Those older Pathfinders with their squared off aesthetic, like others of the same era, are so much better looking than today's rounded blobs of aerodynamic plastic.
Agree fully I have 4 of these in different styles and think they're just better over all for a little truck , I take mine all the place most other makes can go , I did however give the body a lift to shift the height a little
AhBeeDoi Looks don't get you better fuel mileage. However, aerodynamics will keep your wallet fat with cash, not an oil tycoon's, and improve the feul efficiency of your vehicle. So...
The issue being is it worth keeping alive? Do you want to buy one with 250 thousand miles? Back in the day they weren't bad its just finding a low mileage example in good shape isn't worth the time. If it falls in your lap at a cheap price have at it.
@@kingcraven8056 The motors and (manual) transmissions are bulletproof! as long as it's had it's basic needs covered, don't be scared by the mileage. Just be scared of the timing belt and frame rust. You'll find these with 300k+ all day on Facebook for next to nothing.
The timing belts are not too bad to replace yourself. Just make sure you do the pulley at the same time to. Learned that the hard way and almost blew up my motor.
I had one and the gearbox grenaded itself. They designed it to not have enough oil and if it didn't get the higher fill plug put in it was a time bomb. If you find one that is making noise in every gear besides 4th stay away or plan on changing the box.
Duuuuuuude...literally everytime I watch a video of the first gen Pathfinder here I loathe what Nissan allowed to happen to the lineup over the years. Look at this thing!!! I love them!!!
@@midge604 Agreed. It also lacks a 4 low. I simply meant it changed direction from the little car looking BarfFinder crap that they called a Pathfinder.
Yall just got all the shitty small 4x4s and nothing else Nothing like a patrol or hilux or really landcrusiers compared to something like a dodge the cars i just talked about are small even a patrol or landie The patrols come with TD42s which is like a baby 6bt which makes volumetric efficiency but the drive line can take about 600hsp so you can drop a 6bt into a patrol once in the states and till be better than most "big american trucks" since a patrol is already heavy by hilux standards Oh also us strayans got 2.8 and 3.0 diesels in the hiluxes and 4runners or 3L and 5L engines "LN106r" is the car whistlingdiesel got L meaning diesel N meaning hilux 106 meaning body and frame configuration R meaning rear LSD Path finders are like shitty 4runners so pretty decent for a 1000-2000 dollar banger or first car since you wont have to care about ut
I have one of these, and have owned it for the last 10 years. its done nearly 500000kms (300k miles) still going strong. still got the original v6 engine, (engine has never been opened up). Absolutely bullet proof!
The late 80s to mid 90s was the cream of the 4x4 world. They where simple enough to be reliable and had simple fuel system. These older vehicles from the 90s have already outlasted 2000 to 2010 vehicles.
The biggest struggle 90's era Nissan Pathfinder/D21's had was the lack of aftermarket availabilities. That is one thing the Xterra/Frontier fans got right. They demanded options, and especially today, people aren't afraid to cut and weld. I suggest you get rid of those tires though, get something a bit more grippy.
This pathfinder has a larger ring gear ⚙️ in the rear axle than a Ford 9 inch. And has real metal skid plates even on the transfer case. This was a small tank back in the day.
I had one and the frame rusted through at the axles, and the rear end of the body completely separated while offroad, to our surprise. With the cab flipping up every time we braked it made for an interesting butt-puckering drive home. lol.
I've had one this for 20 years 246k miles and still runs, it needs some work, it's never left me stranded, it might not be the best off road SUV from that era, but it's definitely reliable.
Hey I am looking at a 95 tomorrow with 216k kms. The seller says the following: " Tach works when it wants, more often not. Had the wheels off brakes are good. Did oil change and spark plugs. Sounds like a bit of exhaust leak I did not look into. One cv boot could be done, stabilizer link kits." Doesn't seem too bad
My LSD starting to go down hill... It was going to be about same price as fitting a Detroit locker... So I did.... It's great on hard track's.. but hard to get used too for everyday driver.
Absolutely, with the Toyota and all 4x4 prices going crazy I found the Montero to be perhaps the cheapest serious off roader right now along with the Isuzu Trooper. Would love to see either of them on the channel
Dude I had a 87 Montero sport it was sank twice. Cought fire 3 times and had nothing but mud in the trans when if finely gained all neutrals definitely a hardy truck. 10/10 would recommend.
Here in Australia we also have a ute (truck) version called the triton. Love mine its a 2.8 intercooled turbo diesel work horse she's had a hard life but never let's me down. Actually I think you call them a mightymax?
I purchased a 95 pathfinder about 2 years ago with 170,000 miles for $2400. A very clean truck inside and out. I am very happy and pleased with its off-roading capabilities.
Torsion bar rides like a Cadillac offroad even better than coilsprings and the reason they don't have much aftermarket support is because you can literally lift them almost for free.
@@Sosaparks Lets remember that the biggest buyer of aftermarket accessories is the same population that hardly ever off-roads. I think that's a big reason for the lack of "like". When I lived out in California in the 90s, the Rubicon was a big deal but overlanding...not so much. Heck, even mudding was bigger then. That means vehicles like the Pathfinder and Montero's and Troopers occupied a weird space among consumers in the US (but not necessarily the rest of the world). You don't modify them like Jeeps or pickups were what you get if you want to modify, not a Trooper! The Japanese SUVs were the original family grocery-getters that were inevitable destined to have the toughness refined out of them. Market research made real off-road components expendable. It's how the Isuzu Rodeo became the Axiom (then left the US), the Montero became an Outlander, and the Xterra died while the Pathfinder became the flabby POS that it is today. I think these old 80s and 90s SUVs are coming into their own today because all of these companies are trying to build in off-road "modes" to cater to a customer that wants to be outdoors but doesn't necessarily want to perform the suspension articulating antics necessary to the Rubicon or Moab. I think folks are starting to discover the limitations of these electronic aids and as they start to learn about the "real stuff" necessary to do what the Pathfinder does in this video (like 2 speed transfer cases, etc) they are rediscovering this class of vehicles that don't quite do what the Jeep can, but reaches that "just enough" threshold to make them a better option that the current crop of neutered crossovers at a much better price point.
I have done upgrades on mine. 50mm lift, Bull bar with winch, rock sliders, gone to 245/75/16 muddies on R50 rim's,2nd battery in rear,LSD stopped working well, so put in a Detroit locker. Twin arm rear bar.,45 litre fridge, CB, and I'm at 169,000kms and changed the timing belt twice so far. Also took out 50mm from tow bar to make it higher. At this time the weight is at 2120kgs ... The rear springs are really HD as I carry about 80 litres of fuel and 40 of water on big trips... In home made box's for the twin arms.
