Kingman

Oh and tomorrow I'm having the y-pipe rebuilt so I can have my 4-wheel drive back and headers that can actually flow!

Lol especially the ones around here! Well, got my wheels mounted finally. A $70 set of wheels ran me up to $200! Had to special order Enkei specific 6mm Euro valve stems for them and buy different lug nuts. I just ordered a Grassroots center link and all of the front end bushings, picked up the tie rods earlier. There goes $550... $450 when I send my old center link back. But it has to be done. I already put new upper ball joints on it and I have new lowers in a box somewhere. After that there's really nothing else that hasn't been touched on the truck. Can't wait to see how it drives after I rebuild the front end.

Hit up the junkyard, or contact Alkorahil and see if he can get you one.

Lol problem solved!

Take the mounting bracket off and drill it out for a 5/16" through bolt. Soooo much easier.

Aluminum isn't magnetic. Its possible the aluminum is from the head where the dead lifter has been banging around and galling up the journal. Did you scrape the valve cover gasket surface to clean it up?

Pre '96 Pathfinders have torsion bars.

Painted two of my new wheels. I gotta get the other two dismounted and then spend another few hours making them look decent before painting. For being beat to sheit when I got them (slammed 720 with an idiot that can't drive) they're turning out okay so far.

I'd much rather pull the engine out than drop the transmission.

Did you grease the seal when you put it in? The rear inside edges of the oil pan are known to leak as well and that looks just like a rear main leak.

Good deal. While you have the console out dump the fluid in through the shifter. One snap ring and the whole shebang lifts out

Clean the MAF sensor and make sure the plug contacts are completely free of corrosion.

Are you 100% sure that is a GL4 fluid and not a GL5? I don't think it is GL4 and it doesn't say on the website but it should say on the bottle somewhere. If it's GL5 get it out NOW, that $100 is dirt cheap compared to a new transmission. It's aggravating how much some places mark Redline fluids up. A local performance place here carries MT90 for $8.99 a quart, then a chain store down the road has it for $12.99! Try Pennzoil GM Syncromesh, it's a GL4. Pressure washing is fine. If anything and you start having problems afterwords, spray some WD-40 in all of the connectors, plug wires boots, and a shot inside the distributor cap. That'll repel all of the water.

My 5-speed with 4.37s and 31s runs 3,500RPM at 76MPH and 3,000 at 64MPH.

Yep.

I've seen one or two manual TBI trucks with an actual 5-speed sensor without the POT. Most are the same sensor but the automatic uses both the POT and throttle switch while the 5-speeds only use the throttle switch, leaving the POT unplugged.

The MAF is the same whether its automatic or manual. There's no housing for it to hang out in unless the whole throttle body was dangling. They insert directly into the side of the throttle body, not in a separate housing like the MPFI trucks.

And possibly waste money for no reason. Testing the wiring is free and takes 15 minutes if that. Its a crappy feeling when you drop money on a part and it doesn't fix the problem. Even crappier when the actual fix is free. Hell if the shielded casing for the signal wire isn't grounded or is missing even an inch of length the ECU will go in to limp mode and throw a code.

No, that is not the first thing to do being as they rarely go bad and most of the time its a wiring issue. However since the OP has now said he left it dangling it probably did get damaged. So every ground is hooked up on the intake plenum? That's where the MAF ground is. Ohm the harness to the ECU. The green/yellow wire goes to pin 30, the black/white wire is power and should have B+ with the key on , the green/black wire goes to pin 31, and the black wire is ground.

Do NOT replace the MAF yet, it would probably be a waste of money! If the truck ran fine before then it's more than likely the wiring is crossed, not grounded, corroded, or messed up somewhere from the removal and install.

Make sure you bang on the spindle while prying with the pickle fork.

Yeah, it'll flow a lot better and sound better with a good muffler.

Absolutely horrible.