El Pathfindero Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 AS a lot of you know, just finished the replacement of my Autotragic. but guess what? still shifts just as hard as the old one did before i sheared all the bushings.....1st to second is really hard, 2nd to 3rd is sloppy and long.....and to top it all off every time i park i find a good sized pool of ATF leaking from my t-case.....but my level never seems to get lower when i check it. If i dont figure this out within the next week you will all See El pathindero up for sale, because I am tired of dealing with this import crap that you cant even plug a Snap-on red brick into to figure out issues...Why didnt i buy an XJ? Torsion bar indexing is a loss, Pathy sits a little too the left and low as hell...just fed up with all the issues this thing has if you work on it yourself. :furious: I hate to sell it but i hate to even open the damn hood on this thing. every time i do i know i'll have to dissassemble the entire thing just to do something simple like changing the t-stat :furious: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 holy moly.. don't give up.. a heep will cost you more in the long run and you'll probably be working on it all the time too.. who is gonna represent s.d. man? how many miles does this thing have el? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLouisGod Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Its an old truck - its going to have issues. Its just life i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I hear your pain but they are generally GREAT machines. Have you tried any conditioners or treatments yet? I had a problem shifting into R and eventually lost it altogether. Also had hard shift from 1 to 2. A customer of mine rebuilds tranys so I asked him. He said try the conditioners first as working on a Pathy trany is a bitch. I can't remember the brand I bought but basically he said the "O" rings may have small cracks in them causing pressure problems and the coinditioner softens them up and cures the problem. Fixed mine up 95% so I was very happy! I just drained the system and added new fluid and the additive. About 30 min max! Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdpathy Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 With your torsion bars if you just crank them up how you want them then you bring it to get aligned they should fix it for you. At least thats what they did with mine. I did a ton of front end work then I did the torsion bars and limped it into the alignment shop and they gave me an alignment and fixed the level for 50.00 but I would ask them if they would do it before you commit to anything. As for the tranny fluid problem I don't know what to say If you decide to go with a different car don't throw the nissan down the gutter because in my experience and from things I have heard the pathy is a very reliable truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pathfindero Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 I've heard those treatments and conditioners are snake oil. My T-bars are maxed out and the pathy sits about 1 1/2 inches lower than it used to El Pathfindero has got 230,000 on her man-how much longer will she take me? And she's still leaking ATF out the t-case. Maybe we put too much in and its coming out the breather tube for the t-case?? Whatever, El P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuperSon Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Maybe a new torsion bar would help. You could be right on the t-case. I was thinking of putting like a piece of cloth on the breather tube but not completely plug it and drive it for about 5 mins and take a look at that piece of cloth and see if it has fluid on it then youll know its leaking from that breather due to to much fluid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pathfindero Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 Might be doing the JGC UCA lift soon....does anyone offer upgraded t-bars if i have to replace them? sly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SuperSon Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Might be doing the JGC UCA lift soon....does anyone offer upgraded t-bars if i have to replace them? sly Sway away powerbarz from what ive heard is good http://www.swayaway.com/PowerBarz%20frameset.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedPath88 Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Have you reindexed the T-bars? That may sold the who issue My original engine was running strong at 290,000 miles and would still be in the truck.. now at 305,600 ...if the crankshaft keys had not rounded the keyways out in the crank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Pickles Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 For Tbars, yes, try re-indexing them. If no go, SwayAway makes good stuff from my experience (approx. 35k miles driven on and off road). I was just being stubborn, and replaced them rather than trying to reindex the stock ones. Mainly I wanted the lift and new stuff, but they do seem to ride better too. Comparing stock stuff versus aftermarket at the same2-3" lift height, its like the stock tbars ride rough lifted and feel like they're maxed out, while the SwayAways are more like 50-75% effort to do the same job. A bit more bounce and movement all around, because they still have a bit more give before they're maxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89_trailboss Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 you just need to reindex your tbars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdpathy Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 I've heard those treatments and conditioners are snake oil. My T-bars are maxed out and the pathy sits about 1 1/2 inches lower than it used to El Pathfindero has got 230,000 on her man-how much longer will she take me? And she's still leaking ATF out the t-case. Maybe we put too much in and its coming out the breather tube for the t-case?? Whatever, El P When I did my t-bars I had to redo it several times because I did not put the bolt in the right position. You actually start the tension way below the anchor and if you don't do it right if feels like you're maxing out then you put the truck on the ground and it sinks I did that and just about had a heartattack, but after a little more time I figured out the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94extreme Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Might be doing the JGC UCA lift soon....does anyone offer upgraded t-bars if i have to replace them? sly yeah, calmini, ac and others have upgraded t-bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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