I own a Nissan Pathfinder d21 walkabout, 1995. 300000 ks on it, automatic, 3l V6. The engine is showing no signs of giving up, it does not burn one drop of oil, stays cool as (normally 25% of the temperature gauge) and even at 42 degrees Celsius it does not exceed 50 %. Very comfortable to drive, 2 fingers on the steering wheel do the job, can drift like crazy on gravel, superb on sand, cheap in Maintenance, spare parts easy to get. Best car I have ever owned! And no rust at all!
Have you ever considered getting an old issuzu Vehi cross those things were so far ahead of their time and were just flat cool looking. I would love to see one in your fleet one day.
I remember getting passed by one on a highway somewhere in Kansas in the late 90's I just remember thinking it looked like a spaceship compared to every other SUV on the road at the time.
My boss back when I was in HS used to pick me up to go to work and he had one of these. I thought it was an awesome looking suv. Comfortable and his was fully loaded. These were great back then. I love the look. I see some from time to time still on the roads!
I had a 1987 2 door Trail, loved that thing. One of the most reliable vehicles I’ve owned. It was my favourite vehicle and I missed owning it after I sold it..until I bought my current FJ Cruiser. The 1st Gen pathfinders were the only Pathfinders ever made, the rest are just lifted station wagons.
You can "rebuild" those LSD's and add more clutch packs to them to increase the effectiveness! They are known to be quite weak stock, so this is a pretty common mod for these Pathfinders. I've got a Gen2 Pathfinder that I just love! Its a '99.5, has well over 200k mi on it now, and everything still works! Even the tape deck!
I had the hard body truck and it was great! I like how the older trucks have body design that is more off road friendly. The new ones have way to much plastic cladding.
In love with my 2000 Nissan pathfinder that i owned for years now Added L.S.D so i never experiance the issue incountered at the beginning of the video Not the most HP producer engine out there but reliable & Relentless force when it comes down to off roading!! Runs like a tank in 2021💪
I own a 2002 “R50” pathfinder SE and she’s a solid ride! Running 31” General Grabber At2 tires, Monroe struts with OME HD springs up front, Landrover Defender springs and Bilstein 5100 series shocks in the rear. Gives me just under 3 inches of lift and required no other mods. Gets me out to the boonies and back every time!!
@@JS-ov9jb I have a 94Ls. Its a mess but no rust in Florida. Tranny sucks, motor ticks but I love it and just can't part with it. Bought it in 04 and has been parked in my driveway more years than driven on the road. It waits patiently for my poor health and cash reserves to improve. Had about 112,00 miles on it when I got it has about 179,000 on it now. Love it!
I knew those old pathfinders weren’t popular but I didn’t know they were getting hate online. That’s crazy, those are pretty good little rigs and the nissan hardbody trucks they’re built on are great too.
My first car was a 1995 Pathfinder and 2nd car was an 08 Pathfinder. I recently just sold both and bought a Nissan X-Terra. I am so glad this video is spreading the love for the first gen. Hearing the little noises the Pathfinder made in this video brought back so many memories of mine! I really miss it
Love your channel! Long time follower. I have a 1998 ford ranger 4x4, 3.0 v6, 5 speed manual, 3.73 rear end gear with a yukon grizzly auto locker out back. Welded rock rails and off road steel bumpers front and rear. Its on 31 inch mud terrains and absolutely destroys trails here in the muddy and hilly pnw, and it even keeps up with the jeeps! Old 4x4 rangers are much slept on as well, but the torsion bars do stink for offroad.
Had an 89 D21 Hard body. The truck was rock solid for the 180,000 miles I owned it. Had the 106 HP 4cyl with a 5spd. Went over Redcone effortlessly without any lockers, lifts or mods. Went over Medano pass to the Sand dunes every memorial day through the spring runoff. Was more tractable than any Toyota of the day with the 4.55 gearing. Great truck. 2001 was even better with the V6 5spd. I put the Pathfinder in the same camp. Would love to have one again.
Montero sports were so beefy and tough, I have two that we still use today for making back road deliveries, and towing a 5000# boat trailer. It’s tall but narrow and short plus it’s really big inside. I’d love to see how you feel it compares with the Pathfinder. Excellent job Tommy!
@@flight2k5Those 80s/early 90s Montero are to this day the most dominant Dakar rally SUVs ever. So tough enough to jump them off sand dunes doing 70+ mph.
Nice to see a video of the early 90s pathfinder. I got a 92 se and I love it. Just took it to Utah last month, did a bunch of off-roading and made it back to Los Angeles. Scary part was driving it through Death Valley knowing there’s nothing around and your vehicle is 28 years old 😬.
The most Underated suv. I own 2003 model with 2.4 litre carb engine. Very thirsty but very reliable. Never let me down and very easy to maintain. Very comfortable for corrugated roads.
Bought mine when I was in high school and still have it. Suspension is lifted with aftermarket control arms and a bunch of other supporting mods. Sees heavy off-road use and still tight at 265k miles!
Yeah that time frame of nissans was amazing I've got an 89 d21 aka the hardbody with 325k on the original engine and trans, thing starts right up and will take me anywhere and you don't have to worry about dents because they were built like a tank not a single dent on mine, aside from the hail dents on my aftermarket hood
I had a 94 pathfinder when I was 17 and 18 that looked identical to this one. But it was RWD only. Still a lot of fun though. I put it through hell on and especially off the asphalt.
Older Nissans are real hidden gems but the quality did take a hit for from 2004-2019. the newer stuff is good new but time will tell if that will be teh case in a few years and after a few hundred thousand miles.
Thousands of these imported to New Zealand as second hand imports. Most here had the td27 diesel which was underpowered but very reliable . Not uncommon to see 4 to 5 hundred thousand kms on them I have had an 1997 r50 terrano now with the qd 3.2 diesel now for 10 years . 300 000 km and never been touched Love it.
They're solid rigs. I got my '93 for less than a grand because a) high mileage (though pretty clean all things considered) and b) the PO thought the engine was blown. Pulled the rat's nest out of the MAF sensor and it drove home. They do have issues. The engine, yeah, fuel economy of a V8, power output of a four-banger. Timing belt. Reliable, though, if you don't mind troubleshooting OBD1 electronics from time to time. The frames are prone to rotting out over the rear axle. The stock steering linkage doesn't hold up when lifted. Not a whole lot of bolt-on aftermarket stuff. On the plus side, they're about as simple as you can get and still have fuel injection. And you can download the factory service manuals for free. Cardiagn has a '90 manual that covers the four-door square dash, Nicoclub has a '94-'95 for the round dash. For anyone who's got one of these and hasn't yet, check out the NPORA forum. Lots of us Pathy nerds over there keeping these things going. Mostly WD21s and R50s, but the occasional R51 as well.
