It was leaking fluid from every orifice and I have, since, replaced all of the seals except the rear wheel, Front transmission and Rear Main. It had 283Kmiles on it then and it now has 303K. If your wondering what you can do to modify or upgrade this vehicle for serious off-road, check this link Other Electronics have been known to cause headaches - make sure you check the instrument cluster gauges (temp/fuel) and power window and lock buttons.Īlso check for water leaks - sun roof, window seals, back window. That should tell you a lot about any engine issues. If your frame is shot, look elsewhere.ĭefinitely follow SW’s advice about the ECU codes (check engine light). Rear Frame, under the back seats, back door runners, bumpers, driver floor (from exhaust leak), bushing cups, and wheel wells are all typical problem spots. I did a lot of research before I even bought my truck (‘95 5 speed) - and knew where all the known rust locations were from the mid-west truck I bought (now all repaired). I’m pretty much a newbie to Pathfinders (~2 years), and the vets and old-timers on this forum have always provided reliable advice and how-to’s. You will find a ton of info here at this forum if you search. That's about all I can give you, 'cause that's all I know! Anything short of that is suspension work. if the front end is in good shape it should feel tight and light at the wheel with good feedback and sharp turn-in. Back in the day this was the _best_ handling truck in it's class. Make sure that you get it into top gear on the highway, feel for shaking and shimmy which are going to be symptoms of bad suspension bushings in the rear, tie-rods in the front, both or ball joints or all of the above. Do NOT turn the truck off before you've taken it for a test drive, you want all the trouble codes to be set before you turn it off. Take a few seconds and play with all of the knobs and buttons in the truck before taking off on the test drive. If anything has been fiddled with this will re-set the capacitors and learned trouble-codes in the ECU, the TCU and oxygen sensor feedback. Take $750-$1000 off the price for a rebuilt trans.īring a 10mm closed end wrench and pull the positive wire off of the battery and ground it (no you won't damage anything) put it back on, tighten it down and THEN get in and start the engine. if there is the least amount of noise in the tranny or difficulty getting the gear to engage, that's the end-of-life for that trans. Has any work been done to the trans? The factory did NOT put enough oil into the trans when they were building them so the bearings and gears get starved for oil in 4th and 5th. the heads will have to be drilled out and threaded for the 10mm bolts and is work but well worth the effort.Īsk about oil changes in the transmission, not the engine. The exhaust studs that you want to replace (all of them really) should be replaced with those from a z31 (ZX300) of the same era. Hope this helps out post pics if you do end up buying it we all like to see pics as well. In my opinion too I personally stick with the WD21's 1990-1995 Pathfinders which have lasted long time & I would say are great learning off roading & I used both mine as daily drivers as well. I know with both my auto's they were beasts when it came to wheeling & went over & through anything that I put them up against. As I said I can't speak for the manual 95 XE but I am sure some others who know the manuals better will hopefully chime in as well. Other then that I would check the usual stuff if any noticeable oil leaks suspension for any major problems. There are posts here that will say which ones to replace them with I don't remember right off top of my head which ones work. Along with known for exhaust manifold bolts breaking off in them being poor grade bolts this usually will have a slight ticking sound when running if you do purchase this I would suggest switching out the bolts & studs in the exhaust manifolds. Still would check that out though they also have been known for having a hole rusting through floorboard near gas pedal caused from the exhaust. I see your located in California so you may not have the issue with rust out there if it has been there for the life of the Pathfinder. Things to look for would be rust on frame especially in the rear of it which they are known for having. Also depending on what the asking price is on it as well. I can't speak for the manual 1995 XE 4x4 Pathfinder but my last 2 Pathfinders were both 1995 XE 4x4 Automatic which they both lasted quite awhile both of them with 300,000 plus miles on them so as long as you keep up on maintaining it I would say it would last awhile as long as there isn't anything serious wrong.
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