[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Damn transfer case is seeping oil. damnit.

[XTERRA transmission in 96 Pathy 2WD]

ok so i found an 04 xterra transmission online 158k miles for a good price. Its an actually shop that sells it. They say the wiring may differ from my vehicle, which is a 96 Pathy. Anyone know for certain that the wiring will match with no problem? I've search but can't find someone who actually did the swap. (non-supercharged tranny btw)

Should be plug and play.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Such a nice rig! I thought it was down for some reason. Good to know its rolling again. Id love to see more

Yeah it was down for a good bit for another bottom end rebuild and resealing in the transfer case.

 

Thanks, it still needs some more attention but it rolls and stops so that's good for now.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Replaced the old dirty cargo mat with a new one of the same kind. Haha

 

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[Intermittent 4WD Light]

Are these the connections I'm looking for?

 

 

If so then I'm not sure what's up... all the connections looked and felt solid. I jiggled all of them and it doesn't seem to have made a difference, doesn't really act up right when you start driving her but the more bumps she goes over the worse it gets...

 

I've attached a link to other angles of the same area.

https://imgur.com/a/O1Aor

Your 4wd switch is the one next to the speedo sensor towards the tailend of the case. One of those plus to pictured is your neutral switch.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

I washed it the other day. All mud here in south Texas. At least I won't have dirt and mud in my eyes when I'm working under the truck. I'm keeping an eye out for a slow leak on the transfer case. I may have to smear sealant on the edges if it's seeping out still.

 

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[TX10A chain width]

The earlier tx10 chains had a width of about 2 inches and the newer ones had something close to 1.5 inch chains from what I remember. I didn't ever look into it much further since I already had the stronger one.

[Short Term Rental Needed in/near Spokane.]

I need to rent a vehicle for the first week of April in the Spokane/Idaho Falls area. A Pathfinder would be preferable. I've got an r200a Lokka up for trade/collateral. Probably a set of Warn manual hubs as well. Cash is always an option. LMK ASAP.

Try hitting up the Facebook page if you haven't yet.

 

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[Automatic Transmission Inline Filter Kits]

Zombie thread revival.

 

So Adam, you still have those pictures. I'm just curious to see the amount of material caught versus what I saw when I did my rebuild.

[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Started the truck the other day in over a year since I tore the bottom end down for another rebuild.

I really wanted to be sure if it would fire up and build oil pressure before I invest anymore time into the truck.

While priming the oil, I found out I forgot to tighten up the oil cooler banjo bolts on the transmission.

Once I saw oil pressure was building up, I hooked up the fuel pump fuse and cranked her some more until a loud roar echoed in the garage as it filled with unburned fuel.

[after AT tranny rebuld, still won't go past 2nd gear]

Hope someone can help. after 250K miles, everything is going. 97 pathfinder SE 4WD has new radiator, steering bushings and repair the leak that ate the bushings, transaxle, boots, brake pedal and cruise control plastic thingys, timing belt, water pump, main engine seal, rotor and coil, tune up, brakes, tires, shocks,distributor cap and headlights. I'm sure I've forgotten something.

 

All repairs were done by good mechanics, except the distributor work which was redone by a good mechanic.

 

On road trip in ice and snow, the car was getting 10 mpg when normal is 20+. Did not realize I had lost OD until 3rd gear went. Car would rev up but not gain speed above 40. Eventually it went down to 25 mph but made it to tranny shop. Low transmission fluid. No contamination in fluid. Rebuild transmission. There were damaged clutches. Experienced mechanic put it back together, took it for test drive and it was doing the same thing. Said in all the ones (this model nissan transmission) he's done this has never happened. Took it back to shop. Now it won't start. Nothing. No click. He tried disconnect the battery, no go.

 

Any suggestions?

Battery load tested?

Battery Wiring and connections clean and tight?

Starter relay? Check starter by bypassing relay.

No codes?

 

 

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[oil pressure gauge for a vg33?]

anybody have an opinion on what is the best aftermarket oil pressure gauge for the vg33?

You cannot go wrong with autometer but I have the ones O'Reilly sells.

 

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[98 se 4x4 auto"Morning Sickness"?]

Would the idle air control and the evap system also cause the car to shut off when put in gear, happened this morning again on my gf trying to go to work but it wouldn't even work when going from neutral to reverse, which I described as my cure for it earlier when it dies going into reverse on startup, it was 30 degrees though. Just at wits end with this thing

Yes. Anything that deals with the vacuum lines could. I'd check for cracked lines and hoses.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Did some welding. Still learning.

 

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[Submerged my pathy, now it won't start.]

