theexbrit Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 (edited) PO used wrecking yard struts & shocks that were totally @!*%e & left an Indian "Bollywood movie music" cd jammed in the sound system. Also, the speakers had dried out so much the cone wasn't attached to the surround of the speaker at all. No wonder I had no bass!!!! Steering pipes leaked over steering rack rubber mounts & dissolved them so the rack was just floating free, sway bar/drag links were totally shot & used 3 235/70/15 tires with 1 245/75/15 tire. Not that big a deal I guess, but the standard tire is 265/70/15. Edited April 7, 2012 by theexbrit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nunya Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 One of the rubber ones came out while cornering...knew exactly what it was...the metal ones were still on the springs when I tossed them...they sale these things at advance and autozone...its like their ricer wheel spacers....don't do it Scary thing is those style metal ones are meant for the FRONT of a coil sprung car. Yea... That's a great piece of mind when knowing there in the front of something your driving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 On my 95 there wasn't much done by the PO. But my 94 that I have now, the guy told me he had the manifold studs fixed at a shop. I looked and I can see bolts in there instead of studs, and some of them I don't see the grade stamped like you do with metric bolts but rather the three lines which indicate a grade 5 standard size bolt They also welded the rear bumper brackets to the frame because of the body lift, and poorly installed a 7 way trailer harness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Grade 5 or 8.8 is fine for manifold bolts as long as they don't "shear" (fail in tension) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I &^%*ing win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalker Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 please say this is a joke.? holly @!*%z man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 No joke....completely want to find the moron who did this and kick them in the nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewebster Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 ... what is this, I don't even... why would somebody do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Oh I freaked out....its just amazing what people will do....that was just a time bomb....we got lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 That is amazing!! I might have one to compete though... If I can find the photos, I'll post them. In my old 1965 VW Bug Baja, the PO had attached the two front seats to the seat rails with hose clamps. Yes, the worm gear band clamp type... B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darek Posted May 14, 2012 Share Posted May 14, 2012 Recently I was trying to replace lights in the instrument cluster panel. When I removed the panel then I found a half smoked cigarette behind steering wheel column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmoore4512 Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 (edited) Unccpathfinder... Did you buy that from some fool in TN?!?!? The PO or PO's that I got mine from had all kinds of weird wiring shinanigans going on.... There was a switch and green light bulb above the mirror where the map lights are, with wire leading to nowhere. Another set of switches under the dash that led to the battery with no fuse, and one end cut and dangling... What I assume to be 2 sets of jumper cables split and black taped together under the carpet to the back for an amplifier? And the best part... it had TRAILER BRAKES!!! WTF... There was not even a hitch on this truck when I bought it... but there was a brake box under the dash. The windshield had the family name "Gutierrez" in old english vinyl letters... When I was finished stripping all of this out I had quite a pile of wire and other crap. Edited May 15, 2012 by tmoore4512 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Just some NC and SC folks had it before this carolina kid got it...crazy crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Shimming with a hook... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulletsforringo Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I mentioned that my Pathfinder had a few bullet holes in it when I introduced myself here- finally got around to taking some pictures. PO messed up the dash pretty bad as well. Every now and then I find another "fix". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devonianwalk Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Talk about character. That thing looks like it's been through the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Or somebody tried to change out the starter motor, got pissed off, and let it know what he thought of it. I wonder what kind of damage the bullets did to the engine bay/etc? The gas tank door one in particular can't have been pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precise1 Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I'll bet a good sum the fuel door was open when it was shot... Other than that, WTH?? B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulletsforringo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) No damage to the engine bay as far as I know. Everything is fine except what was damaged by a fire from my power steering pressure hose bursting...that's a story for a another thread though. If anyone knows what the little black box in the last picture is that would be nice to know...also, where does it go? Edited June 21, 2013 by bulletsforringo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spentplsr711 Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 I have a good one. They used tape to cover the holes in the body then bondo and paint. When I what removing the fender flares half the fender came off with it because it stuck. Most of it is fixed for now. The head unit was taped in the dash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gv280z Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 That little black box is not the data recorder from when you crash...it is however your ECU and is supposed to be under one of the seats. In my 94 it's under the driver, I don't know about the 91. I guess the position doesn't really matter, It could be in your glove box or the center console or screwed to the ceiling. At least that way you'd have to flood the entire vehicle to damage it! The previous owner must have had a really bad ongoing problem, so he relocated it to where he could observe the error code light in real time as he was experiencing whatever was plagueging the truck, and then he'd had quick access to reset it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 That is the abs module. Not the ecu. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahardb0dy Posted June 23, 2013 Share Posted June 23, 2013 The ECU should be under the pass. seat not the drivers seat as you said, I have a 94 also and that is where it is. There are other components under the driver seat that include: from the 1994 FSM: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gv280z Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 oopss, my mistake..duh. Thanks for the correction guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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