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Got back in there. it was the adjster rod, makes a big difference when its out....... Thanks for the assistance & replies.

Had a bad leak, thought it was the slave,replaced it............ suprise still leaking inside on the floor. replaced clutch master & bled & bled. pedal is still soggy? & the travel is less than before or it engages later. Got cold & called it a night. i think it needs adj at the rod & maybe more bleeding? anyone have a super secret tip? thanks

taking the hood offf makes things easier. rad out. the front diff neeeds to come out, i tried to avoid this as i had the engine on the hook of a picker ready to come out. unless you cut off the bottom of the oil pan or remove it and the oil pick up it will not clear. lesson learned, with the diff out you have room to wiggle and shove when its time to mate the engine(little tricky) to the trans. you can leave the trans in place but loose on the mounts again for wiggle. have fun with those exhaut studs (shudder).

i just finished this job. i ran into the frozen pin on both, drilling was the solution. if the pin wont budge after a few good smacks go straight at it with the drill. start with a small diameter bit,drill deep like 3/4 of the way through. then increase the diameter of bit so it takes out all the pin leaving a very thin wall, if it doesnt fall out then smack it again with a long punch. "DRILL BABY DRILL!" deep and wide. thanks for the how to.

i have a similar problem,check to make shure your fan free spins when engine is cold. if it spins all the time could be stuck on? or getting to the stage where it will be stuck on. does the engine take a while to warm up? mine does. i dont know if its a fix or replace thing, maybe its a common problem? hope this helps

on the way home........bad bad noise(crunch munch crunch). automaticaly i think t-belt,it was overdue to be replaced. it wont fire just turns over and over. i am certain although i havent dug in the motor to check. my question is new heads or whole motor? is there serious damage to the pistons? short of pulling it all apart,whats the easiest way to find out? what is the best way to go about this? how much will a motor or heads cost me? i am pissed and not thinking straight.....can anyone help me out. thanks -mike

you guys covered it and some. i have a new trail list now. but i have some things to add. -big bag of nut's and seeds or trail mix always in the glove box,good for traffic jams.....better in emergency's, wont go bad or spoil. and a "sven saw" :02: http://www.svensaw.com/ -m

opps forgot to mention,i'm running two inch lift with 31"s and warn hubs. im still green in the world of off roading, but my co-pilot is seasoned and he will push me to do things i would think twice about. -m

thanks guys that should get me started. heard about stave lake and the mud, but my real interest is the hills and forest. ive been into the forestry service roads near harrison all the way up to lilloette (sp?) just wondering if there's anything closer to home that will get me into the path less traveled. i will be checking out the trails in coquitliam,for shure. anybody got ideas of whats in chilliwack? i know ive seen dirt trails on that big hill (little mountain) from the highway. -m

thanks for the reply's people i'm hoping that the bushings in the hinge will fix the rattles.....not to concerned about how tough it'll be to do it. just dont want to commit time to something that wont fix the problem. guess if that doesn't work then it'll be relocate it to the roof? or does anybody have any experience with aftermarket rear bumper/carrier's? i have seen some nice looking "arb's" on some trucks. -m

hey westcoasters wondering if anyone can tell me about some good trails in the north side of the fraservalley? like mission,chilliwack, aggasi ,harrison type areas? thanks in advance -m

sorry forgot to mention 92 xe, and the wheel is 10.5 by 31 on a 15" rim with a wider offset

title says it all........but my real question is will replacing the bushings keep it from rattling. or will the weight from the full size spare not allow for the rattling to be silenced? do i have to live with it or does the experience of the npora find otherwise? i know this has probably been covered but my search was tough to find the answer i'm looking for. any help would help put my mind at ease. -m

hey thanks everybody. its good to be welcomed. these trucks are hard to kill for certain. i always got alot of raised eyebrows whenever i told them how many kilometers the 90 had on it. now i'm on to the 92 and finding out how it will fare off road.......i never got to take it(90) out as much as i wanted. i was always concerned about "what if" breakdowns and the like. so now i get the chance to find out with a fresh one. -m

i dont know his login name........ill get back to you about that one. haha first time i ever used an emoticon. -m

current truck has 280,000km the old one had 530,000km -m

GREY 92 XE my old pathy was red on top and grey on bottom. -m

hey there so i hada 90 pathfinder for three years,it was a "handmedown". high mileage (almost 400,000 kms) when i got it. to be honest it was done for, it was my first truck. i got to take it on the first real 4by4 missions i had ever driven,before that i was sitting shotgun in a fj40. so i got attached to "pathy's" by default. the 90 served me well with almost minor mech problems until about 490,000kms then the problems began. mostly cooling system problems and ignition stuff. it had rust in all the usual places, the suspension was tired and the gas tank had a leak or two. i admit i got lazy and didnt want to really fix all the things wrong with it,gas prices helped that as well.........i was more into seeing how long it would last. many times it would threaten to give up. within last summer i had to do the water pump,plugs/wires and starter and then the braking system sprung a mystery leak one at or in the MC and one somewhere else....also it had the exhaust studs break. with all the problems it had it was time to find something new. old pathy was 533,000kms she served me and well and will not be forgotten. last month i found a 1992 xe with old man emu suspension warn hubs and brand new rubber with less than half of the kms of the old one..........the price was right. the new one will be reliable enough for me to do alot more off roading. i know i can get a whole lot of mileage trouble free(or minor trouble) out of these trucks. the guy i bought it from took good care of it,he put love into it. he even was on npora, he told me to check it out. so here i am....and im glad to be here. i look forward to spending a few hundred thousand clicks with you guys. ill get some pics together when i get it in the dirt, till then i gotta take care of some wrench issues. this pathy is like a do-over and ill take better care. -m