Let's Fix My Weird Old Car - 1986 Nissan Stanza Wagon!
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I bought this '86 Nissan Stanza Wagon a few years ago, and unfortunately I just haven't driven it much in the last year or so. But that is about to change! I've finally come to realize that I'll never fix everything on this car if I have to do all the work myself. So today we get it over to the shop to help refresh this odd old car. Mechanic Joe takes on a tour of what's wrong, what he fixed, and also provides some valuable insight about working on older vehicles.
Thanks again to Joe for bringing the knowledge and helping keep this weird car on the road. If you live in the Los Angeles area and need work done on your car, Joe can help you out. Hit up Sean's Auto Care in Van Nuys, CA: (310) 770-2720.
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Great underrated channel with some rlly weird cars. In a good way 😂
Ethan has my dream car collection
Just old uncommon econoboxes
Hey man, great shirt and great progress on the Stanza too. Glad you're getting her back on the road. Love it!
Steam clean? I’m sure a detailer can throw in a ozone device for a few hours.
He should use the dog pee formula to steam clean the car.
"it sat and then it wouldn't start and then the tires went flat" - the story of my car collection as well LOL
My first car. This is literally porn for me 😆
I love those station wagons so much
Google Ford B-Max and see how this concept had a short comeback in the 2010s in Europe. But this Nissan is definitely something to cherish, as it is so boxy and adorable and not many are left.
In Canada, the Multis are so rare! About as rare as my Cimarron. (-:
I adore them very much.
You have a cimarron? Cool. I live in upstate NY and have an 89 cavalier Z24 convertible, a 90 RS wagon with the 3.1 as well as a 91 Beretta Gt. They all turn heads due to how rare they are.
@@williamsinger4124 Yeah, it's the second J-Body I've had. The first being a '92 Cavalier sedan, 2.2L. Sold that on.
I've never seen an RS wagon before. Just a CL with the 3.1L. I have seen an RS sedan and convertible.
Most commons are base moderls, CLs and Z24s.
@@revolution1one well, there are some out there. My wagon has the white letter tires, on the rs 5 spoke wheels, it's maroon with the red "cavalier RS" badging etc. Tan interior. It was an impulse buy, while I was visiting family in Conway SC. No rust etc. Fades paint, saggy headliner etc, but I changed the fluids, set of brakes and I drove it back to NY trouble free. It'll be cleaned up, painted, I'll probably throw a spare Z24 hood and airbox I have laying around onto it. Already swapped a Z24 front bumper onto it. Them old j cars, in my experience have been dependable as the tides
@@williamsinger4124 My Cimarron has some old white letters on it too. I like them but really need to be changed. It is white and has a full red interior. It was also a impulse buy as I doubt I'd ever find another one. It still needs a lot of work. I miss driving it.
@@revolution1one I won't lie, I do want a cimarron. Over the years, there's been times when I was down on my luck, and the most dependable thing in my life was one of those cheap j bodies. Bc of that, I have a soft spot for them. I once had a sunbird coupe that had a red interior...man that red would sober you up the next morning when you get into the car lol
Wow dude you've been making PROGRESS with these cars!
My thoughts on the wheels...Maybe just find some really nice period correct hubcaps. Will be cheaper and easier, and maybe use the money you save for when the car inevitably needs something else!
I gotta ask, how many of you people out there watch this channel because of the videos about boring new compact SUVs?
(crickets chirping)
Thought so.
Sorry, but can we agree, that we watch these videos because of cars like the Stanza or the 944 and the like?
If we'd care about lame new milktoast vehicles, we could find tons of stuff literally all over the net.
Ethan uploading videos about new cars is kinda nice. But that's not what we signed up for, is it?
We come here for "Nissan Stanza - Part XXVII: The Return of Joe" (tagline: "Not all heroes wear capes") or "Ford Probe: All is lost" (tagline "When love is gone ...") or "Pontiac Turbo Grand Prix: Judgment Day" (tagline: "He'll be back").
So Ethat, do us a solid and stick to your guns ... uhm, ... I mean "cars".
Spare tire bracket is factory. Nut Accessible through rubber plug in the back sill with included tool. Fuel pump worked great until 240000km when it never turned on again. Easy access though
Use a good cleaner wax, spray the bumpers with black rubberized paint, clean the rims with lacquer thinner and use tire shine. Spray rims silver, they would look just fine. You can always buy wheels if you don't like. You would have the only one at cars and coffee for sure.
