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A place for everything and everything in its place! Are you a Nissan pickup owner? Or maybe you have questions about Nissan pickups that could be answered by owners with firsthand experience? Well this is the place to post your questions/comments. I had an '87 4x4 King Cab that I ran to 140,000 miles before I traded it in (needed a back seat for the two kids at the time) and I REALLY miss having that truck! PF Flyer Host Pickups & News & Views Message Boards |
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The owner's manual for my 95 SE V6 truck says that the timing belt needs replacement at 105K miles. I have about 78k on my truck and the original timing belt are now eight years old so I am getting nervous. This is an interference enigne and if the belt breaks I will be in for some serious repair bills. Any thoughts on this one? Anybody had their timing belt break before 105 K miles?
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Any body have experience with a bad speed sensor, my trucks speedometer needle rarely moves & the computer is coding out a bad speed sensor. I priced it at $143.00, I want to make sure it is the problem, any help welcome.
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I can tell you what happened to my truck. My speedometer stopped working. There were two suspect causes: speedometer sender or the speedometer itself. My truck is a 95 SE V6 king cab 4X4. The speedometer sender is an electromechanical device that is mounted on the right side of the transfer case. It has a plastic gear which is driven by one of the gears in the transfer case and two wires going to the speedometer. The speedometer is an electronic type with a circuit board in it. There is no cable going to it. In my case I had a spare sender becuase I changed the tire size on my truck and bought another speed sender to compensate (Nissan offers both for P235-75R15 tires and 31X10.5 - 25 tires for this truck). In my case the speedometer turned out to be defective and it cost me about $ 200 to replace it. The new one was set by the factory to the exact mileage my old speedometer had when it failed. Your truck may be different from mine and the "speed sensor" that you are referring to may be a different device, which also interfaces with the engine computer. Some vehicles have magnetic speed sensors located close to the crankshaft pulley, for example, Mercedes Benz uses such sensors for the tachometer pickup on their diesel engines. There is a simple test to determine if the speed sender is defective by removing the sender and doing both a resistance check and output voltage checks on it but I do not know the exact specs (you need to ask the Nissan dealer or look it up in the shop manual). However in your case the computer registers bad speed sensor, which to me indicates that it probably is defective. On my truck the computer did not detect the defective speedometer and I doubt it would detect malfuctioning speed sender.
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I have a '97 2WD XE standard cab with a five speed. At 46K miles, it is barely broken in, and has been a great vehicle. At about 35K miles, I installed a set of Bilstein shocks and was pleasantly surprised by the improvement in ride and handling. I also dumped the standard 14" alloys for a set of 15" x 7" alloys from a '99 Pathfinder SE. They bolt right on, and give you a much wider range of tire choices. Finally, I was amazed to find that by simply removing the stock Nissan AM/FM cassette unit with attached plastic pocket, I was able to install the AM/FM/cassette/CD double height deck from a 2000 Xterra - it just plugs right in to the existing harness! Set the fader to full forward, get some better door speakers (I used Sony Xplodes), and you're all set. Has anyone else noticed that the KA24E engine (2.4 liter four) seems to make a few seconds of "lifter rattle" when first started after sitting for a few days? Once it has been started, it won't recur until the truck sits unused for several more days. Do these lifters just normally bleed down after sitting for awhile?
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| I bought a 1995 Nissan PU from a private party. The driver side door shuts, and latches. It does not rattle but the gap between the door and the cab is lager than normal. It does not leak but I hear an awfull lot of road noise. Can the door be realigned to correct this problem? | |
I purchased this truck at 75K miles and the previous owner said he just renewed the timing belt. Upon disassemble at 152K it is apparent that it has never been apart! Anyway when following the book to time the motor it seems that there could be an easy mix-up of one tooth on the right bank cam. IE it looks OK in either position. What I need are the Cam timing specs so I can put my degree wheel on it to make sure. These specs would tell crank position at a given valve lift for each valve. Like #1 intake 050 lift  121 after TDC. ETC Any ideas where to find this info. The local Nissan dealer said DUHHHHH I Dunno. CapnT
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I have a 1993 Nissan ext cab pickup, 4x4 5 speed. The green light indicating the transfer case is engaged is always on. According to the owners manual, the green light means it is in 4 wheel drive. The hubs are set on free, and the transfer case is in the 2H position. Any idea what's going on here? Do I have a defective sensor or ... ? Thanks.
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I am an owner of a 95 Kingcab 4x4. This is my second one. Long story on that. Anyway, for the timing belt questions, I recently had mine changed at 120K miles because my Nissan mech told me that would be alright. I had it done by a regular ASE certified mech and they messed it up to the point I had to pay out alot of money to get it to work right again. If you think it's time to change your timing belt, have a Nissan mech do it. They might cost a little more but they usually are worth it. For the speedometer, I had to have mine replaced at 96K miles. It started jumping from 25 mph to 80mph when I was only going about 35mph. Cost me about $350-$400 to have it done. No problems since. Does anybody know how to boost the power on the engine without having to pay for an overhaul? I am looking to get some more horses and possible better gas mileage. Thanks.
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My 1991 K/C 4x4 has the ABS light and the BRAKE light come on repeatedly indicating fault with ABS system. Brakes seem to work OK - plenty of pad left on the rears. Hard to tell if ABS works or not. My Haynes manual talks about a "check" connector to diagnose the fault condition from the control module but the connectors are not labelled under the dash. The one connector which matches the picture doesnt' seem to work - you're supposed to count light flashes with a lighted, grounded indicator but the light won't flash at all. Anybody ever try this? Any ideas?
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