NoLeafClover

It’s the manual, I’ve already bench tested the new starter to make sure it worked and it ran.

I tried in both postions of the interlock switch, nothing changed. What is interlock and what does it do?

Both, the fat wire from the battery gets 12.7v and the signal wire (I only tested it at the ignition, not down by the starter) is getting 12.7v

I got a bit more information over the weekend. I tested the ignition and read a good 12.7v on the starter solder. And got the same through the battery and down the wire to the starting motor. I bump-started it multiple times without issue, and it ran beautifully until I shut it off. I have bench tested the starter, so I know that runs well. The only other thing I can think of is that somewhere the signal from the ignition isnt getting to the starter, even though power from the battery is. I'll look for the car alarm system and try that soon if I can.

I'll try what you mentioned, thanks. It is the 4x4 manual. As far as I know the 87 has a car alarm, and I have heard that causes issues. What did you do to fix it on yours?

I still get power to the accessories when I turn on the ignition though, so I'm not sure thats the problem.

Hey y'all, I somewhat recently bought a 1987 Pathfinder SE with the vg30i. After running it a few hundred miles, I parked it and it died. There is no crank and it didnt show any major problems before dying besides some minor starter motor concerns. I have already checked fuses, replaces a few relays, replaced the whole starter motor, replaced the battery, and checked most connections. I was wondering if there are any specific known problems with these cars that would cause an issue like this, feel free to ask for clarification and give any suggestions yall know.