NaturaTek

Thanks for the input guys. I did the next best thing, I told my girl to get me the tool kit for a xmas gift I did go on black friday and got some basic stuff I've been wanting. The 3 set of all black riveted craftsmans pliers 9.99, 13 piece craftsman metric wrenches 9.99. Black led rechargebale worklight 9.99. I already had a set of crafsmans pro vice grips. and a bunch of other misc tools. screwdrivers, wire cutters, etc. While waiting for the xmas gift, lol...I bought a tiny kit at homedepot, husky 'stubby' set. Dang, it has angle head adjustable ratchet, adjustable wrench, ratcheting screwdriver with a bunch of sockets, adapters and mini extenders. the handles are small and fat and 'stubby' a perfect fit in your hand. Quality is good, vanadium for 10bucks. Not a bad combo tool for tightspots. Theres a book 'automotive maintenance for dummies'... I go buy that later.

When I obtained my pathy, I had the oil changed. They told me to get 10w something, I did. I bought Mobil 1 and they changed it. However, I was shopping for oil again, to be brave enough to change my own oil..then I noticed theres a 5w for suvs/trucks. Is this the one I should be using? Is there any harm associated in using different types (5w, 10w, etc)? My pathy has a little over 155,000 miles, is there a pretty good oil type I should be sticking too? On a side note, are there really differences in oils? Someone told me not to waste bucks on Mobil One, but go with the cheap 2$ walmart brand, because I'll be changing it anyway. Hmm, he maybe right, but if I can get a little more protection or performance from mobile one, I'll stick with it.

That's what I'm talking about! Fck those lowriders! Is it possible to get a pathy that high? That's not even a lift kit huh? Thats some extreme stuff

The flowmaster 40 muffler i gave to my cousin to put on, told me I have to get 'reducers', and need to find out the stock size of the muffler and buy the right 'reducers'. If anyone knows this info, please post :coffee!:

Ok, it's no 'secret', lol..but I found the list whats gonna be on sale this black friday after turkey day. LINK: http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/sears-black-friday-ad.html Tires are decent priced. I think. It says BFG ATs for 89bucks? I hope that price is for all sizes. Scroll down to 'Tools', and you can see some handy stuff for cheapy. Theres only 2 tool kits the 117pc for 79$ (which in fact its already like that, almost bought it today) and 155pc for 99bucks. Hope this help. edit: stupid me forgot to add the link, just added

WTF is a breaker bar? and BFH? My cousin has a cordless impact drill, a mini one, dang that thing is cool. It's like a vibrator for my pathy, she'll like it.

Hey guys..It's me, noober guy. As you guys know I'm NOOB noobier noobiest noober. I've got the Chilton and Haynes manual for my 90 pathy. Now, is the next phase. To get my first time tool kit. I was at sears and they have a couple of good deals on mechanic tool sets this week. They have a 117 piece set for 79bucks and a 155 piece set for 99bucks. Both with that new 'laser' etch to view better. Here are my questions. Should I buy one of these kits or should I build my own? Example I'm a computer tech, and I never and will never buy a 'computer tool kit', I always piece my pc tools with pieces I like. I have a few craftsman wrenches and bunch of screwdrivers, allen keys, drill bits, pliers, visegrips etc that are in a home tool kit. All are pretty good brand tools. It seems I need ratchets and sockets. For a 1990 pathfinder, are the nuts standard or metric? Or are they a little of both? I'm looking to get my own tools to do little stuff on my own. Maybe change my own sparkplugs, tighten a nut, and who knows, change something major one day. What are the perfect tools to start little mechanic repairs with (only on my own pathy)? I'm not mechanically smart, but by looking at these tool kits, the only thing bad I kinda see, is everything is short. Nothing long. No long wrench, etc. Then again I might not need it. Also looking thru tutorials, I see a long extending tool for a ratchet to pull out spark plugs. These kits dont have them but I see you can buy separately. What are the most important tools I should buy to work on my pathy? Yes I know this is noobish, just bare with me I'll try not to blow nothing up I'll link photos later of the 2 kits I have in mind. UPDATE, here are the 2 sets I have in mind (cause they on sale and I'm cost conscious at this sec, lol) 1. 117 pc mech tool set http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_0...anics+Tool+Sets on sale for 79.99$ 2. 155 pc mec tool set (i couldnt find it from sears.com but its on sale for 99$ at my local store..i linked a googled image) Or I was thinking of buying sockets/socket wrench and start buying tools as I need/when on sale. To build a nice set. I'm not pro. but I HATE those black cases. Like the ones that came with a cratftsman jack or the one tthat came with drill/saw set. REally, I don't use them. I'd rather have everything organized in a thick nice canvas bag or a real toolbox.