Oh and fumigate the inside !!
Some guy that lives by my parents old house has had one of these ever since I was a kid. He never got rid of it and keeps it on the road. It basically looks like a well aged car. Nothing wrong with is cosmetically and does show its age a little. But the damn thing just keeps going. His still has the original hubcaps and it's two tone light brown with brown interior.
These are neat van,car,suv things haha. Just a cool old japanese car back when they were still figuring things out.
If anyone wants parts off a fairly clean one of these, there’s my brothers old Stanza Wagon at the Poor Boys Auto Wrecking Yard in Yakima, WA. He ended up scrapping it due to electrical issues, lol.
Love your channel, definitely some “period correct” Nissan/Datsun wheels from the 80’s to spice it up a bit! Refurbish the bumpers and compound and polish the paint, detail the interior and you have a Radwood show winner on your hands
A severely underappreciated channel.
I have enjoyed the new car reviews, especially since the cars featured are attainable to many.
Yet it's the attention to forgotten cars where this channel rockets to the top. You have a gift at this! Please keep going.
MUCH continued success! 🖤Hello Road.
Love this car. So glad you gave it some love. Oh also weird way to get rid of odor is using kitty litter. Put into all over carpet. Leave it for a few days and vacuum up. It will remove any moisture
:O Sliding doors!
I wonder how long they would last in my clima... but id love one!
A good detail, pull out seats and carpet. Clean very well, should help the stink. An old RAV4 should have great parts support and be fairly reliable.
Not many in my collection from the 1980s :
1981 Dodge Aries K-wagon, manual
1981 VW Rabbit cabriolet, manual
1984 Volvo 240 diesel, manual, 4 dr sdn
I've never heard of this little van before your channel and now i want one so bad
You can buy his for $10 grand.
@@bextar6365 i live in Brazil m8 the country were a Honda Civic is a luxury car
Finding a mechanic who cares, is willing to work on an old car, explains the 5 W's of the failure states, is proactive about solutions and cares is a rarity and is generally in conflict with the shops bottom line. Hold on to that guy because shops like that usually go out of business, I should know I've worked in many of them and the chainstores and franchises take over with their economies of scale, low wages and hiring employees who aren't paid enough to care or are at the beginning of their automotive learning curve. Just don't call him a wizard or ninja or something ridiculous like that... although what do I know, that sort of behaviour could grow your channel to a 7 digit subscriber base, it's happened before I think.
Love the wagon content!
I had one of these. Was an ugly car. But, I had 3 kids in car seats and it was what we needed at the time.( was cheap to buy, we didn't make a lot of money back then) Mechanically, this car was always solid. We had no problems with dependability. The only reason we got rid of it was because the sliders started to stick and became hard to open and close.
My In laws used to have one of those cars. I was wondering if you'd be interested in checking out my 96 Ford Probe SE Hatchback once I get it back from my painter
I feel like this is the minivan that is in every childrens animated movie
also, that stanza shirt is amazing
We had the 85 hatchback version of the Stanza, Nissans were basically bulletproof through the early 90's.
Hey Ethan, awesome Nissan Stanza Wagon! In regards to that fuel pump, I recommend Delphi if you want a quieter one. I just replaced my loud fuel pump in my 1983 Toyota Camry lol. Also, I've been having some issues with my Camry's idle so I've been thinking of taking it to Sean's Auto care shop since he does a great job on your older cars!
Ethan, I agree with no more new car reviews. Instead, you should find owners of underappreciated, forgotten, unloved cars from the 80s and 90s and ask to review their cars (a la Doug Demuro): chevy prizm, geo storm, mercury capri, daewoo leganza, cadillac allante, buick reatta, alfa romeo milano, pugeot 405, oldsmobile intrigue, chevy citation, hyundai excel, mazda mp3....and a ton of other forgotten gems. You would be fillng an untapped void. go for it!
The problem with using wheels from Nissan's RWD will be offset. Period correct wheels for that would be like Enkei 83s, 92s, etc. You can also find the correct wheel covers for that thing on ebay.
That wire off the battery shouldn't be dealer installed AC. Both my B11 Sentra and my KN13 Pulsar NX have dealer installed AC and they don't have stand alone fused circuits like that. My guess would be a repair or other add-on.
