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kneedeep

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    95 winter hauler
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    Screwdriver Mechanic
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    22-29
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    Rarely Go Off-Road
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    1995

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    Edmonton, Alberta

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  1. ***sold*** to a jeep fan, he will be passing the wheels back my way once he un-mounts the tires, so if anybody want's the wheels let me know. I picked these bad boys up and was planning mounting them on my xterra for a old school meets new(ish) school look, but I am reconsidering since I would like to go with an aftermarket set up. the tires have 85%-90% tread left and the wheels are in good shape, even wear and tons left on them. basically this is the set up one would have if they have a pathfinder with the big tire package so fitment should be no issue. $450 obo located in Edmonton
  2. winter=pathy (95 XE) summer=350z (2005 enthusiast) I am considering getting rid of both and picking up an FX35/45 or a newer xterra, i don't feel I drive the Z enough since the weather and roads here are terrible.
  3. I feel your pain brother!!! I am in Edmonton (aka siberia) also. My pathy basically plays the role of the winter beast, and It gets terrible fuel economy when it is this cold + major exhaust. I wouldn't worry to much about the smoke from the exhaust as I am sure it is just the norm when the temp drops. With the temps this low i get 275-350 kms/tank, this is with warm up idling and 4x4 about 20-50% of the time. In nicer weather and no need for 4x4 the truck gets around 450 at best if I am driving nice, more realistically 425/tank. For reference my wd21 is a 95 v6, auto, 4x4, 215k, 235/75/15 nokian Vativa a/t's Check your fluids, if it looks like they are still there and are not mysteriously disappearing then all is fine. Also I have had the wd21 for a little while and used to have an r50, on super cold mornings with a small-medium commute I found the truck stayed a touch cooler (according to the gauge and heat from vents) than it would get on a more mild day. If you have "mayo" (white scrap) under your oil fill cap it is an indicator of water in your oil, and oil in coolant is easy to notice if you look around. A nice touch for winter would be placing a sheet of cardboard in between the AC condenser and the radiator, this will act as a poor mans winter front and aid in the engine warming and keeping warm while driving, works for me. good luck with your pathy.
  4. my pathy is pulling winter beater duty and when i first pick it up the shocks were toast. So the first thing i did was get a set of gr2's and installed them, and now "trusty rusty" rides like a dream. I dont have alot to compare to since my last pathy was a r50 with 300,000 km's so it needed everything. I think the ride quality would be better if they were a little "stiffer" specifically in the front since the front is a little softer than ideal, but the rears work perfect. I was basically looking for the cheapest set of shocks and a good friend who has a VW repair shop got me these ones at cost so i cant complain, if your pathy is more like your "baby" than just a basic a-b ride in the winter etc you may be better off spending a little more, but for basic replacements for a stock pathy they are alright!!!
  5. get a piece of cardboard and an exacto knife, then cut the cardboard so you can slip it in between the a/c condenser and the radiator. this will act like a winter front but for way less $$, on my wd21 i cover about 2/3 of my rad and leave the portion open where the flow is interrupted by the aftermarket tranny cooler i installed. Works like a charm, and i did the same on my r50 that i had a few years back.
  6. I sold them over the holiday season, sorry for not updating sooner. I had some 31x10.5 on my r50 stock wheels (they were alloys so they may have been wider than the steel rims, not exactly sure) so i think it would work if you were to find some others for sale, i suggest checking kijiji.ca as that is where i sold mine and have had alot of luck finding tires/wheels/whole vehicles for great deals. if you are looking for some nice wheels and cant find a good deal used check out this link http://www.uniquewheel.com/catalog_pg2.html i was able to pick up a set of unique wheels style 297 for $60 a wheel from mytires.ca in calgary. They are identical to cragar soft 8's and look really good since they give the pathy a wider stance (mine are 15x8 with 4" backspace) Anand is the name of the guy who runs the show there...however two pieces of advice 1) patience, they first ordered the wrong set so it took about 5 weeks when he originally told me a couple, not super organized. 