was due to the fan clutch seizing up. Strange ass place for that to happen, but, tighter than a new guy in prison. Now, on to the next issue...thought the rough running issue may have been ignition related...however I had literally just replaced everything (plugs, rotor, distrib cap, wires, coil) 3 weeks ago...although they can still fail, so, since everything pointed to ignition, got the local "A-Zone" to order the parts for arrival the next morning, so...got a ride to a hotel and a friend who happened to live in Lincoln carted me around and helped me pick up parts...So, I swap out the coil, dist cap, rotor and even dump an alternator into the mix..just in case. Vrooom! Started right up, sat and idled for a while, then I started to head back west...and as soon as the op temp got up higher, performance went to @!*% again. felt like fuel went full rich. Limped it to the Autozone parking lot, made it just before it died...and back at troubleshooting...went through everything I could think of...even down to pulling off the timing covers and verifying that the timing hadn't skipped. Everything was good. timing was perfect. put everything back together. I even pulled all the plugs, swapped out another dist cap and rotor, and threw it all back together...engine was ice cold. (mind you, Lincoln, NE..all work was in 7deg weather with 15mph wind...cold as hell). Went to start...Vrooom! Started up, revved it up to 4,000rpm a few times...ran smooth as silk... until it warmed up...then Whammo...back to @!*%. So..by this time, nothing left to do because it's already dark and i'm worn out. So, over to a hotel to jump onto the forums. Go through the FSM and try to figure out everything I can, and isolate it to potentially the O2 sensor or the Coolant temp sensor... So back out I go this morning. Nice cold engine, starts up and purrs. I disconnected the O2 sensor connector to isolate it from the ECM, since its freezing cold outside, and once it warms up, we're back to square one...runs like @!*%, degrades then wont run at all. So..before it quit again, and while it was idling, I swapped the connector from the coolant temp sensor onto a new sensor, and voila, the rpm kicked up for a few moments, but it still wouldnt rev, and still ran like @!*%. Took about an additional 3 minutes before it died again. So..back to square one. No choice left but to AAA it to the local Nissan dealer. (My ass already hurts from the thought). Currently sitting in the service dept waiting room for 2 hrs (when promised it would be looked at within an hour). SO, I'm taking bets. Anyone care to wager their best guess as to: A) What is actually wrong with it? How much of an ass-raping this is going to be in $$ Very interested in feedback here guys.. FAST feedback. Thanks! -Sas

This looks awesome. Was this an actual Xterra rack, or a mod kit to look like one. I'm asking because I've been wanting the same type of Xterra rack, and wasn;t sure of the fit. I have 2 Xterras in a local JY and it would be simple to just yank the racks off and mod them accordingly...

This is pretty awesome, and it gives me some ideas for my 95.

Ok, this thread has been awesome. I'm going to be changing out my tranz fluid in the am, and this has really helped me out. REALLY glad I found this forum. I'll fill you in on any issues, etc. Wish me luck! HA! ~Hans

Any idea on the price of these spacers?