The eight spark plug configuration was very interesting. The Nissan AntiPollution System idea was that multiple spark discharge would result in a more thorough burn of fuel. Of course in those days we didn't have reliable technology to have it done on the same spark plug, hence two plugs per cylinder. Of course now we have coil-on-plug to solve that, but very interesting solution at the time.
My Dad had one of these new - The Nissan Prarie in Australia - spooked by oil price rises in the 70's/80's - he moved from a 1974 Ford Falcon - 4.1 litre inline 6 cyl large sedan that was very much in a similar vein to big 6 cyl cars in the USA to this. Just looking it up, the Prarie only weighed 1000kg - for a 7 seater! In that era some of the small cars would twist if you jacked up a corner - crash structure safety was a bit lacking. The point about no B pillar was relevant - wouldn't be good in a side impact. It was based off the Nissan Pulsar. The 1.5 litre struggled a bit when you made the most of that passenger space.
Hi. I have one with 36 years already but with name Multi but he is exactly like this. With automatic gear. He is 4x2 but i'm crazy and make allterrain. 😄😄😄
Only with a problem, need direction labels and don't now where found it.
The rest is alright
Pull the seats out. You'd be surprised (well maybe not) the amount of garbage previous owners dropped down between the seat cushions. I found change, toothpicks, old french fries, coffee, gum, and lollipops in my old BMW.
The guy that always works on your car at the shop seems really chill
you should check out YoungStatic's channel on how to revive the black rubber bumpers..
ruclips.net/video/0mxsS5fWqy8/видео.html around 11:18 or so
My parents bought one when I was a kid. About 1982. It was gold. I had some kind of sticker that said Stanza from some accessory. I put it on my bike. -memories!!!
Not 300Z wheels, I don't think they're the same bolt pattern and they're also for rear-wheel drive so the offset will be wrong and you'll wear your ball joints and wheel bearings out really fast. Any factory alloys that came of the US-market Stanza or Sentra models should fit your vehicle, though, and give you the correct suspension geometry. Inevitably the Stanza wagon/Prairie was a parts bin car so it used a lot of parts from the Sentra/Sunny and Stanza/Bluebird ranges of cars. I was thinking your engine sounded rather rough for one of those Datsun/Nissan single overhead cam engines, but I was forgetting that the US-market versions used a modified version of the 1.5/1.8 ohc unit (the standard Prairie engines in other markets) with, as you said, 8 spark plugs rather than 4 that you got in other markets. The first 4 were in the cylinders as normal, and the second four were on the exhaust side of the engine and would fire on the exhaust stroke, reburning the exhaust to use up any unburnt fuel and reduce emissions. They sound rougher as you hear the exhaust gases being burned in the exhaust manifold, much like if you had a car with seriously wrong ignition timing...
I don't mind the new car reviews if you give a model history and why the original was so much better! Manufacturers lose the essentialness of the original by the third or fourth iteration. That lean 80's car becomes a flabby pig! The original Civic was the size of the Fit. Today's Civic is now larger than the 80's Accord....
I was buying some stuff off of RockAuto and was thinking of your Stanza recently because of the parts fitting issues you were having. Just for the heck of it, I pulled up Nissan>1986, and noticed that there were entries for both the Stanza and Multi (what this was called in other countries). I'm curious how many mechanical differences there are between the sedan/5 door and the wagon, as this is one of the only wagons I can think of that isn't identical to the sedan from the rear doors forward. Maybe the shop ordered Stanza parts when in reality they should have ordered Multi parts? I don't know, but it may be worth looking in to. Hope this helps and doesn't just add another layer of confusion for you lol.
I have a 1984 Toyota Tercel wagon,to get it in tip top shape i spent 200 and spent 1200 on the car.. it isn't that expensive to own a vintage car just sayin
The advice about an ozone machine is pretty good. They are pretty cheap these days and do work surprising well. Obviously, the first item is remove the cause, but I had luck with a pretty moldy jag.
I want you to come out with a T-shirt that says " Only an asshole's would sell a Geo prizm but keep The probe ". I would buy one
Thoughts on your new car reviews: I do enjoy watching them. You give a thoughtful, thorough account of them, without the innate bias towards luxury brands (and against the "peasant" brands) that much of the automotive media seems to suffer from. You are also right that the new car content doesn't match up very well with your channel's theme. Ever consider a second channel for that content?