Hey Kittamaru, Did you go the acid flush or simply drain and changed trans fluid??? Please let me know what you did. I do have a 90 pathfinder and I have NO idea if it was ever changed or not by previous owner. Kindly post results on what you've done, yes, you are our guinea pig trans experiment

Well theres a local guy, selling swamp tires WITH rims. 31x12.50 for about 300-400$. The rims look nice and black, he mentioned something they good rims or something. He mentioned they have less than 1,000 miles on them. The rims are 6lug, so I'm thinking they might just fit on the path, and maybe I could use them for trail (if I ever get my thing worthy) and for the harsh snow up here in NJ when it comes. The damn things look monstrous hot! So if they already on the rims it come with, that means its ok to put on pathy or still might have that rub prob? Can you guys make out from the picture if they are good rims or not?

I have 31 10x50 on my path. will 31 12.50 boggers fit my 90 pathfinder?

For the love of tires, I can't find a 90 pathfinder factory manual in pdf. I already purchased a chiltons and haynes manual for my pathy. But I think I need to attend a noobie beginner class first. Yea, a class where a teacher holds up a spark plug and say "ok class, this is a spark plug", and the class goes 'oooohhhhh'. Yeah, thats me

Whats a great way to learn light mechanics on your own? I've got some auto repair books in ebook format to learn from.

Any negative opinions for this tire http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ItemBro...ID:100000382011 or http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product...4965346/c-10614 or the BFG all terrains, those seem popular and I see them often around.

It's me, pathfinder jedi in training again. Does anyone know of cool places in NJ or NY that has 4x4 stuff..like lift kits or cool aftermarket parts. Like a store you can go into, and they have 31 to 35 tires in stock, many brands including those 'mickey thompsons', grilleguards/bush guards on display, lights, etc, etc..just items and cool things for your 4x4, in my case, a pathfinder. I searched thru google, and found one place but number is disconnected. Maybe such places don't exist? Only online? And, does anyone know of any 4x4 or such a place where you can go and they'll install lift kits or simply make good recommendations for suspension, know ALL about modifying 4x4, and are knowledgeable in consulting to offering services for 4x4 or so? All the shops here and around me, are all about bling bling, instead of lift kits all they do is 'drop' kits, neon lights, pimp your car all chrome, low profile tires, stereos, and installing loud ass mufflers to such tiny honda cars, lol. While all that is good for people that like it, there has to be such a place for 4x4'ers. It still stuns me in who pays thousands$ to drop your car, and if thats not bad, put tires that look one inch high. I got in a few of these cars before, the minute you hit a bump, pothole or whatever you feel the pain. I seen many of these cars with damage/twisted rims for simply hitting a pothole. I will never understand the feel of that. I drove one, so damn low, if feels like my butt is sitting on the highway, that's how low it is. Add a couple of passengers, every nick or hole in street you'll feel it shatter up your spine. lol. Maybe a few of you guys offer such services for $$? Maybe I should buy me 'automotive repair for dummies'

Thanks guys! I really appreciate all the input! I'll keep you on my xmas list

Yes, noob here again. I keep reading peoples signature with stuff like .."..2inch body lift and 4inch suspension lift.." Wow, so I can do two diff kinds of lift on my pathy? What are the differences between them. I'm gonna take a wild shot and say a body lift is regarding torsion bars?

Breach of right? OMG, I guess all those Honda, Chevy, Nissan, and every other aftermarket/homemade/promade sticker in the world circulating at millions are all going to jail. Oh well. I don't think NG is gonna sue me for wanting to display a NationalGeographic logo on my bumper.

