Vipon Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) Hello, nice forum you have here. I live in Prescott Valley Arizona and own an 88 pathfinder. Never been much of a off road vehicle guy but my son and I mountain bike and I needed something to get our bikes and us to the trails. A guy at work had a good running pathfinder for 700 bucks and I snached it up. I have had it now for a couple of months and have realized I can get further and further out in the mountains and it would be fun to explore the thousands of miles worth of trails. I have some decent mechaical skills having built a couple of choppers and doing all the mechanical work on our family cars over the years. So I thought I would do a little mild work to the pathfinder. Right now it is bone stock with mis-matched tire sizes. I'm shopping for new tires and need to replace the speedo drive. Maybe a lift kit in the future. The body is rusted and may be the only rusted car out here. It originally came out of Chicago. I'm not worried about the rust but would like it to be as close to perfect mechanically so I don't break down 40 mile out in the middle of nowhere. Anyways, thats my story. and here is a link for a picture of it with my son http://s238.photobucket.com/albums/ff66/vi...current=021.jpg Vipon Edited February 1, 2009 by Vipon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Welcome Vipon!! Congrats on the new purchase!! Feel free to post a picture... Yeah, the stock pathy can do quite well off road. Add good tires and minor suspension work and it will probably suprise you. Make sure to check out the rear frame well around the tires to see how bad the rust is, it can be a big problem. Pathys are inherently dependable but can have issues like any other vehicle. Give it a tune up, change the belts and hoses (save the old as carry along spares) and generally poke around. Have tools, water, basic emergency/communication equipment with you and I doubt you will have anything to worry about. I have had it now for a couple of months and have realized I can get further and further out in the mountains and it would be fun to explore the thousands of miles worth of trails. BAM!! Another one hooked... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerranoNZ Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Welcome to the family Vipon My 88 did 3000km in 3 weeks other than overheating trying to pull twice her own body weight, ran like a dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) Get some matched sized tires on there, thats not exactly good for axles and whatnot. Other than that, welcome Edited February 1, 2009 by nunya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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