Jeff850

If you're not selling the kits, can you provide dimensions? I have a disc grinder, a drill, and a welder

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Hello everyone I just picked up a 2003 Pathfinder a few months ago, spending under $500 for the truck, the tow home, and the title. Tow was because there's a power valve screw wedged in cylinder number 3, and it's locked up. But I knew it was seized when I bought it, and went ahead and got a junkyard engine that turns and passes leakdown compression testing. It's on an engine stand in my garage now, along with boxes of parts like timing chain kit, oil pump, water pump, front and rear main seals, and so on that are going in before the engine goes into the truck. But first, I've got to finish patching the rusty cargo floor. Previous owner was a beach mom and the kids' swimsuits and beach toys got tossed in the right rear corner for 15 years. Rust began on the inside and worked its way out in the right side cargo floor. I'm almost done cutting, beating, and welding sheetmetal into place. Once it's weathertight I'll get the old engine out and the new one in. It has a set of 2.5" lift blocks installed up front and that's it. I plan to expand on that with a SFD, 4-6 inches of lift overall, and it's my understanding that LR Defender 90 front springs fit the back of these and give about 4" of lift? Also planning to lower the panhard bar mount accordingly. Manual front hubs and a welded front diff are also on the table. Front and rear custom bumpers will be either modified XJ stuff or fabbed up at home. I might even do old school tube bumpers like were popular in the 80s I'm going to be spending a lot of time reading here for sure over the next several months/years, finding what fits and works since there's not so much aftermarket support for these, unfortunately. But junkyards will be my friend, and I believe firmly in "if I can make a $200 part with $30 in steel stock and some MIG wire, I'm all over that!" Looking forward to the journey!

Hello everyone! I picked up my 2003 R50 Pathfinder 4x4 locally, spending under $500 to buy it, tow it home, and get the title in my name. It came with some rust in the cargo floor and a seized VQ35DE with a power valve screw embedded in the piston and the side of cylinder number three. I then bought myself a replacement VQ35DE from another 2003 Pathfinder in a junkyard, and will be replacing the timing chain kit, oil pump, water pump, and front and rear main seals before installation. I'll also be putting some Loctite on the power valve screws But before I can do that, I need to get done patching up the rear cargo floor. I'm converting it to a flat floor without that little storage compartment in the process, because my sheetmetal forming skills aren't great and I'm not spending $500 on a cargo floor pan replacement. It'll be strong and weathertight though, and protected from future rust, before I turn it around in the driveway and do the engine swap. My welding skills are not the greatest, but a punch and flange tool makes it so all I have to do is weld the plugs in and seal it with body sealer if I want to be lazy. I plan to put a bead around the entire floor patch, but it would be strong enough with just the plugs - it's the same as the factory spot welds. Once that's done and I get it driving, the fun begins. I plan to fab a SFD, install LR springs for rear lift, and so on. I'm here to soak up information to help along the way. The blue car in the background is my daily, a 1998 CR-V 5-speed AWD that I bought stock, then lifted and put the brush bumper and LED bar on, etc etc. - next project on that one is welding up a winch mount tucked into the bumper, from 1/4" bar stock.