The Nissan Path

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I fired it up today!!

The good: It runs like a sewing machine at idle

The bad: There's some sort of knock at higher rpm's. There's a slight coolant leak and a slight oil leak. Must find both. Obviously the greatest concern is the knock. It also cranks slow at start up.. Odd

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My R50's (99 and 04) have both had plenty of rusty exhaust issues. Mostly annoying heat shield rattles. Those I fix by bending and/or removing the offending tin. Both also had the pipe rust to the point of failure just ahead of the main/rear muffler. I repaired these myself. I just used a dremel, so...

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mine??...oh it's been done for a while now. I did finally take it to a knowledgeable Nissan guy due to the missing under hard accelleration. It would start fine, idle fine, run fine and hold a steady speed smoothly but when I hit the accellerator hard it would miss as it was accellerating. Come to ...

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moymurfs wrote:Yea, That's the view I had for weeks/months or whatever the heck it was...

What's the status of your swap?

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moymurfs wrote:Yikes! That picture gives me the creeps and flashbacks!

Which one? The mostly assembled rig?

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You should replace it ASAP though. My 99 was missing the cargo area dome light cover when I bought it and I had to rebuild the motor 40k miles later.

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I thought I'd be firing it up today but a few annoying things slowed me down. Then I stripped the distributor mounting plate. I think it's made of butter. I'll deal with that tomorrow. Anyway.. Good excuse to sit in the pool and listen to a dramatic extra innings walk off win by the tribe!

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I'm guessing that's a junkyard item. The shop manual calls it the luggage room lamp assembly so I'm guessing if you do find it for sale new it's the whole assembly.

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Just about there...

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Progress!

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moymurfs wrote:Very nice,,,,just don't get too down when you find it still gets crappy gas mileage

What.... I'm not even going to get up into the 17's??!! F it... I'm setting this thing out at the curb for garbage day tomorrow.

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I've been plugging away as time permits. I got the camshaft and journals machined. I cleaned up the block, the pistons, the oil pan etc. I put new rings on the pistons, honed the cyl walls and basically buttoned up the bottom end. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dzfTqoqgJo0/U9ktcDHnq6I/AAAAAAAADz...

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moymurfs wrote:

Teeter, got an update ??

No.. Winter has slowed me down. I'm getting the itch to get back to it though.

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I now have the hood completely off, so boom clearance isn't an issue. Where on the motor did you attach the lifting chains? I had the heads off already which may have made it easier. I attached one side to the (very stout) alternator bracket? Or maybe that was the other side? AC compressor bracket?...

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Woohoo! Looks like progress! Are you having clearance issues with the hoist you're using? I rented one from sunbelt for $25 (for 24 hrs) and it it pulled the motor out no problem. I thought I'd have to remove the front wheels and drop it down low, but no, it was perfect. Also, that hoist fit in the ...

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Long overdue update

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