2) these wheels are not hubcentric, therefore need to be balanced by the lug holes- mytires.ca did not have this adapter available for their machine so i needed to get them balanced elsewhere- but he didn't charge me for the mounting so it was only a minor inconvenience. overall the new wheels look way better as they are a little wider and give the pathy a slightly wider stance, taking away from the "sunken battleship" look you get with the stock wheels. When i was shopping around for these wheels the next best price locally (edmonton-calgary) was $70 a piece from a tire shop in edmonton and they were "rock crawler" brand- basically identical looking to the unique and cragar. sorry for the essay!! hope it sheds some light on your hunt for wheels, personally i would go far a 15x8 rim for 31x10.5 tires if you went with something like what i linked it would look very good.
  7. something might be wrong with your truck, it has been -25 to -35 Celsius where i am and my 95 pathy has been starting like a champ/pumping out great heat and getting around in the snow and on the ice for 3 weeks with no issues. I did put some cardboard b/w the condenser and rad and i plug in the block heater at night, plus I am rolling on Nokian vatiiva tires- but theses things should go without saying when the temp drops and the snow flies. it has been stupid cold here now for 10 days straight!!
  8. No tires mounted, decent shape. i have pics on home computer if requested interested in a local pick up sale, pm if interested.
  9. I know the common fixes of using pins/toothpick/compressed air etc to clean out the nozzles for the washer fluid, and none of them seemed to work for my WD21. I tried various used nissan ones from the pick-a-part and they were no better- so i looked for an aftermarket alternative, since i didnt want any ricey led nozzle sprayers i was stumped. i simply could not find a good alternative.....until i found a neon forum where the guys were swearing by the nozzles from ford escorts/focus' to solve their similar problem. so if you want a super cheap fix they are great, fit nearly perfect (i pressed them in , but if you were an absolute perfectionist some filing the plastic and your there) and best of all they have a nice fan mist rather than directed stream. the ones i snagged were on a 1998 ish escort. its a pet peeve of mine and have never had such an issue with any other vehicle that wasnt fixed with an adjustment or usual de-clogging method, so i thought i would throw it out there for fellow nissan enthusiasts since the season of dirty roads is coming quick. - kneedeep (in snow soon i hope!!!)
  10. The deckplate is a cool idea since you can seal it back up. Shortly after i picked up my WD21 i was going through it checking everything and when i pulled my air filter i discovered the PO had done the good old "swiss cheeze" mod. I dont have a before and after reference for power or sound but i am sure it opened up the intake a bit. Another bonus is the K&N that came with my 350z slapped right in, same exact part #. I am not too worried about getting water in there since this pathy is mainly driven when any h2o is frozen.
  11. im gonna hang with the lady and give out candy at home. this yr i veto-ed the venue my friends are going to, so i offered up my DD services for the party animals at the end of the night, the GF is a teacher so after a Halloween day full of grade 2's she is needing a night to relax. how many people can i cram in the pathy tonight?? i will be finding out.
  12. my old r50 i used Mobil 1 and used it in every vehicle i have owned until i bought a 350z and did some research of peoples experiences with M1, this lead me to switch the Z to the castrol syntec made in Germany. My loyalty to M1 is faded. now in my current winter steed i just put in castrol gtx in when i first bought it a couple of months ago, partially because i wanted to drive the thing for a little while to see if it was going to make it through the winter and if it died i didnt want to waste the expensive oil on something that will just rot in a yard. So far the wd21 is kicking ass and i plan on getting the oil filter relo kit and using a synthetic on the next change in a couple of weeks. if you are a dino oil fan i have just found out that Napa oil is valvoline just relabeled and the oil filters are just relabeled WIX ones so you could save a few bucks by going with the blue and yellow. --> if i remember the link to this i will add it. i am interested to know others choices too
  13. sweet combo, i have a pathy and a 350z too!! but the pathy is a 95, and the Z is a 05, both red.
  14. Edmonton here, just picked up pathy # 2 for a winter ride to keep the sports car nice and clean over the winter. current pathy is a 95 xe, last one was a 97 se- perfect for winter and getting up to the mountains.
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