We own a ‘95 Pathy 5 speed still going strong after 265K+ miles. Factory 4.625 open diffs, installed a lock right locker, and 31’s. Remove the sway bars for better articulation and the thing is a beast off road. Never opened the engine or transmission. Only opened the rear diff to install the locker. Fun truck.
These with the right tires are tanks my 1990 pathfinder stock with a stocked sized set of arctic claw winters out 4x4 my lifted 1998 Cherokee 2 door with 33's. We used to drive it up In the mountains in a couple feet of snow pushing snow over the hood pulling a snowboarder behind it on the nearly seized tire mount in the open position good times! And I just bought it back after selling 5 years ago. Looking forward to creating new memories!
I had a 91 Pathfinder with the 3.0 V6. They had great aesthetic, good manaual transmission, and good 4WD system. I vastly approved of it before others began to infiltrate the market. It was extremely reliable. I genuinely miss my 91 Nissan Pathfinder with 5 speed manual and manual transfer case.
I had a 1993 pathfinder se with all the options. Hand down the best vehicle I’ve ever had. If Nissan still made these exact trucks today I would buy one in a heartbeat.
My homeboy had one, towed a fishing boat all over the west with it. About 250,000 trouble free miles before he needed to change out the transmission. He said "they built it to like, not break." That's about the size of it.
@@Deathless2288 in the US, the only years that a rear locker was an option for the Monteros were 1998 and 1999. Internationally, all the Monteros/Pajeros had the option for a rear locker. The only Monteros in the states that have one that are not a 98 or 99 are either imported or have them added on aftermarket. I own a Montero, so I've done the research and Know my stuff
@@Deathless2288 however, I did have one oversight. Differentials for the Monteros are fairly plug and play, so it was very common to swap a locking rear diff from a 98/99 to any other second gen (91-99)
@@josiahlinquist4043 are you it's only owner? If not, a previous owner had to have just swapped in a locker. Like I said. It's a really easy swap, so it's quite common
We had one made in the year 1999. Tropical floods, a top overhaul and maybe over 300k kms on it, still goes hard and is still in daily use. A lovely heirloom i got from my dad. Possibly one of the best nissans
Tons of those still on the road in AK. I have a 96 4wd hardbody with a welded rear diff, factory body lift flatbed and it's a blast to drive. Monomax front shocks are a must because the front of these trucks are severely under dampened.
I love my 1999 chilkoot edition taught me manual and will never get stuck even has been able to get through 3 1/2 feet of snow with all seasons one of the best cars ever made!
I absolutely love my traction control in the rain with over 400 horses in my 15 AEV prospector power wagon. 4 high works great too in the rain. No slip when you give it the beans off the line in the rain. I push the botton on the center consol to turn it off. Don't know if traction control is connected when i use hill decent to come down a wet muddy mountain trail. walks right down with no tire slip. Sure footed 3/4 ton truck. Camera's are awesome as well. Can even use hill decent in reverse to keep you from rolling back down. Technology is amazing.
I definitely agree that '90s SUVs are some of the best things out there. I've got a '99 Explorer and it feels like it will just go through anything in stock form. Haven't done too much off roading with it but it goes through the snow like it's not even tnere.
My grandpa had one of these in a beautiful burgundy. He couldn't say Pathfinder as English was not his native language, so it became lovingly known as the Pink Panther. I love these rigs and i want one.
I had a 95 Nissan Pathfinder with a 3" lift, i toke that thing up Mount Baldy, Eagle Rock, Saran Wrap, Mount Herman, China Wall, the Gulches, Rampart Range area all time with minimal issues. The stock LSD is rated really low at less then 100ft lbs, a common fix was to add an extra cluch patch to "super pack it" giving it a break rate around 600ft lbs. Highly recommend Manual over Auto.
I've been driving a 1988 Pathfinder for nearly 6 years, and I may be buried in it. It has throttle-body fuel injection and electronic ignition, so very simple maintenance (I grew up on points & condenser, and carburetors). The 3.0 liter sohc v6 has all the power I've ever needed.
@@jerroldshelton9367 yes sir. One day I was driving it and it dropped a valve , punched a hole right through piston number 3. Then debris from it cracked part of the head. Instead of rebuilding the engine I sold it like a dumbass. The body was in perfect condition and it had zero rust. I should have kept it. It broke my heart to sell it.
@@garthc5994 The same thing happened to mine, but I didn't own it then. I bought it from a friend of a friend, who happened to own a Nissan dealership. The cam drive belt broke, and with the VG 30 being an "interference" engine, the predictable result was hole-punched pistons, destroyed valves, and debris cracking the driver's side head. The engine basically got an in-frame overhaul. That was right before I bought it. To say the thing was immaculate was an understatement, and I had paperwork for every single thing ever done to it. Mine had the the JATCO 3-Speed. I lost second gear in it and took it to the dealership owned by the guy who owned my Pathfinder from new. They went above and beyond the call of duty looking for a .50 cent part needed to overhaul the transmission, a part that was "No Longer Supplied". They thought they found one in Mexico City, of all places, but the warehouse it was supposed to be in claimed they didn't actually have it. A guy offered me what I paid for it, because it was so clean and cosmetically nice. He didn't care about the transmission as he planned to take it down to Mexico where he had a vacation house and have a 4.3 Vortec, GM tranny, and T-case swapped in, which he did. He still has it, now with a solid front axle conversion using bits from an old Toyota of some kind or another...... Anyhow, that's what prompted me to make my next wild country explorer car something more "enthusiast" oriented with ongoing parts support. I was in the process of buying a 2004 Land Rover Discovery when my now-ex wife called me on my cell phone to tell me that she'd bought me a TJ Jeep for my birthday. Getting back to the Pathfinder, to add insult to injury, about two weeks after I sold it, I saw an advertisement in some car magazine from a Z-car specialty shop in California claiming they were making the part I needed to have my transmission fixed. A few days after that, the Nissan store owned by the guy I bought it from called to tell me about the availability of the part and schedule my transmission re-build. It was the best torsion-bar IFS four-wheel drive I ever had, and better than the others at keeping all four tires in contact with the ground.
@@jerroldshelton9367 yeah I'm pretty sure mine went to Mexico too. I've looked for one many times since then and they seem to be all gone, very hard to find. I've thought about a 90's version but I really dig on the two door.
