I'm new here. I've read for a while but I've not had a real reason to post till now. I've come across a 89' nissan pathfinder. It was sitting in a backyard of a friends house and through some coincidence, I've come to own it. All I had to do was come pick it up and bring it home.
Here it is coming home.
It has been sitting for quit a while so there's no telling what condition everything is in. I only saw it in the dark before I towed it, but I figured what's the worst I could do? Sell it for parts and make some money off it.
Either way, The next morning I went out to look at it.
And that is what I saw. It was covered in tree sap and mold. Looking at the tires, they looked new and were not dry rotted. The engine looked clean. All fluid were intact. The oil still looked like the day it came out of the bottle. The radiator fluid was still topped off and green. The only real problem mechanically I could located was that the battery was lifeless and the alternator belt wasn't tensioned. I pulled the battery out of my old toyota pickup, got a new belt that fit the alternator, readjusted all the belts in the engine, and after 3 turns of the engine it fired up. So i decided to clean it up.
Here's what it looks like now. The insided looks good too.
The engine runs strong, but I think i hear an exhaust leak. I'm under the impression the stock V6 engine has hydraulic lifters, so it should be that. It's a ticking noise that I haven't located yet. Also, the dash light and lights for the AC controls do not illuminate. The running lights also do not turn on. Turn signals, headlights, 4x4, and everything else works great.
The goal is to get it running good, clean it up, and drive it daily with the options and capabilities to go off roading on easy to medium difficulty. I don't expect to do any crawling with it. The reason I am posting up is to keep track of how things are progressing over time and to hopefully find info on things I can't figure out through Chilton or hanes. Either way, fun time are ahead.
Here it is coming home.
It has been sitting for quit a while so there's no telling what condition everything is in. I only saw it in the dark before I towed it, but I figured what's the worst I could do? Sell it for parts and make some money off it.
Either way, The next morning I went out to look at it.
And that is what I saw. It was covered in tree sap and mold. Looking at the tires, they looked new and were not dry rotted. The engine looked clean. All fluid were intact. The oil still looked like the day it came out of the bottle. The radiator fluid was still topped off and green. The only real problem mechanically I could located was that the battery was lifeless and the alternator belt wasn't tensioned. I pulled the battery out of my old toyota pickup, got a new belt that fit the alternator, readjusted all the belts in the engine, and after 3 turns of the engine it fired up. So i decided to clean it up.
Here's what it looks like now. The insided looks good too.
The engine runs strong, but I think i hear an exhaust leak. I'm under the impression the stock V6 engine has hydraulic lifters, so it should be that. It's a ticking noise that I haven't located yet. Also, the dash light and lights for the AC controls do not illuminate. The running lights also do not turn on. Turn signals, headlights, 4x4, and everything else works great.
The goal is to get it running good, clean it up, and drive it daily with the options and capabilities to go off roading on easy to medium difficulty. I don't expect to do any crawling with it. The reason I am posting up is to keep track of how things are progressing over time and to hopefully find info on things I can't figure out through Chilton or hanes. Either way, fun time are ahead.