This is a strange request, but can you make this into a vinyl decal: http://www.looedivers.com/images/padi/nati...raphic_logo.JPG or this style http://www.watchgear.com/WatchGear/_images...0Geographic.gif a typical 8 to 10 inch in length would be cool. If this is possible, how much?

Hello again, Yes, this is my second post. Ok.. dammit, I'm gonna be honest. Yes, I finally got my license after 30+ years! (man, don't even ask), Yes I purchased a 90 pathfinder for 100bucks (from a friend). And YES, I have no idea wtf anything to do with vehicles. But YES, I am addicted to the feel of pathfinder truck! My cousin is the mechanic, but he's one of those old toyota street car racing heads... not interested in the 4x4 or truck field. Anything I've bought he installed. Ok, so I bought the pathfinder from a friend who works a lot and has had the pathfinder sitting at a work lot for 2 years. The thing was dirty mofo with some probs. The body is in good condish, has 2 dents that are not that noticeable. The ride was a bit shaky, everyone told me I was dumb for buying it. I'm 6ft, I need something spacious to sit my tall ass in. The pathfinder whispered to me buy me, I'll let you make love to me. So it was mine. So far..I replaced all 4 shocks with monroe sensatracs. I wanted ranchos but local auto places had none in stock. The bumps where horrible. Cousin changed them out. Dang, it had the original 1990 shocks with nissan logo, they were ALL locked shut, dead. Ride improved. The 'Compression rods' where rotted. Cousin found them at local nissan dealer, both for 152$ with bushings (I'm talking like I know what I'm talking about I cleaned the damn thing. Literally I went to a self service car wash and spent 3 hours on the thing and poured a gallon of Tide over it and started scrubbing with the brush thing. I mustve pulled out 4 garbage bags of @!*% laying in there, clothes, newspapers, etc. I used 'bleach white' and cleaned the leather seats, damn, those things came to life! I scrubbed interior with bleach white and kept wiping and squeezing rag. Looks way way better. I replaced the ceiling light and trunk light, awesome, I can see. The driver side and passenger side regulators where no good. My cousin had them closed shut until I get the parts. Later on, I bought one from ebay, he changed it. The second one I went to car-part.com and found a local junkyard with one for 40bucks. I remembered what he did and changed it out on my own. Then the pathy let me make love to her in the gas tank hole...lol, damn you are a perv. Oil was changed to mobil 1. Changed the gas filter, oil filter. Since I'm a new driver, I am welcomed into the world of GASOLINE bills. If felt like I put in 30bucks of gas every 3 days..People told me thats the way it is and for my v6, it's a gas monger. So I attempted to 'outsource' and went to a JiffyLube and tried one of those 'fuel injector cleaners' thing, after someone said they hook up a machine and shoots down a cleaning solution that cleans and helps mileage. Well, I watched the guy, all he did was had some can of 'gumout' with a little red tube hose attached to in and did something underneath the car hood. He rushed since they was closing. Dont even know if that was really done correctly. Yeps, I got ripped 59bucks, in a 10minute Jiffy. After being a silent reader of this forum, I decided to change the stock tires. I went to 31tires/10.50, looks more rugged and damn more me. I bought a computer custom cut tint kit from ebay. I done the rear windows and they look great, havent done the rest yet though. I bought the front rotors with metallic brake pads and cousin installed them. He drilled some holes/grooves on it in his shop, suppose to have breaking power, but I noticed no difference. They looked exactly like these drilled 'performance' rotors I almost bought. I have the water pump and timing belt new from AutoZone. He'll change that this week. Also my muffler is original stock and is blown. When pathy on the lift he showed me. Damn thing looks like someone stuck a straw in it and blew into it, and it expanded on one side. I found a new flowmaster 40 from a user in craigslist for 30bucks. Cousin is going to cutout the old one and weld the new one or something like that. He asked if I want to spend the money to get the whole new muffler pipes. I'm debating that temporarily. Path looks way better than before and ppl took there words back about me buying a bad deal. My next major things are to replace all tie rods and all ball joints, they make a popping sound when i'm going up a elevated driveway and turning. And to get a new manifold or header. Cousin said it looks worn and that is causing less fuel economy. and that funky accelerating sound. Some questions: If I was to switch to 16rims with 31 tires, will it