@@garthc5994 One thing I didn't dig on the two-door was that I really couldn't see out of it all that well. Quail hunting out on the Tonto National Forest north of Scottsdale, AZ, it didn't matter much where, as it was a wide open high-desert like terrain everywhere I went. But it was different story in some of the pinion-belt country I used to take it to. Still, I think it looked uber-cool, even if it was a bit tough to see out of. A friend of mine had a later four-door version of the Gen-One, like the one in this video, and it was A LOT better in terms of sight-lines. But frankly, I think the Xterra has the Gen One Pathfinder beat where being able to see all around is concerned. It's like being in a first-gen Land Rover Discovery in that regard, at least to me. If there had never been an Xterra, I'd want my Pathfinder back in a bad way, but since there was, and I like it even better, I'm content to stick with what I've got. Or, I would be, except my wife likes it, too. She's an Italian immigrant used to "the friction" as she calls it and had never driven an automatic transmission car before immigrating here. So, she commutes to work in our Xterra, as it is five-speed manual, and I get "stuck" schlepping around in my supercharged 2002 Mustang, which is automatic... I'm seriously thinking about buying ANOTHER Xterra, so I can go to my hunting and fly fishing spots while she's slaving away at work. :)
I just bought a 2023 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek edition. First Nissan ive ever owned. So far in city highway driving its been awesome. Cant wait to take it on a little trail here and there nothing crazy. This looks like fun tho
JDM and Euro versions are very similar. The Terrano I and II, and the Mistral all are solid SUV's. I have a 1995 Mistral with a TD27 engine and even though I have problems I'm slowly fixing on the car, I love the way it handles and how durable it is.
I have a 95 Pathfinder the little engines on these are near bullet proof and known to get 100's and 100's of thousands of miles on the powerplants but its a pain in the butt to change the spark plugs with one being at the rear of the manifold nearly impossible to reach, the way these are geared forget ever having to even use the low 4x4 range I live in a mountainous area and this thing will climb almost any grade, it is like a little tank, the only down side I've had with mine is the 'terrible' gas mileage for a 3.0 V6, 12 to 16 MPG and the latter if I'm lucky! A tough 4x4 for sure.
Got a montero sport. A bit of issues with the harmonic balancer bolt backing out after owning just over a year. Been a bit of back and forth trying to get it fixed right but almost done. Only 2wd but feels like it'll drive anywhere i want it
I like the older pathfinders. The only thing I like about the new one is the updated interior. I had a 2002 pathfinder with over 325k miles. I loved that truck. I don’t do off roading but like these videos.
I bought my 95 pathfinder 13 years ago. aside from some stuff replaced and my recent fun time getting the cv axels, shocks, balljoints, tie rods(i didnt need to replace those but did it anyway), its ran like a champ and i have(probably hurt it though) went circles around other people with it lol
I have a 1994 Pathfinder SE with the LSD in the rear and discs all around. From factory these things in SE trim came with 31's. When I got mine it had these same tires that this one had. I got myself a pep boys brand tire 31x10.5x15. Futura all terrains I believe and they made a huge difference. I've put this thing through hell and still drive it daily. Owned it 7 years now
Maybe its me but i feel like people now a days don't want to struggle not even a tiny bit, as soon as a wheel starts spinning they want all the tech in the car to kick in and "save them" and some of the hate towards some suvs is that it doesn't have a locker, it struggles a little bit, it has no crawl control, etc.. whats the point of driving if you are relying on the computer to do most of the work. Lets face it with a simple 4x4 truck or suv you can get to most of the places you need, i bet that with this pathy you could get to almost anywhere you could with a modern truck, you would have to think a little more while driving and maybe struggle a tiny bit but thats part of the fun of off roading and exploring..
Those older Pathfinders with their squared off aesthetic, like others of the same era, are so much better looking than today's rounded blobs of aerodynamic plastic.
Agree 💯!!
I blame the Lexus Rx for leading that blob trend
Agree fully I have 4 of these in different styles and think they're just better over all for a little truck , I take mine all the place most other makes can go , I did however give the body a lift to shift the height a little
AhBeeDoi
Looks don't get you better fuel mileage. However, aerodynamics will keep your wallet fat with cash, not an oil tycoon's, and improve the feul efficiency of your vehicle. So...
Especially when the electronics heat up and fry then it really is a plastic blob😂
I had one, best vehicle I have ever owned. I was a geologist, that truck never let me down, always got me home.
The issue being is it worth keeping alive? Do you want to buy one with 250 thousand miles? Back in the day they weren't bad its just finding a low mileage example in good shape isn't worth the time. If it falls in your lap at a cheap price have at it.
@@kingcraven8056 The motors and (manual) transmissions are bulletproof! as long as it's had it's basic needs covered, don't be scared by the mileage. Just be scared of the timing belt and frame rust. You'll find these with 300k+ all day on Facebook for next to nothing.
The timing belts are not too bad to replace yourself. Just make sure you do the pulley at the same time to. Learned that the hard way and almost blew up my motor.
once a geologist, always a geologist! (me too)
I had one and the gearbox grenaded itself. They designed it to not have enough oil and if it didn't get the higher fill plug put in it was a time bomb. If you find one that is making noise in every gear besides 4th stay away or plan on changing the box.
I got a 95 rust free from from Arizona with 149k miles on it. Only paid 2.2k for it. I'm beyond happy with it.
Duuuuuuude...literally everytime I watch a video of the first gen Pathfinder here I loathe what Nissan allowed to happen to the lineup over the years. Look at this thing!!! I love them!!!
Agreed. They should've stayed with the body on frame. They went from pathfinders to mallfinders.
Look at the 2022. I think they realized their mistake.
@@hexdude24 it looks good but still lacks a frame. My 95 and 2005 had a frame and were great off road. The Forerunner still uses a frame.
@@midge604 Agreed. It also lacks a 4 low. I simply meant it changed direction from the little car looking BarfFinder crap that they called a Pathfinder.
Yall just got all the shitty small 4x4s and nothing else
Nothing like a patrol or hilux or really landcrusiers compared to something like a dodge the cars i just talked about are small even a patrol or landie
The patrols come with TD42s which is like a baby 6bt which makes volumetric efficiency but the drive line can take about 600hsp so you can drop a 6bt into a patrol once in the states and till be better than most "big american trucks" since a patrol is already heavy by hilux standards
Oh also us strayans got 2.8 and 3.0 diesels in the hiluxes and 4runners or 3L and 5L engines "LN106r" is the car whistlingdiesel got
L meaning diesel
N meaning hilux
106 meaning body and frame configuration
R meaning rear LSD
Path finders are like shitty 4runners so pretty decent for a 1000-2000 dollar banger or first car since you wont have to care about ut
I have one of these, and have owned it for the last 10 years. its done nearly 500000kms (300k miles) still going strong. still got the original v6 engine, (engine has never been opened up). Absolutely bullet proof!
The late 80s to mid 90s was the cream of the 4x4 world. They where simple enough to be reliable and had simple fuel system. These older vehicles from the 90s have already outlasted 2000 to 2010 vehicles.
Huh? These had computer controlled fuel injection. How have they already outlasted 200 to 2010 vehicles? 🤣
@Jimmy Jones & the Kool-Aide Crew yea everything you posted has been proven to be reliable 🤣😂. You just have rose colored glasses
@@flight2k5 So are you just simply pointing out they also had computers in them back then? Or are you disagreeing with op's whole opinion.