I had this same exact car, same color too! It was the most handy and practical car I ever had. It had an awful transmission though, I had three transmissions put in it before I said enough! Lol.
Ethan, my daughter's car "Eddie" is the same exact car! 80K miles on it. I have a question for you, the selector on the dash to change the air flow from blowing at you to defrost slides, but when I move it to defrost, it doesn't change airflow to the windshield. Any suggestions on how I can fix this? Or point me in a direction on where I can get instructions to fix it?
Yes I have a 87. Fun car .love the sliding doors.mine is A-1 shape. With 100000 miles.fun.
My parents had one of these from about 1990-2001. It was so unique even to a 12 year old kid. Ultimately it rusted out and died due to electrical issues...
The stinky smell might be in the pad under the carpet . Easy fix .Perhaps change the capet and remove the seats --wash them with upholstery detergent and use AMONIA mixed with water --let it drain and dry in the shade outside the car .
Man, this has some great cyberpunk mod potential, these 80s jdm econoboxes have a ton of swagger
If doing the new car reviews pays the bills keep doing them. If not, focus on your niche!
to answer your last question : I don't really care about new cars reviews!!! I want Old cars reviews!!!!!
After cleaning the carpets, put some chlorine in a cup of water inside the car for 1 night. Works like a charm for *any* smell. I learned this watching flying wheel channel.
More old/cheap cars! I appreciate that most of the vehicles that you film are affordable for us poors. If I really like your car, I could probably find a similar one for myself.
Just powder coat the wheels will make a big difference in the appearance of the car. As for interior, you need a professional detailing business.
Amazing to me that you could buy a brand new AMC at the same time this was being made. Talk about two different worlds. Speaking of which, I feel that practically any 1980s AMC that isn't an Eagle is great material for this channel. Something like a late Concord would be awesome and fit right in!
One thing i do to help my tired radwood era cars look better is clean up the black trim and two-tone... what i would do is find as close a color as possible to the dark blue and mask and paint...(up north we do this also to take care of rust) but i think nissan off road lights and nisan truck wheels with larger truck tires will help with the awkward... but in your commercial the fade stripe on the two-tone looks really cool... i would try to mimic that
I don't care about new car content in general. I like the old stuff. If there's a video about a 4 year old car and a 24 year old car and the content of the videos are the same, I'm only gonna watch the 24 year old car video.
These had neat hubcaps from the era, but these have all but disappeared..these have a buzzer if you try and open the sliding door on the filler side with the filler open.
I enjoy the new car reviews. Perhaps reviewing more offbeat vehicles- the Toyota Mirai, Grand Wagoneer when its available next year, or pretty much anything from Alfa Romeo- would be more in keeping with your channel. Anyhow, when it comes to selecting an aftermarket wheel for an eighties vehicle, Enkei mesh is almost always the answer.
I wish my mom still had hers. It was a 5-speed manual transmission and 1 morning she tried to start it and it would not start. Turns out that the wiring harness was messed up and she left it at my grandparents house where it sat for years. A few years later, my grandfather towed the car to my mom's trailer and then she sold it to my old neighbor's mother. I was extremely disappointed.
Great Channel! Love this car.
Thank you!!
Check with a local mobile carpet cleaner company and see how much they would charge you to steam clean the interior of the little car. That would help greatly with resolving the smell issue.
A kid named Ethan Tufts drove one of these at my High School back in the 90s.
Love the car, love your channel, bought the T-shirt. Keep the great ideas coming! Very excided about seeing some nice wheels on the Nissan Multi, although even the hubcaps like on the t-shirt would be mint. I only have one crappy older car that I make videos about. There is nothing wrong with paying someone like Joe to work on your car but if you are willing to jump in, invest in some tools! You will never regret spending money on tools. My channel is all about seeing what I can do in my home shop without any formal training. Would love to have your feedback if you had a moment to click on over.
Cragar makes 14 inch wheels. I don't know if that is small enough though.
I love the hooptie fleet. We have our own that includes a 1995 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon, and a 1993 Cadillac Allante
I prefer reviews of cars from the 70, 80 and 90’s. There is tons of RUclipsrs for the new cars.
Spray some defroster fresh in the gratings near the cowl where outside air enters your HVAC system.