require a lift or not? Or if I put 33tires on stock rims, will it be ok as is? or need a lift? What happens if I go 11.50 instead of 10.50 on normal stock rims? (currently i have 10.5 no probs) The stopping power doesnt seem too strong. My girls little car I drive and that thing breaks to strong. The pathy it seems you have time your breaking distance. Anything can be done to increase stop power or is this norm? How easy is this budget 2 inch lift adjusting the stock torsion bars to do? Should I have someone check if it's worn out or something? What are somethings I should change or check immediately on this pathfinder? Should I even use over drive on this pathy? I used it on the highway..but I notice when i get foot off gas, it feels like someone pulls back the pathy every 9 seconds or so while deaccelerating. What is the CORRECT way to initiate over drive? Do I shut off car and turn on in OD mode? Or is it ok when I'm driving 50, to simply hit the OD switch? I had the OD on at 25mph and I notice it takes a while to accelerate into highway. I'm assuming that when the ORANGE light goes on in dash, OD is on, when light is off, OD is off? Kinda weird, as the the light is on, it lights up OD OFF. What are other 'notorious' issues with this year pathy? I read about the manifold issue. Rear wiper dont work..hell not sure if i'm turning it on right. Whats the right way? The switch to open the rear window or back? Doesnt do anything when pressed. Doing something wrong? I bought a kenwood at bestbuy and put it in myself. It didnt have the original wire harness, just a bunch of cables coiled up. I tested the cables with multimeter see which ones where outputting power then used one AA battery and tapped cables , once I heard that little static, I quickly found which cables are front right/front left/rear right/ etc. However I cant find a 12v continuation? Suppose to be one? Radio works, but It wont remember any of my settings when I turn car off. I would manually have to set my eq/bass/treble settings everytime I turn on. I'm assuming the 12v continuation is a cable that outputs 12v when the car is off. By the way, the stock pioneers sound nice. Transmission. Yes everyone is telling me how it's going to die and thats a common problem in cars. Cousin told me its not a good idea to change transmission fluid. Would you guys do it to this car? I've read that if you change your oils/fluid on a regular basis its a good thing. But if tran fluid hasnt been change in years it might not be a good thing. I have no clue what to do in this. On my gear shift (Automatic), the shift lock button on the know doesnt work. The original owner told me a towtruck guy towed it once and it never worked after that. After inspecting it, cousin said it looks like someone force the @!*% out the shifter and cracked the inside. I need that whole new part, the shifter mechanism. Is there anything to recommend or simply go with original replacement. if they make it for that? Would like to change it, since its a danger. The shifter can move up and down into gears withou the need to press the shiftlock button. I already screwed up. I was going 20mph when I reached over and hit the shifter, it went straight up into R. WOW..the damn car screeched to a stop. It took a minute to turn back on. I wonder how much damage I did. I'm going to take a picture of this pathy and post it. Maybe I can get recommendations. Is there anyone in NJ, that can physically take a look at it and tell me if it's worth the time and effort to go major upgrades on it? I'll drive to you. I'm a computer tech and will fix your pc probs if any free of charge for a good consultation. Thanks for reading this long ass post. Natura

Hi, I have a 90 pathfinder sev6. (btw I know 0 about automotive stuff). I'm wondering if you experienced guys can tell me what is the MAX tires I can put on the stock 15inch rims? My friend said 31/10.5 someone else said 31/11.5, some told me none of those, some told me it can go bigger. I just want the biggest, fattest tires I can put on my stock rims. Also I see that my stock rims are solid chrome. Would it make sense to get different rims if needed? I'm slowly getting this pathy into shape to go off roading (my cousin is doing the labor). So far changed the compression rods with new ones straight from Nissan dealer. All 4 shocks with monroe sensatrac(I know I could have chosen better). Original ones where dead, the new ones I swear it look like it gave it a quicky tiny lift. What are other quick things I can do on my own to get performance? I seen on ebay they have performance chips for the pathy. I thought of getting one but after researching people claim it is not a chip but some radio shack 1.00$ resistor. Anyone have parts for it for sale and are in nj/ny let me know, thanks