TrailChaser

I removed the nomination. I agree with the majority that if it's not a Pathy it shouldn't be eligible. If you break the rules for some where does it end. Besides there are thousand of eligible Pathies on here that the owners would love to see get TotM. I know the guy in with the HB will understand... I bet that pic would win TotM on NOR, or Nissan4wheelers in a heartbeat.

Feel free to skip the first 1:25... My jaw was on the floor from 1:25 - 7:30.. (Be sure to view full screen in HD)

When I was a truck driver(over ten years ago) I shut down an interstate with my rig after seeing a fatality motorcycle accident happen about 200 yards in front of me. The guy on the bike was passing a car that decided to pass the truck in front of it. I stopped and then watched about 20 cars squeeze pass dangerously close to the biker laying in the road seconds after it happened. I just put the truck back in gear and turned sideways across the interstate effectively blocking the whole thing. The emergency vehicles were able to head northbound in the southbound lanes to reach the accident. I was thanked by the first couple of cops to arrive who then informed me that I could go around the wreck on the shoulder while they shut the interstate down for the next 4-6hrs... 3 cars and my big rig got to leave before they officially shut it down as a thanks for the help. I reported 4 cars license plate #'s that I got wrote down for failure to stop and render aid.. I wish I could have gotten them all written down, but didn't think about it till I got sideways and re-parked. By then the first several thru were long gone. BTW: Failure to stop and render aid is a third degree FELONY in Texas which is where I'm from and were this all happened.

Why do some people blur out or mess up the license plates on vehicles in their pics and videos? I did it when I first started uploading pics,(years ago) but only because I'd seen so many others doing it that it just seemed right at the time. I thought about it one day and decided that since anyone can take a pic of my trucks plate at the place I'm wheeling(not to mention anywhere else it may be) and upload on the web with out blocking the plate... Why should I.? Does anyone have a good reason for blocking plates in their pics? Just wondering.

I contacted Warn about my busted hub cap since I saw people on here talking about getting free parts from them. I just got my brand new replacement cap in the mail and all I can say is WOW!!! I didn't have to pay for shipping or anything... When it comes time to buy hubs for the D44, I'll definitely buy Warn Premiums.. Not to mention looking into a winch from them if I can save up some $$$.

I would luv to score some OEM manual hubs myself. I hear the best place to look is on HardBodies. What would be totally awesome would be a set of factor manual hubs attached to the Patrol H233B front axle.

I've only heard of Warn Hubs exploding once, and that was here. I've seen two mile markers and a stock hub on an xterra be destroyed in ONE DAY!! Two other mile markers on a different trip destoyed by a pathy(hoohaa's), but I was guiding a different group that day so I heard about it at camp that night. I have a slightly busted Warn premium on the drivers side from a road accident..(the warn hub ripped off some morons bumper that pulled out in front of my pathy) I have been wheeling on that hub a few times since expecting it to blow at any time... It's still holding up good.

Here is my beautiful princess pumpkin poo dog. lmao(her name is Jackie, but we all call her poo dog, princess, punkin, punka poo dog, and any combo of the BPPPD.(unless she's in trouble... Then it's JACKIE!!!) She's a heeler.(Australian Cattle Dog) By far the smartest dog I've ever known. She an offroader. She's a family dog. She's a hooker,,er I mean fisherdog. She dealt with having that hook in her ear like a champ. Just laid there trusting dad with the cutters and barely flinched when I cut off the eye of the hook, and then just laid there and let me pull it the rest of the way thru. She's also famous. lol

With my rear sway bar removed and the front end cranked up to the point that I have hardly any downward travel for the front wheels; I know exactly what you are talking about and have pretty much perfected the "art" of 3 wheel motion. Turning both ways... The question I have for you is.. How long can YOU hold that tire off the ground??? I can get the front tire smoking on a concrete parking lot. lmao I do it on the public streets ALL THE TIME.(because I know just how fast I can turn w/out rolling and I hate driving on roads so faster = less time behind the wheel) It's my truck and I do all types of illegal stuff in it with no worries. The list includes: 3 wheeling, speeding,(unless I'm speeding up or slowing down) NOT wearing my seat belt,(it's my life, I say write me a ticket if you want pigs) Jumping curbs to aviod traffic, and I talk mad $#!* on my PA system to people who need to hear it. Not to mention that I would blow my super loud air horn at the slightest driver mistake.(until it got ripped off from blazing thru a big water puddle at high speed..karma.?)

I've been wanting a rc crawler for a while. I bet I've watched no less than 20hrs of rc crawling videos on youtube. Lots of times the rc vids are better shot, & more exciting than the real life crawlers vids.

I like to spend alot of time at the lake that is about 3mins away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpCvFz1fVO8 The river is also about 3mins away and it provides some of the best trout fishing in the south. I LOVE snorkeling, but I can never find anyone to go with me so have to live dangerously. lol I like metal detecting and have found some crazy stuff.(not to mention quite a bit of gold)

Thanks to everyone who voted for me. Also thank you Cuong for taking the pic and nominating me this month. It's hard to believe that I haven't been wheeling in OVER TWO YEARS..! I need to get some work done on the Pathy and get back on some trails. I really miss the rush and great feeling you get from making it thru some crazy technical stuff that others cringe at.

