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Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks! Had the transmission out of my Xterra for the same thing and it was not fun. Tom Odds are you will have to pull the tranny, and replace the throw out bearing. Since you are there, you may as well inspect/replace everything else so you don't have to pull the tranny again any time soon. I replaced everything in the bell housing, including a resurfaced flywheel, for less than $300. Good luck. B

Just returned from a 600 mile round trip with my 89 SE V6 5-speed pulling a trailer that was not overloaded and now my clutch makes a noise like the throw out bearing is going out. It did not make any noise on the entire trip, but now that I am back it makes the noise each time I put in the clutch pedal. I did not go over the speed limit on the entire trip and ran in 4th gear most of the time and the temp never went over normal and there was never any problem shifting! Any way to make the noise go away short of pulling the transmission such as lubing the shaft the bearing rides on? Tom

I have a Rancho Stabilizer on my 89 along with four Rancho shocks and it works great. Tom

2002 Nissan Altima SE 5-speed, fast fun and 30 mpg on the highway 94 Honda ST1100, even faster and 49 mpg on the highway 1985 Toyota MR2, not so fast, but fast enough and loads of fun in the corners, 35 mpg highway Tom

The 31x10.50's on my 89 do not make the speedometer off at all according to my GPS at speeds up to 70mph, but then it came with them from the factory. Now my Altima, that is a different story, it is off by 4mph at all speeds. Tom

I searched the forum and didn't find this subject, so I apologize if this has been posted before. While in a salvage yard yesterday I noticed a 92 Pathfinder SE in the yard and saw that the console was two parts and the rear part with the cup holders looked to be about the size of my 89 coin holder between the seats. Only two screws hold the rear section to the main console in the 92 and it comes right out although it does have some strange screw seats on the bottom. I cut off the lower two inches on the 92 console which made it just right to fit in the existing console depression in my 89. I then pushed the rest of the 92 console in the 89 depression and it fit perfectly, so I now have a console with a top and a drink holder in my 89 with very little effort. Here is the console installed, (I know it isn't blue, but grey is close enough for me). Also I used silicone glue to hold the console in the instead of screws just in case I wanted to remove it and go back to stock. Here is is open with the drink holders showing. Total cost was $5 and total time was 1/2 hour. Tom

OK, I looked through my factory repair manual for the 89 pathfinder and it says to look at the inhibitor switch which according to my diagram in the book is located on top of the fuse block (I don't have a auto) to see of the contacts are not clean or if the switch is bad. Tom

Have a friend with an Xterra that had the same problem, come to find out the times when it would not start he wasn't pushing the clutch down far enough to clear the safety switch. Tom

I also find the tools supplied with the Pathfinder to be about perfect for the job. So much so that I went to a junk yard and got a set for my Xterra since Nissan didn't find the need to supply the same plug wrenches in the X. It is so easy with the short plug wrench than it is amazing, they even supply a little bent rod to turn the wrench with. Tom

FWIW my 88 and 89 came stock with 31x10.5R15's, but on alloy wheels from the factory. I am using BFG Longtrail's and have had good luck with them for a on road tire, but one that works well off the pavement too. Tom

Yes, Flowmaster 40 is the way to go. Tom

On the Xterra forum I don't think there was anyone on there with a knock sensor that was working properly. They are under the intake if you really want to change them. Tom

Well that stupid wing keeps my rear window perfectly clear all winter as well as on dirt roads in the summer. Tom

The replacement bushings from Nissan have sleves on them and you will not be able to get them in unless you press the old ones out first. They are not just rubber. Tom

I guess the 4x4 parts bushings didn't have the steel sleeve the stock ones have, since that is why the tool I made had to fit perfectly to push out the steel sleeve along with the rubber bushing. The rubber on mine was soft also, and it is molded to the sleeve, but after heating the arm just a bit, the sleeve and rubber came out with very little effort with a 12 ton press. Anyway, just a heads up that the stock bushings are not just rubber, but have a steel sleeve holding the rubber in place inside the control arms as well as the panhard rod. If you just cut out the rubber you will not be able to get the stock bushings in! Tom

Actually anyone with older snowmobiles has old pistions laying around and the one I had was almost the right size. I put it in a friends lathe and turned it down so it just fit inside the outside sleeve for the bushing. I then used it on my shop press (cheap Harbor Freight version) and pressed the old bushings out and the new ones in. My friend has a two post lift, but keeping the wheels on the ground worked better when taking off all four control arms since then the suspension wasn't supported by anything, so ramps worked better for me. So the only tool most people don't have that I used was the press and it is only $110 for the 12 ton model at HF. Any snowmobile/ATV shop will have a junk piston you can have and you could get it turned at a machine shop for next to nothing if you can't do it yourself. They could even do the pressing if you want also, but I expect they would charge you half of what the press costs, so I would rather buy the press to have for later projects. Tom

I did my own and it was not that difficult to do, just time consuming. I did all four control arms and the panhard rod bushings, pressed out the old bushings with a tool I made by turning down a snowmobile piston to the exact size. I had to heat the old bushings to get them out to break free the steel rings around the bushings in order to get them out since they seemed to have some sort of anti sieze holding them in. I then lubed the new bushings and pressed them in with the same tool using a hydraulic press and some silicone lube. The rod ends were held straight by placing them in a rest I made to keep them from turning when I did the pressing. It took about four hours to do the entire job and all it cost was the $150 I paid Nissan for the bushings. Tom

My factory service manual showa a spanner that fits holes in the wheel bearing lock nut (KV40105400) after removing the lock washer-Auto Free Running Hubs. Tom

It is the same one I posted at the start of this thread, it just look different without the flares and with winter rims on it. No rust, runs great. Tom

Sold my 2002 Xterra and got my 1989 Pathfinder. Here it is with the fender flares removed for winter. Tom

Mine is pretty clean, but I don't have the push bar or winch, which I would like to have. Mine had a new alternator, starter, brakes and exhaust just before I bought it on Craigs List, but then I paid three times what you did for yours. You also have the outside tire mount, which must free up quite a bit of space inside. This is the second one of these I have had and I love it, I sold my 2002 Xterra and bought this and am happy with the trade down so to speak. I love the way the 2-doors look, even though it is sometimes a pain to get things in back, which is another reason I bought it. My Valentine 1 saved me from meeting a new friend just inside the Utah border, I just thought it was strange he was there at the edge of some of the most deserted roads I have ever seen. Took I-80 to I-35 north to Minnesota and then East to Wisconsin and the ride was great in my new to me Pathfinder. Tom

That is a great price, I paid $1,500 for mine in November in CA and then drove it back to WI, but only got 19mpg with mine. Mine has only 150,000 miles on it, with no rust and it works great with no problems since I got back and it saw its first snow. Here I am getting ready to drive across the salt flats on my trip home. A friendly Utah State Patrol officer was waiting just around the corner to welcome me to the state! Tom

Thanks I found the thread. Looks like many of them go flying off, so I will just use clips and screw them down from no on. Thanks Tom

OK, the black plastic covers under the windshield that cover the wiper rods, just went away in the car wash when the 200mph dryer started up never to be seen again. Any suggestions for a better way to hold them on other than the lame plastic rivets Nissan uses? Tom

Thanks for the reply on capacities, that was a big help. It isn't that I don't believe that the transmission requires more fluid than the manual states, and I am going to put an extra quart and a half in my 89. I was just wondering why the three Pathfinders I had in the past (2 88's and a 87) never had any transmission issues and I always only filled them to the top of the filler hole. Also it is hard to find GL4 fluid locally, as everything in the local stores is GL5. Tom