Kingman Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Well I went to pull the fouled spark plugs to clean them and two of the wires were stuck to the plugs so they broke. I stopped there and ordered a new set of NGK plugs and wires. So I started tearing the front end apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezlife Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 New Fog Lights. I know a normal person would have fixed the dirty headlight first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superkirby Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Are those OEM or aftermarkets you picked up? One of mine doesn't work and the other the lens is broke so I want to replace them. OEM looks expensive but I don't see why I couldn't just find some close to the right size and figure out a way to make them work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezlife Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 They are aftermarket. I don't know the brand name but my buddy had these laying on his front porch with a pile of others. They are 5" x 2 ". If you turn the bracket 90 degrees from the light they measure 5" tall. I think for the back I am going to try and put a flood light style in the middle of the spare tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezlife Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 They are aftermarket. I don't know the brand name but my buddy had these laying on his front porch with a pile of others. They are 5" x 2 ". If you turn the bracket 90 degrees from the light they measure 5" tall. I think for the back I am going to try and put a flood light style in the middle of the spare tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 New 245/75R16s on the 94, now I can take it back in the morning and get the fronts rebalanced a shimmy at 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 New 245/75R16s on the 94, now I can take it back in the morning and get the fronts rebalanced a shimmy at 70 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ331 Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Going to Oreilly's for rotors and pads today. Ordering 2x2 LEDs later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Dropped in the vg33 today into my gfs 93 SE, one more solid day and its done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBigPerm Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 (edited) New valve cover gaskets, intake plenum gasket (since it has to come off anyway), and wound up replacing all of the coolant/vacuum lines under the intake plenum since quite a few crumbled as I removed them, and the rest were close to being that bad. Discovered a busted vacuum line between charcoal canister and throtle body, fixing that also fixed my intermittent stumble from off-idle. After two days of work, I can honestly say I'd rather do the timing belt 3 times in a row than r&r that upper intake ever again, so I went ahead and replaced 'urrything' that A: wasn't made of metal and B: would require yanking the plenum to get to in the future. Runs like a champ, though! Edited August 5, 2013 by ThaBigPerm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I hear ya on that. While I haven't pulled a plenum on a stock MPFI Pathfinder, I have on an Xterra. A bit of a nightmare with all the crap under it on the backside and against the firewall. I did the same and replaced everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I think I have pulled and repaired vg33 and vg30 plenums 6 or 7 times now, it gets easier....no more fun, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Made some progress. The torsion bar bracket was completely loose and was bending the smaller 14mm bolts. I had noticed it looked "off" when I was having my y-pipe made, but once everything was unloaded I realized how close to disaster it was. Tomorrow is the other side and get the bushings out. That aught to be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBigPerm Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Made some progress. The torsion bar bracket was completely loose and was bending the smaller 14mm bolts. I had noticed it looked "off" when I was having my y-pipe made, but once everything was unloaded I realized how close to disaster it was. Tomorrow is the other side and get the bushings out. That aught to be great. Here I am griping about upper plenum shenanegans, and I've not even gotten to chassis/suspension work yet - of which there is a bit to do on my Pathy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 (edited) Bushings in. The poly made getting the compression rod bolts in a bitch! Edited August 6, 2013 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Forgot to buy a new CV axle so I'm stuck for the night pretty much. Got thenew wheel bearings in the hub, packed, and ready to go. Swapped lower ball joint and cleaned some crap. For sheits and grins I called a local suspension/brake shop to see what everything I'm doing would cost. Fellow Pathfinder owner picked up and he's already done it to his. Shop rate would be about $800 for labor. He said he'd never do it again unless he had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qx4donald Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Did part 1 of 4 transmission drain/refill, drain/refill on transfer case ... And sprayed lysol into vents to kill some of that stank on the evap core Sent from TapaAtrix Part 2 of 4 ATF drain/refill, drain/refill on front and rear diff Sent from TapaAtrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I still have to do my upper and lower control arm Bushings, the rest are done and I know what you mean about lining up the bolts when putting the compression rod back together. Major pain with poly. That was one of the biggest differences on my truck though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Poly compression rod bushings with stock LCA bushings is bad enough, at least the arm has a little bit of play. Poly+poly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Now I'm hoping that the big bolt on the other side pops right out like this one did. I was prepared for battle but two smacks with the sledge and it was out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) yeah i hear ya. i cant wait to do my lca and uca bushings.... lol. it will be great to have them done, but not so great to do them..... did you burn the lca out? or does it pop out some how? ucas im not too worried about. i have the prothane bushings sitting in the parts drawer but have not gathered the motivation to do it yet...lol Edited August 7, 2013 by Nefarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 I'd give you some of my motivation but its about out! I'm really looking forward to not having to fight the wheel constantly and not get pulled over on the highway for being "drunk." I burned them out with a cutting torch and then wire brushed what was left. I made a tinfoil shield to stop the flames from getting into the engine compartment and used the skid plate to catch the rubber. My garage smelled like smokey burnouts! UCA bushing sleeves needed some trimming and so did the bushings so they would fully seat, no biggie. Now, I did run into an issue with the LCA bushings not allowing the two 14mm torsion bar bracket bolts to be in when the arm is slid on. Factory the heads are on the inside of the arm and the nuts on the backside. I was able to run one of them through towards the front and put the nut on the inside, but the other hits one of the cross member bolt heads when the arm articulates. At the moment I've got the one large 19mm bolt and one 14mm bolt. I need to cut the other bolt down and find a really slim nut to go on the inside of the arm so it'll clear. You'll notice if you haven't already that the heads of the bolts are pretty slim. Either that or run it without the third bolt, I can't imagine it going anywhere but I'd like it there and an empty bolt hole is gonna drive me nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 started the timing belt replacement on the 94 yesterday, after getting it opened up noticed the crank seal seeping and 1 cam seal leaking hopefully will have it back running this evening. Hate letting Momma drive my 88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Fought with the UCA spindle on the passenger side and torched out the LCA bushing and got the new one in. I need a new spindle, one of the bushing sleeves is locked solid to it and I ended up bending the spindle end trying to drive it out. Gotta fix the compression rod bushing hole too and weld a cup on, its trashed. To the junkyard I go tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagabond Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 screwed up the crank seal and had to order another one. Back together and running and installed the maxima fan assembly and and maxima temp sensor, fan kicks in just above half on the gauge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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