@Jimmy Jones & the Kool-Aide Crew What are you guys even disagreeing on?
@@flight2k5 there are about the same amount of 90s vehicles left on the road as 2000 to 2010, being 10 years older plus that's outlasting.
The biggest struggle 90's era Nissan Pathfinder/D21's had was the lack of aftermarket availabilities. That is one thing the Xterra/Frontier fans got right. They demanded options, and especially today, people aren't afraid to cut and weld. I suggest you get rid of those tires though, get something a bit more grippy.
We have a 2011 Pathfinder SV 4 x 4 and it has been the greatest. This last winter we were one of the few who could get out of our neighborhood
This pathfinder has a larger ring gear ⚙️ in the rear axle than a Ford 9 inch. And has real metal skid plates even on the transfer case. This was a small tank back in the day.
That's cool and all. But everything else will fail sooner then a toyota.
That's bullshit I share a driveway with a Toyota and they have their problems. not as bad as a jeep tho...
Ive used both ln106 and ln107 and i prefer the d21 terranos more stable less body roll and a lsd for my agricultural job in new zealand
A whole .1” bigger 🤣
I had one and the frame rusted through at the axles, and the rear end of the body completely separated while offroad, to our surprise. With the cab flipping up every time we braked it made for an interesting butt-puckering drive home. lol.
I've had one this for 20 years 246k miles and still runs, it needs some work, it's never left me stranded, it might not be the best off road SUV from that era, but it's definitely reliable.
Hey I am looking at a 95 tomorrow with 216k kms. The seller says the following:
" Tach works when it wants, more often not. Had the wheels off brakes are good. Did oil change and spark plugs. Sounds like a bit of exhaust leak I did not look into. One cv boot could be done, stabilizer link kits."
Doesn't seem too bad
Pull the parking brake to preload the lsd. It makes a huge difference
even with an open diff this can help a bit in rare offcamber situations
Mine works great goes everywhere
Or just trailbrake really lightly.
Manual limited slip diff
My LSD starting to go down hill... It was going to be about same price as fitting a Detroit locker... So I did.... It's great on hard track's.. but hard to get used too for everyday driver.
What’s that mean?
First car was a 92 pathfinder, and I still have it. 100% best car I have ever owned. Definitely undervalued and overlooked.
You've got to get a 90s Montero or Montero Sport sometime soon... or a JDM import Pajero (dispensa mi, hermanos Hispanicos)
Absolutely, with the Toyota and all 4x4 prices going crazy I found the Montero to be perhaps the cheapest serious off roader right now along with the Isuzu Trooper. Would love to see either of them on the channel
Dude I had a 87 Montero sport it was sank twice. Cought fire 3 times and had nothing but mud in the trans when if finely gained all neutrals definitely a hardy truck. 10/10 would recommend.
Agreed
Gen 3's are great too! Throw an Elocker on and you'll get anywhere.
Here in Australia we also have a ute (truck) version called the triton. Love mine its a 2.8 intercooled turbo diesel work horse she's had a hard life but never let's me down. Actually I think you call them a mightymax?
I purchased a 95 pathfinder about 2 years ago with 170,000 miles for $2400. A very clean truck inside and out. I am very happy and pleased with its off-roading capabilities.
Yes the later models of the Mitsubishi Montero and Montero sport had a rear locker
Torsion bar rides like a Cadillac offroad even better than coilsprings and the reason they don't have much aftermarket support is because you can literally lift them almost for free.
Yeah, 1-2 inches at the cost of making it ride like genuine garbage and that’s about it lmao. There’s a reason they aren’t well liked
@@Sosaparks Lets remember that the biggest buyer of aftermarket accessories is the same population that hardly ever off-roads. I think that's a big reason for the lack of "like". When I lived out in California in the 90s, the Rubicon was a big deal but overlanding...not so much. Heck, even mudding was bigger then. That means vehicles like the Pathfinder and Montero's and Troopers occupied a weird space among consumers in the US (but not necessarily the rest of the world). You don't modify them like Jeeps or pickups were what you get if you want to modify, not a Trooper! The Japanese SUVs were the original family grocery-getters that were inevitable destined to have the toughness refined out of them. Market research made real off-road components expendable. It's how the Isuzu Rodeo became the Axiom (then left the US), the Montero became an Outlander, and the Xterra died while the Pathfinder became the flabby POS that it is today.
I think these old 80s and 90s SUVs are coming into their own today because all of these companies are trying to build in off-road "modes" to cater to a customer that wants to be outdoors but doesn't necessarily want to perform the suspension articulating antics necessary to the Rubicon or Moab. I think folks are starting to discover the limitations of these electronic aids and as they start to learn about the "real stuff" necessary to do what the Pathfinder does in this video (like 2 speed transfer cases, etc) they are rediscovering this class of vehicles that don't quite do what the Jeep can, but reaches that "just enough" threshold to make them a better option that the current crop of neutered crossovers at a much better price point.
1996 pathfinder….just rolled 303,734 miles!!!! Same motor, same tranny, same transfer case….doesn’t burn oil!
I love those 90s Pathfinders...With a few upgrades it will be an excellent Overland vehicle👍
I have done upgrades on mine.
50mm lift, Bull bar with winch, rock sliders, gone to 245/75/16 muddies on R50 rim's,2nd battery in rear,LSD stopped working well, so put in a Detroit locker. Twin arm rear bar.,45 litre fridge, CB, and I'm at 169,000kms and changed the timing belt twice so far. Also took out 50mm from tow bar to make it higher.
At this time the weight is at 2120kgs ...
The rear springs are really HD as I carry about 80 litres of fuel and 40 of water on big trips... In home made box's for the twin arms.
I own a Nissan Pathfinder d21 walkabout, 1995. 300000 ks on it, automatic, 3l V6. The engine is showing no signs of giving up, it does not burn one drop of oil, stays cool as (normally 25% of the temperature gauge) and even at 42 degrees Celsius it does not exceed 50 %. Very comfortable to drive, 2 fingers on the steering wheel do the job, can drift like crazy on gravel, superb on sand, cheap in Maintenance, spare parts easy to get. Best car I have ever owned! And no rust at all!
I love my little Pathfinder. She always gets me home and I live down a bad non maintainder dirt road for over 10 years now.
Have you ever considered getting an old issuzu Vehi cross those things were so far ahead of their time and were just flat cool looking. I would love to see one in your fleet one day.
Shhhhhh don't tell anyone about them!!
That’s a Unicorn and very hard to find.
@@captmaverickable There are a couple of my neighborhood. It makes me smile every time I see one. My wife and I have a 1999 Amigo.
I remember getting passed by one on a highway somewhere in Kansas in the late 90's I just remember thinking it looked like a spaceship compared to every other SUV on the road at the time.