To each his own... You could just as easily be killed in a wreck on the way to buy a spring compressor or taking it to the shop. Life is full of risks.. It's better to be smart than scared... That being said most people who die at home die while doing "normal" tasks.

I just compress the springs with weight, then putting a couple of ratchet straps on the spring to hold it compressed while I put it onto the lower spring bucket. Then jack up the axle until the spring gets compressed again by the truck weight and take the straps off the springs and repeat on the other side. All I do to accomplish this is remove the panhard rod, swaybars, and shocks. There are lots of ways to compress the springs with weight, I doubt any of them are "safe" I have a shop floor jack that works perfect. Also be careful of having the straps sliding on the springs. A zip tie on the downhill side of the strap on top and uphill side on bottom will stop it from slipping. Edited to say* That hitch will definitely handle the weight of the truck if you want to jack from it. I have a hitch carrier that I used to install into the receiver hitch to lift the whole backend of the pathy off the ground before I built my rear bumper..

Here's my youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/TrailChaser Just type in "Pathfinder" into the little search box on my page for all my pathy vids. It's been over 2yrs since I've uploaded any offroading vids.

Thanks for the Nomination Cuong, and thanks for the votes everyone. My wife got the heads up that I was in the running on FaceBook. I need to get more active on here again. Good luck to all the nominees.

Are there bonus points for finding the craziest built same gen to park next to? lol

First thing I would do is clean the MAF sensor, then pull off the ribbed rubber hose that connects the air filter box to the intake. Check that hose for cracks between the ribs by flexing it a little... If you plan on flexing it alot have a new one ready to replace it. I have a K&N filter in mine and after breaking a motor mount and ripping that hose it was impossible to stop the leak. It was gutless at low speeds and when I needed torque. While you have that hose off the engine clean the intake as much as you can while holding open the butterfly valve. Good Luck with getting it fixed. PS. If you find that it the hose is ripped, check your motor mount on the driver side. Best way to check it is by having someone watch the engine while you hold the brake and give it some gas in gear.

How do the wires and plug to the MAF sensor look? Cleaned it(MAF Sensor) lately? I had a ton of problems out of mine for a couple of months. Dieing at a redlight if I didn't keep my foot on the gas. Then if it died I would have to pop the hood and unplug/replug the MAF harness to get it to recrank. Also you might want to check the TPS. Have you ran any seafoam thru it yet? I wouldn't take it to Nissan unless you know the guy's there have some brains... Most likely they will just do all the same things you already did w/out finding anything but a bill for you to pay. I went down that road when my pathy was cranking forward but starting backwards...(I have video proof of the backward running engine) They told me I needed to leave it with them for a couple of weeks and that they wouldn't promise anything but $60per hr. to find the problem. They also told me it just about HAD to be the ECU and not anything on the engine... The guy on the phone didn't think our engines could start backwards and basically called me a dumbass. Turned out to be a faulty distributor.(discovered using a timing light. lol)

Remind me that you called dibs when I get the SAS done. I have a horrible memory. I'm currently laid-off so making more would be out of the question ATM.

The CV angle you see in the 3rd pic is where it's been for the last couple of years with no problems. I've never broken a CV...(I've worn a few out to the point they were popping so loud while under a load it was embarrassing. lol) Maybe I just don't wheel hard enough.. Most of the broken Nissan CV's I've seen were from spin/hop/stop and turning too sharp while torquing the front wheels. I'll be getting rid of my spacers/angle correctors soon hopefully.(SAS coming soon..?)

I made some for myself because I was sick of replacing ball joints due to the extreme angle they were in after cranking the t-bars. Mine were made to help correct the angle as much as possible... They are, and have been working perfect since I installed them. I haven't replaced any ball joints and the ones on there now are still in great shape. My ball joints lasted months at best before, these have been on the truck for almost two years now.

My wife and I have sat here and watched every one on youtube and I just about pissed on myself when I saw what the midget did to Bobby. ROTFLMFAO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmGAaOoMBfA&feature=related

B-spec is awesome!!! Use it and love it. lol Seriously tho, b-spec is very nice if you take advantage of it. Start out by having them race your best car against the longest race possible to gain exp. and $$$ for you. DON'T SIT AND COACH/WATCH!!! You will go crazy!!! B-spec drivers are idiots and do some over the top stupid crap sometimes. If you want to coach your driver then obviously keep the "mood" in the middle for best lap times.(assuming he doesn't need to pass anyone) Red is pissed off and he will make stupid mistakes and run off the road alot. Blue is chilled-out(stoned) and he will drive slower than necessary.(and get passed if in a close race) I have 5 b-spec drivers who are all over lvl30 I've already fired two for destroying my F1 on an easy endurance race.($500,000 rebuild for the frame fixed it) I'm on lvl28 and my b-spec is lvl35 with 154 vehicles(65modded to the max) and about $15,000,000. It would be great to have a few NPORA members dominate a room for a few hours sometime. lol

What's your PSN SCRNNAME ? I have hundreds of cars that I never use that I can give you if you are having problems... Like the Formula 1 car? I just need to start duplicating some of them. I could even give away a dubbed X1, but the game wouldn't let you drive it until you hit lvl30 IIRC.