So, by mistake I drove into a water hole that was alot deeper than anticipated. Hydrolocked it, towed home, pulled plugs and turned it over. Fuel everywhere (from when I tried to crank it after getting it unstuck), now it just cranks but won't fire. I also was unaware of the ecm being underneath the passenger seat and I feel thats my issue. There is no power to anything unless I have jumper cables hooked up and running from another rig. No cables hooked up, no power to anything. I'm looking for input on similar experiences, or fixes. Any help is appreciated

You probably bent some valves taking in water and your engine oil looks like milkshake. Did your ecu get wet? Take it apart dry it out and hope for the best but your chances are slim pending any engine damage. Trying to start it after it took water in without following the proper course of action is a bad nono and causes more damage. You need to remove spark plugs, pull fuse to fuel pump, drain oil, replace oil and filter, replace air filter, crank it over and watch water shoot out if the holes. Replace oil and filter again until it looks oil. Cold water rushing in could also warp some stuff too and may cause a headgasket leak.

 

 

 

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[motor mount]

im doing the swap now on my 1988 pathfinder, with an 2000 xterra motor, what motor mounts do you use, because they aren't the same mounts?

Reuse your mounts or buy new ones of yours.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Pulled the welder out of the pathfinder and found out that weight of it bent the housing but everything inside looks OK. I'm missing tips so I'll need to get some new ones from Harbor Freight. I'll also need to hit up Home Depot for a new 3 prong welder outlet to replace the 4 prong one in the garage.

 

My hard and soft gas lines are dangerously close to my header so I'll need to figure out a way to reroute them since the car accident caved in my passenger frame rail.

 

 

 

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[January 2018 TotM Nominations]

Last time seen running.

 

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[RE4R01A]

Stumbled upon this very informative thread on one of the Skyline forums in regards to the re4r01a

 

https://forum.r31skylineclub.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=i0i08gkn0qv6vg0fpmh0qlgsb4&topic=159148.0

[4wd and 2wd transmission mount orientation]

Yours looks a little different underneath than mine! Good luck getting the bugger lined up.

I got the bugger to finally line up. It was a damn balancing act for sure. The bottle jack on the jack did the trick. I just need to refab the RR engine bracket to fit my bent frame.

 

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[What did you do to your Pathfinder today?]

Picked up some 1k rated ratchet straps from HF that were on sale so I could pull the transmission crossmember into place. Using the straps and pry bars I managed to get the bolts to fit through. I just need to pick up a couple washers to bring it back up and call it done for that section.

 

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[Not shifting into overdrive when 23 below]

Hi folks, just recently my transmission has been acting up. It was 23 below this morning and after a minute of driving I was on the highway, and the pathy wouldn't shift into 4th gear. I was in 3rd doing 90km/hr at 3500RPM, revving it to 4500RPM still wouldn't go into overdrive. After 5 minutes of driving in 3rd gear doing 90km/hr at 3500RPM the RPMS dropped and it was in overdrive. This is the first time this has happened to me, just wondering if anyone has any advice.

I want to say this is normal until the fluids warm up. You night have to block the radiator for Temps to stay in operating range.

 

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[4wd and 2wd transmission mount orientation]

Here's the tranny mount itself. The two sides of it are shaped differently. The one with an edge facing the ground is on the trans side, and the one with a 90° bend facing the crossmember is on the transfer case side.

 

 

 

Here's the driver's side where the crossmember meets the frame, looking forwards (frame rail on the left, exhaust pipe on the right). I'm noticing the frame mount has extra holes in it--possibly for mounting a different crossmember? Or mounting the same one shifted back a bit for some reason? I don't know if it's even possible to bolt to those holes, but if it is, and you did, that could be why your trans mount isn't lining up.

 

 

And the passenger's side, also with an extra hole showing just behind the crossmember.

 

 

(The lot of these are at https://www.flickr.com/photos/158412646@N06/with/39419842172/ if they're not showing or you want higher res or something.)

 

 

I took a rough measurement bolt center to bolt center (eyeballing center) and got around 3.58 cm (probably more like 3.6cm, looking at how centered that left jaw isn't). This measurement appears the same on driver's and passenger's sides.

 

Let me know if any of this is what you're after, or if you need more/better measurements.

Thanks for the photo confirmation. So how I have the mount orientated is the correct way now. I guess it's just a matter of me pulling the right bank of the engine and transmission rearward so the right side of the transmission bracket will line up.

 

 

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[4wd and 2wd transmission mount orientation]

I can't help on the 2WD but I'll see if I can get a shot of mine when it's not caked in snow. You're looking at the crossmember between the transmission pan and the transfer case, right?

 

YESSIR!

[4wd and 2wd transmission mount orientation]

backstory: 2wd converted to 4wd. I left the passenger side transmission crossmember frame member intact.

I cut off the driver side bracket and welded in the bracket from a 4wd.

 

From NPORA on facebook, someone pointed out and showed me the correct orientation of the transmission mount but I for the life of me cannot get it to line up with the holes. The only way it seems to work is when I reverse the orientation.

 

Can someone with a 4wd and 2wd go under and snap some shots of the frame mounts and transmission mounts and get some quick measurements of the bolt holes on the frame mounts?