My boss back when I was in HS used to pick me up to go to work and he had one of these. I thought it was an awesome looking suv. Comfortable and his was fully loaded. These were great back then. I love the look. I see some from time to time still on the roads!
I had a 1987 2 door Trail, loved that thing. One of the most reliable vehicles I’ve owned. It was my favourite vehicle and I missed owning it after I sold it..until I bought my current FJ Cruiser.
The 1st Gen pathfinders were the only Pathfinders ever made, the rest are just lifted station wagons.
You can "rebuild" those LSD's and add more clutch packs to them to increase the effectiveness! They are known to be quite weak stock, so this is a pretty common mod for these Pathfinders. I've got a Gen2 Pathfinder that I just love! Its a '99.5, has well over 200k mi on it now, and everything still works! Even the tape deck!
Lokka in the front, warn hubs, crank the T bars a bit and lift shackles in the back and ditch the rear sway bar. It'll transform that thing off road.
I had the hard body truck and it was great! I like how the older trucks have body design that is more off road friendly. The new ones have way to much plastic cladding.
In love with my 2000 Nissan pathfinder that i owned for years now
Added L.S.D so i never experiance the issue incountered at the beginning of the video
Not the most HP producer engine out there but reliable & Relentless force when it comes down to off roading!!
Runs like a tank in 2021💪
Had a 5 speed 91’ pathfinder. Called it the pathmaker. It never let me down off road. Had 31” bfg at’s and it went everywhere with ease.
I had a 1994 . It was great machine when I owned it back in 2003 .
I have a 2004 pathfinder. Man it's still going strong.
I own a 2002 “R50” pathfinder SE and she’s a solid ride!
Running 31” General Grabber At2 tires, Monroe struts with OME HD springs up front, Landrover Defender springs and Bilstein 5100 series shocks in the rear. Gives me just under 3 inches of lift and required no other mods. Gets me out to the boonies and back every time!!
I've owned my for 2 years now. Love it. Very over engineering and tough. Easy to work on. Just did waterpump, timing belt and tensioner
My mom had one of these when I was a kid. Great little family truck. Wasn’t enough for 3 kids so along came the mini van...
Should try a early 90’s and late 90’s Isuzu Trooper. I love mine!
We had a '97 when I was young, took that thing up some pretty gnarly stuff
@Prakrit Biswas 150,000 miles
@@JS-ov9jb I had a 95 and now a 98. I love the trooper. I also have 3 Jeep’s that I use off road, 86 CJ, 88 YJ and 07 JK.
@@JS-ov9jb I have a 94Ls. Its a mess but no rust in Florida. Tranny sucks, motor ticks but I love it and just can't part with it. Bought it in 04 and has been parked in my driveway more years than driven on the road. It waits patiently for my poor health and cash reserves to improve. Had about 112,00 miles on it when I got it has about 179,000 on it now. Love it!
I knew those old pathfinders weren’t popular but I didn’t know they were getting hate online. That’s crazy, those are pretty good little rigs and the nissan hardbody trucks they’re built on are great too.
My first car was a 1995 Pathfinder and 2nd car was an 08 Pathfinder. I recently just sold both and bought a Nissan X-Terra. I am so glad this video is spreading the love for the first gen. Hearing the little noises the Pathfinder made in this video brought back so many memories of mine! I really miss it
Love your channel! Long time follower. I have a 1998 ford ranger 4x4, 3.0 v6, 5 speed manual, 3.73 rear end gear with a yukon grizzly auto locker out back. Welded rock rails and off road steel bumpers front and rear. Its on 31 inch mud terrains and absolutely destroys trails here in the muddy and hilly pnw, and it even keeps up with the jeeps! Old 4x4 rangers are much slept on as well, but the torsion bars do stink for offroad.
Had an 89 D21 Hard body. The truck was rock solid for the 180,000 miles I owned it. Had the 106 HP 4cyl with a 5spd. Went over Redcone effortlessly without any lockers, lifts or mods. Went over Medano pass to the Sand dunes every memorial day through the spring runoff. Was more tractable than any Toyota of the day with the 4.55 gearing. Great truck. 2001 was even better with the V6 5spd. I put the Pathfinder in the same camp. Would love to have one again.
Montero sports were so beefy and tough, I have two that we still use today for making back road deliveries, and towing a 5000# boat trailer. It’s tall but narrow and short plus it’s really big inside. I’d love to see how you feel it compares with the Pathfinder. Excellent job Tommy!
Were they though?
@@flight2k5Those 80s/early 90s Montero are to this day the most dominant Dakar rally SUVs ever. So tough enough to jump them off sand dunes doing 70+ mph.
Love those old pathfinders
Nice to see a video of the early 90s pathfinder. I got a 92 se and I love it. Just took it to Utah last month, did a bunch of off-roading and made it back to Los Angeles. Scary part was driving it through Death Valley knowing there’s nothing around and your vehicle is 28 years old 😬.
The most Underated suv. I own 2003 model with 2.4 litre carb engine. Very thirsty but very reliable. Never let me down and very easy to maintain. Very comfortable for corrugated roads.
Ah yes, this relic was from a time when Nissan actually made good offroad vehicles, and looks a lot better than the new one.
You mean the new Mallfinder? Lol
Bought mine when I was in high school and still have it. Suspension is lifted with aftermarket control arms and a bunch of other supporting mods. Sees heavy off-road use and still tight at 265k miles!
Yeah that time frame of nissans was amazing I've got an 89 d21 aka the hardbody with 325k on the original engine and trans, thing starts right up and will take me anywhere and you don't have to worry about dents because they were built like a tank not a single dent on mine, aside from the hail dents on my aftermarket hood
I've always love the 1st gen Pathfinder, or Hardbody for that matter. Been looking to buy one for a while...
I remember lots of these on the road during High school..there was one in town like this one but with black along the bottom..older gentleman owned it
Had a '95 Pathfinder years ago. It did a great job handling the old mining trails on the western slope (i.e. western Colorado). It never let me down.
I had a 91 pathfinder manual in army green for many years. I called it my tank. This video brought back good memories!
I have a 89 pathfinder that thing always starts I love the 5 speed manual
I had a 94 pathfinder when I was 17 and 18 that looked identical to this one. But it was RWD only. Still a lot of fun though. I put it through hell on and especially off the asphalt.
Nissan has always made overbuilt trucks and they still do to this day. My 14 Xterra is a beast offroad.
Older Nissans are real hidden gems but the quality did take a hit for from 2004-2019. the newer stuff is good new but time will tell if that will be teh case in a few years and after a few hundred thousand miles.
Thousands of these imported to New Zealand as second hand imports.
Most here had the td27 diesel which was underpowered but very reliable . Not uncommon to see 4 to 5 hundred thousand kms on them
I have had an 1997 r50 terrano now with the qd 3.2 diesel now for 10 years . 300 000 km and never been touched
Love it.