Ooooh! Try and get a first gen 2 door rav4!!!! those are very cool and they feel like they're in line with the kind of content you do.
See if there are any RUclips car detailers near you, maybe they’ll detail the Stanza (and get the smell out) for you.
My first car was an 88 Nissan multi, essentially the same thing, had so much fun driving that thing around in my late teens
Perhaps running a air purifier inside of the car for a few days along with a electric carpet cleaner on the floor and/or seats would go a long way towards ending the mustyness.
I think some drag DR20s or cherry blossoms would look awesome!
Only do cheapest new car reviews, aka mitsubishi mirage
I've seen quite a few of these in the junkyard.. Some of these had 4WD
Would you consider a second channel for those new car reviews?
Nah, it was hard enough to grow this channel, I'd rather not have two to worry about!! :) :)
After eliminating the odor source, run an ozone machine in it for about 35 minutes. It'll kill whatever odors that are lingering.
When I get my 1989 Nissan Sentra fixed up and running, it be a pleasure to meet Ethan and he could drive it.
You need a Mitsubishi Expo (LRV) or an Eagle Summit!
Yes!!!!
@@HelloRoad they made some incredible version of these in Japan. There was the Chariot Roadrunner (same as the Expo) which had an Evo-3 drivetrain. In a minivan! And there was the RVR Hyper Sports Gear (Expo LRV)
Not Roadrunner, it’s called the Resort Runner GT
pillar not necessary it's safe nissan wouldn't make a car not safe. least fuel pump be easy to replace. cool car.
think i saw one of these exactly once as a kid in the 2000s, absolutely fascinated me
White-wall Daytons? You mu”stanza” the question:)
ozone generator is the best to remove smells and you can use it on all your fleet and futre add ons ...it will also kill bugs so 2 birds with one stone
If you want to remove the smell, ozone the inside or deep clean it, but I think you should figure out where the smell is coming from first and fix it
The biggest thing I think that needs attention cosmetically is those bumpers. They need a nice spray of some black paint or something.
IT'S BEEN BOO COO YEARS SINCE I'VE SEEN A STANZA ; NOT BAD STILL BUT YEA BE CAREFUL NOT MUCH SAFTEY.
Stick with the old car reviews. We can find new car reviews everywhere. 👍
Starter sounds bagged as well. Or else it has the starter off an 88 Micra.
Looking forward to the RAV4 video. It needs much less gas than the old one
As always, great video! I don’t think I’ve seen a Stanza in a color other than Silver, so cool!
I see these rare wagons on the road and often wonder!!! Thanks for the video!!!
Old car content is so much better. Not a big fan of new car stuff.
محتاج ابواب خلفيه ٢ مع جاملغ امامي عدد ٢..هل يوجد منهن بالعراق
It's wild to me the RockAuto messed up thie order for this car. I have an equally scarce 1982 Plymouth Champ and a similar 1987 Sentra and of all the things I've fixed on the both, I've bought all my parts from RockAuto and never, EVER got wrong parts. Except when I ordered the wrong parts. 😅
Yeah this has happened a few times with a couple different cars. I think I may have gotten Stanza sedan parts. Stanza sedan and Stanza wagon are unrelated platforms even though they share a name. Pretty sure a bunch of parts are mislabeled in their system. The error has probably gone unnoticed for years, since pretty much nobody else is buying Stanza parts other than me 😆
What is the color of that 80's box beauty? I had a 1987 Nissan Sentra Wagon in Blue Mist Metallic. I loved it so much that I'm considering vynal wrapping my current wagon the same color! Love the mechanics perspective!
Oh nice!! Not sure of the exact color name, but it is a two tone. Very light blue up top and dark blue on the bottom section :)
Look for a 2-door Rav4.
Yep I have been! Prices on those have been going way up though...
Joe foe this channel is like Wizard for Hoovie's Garage and Jarred for Tavarish.. Very Cool and Nice Guy)))
Joe is great!!
First... ONLY 15 minutes? :P I would have expected more on this car.
Second, is that your Lexus out front of Sean's?
Haha! I'll do more vids with this car. Yep, Lexus is at the shop too :)
Do the van as it is in that ad with the wheels and the mirrors on the fenders
I love it for the mere fact that it doesn't have B pillars
I made my 93 GS my daily too, it’s fine to admit it 🤣😂😎