Welp, Mikey had a problem today. He didn't make it to Sierra Vista.

We got a call from Mikey at 7:30pm. You know, one of those - "I'm so f'in f'ed" calls. He was stuck on I-10. Think the tranny went out. Will have to explore some more to figure out if that's the real problem.

It runs (idles) and the brakes work. Unfortunately, no gears - nadda, zilch, none.

So, we strapped him from I-10 and Maricopa Rd back to his dad's house.

So, now he's looking for a rebuilt tranny.

Poor guy. He was so happy to take the Pathy on it's maiden voyage.

I'm sure he's glad he has friends like me and DR.



"You can shout it with adjectives."

20 miles with a tow strap behind the Meany. Fun. To make him feel better, I drug him through a bunch of road construction, so at least his truck got to see dirt

Biggest tire'd trailer I've ever pulled!

Yep, pretty sure it's the tranny. It lived 130k+ with a lot of low speed crawling. R.I.P. He should be good to go with a rebuilt tranny.

At least he wasn't 50 miles the other side of Tucson before it died.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

Shoot that happened right in my neck of the woods, shoulda called me.

awwwwww man, that's really sad...at least he didn't wreck it or anything.

Mr. Will

|1992 SE-V6 4x4, 2001 LE 3.5|
http://www.netsnapshot.com/pcw/pickalbum?W92PathSE

I made a huge post on the Mikey Update Thread... Stone, I'm gonna have to get your phone number.. It freakin' sucked. Check out the post though. The entire story is there. I got here in SV at about 1am/115am.

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1988 Infiniti QX4, 31's, 2" lift

Anyone got a set of rockwells for sale? I need a boat anchor.

OOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh
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My truck is in the garage resting from pulling that oversized trailer

Eat lots today Mikey and don't worry about the truck for a couple days.


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

not to flame mikie, but i think he should have rebuilt the tranny while he was doing all the stuff down there. Sure, the tranny might have been running fine at the time, but anyone with a over 125k mi on their tranny has done exceedingly well. Would have saved him some hassel and headache. but maybe that is just me....



that little voice in your head saying "YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!!!!!!!!"

if you start doing that though, you end up in the "Might as well..." situation where you end up tearing down the whole truck to do a complete frame off rebuild when you originally intended just to change the oil and replace a bolt or two. hehe


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"I'm just a bill... on Capitol Hill.."

Hey Marshall, if I had noticed a slippage or missing of any gear on the tranny before I parked it, or even while I was driving it around, NO WAY would I have even TRIED to drive it to SV.. I'm heading over to the parts yard tomorrow (I sure hope they are open) and I'm gonna check on that rusty D44, a toy front, a front D60, and of course, a 4.3 with tranny and case attached.

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1988 Infiniti QX4, 31's, 2" lift

Anyone got a set of rockwells for sale? I need a boat anchor.

OOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh
FFFFFFFFFFFfffaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwkkkkkkkkkk
YYYYYYYYYYYYYeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Let me know on the D44


1998 Frontier 4x4 seriously built
2002 Xterra 4x4 still stock
"Conjunction Junction, what's your Dysfunction?"

Mikey I feel your pain I just dropped $1750 to get my tranny rebuilt.
Hey Pheniox Transmissions is local for you just save up some money for a rebuild from them.
The other option is salvage yards or better yet upgrade the tranny.

Black 95 Pathfinder XE
2" PA Body-Lift
1.5" Ball Joint spacers
77 Bronco 2.5" lift coils
Rancho 9000's
32x11.50 BFG AT KO's
Rock sliders
Rack lights etc etc..

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I don't pay ANYONE to give me something I can do myself. I swapped out both axles, setup my own gears, mounted my own tires, built my own intermediate shaft, built every mount for the second Tcase..

I plan on rebuilding it myself. I've found a few kits for around 200 bucks. If that's what I have to do, then so be it. I've heard that Auto trannies are hard to rebuild, and that's just more incentive. All of this is just preparation for something further ahead in life. I think it was Nietsche that said "What does not kill us makes us stronger".

I'm not dead yet.

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1988 Infiniti QX4, 31's, 2" lift

Anyone got a set of rockwells for sale? I need a boat anchor.

OOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh
FFFFFFFFFFFfffaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwkkkkkkkkkk
YYYYYYYYYYYYYeeeeeaaaaaahhhhhhhh

"All of this is just preparation for something further ahead in life. I think it was Nietsche that said "What does not kill us makes us stronger".

I'm not dead yet."
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( snif)All bow to the prophet

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1998 nissan

Well I would have done my transmission if it had broken down locally not 350 miles away from home.
It would have cost me $750 just to get it home and $650 to get a salvaged tranny and whatever labour and parts to do it myself. I thought that getting it rebuilt down there was going to cost almost the same price.

Black 95 Pathfinder XE
2" PA Body-Lift
1.5" Ball Joint spacers
77 Bronco 2.5" lift coils
Rancho 9000's
32x11.50 BFG AT KO's
Rock sliders
Rack lights etc etc..

Homepage: http://www.cardomain.com/id/shadowman2k