I miss my first gen pathfinder. Mine had stock 31x10.5 tires which makes a huge difference. The ride quality was fantastic.
Finally a video about the Wd21 pathfinder!
I rather take something like this off road vs a brand new 80 k , makes more sense to bag up something old
They're solid rigs. I got my '93 for less than a grand because a) high mileage (though pretty clean all things considered) and b) the PO thought the engine was blown. Pulled the rat's nest out of the MAF sensor and it drove home.
They do have issues. The engine, yeah, fuel economy of a V8, power output of a four-banger. Timing belt. Reliable, though, if you don't mind troubleshooting OBD1 electronics from time to time. The frames are prone to rotting out over the rear axle. The stock steering linkage doesn't hold up when lifted. Not a whole lot of bolt-on aftermarket stuff. On the plus side, they're about as simple as you can get and still have fuel injection. And you can download the factory service manuals for free. Cardiagn has a '90 manual that covers the four-door square dash, Nicoclub has a '94-'95 for the round dash.
For anyone who's got one of these and hasn't yet, check out the NPORA forum. Lots of us Pathy nerds over there keeping these things going. Mostly WD21s and R50s, but the occasional R51 as well.
We own a ‘95 Pathy 5 speed still going strong after 265K+ miles. Factory 4.625 open diffs, installed a lock right locker, and 31’s. Remove the sway bars for better articulation and the thing is a beast off road. Never opened the engine or transmission. Only opened the rear diff to install the locker. Fun truck.
These with the right tires are tanks my 1990 pathfinder stock with a stocked sized set of arctic claw winters out 4x4 my lifted 1998 Cherokee 2 door with 33's. We used to drive it up In the mountains in a couple feet of snow pushing snow over the hood pulling a snowboarder behind it on the nearly seized tire mount in the open position good times! And I just bought it back after selling 5 years ago. Looking forward to creating new memories!
I had a 91 Pathfinder with the 3.0 V6. They had great aesthetic, good manaual transmission, and good 4WD system. I vastly approved of it before others began to infiltrate the market. It was extremely reliable. I genuinely miss my 91 Nissan Pathfinder with 5 speed manual and manual transfer case.
That torsion bar front might ride better than the xj but you're already showing that the solid axel would he very useful in first couple minutes
This thing really surprised me! i'm not a fan of nissan, but i am a fan of the truck!
I had a 1993 pathfinder se with all the options. Hand down the best vehicle I’ve ever had. If Nissan still made these exact trucks today I would buy one in a heartbeat.
My homeboy had one, towed a fishing boat all over the west with it. About 250,000 trouble free miles before he needed to change out the transmission. He said "they built it to like, not break." That's about the size of it.
my son found one earlier this year for under 3000. No rust, its great looking, he's been checking out places in Anza Borrego with it, still stock.
Loved mine. Had the 2.7 turbo diesel TD27T. Loved the flat floor sports car like driving position.
The Montero only had a rear locker for the 98 and 99 models years, however they all had center locking diffs making them a full time 4wd
They had factory rear lockers starting in '94
@@Deathless2288 in the US, the only years that a rear locker was an option for the Monteros were 1998 and 1999. Internationally, all the Monteros/Pajeros had the option for a rear locker. The only Monteros in the states that have one that are not a 98 or 99 are either imported or have them added on aftermarket. I own a Montero, so I've done the research and Know my stuff
@@Deathless2288 however, I did have one oversight. Differentials for the Monteros are fairly plug and play, so it was very common to swap a locking rear diff from a 98/99 to any other second gen (91-99)
I have a 96 Montero Sr with factory lockers
@@josiahlinquist4043 are you it's only owner? If not, a previous owner had to have just swapped in a locker. Like I said. It's a really easy swap, so it's quite common
Its a good looking SUV and has a decent 4x4 capability.
They are loved, my dad had a D21 pickup and I literally just bought a WD21 yesterday (a '95 in fact)
We had one made in the year 1999. Tropical floods, a top overhaul and maybe over 300k kms on it, still goes hard and is still in daily use. A lovely heirloom i got from my dad. Possibly one of the best nissans
You should see the trails we’ve gotten into in a 96 pathfinder and a 97 Montero sport. Not a lot of power and not a lot of clearance but very capable
Tons of those still on the road in AK. I have a 96 4wd hardbody with a welded rear diff, factory body lift flatbed and it's a blast to drive. Monomax front shocks are a must because the front of these trucks are severely under dampened.
My 98 astro awd with the g80 rear locker and front lsd is a beast too!! Im with you Tommy"!! Old school is where its at"!!
I love my 1999 chilkoot edition taught me manual and will never get stuck even has been able to get through 3 1/2 feet of snow with all seasons one of the best cars ever made!
I've got those exact tires on my stock xj and i love them. They eat up snow and slush in the winter
Need more videos of this truck !!!!!
These are plently loved, by the people who actually know what they're capable of.
I absolutely love my traction control in the rain with over 400 horses in my 15 AEV prospector power wagon. 4 high works great too in the rain. No slip when you give it the beans off the line in the rain. I push the botton on the center consol to turn it off. Don't know if traction control is connected when i use hill decent to come down a wet muddy mountain trail. walks right down with no tire slip. Sure footed 3/4 ton truck. Camera's are awesome as well. Can even use hill decent in reverse to keep you from rolling back down. Technology is amazing.
Have an 87 Nissan Pathfinder. Still running like a top! Most reliable vehicle I've ever owned.
I definitely agree that '90s SUVs are some of the best things out there. I've got a '99 Explorer and it feels like it will just go through anything in stock form. Haven't done too much off roading with it but it goes through the snow like it's not even tnere.
4:55 i can see the original orange lsd sticker on the rear diff lol
My grandpa had one of these in a beautiful burgundy. He couldn't say Pathfinder as English was not his native language, so it became lovingly known as the Pink Panther. I love these rigs and i want one.
I had a 95 Nissan Pathfinder with a 3" lift, i toke that thing up Mount Baldy, Eagle Rock, Saran Wrap, Mount Herman, China Wall, the Gulches, Rampart Range area all time with minimal issues. The stock LSD is rated really low at less then 100ft lbs, a common fix was to add an extra cluch patch to "super pack it" giving it a break rate around 600ft lbs. Highly recommend Manual over Auto.
My friends brother had several of these. Even had one pull my old Sierra out of a sticky situation. Fantastic off-road rigs!
I've been driving a 1988 Pathfinder for nearly 6 years, and I may be buried in it. It has throttle-body fuel injection and electronic ignition, so very simple maintenance (I grew up on points & condenser, and carburetors). The 3.0 liter sohc v6 has all the power I've ever needed.
So from 87 to 89 they were two door. I had an 87 with the 3.0 v6. I absolutely loved it.
