Well, I bought myself an '04 Nissan Frontier a month ago.

For those of you who remember, after removing a throttle body spacer I had made (~3/8" wooden spacer that I think probably hurt performance more than anything) and checking compression (which was 150-160 psi in all four cylinders -- # 4 was 60 psi before a bad exhaust valve change), my '90 Tracker would not start.  And the tach registered ZERO while cranking.

It was quite maddening.  The week before I had spent about 15 hours replacing the water pump, crank & cam seals, distributor seal, timing belt, #4 exhaust valve, and putting in the throttle body spacer, and it was running better than ever before for about 1-1/2 weeks (300 miles) before I broke it    

I tried to figure it out for over 5 hours before I gave up and got my Nissan (I know, that was impulsive, but that's too long a story for here).  I was leaning toward ECU because the ECU seemed to be receiving a tach signal, but I was also thinking an electircal problem with the distributor or somewhere between there and the ECU.

Well, I gave the Tracker to my brother who took it to a shop and it turned out to be the pickup coil in the distributor.  It's back on the road again and will hopefully serve him well for a while.

I'd like to thank everyone who has helped me and I hope I've been able to return the favor to others.

Best wishes to all.

Oh, my Nissan is a 4x2  

Ya coulda atlest get a nissan you could wheel
best of luck to ya in your new indever.
Don't be a stranger and let us know how it wheels
Got any pics?
I'm sure Calmini will have a SAS for it

You will be back! BTW tell your brother to join us since he's the smart one. Just kiddin. Good luck with your nissan and thanks for playing.

Mike

Nissans,  Don't those roll over easy


Best of luck to you, and
send your brother our way
Wild

Nissans,  Don't those roll over easy

Take care Jerry.

We will always miss a long time member.  

Cwkick

Thanks guys.

Yeah, I've told him about this site and how helpful it's been to me.

We've already had a couple of our "little" central Virginia snows (< 2") and I've had the 4x2 out in it.  It did OK, but I had to baby it and I was definitely more nervous than I would have been with the Tracker.

I also came upon a car in a ditch, but with no tow hooks, tow-strap, and 2wd, I was useless  :-/

Actually, I guess it's a 4x1 since it doesn't even have a LSD.  I'm going to have to check around and see if they make a LSD for it.

See ya around.  Oh, and if you happen to see a Nissan Frontier struggling to get itself out of a ditch, be sure to help it out  

You'll be back , heck look at me I eventually came crawling back...

Thanks guys.


We've already had a couple of our "little" central Virginia snows (< 2") and I've had the 4x2 out in it.   

Geese,   Centeral Va....   I didn't know you were right next door...

I'm working in Richmond and living 20 mi south.

We are wheeling Shoe Creek on Saturday, Bring the Nissan and your brother in the kick...  I hear the original main trail aint that bad.

I just sold a running 4dr 4wd kick for less then $1500
and let another one get away (SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT) 4dr 4wd for less then $500.   I've got lots o parts and stuff if your Bro needs anything just have him look me up.

I'm picking up another 2dr 4wd this weekend...  

5-Kick's 10-Sammy's