And how would one go about pulling one of those out? Will it fit an 04? The pathy is a '99 I believe
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Yeah if you have a auto look for a automatic to pull from as the lube plates are just slightly different. You would have to remove the driveshafts and torsion bar crossmember. Or just bring a sawzall and go through the cab floor. It's nice as it has a wider chain which is more resistant to stretching. I bought and installed one when I did my calmini transfer case gears.
Other things I look for.
Spare torsion bar anchors and adjusters. They are known to occasionally strip under hard use so a spare set is nice to have. Or any front end parts for the matter. The front is rather fragile so if you wheel its nice coming home to a well stocked garage of cheap spares.
Though quite a project you can locate a early pathfinder 1988 or so and take the rear brake disks, calipers, and mounts and have the ingredients to start a rear disk conversion. It takes a bit of custom work making lines parking brake cables and that but I hear the performance is better.
You can look at hood and trunk struts from random cars and convert the xterra hood to use struts so that the hood prop never gets in your way again.
You can measure your radiator take a tape measure and go about scouting the yard for the perfect electic fan and shroud setup to net you better gas mileage and power. Many are better then the average aftermarket fans. I think the ford taurus 3 speed fans are really big with hot rodders. The crown victoria has a some impressive cfm numbers. I've thought about finding a fan from a nissan quest minivan as they use the same VG33e engine just with a electric fan do to the engines orentation.
The Nissan Quest as well as having the same engine and being equiped with electric fan uses a alternator with a much higher amp rating that bolts right up to our trucks with minimal mods. Been a while since I typed the write up. But ours is I believe is 80 amps where the Quest is 130amps. More power for lights and accessories. If you offroad in mud its a good idea to carry a spare alternator as ours are on the bottom of the engine and fowl quickly in mud.
If you can find a old hardbody pickup with a V6 and factory manual hubs. Take the manual hubs they fit the Xterra were engineered by warn for Nissan and are the best hubs ever sold. But, they are super rare. Might want to count your splines before you go to make sure they will fit.
Dash switches, look at early pathfinders their dash switch holes are the same size as ours. I scored a nice factory fog lamp switch that popped right in my dash for my bumper lighting.
After that I'd browse for cool stuff that you could modify. Or little parts that are broken on your rig you need replaced. The options are endless when I go I look at everything never know what you might find.
Ben