I had an '87 with the 31" tires and factory rear LSD and I absolutely loved mine, too.
@@jerroldshelton9367 yes sir. One day I was driving it and it dropped a valve , punched a hole right through piston number 3. Then debris from it cracked part of the head. Instead of rebuilding the engine I sold it like a dumbass. The body was in perfect condition and it had zero rust. I should have kept it. It broke my heart to sell it.
@@garthc5994 The same thing happened to mine, but I didn't own it then.
I bought it from a friend of a friend, who happened to own a Nissan dealership. The cam drive belt broke, and with the VG 30 being an "interference" engine, the predictable result was hole-punched pistons, destroyed valves, and debris cracking the driver's side head.
The engine basically got an in-frame overhaul.
That was right before I bought it.
To say the thing was immaculate was an understatement, and I had paperwork for every single thing ever done to it.
Mine had the the JATCO 3-Speed. I lost second gear in it and took it to the dealership owned by the guy who owned my Pathfinder from new.
They went above and beyond the call of duty looking for a .50 cent part needed to overhaul the transmission, a part that was "No Longer Supplied". They thought they found one in Mexico City, of all places, but the warehouse it was supposed to be in claimed they didn't actually have it.
A guy offered me what I paid for it, because it was so clean and cosmetically nice. He didn't care about the transmission as he planned to take it down to Mexico where he had a vacation house and have a 4.3 Vortec, GM tranny, and T-case swapped in, which he did.
He still has it, now with a solid front axle conversion using bits from an old Toyota of some kind or another......
Anyhow, that's what prompted me to make my next wild country explorer car something more "enthusiast" oriented with ongoing parts support.
I was in the process of buying a 2004 Land Rover Discovery when my now-ex wife called me on my cell phone to tell me that she'd bought me a TJ Jeep for my birthday.
Getting back to the Pathfinder, to add insult to injury, about two weeks after I sold it, I saw an advertisement in some car magazine from a Z-car specialty shop in California claiming they were making the part I needed to have my transmission fixed. A few days after that, the Nissan store owned by the guy I bought it from called to tell me about the availability of the part and schedule my transmission re-build.
It was the best torsion-bar IFS four-wheel drive I ever had, and better than the others at keeping all four tires in contact with the ground.
@@jerroldshelton9367 yeah I'm pretty sure mine went to Mexico too. I've looked for one many times since then and they seem to be all gone, very hard to find. I've thought about a 90's version but I really dig on the two door.
@@garthc5994 One thing I didn't dig on the two-door was that I really couldn't see out of it all that well.
Quail hunting out on the Tonto National Forest north of Scottsdale, AZ, it didn't matter much where, as it was a wide open high-desert like terrain everywhere I went.
But it was different story in some of the pinion-belt country I used to take it to.
Still, I think it looked uber-cool, even if it was a bit tough to see out of.
A friend of mine had a later four-door version of the Gen-One, like the one in this video, and it was A LOT better in terms of sight-lines.
But frankly, I think the Xterra has the Gen One Pathfinder beat where being able to see all around is concerned. It's like being in a first-gen Land Rover Discovery in that regard, at least to me.
If there had never been an Xterra, I'd want my Pathfinder back in a bad way, but since there was, and I like it even better, I'm content to stick with what I've got.
Or, I would be, except my wife likes it, too. She's an Italian immigrant used to "the friction" as she calls it and had never driven an automatic transmission car before immigrating here. So, she commutes to work in our Xterra, as it is five-speed manual, and I get "stuck" schlepping around in my supercharged 2002 Mustang, which is automatic...
I'm seriously thinking about buying ANOTHER Xterra, so I can go to my hunting and fly fishing spots while she's slaving away at work. :)
I always liked the look of these growing up; still do!
I just bought a 2023 Nissan Pathfinder Rock Creek edition. First Nissan ive ever owned. So far in city highway driving its been awesome. Cant wait to take it on a little trail here and there nothing crazy. This looks like fun tho
I have a 95, same color but with a 12" lift, rock sliders, a solid front axel, twin air lockers on 35s. Best $1,400 ever spent
JDM and Euro versions are very similar. The Terrano I and II, and the Mistral all are solid SUV's. I have a 1995 Mistral with a TD27 engine and even though I have problems I'm slowly fixing on the car, I love the way it handles and how durable it is.
I have a 95 Pathfinder the little engines on these are near bullet proof and known to get 100's and 100's of thousands of miles on the powerplants but its a pain in the butt to change the spark plugs with one being at the rear of the manifold nearly impossible to reach, the way these are geared forget ever having to even use the low 4x4 range I live in a mountainous area and this thing will climb almost any grade, it is like a little tank, the only down side I've had with mine is the 'terrible' gas mileage for a 3.0 V6, 12 to 16 MPG and the latter if I'm lucky! A tough 4x4 for sure.
Montero is my favorite of this era.
Yup, especially a wide body one
Got a montero sport. A bit of issues with the harmonic balancer bolt backing out after owning just over a year. Been a bit of back and forth trying to get it fixed right but almost done. Only 2wd but feels like it'll drive anywhere i want it
I like the older pathfinders. The only thing I like about the new one is the updated interior. I had a 2002 pathfinder with over 325k miles. I loved that truck. I don’t do off roading but like these videos.
I had a 1997 pathfinder absolutely loved it now I have a 2002 Nissan Xterra love that even more with a five speed manual
I bought my 95 pathfinder 13 years ago.
aside from some stuff replaced and my recent fun time getting the cv axels, shocks, balljoints, tie rods(i didnt need to replace those but did it anyway), its ran like a champ and i have(probably hurt it though) went circles around other people with it lol
I have a 1994 Pathfinder SE with the LSD in the rear and discs all around. From factory these things in SE trim came with 31's. When I got mine it had these same tires that this one had. I got myself a pep boys brand tire 31x10.5x15. Futura all terrains I believe and they made a huge difference. I've put this thing through hell and still drive it daily. Owned it 7 years now
I have two Pathfinders one for straight mudding in the swamps of Florida the other is a camping overland build
Maybe its me but i feel like people now a days don't want to struggle not even a tiny bit, as soon as a wheel starts spinning they want all the tech in the car to kick in and "save them" and some of the hate towards some suvs is that it doesn't have a locker, it struggles a little bit, it has no crawl control, etc.. whats the point of driving if you are relying on the computer to do most of the work. Lets face it with a simple 4x4 truck or suv you can get to most of the places you need, i bet that with this pathy you could get to almost anywhere you could with a modern truck, you would have to think a little more while driving and maybe struggle a tiny bit but thats part of the fun of off roading and exploring..
I bought mine , 5 years ago . Done 125,000 KMs over that time. And hope to do anther 125,000 over the next 5 year's.
Mine is a 1995 ,5 speed .