Quote from: blur911 on January 25, 2020, 10:45:12 pmBonused a Green Day CD, a 4-foot aluminum level and a water bottle so far. Some people don't clean out their cars very well.Anyhow, it's a 2009, has a 4.0 liter V6 with 261 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque, auto tranny, towing package and not a whole lot more.I have to fix a few things for a safety, top brake light is out and the driver's airbag needs a clock spring, which is common to break and cause a SRS warning. I have one on order for about $70292k on it, but it looks better than one I saw with half the mileage and it drives nicely and feels tight. Should be a good work/play truck.Clock springs can be a PITA on some cars.How is it in this?
Bonused a Green Day CD, a 4-foot aluminum level and a water bottle so far. Some people don't clean out their cars very well.Anyhow, it's a 2009, has a 4.0 liter V6 with 261 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque, auto tranny, towing package and not a whole lot more.I have to fix a few things for a safety, top brake light is out and the driver's airbag needs a clock spring, which is common to break and cause a SRS warning. I have one on order for about $70292k on it, but it looks better than one I saw with half the mileage and it drives nicely and feels tight. Should be a good work/play truck.
Quote from: rrocket on January 25, 2020, 10:47:12 pmQuote from: blur911 on January 25, 2020, 10:45:12 pmBonused a Green Day CD, a 4-foot aluminum level and a water bottle so far. Some people don't clean out their cars very well.Anyhow, it's a 2009, has a 4.0 liter V6 with 261 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque, auto tranny, towing package and not a whole lot more.I have to fix a few things for a safety, top brake light is out and the driver's airbag needs a clock spring, which is common to break and cause a SRS warning. I have one on order for about $70292k on it, but it looks better than one I saw with half the mileage and it drives nicely and feels tight. Should be a good work/play truck.Clock springs can be a PITA on some cars.How is it in this?Looks like a half hour job with minimal fuss according to the youtube howto vids. Factory part is kinda expensive, aftermarket not bad. https://www.ebay.ca/itm/253253370108
Cool truck. It's unique, but also, because it's a Frontier, parts will be readily available and cheap.I'm guessing it was an American-sold truck? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think it was ever sold here?
The best part about these older gen trucks like the Frontier is there's nothing on them that an Indy can't do. They're very simple trucks. They're the (old) Ford Ranger of vehicles.
Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 26, 2020, 10:50:16 amThe best part about these older gen trucks like the Frontier is there's nothing on them that an Indy can't do. They're very simple trucks. They're the (old) Ford Ranger of vehicles. Plus my indy-mechanic friend used to be a Nissan tech for over 20 years. He could fix these with his eyes closed.
Quote from: blur911 on January 26, 2020, 10:56:31 amQuote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 26, 2020, 10:50:16 amThe best part about these older gen trucks like the Frontier is there's nothing on them that an Indy can't do. They're very simple trucks. They're the (old) Ford Ranger of vehicles. Plus my indy-mechanic friend used to be a Nissan tech for over 20 years. He could fix these with his eyes closed.yea, about the only issue i've read is the "strawberry milkshake" scenario...the transmission cooler was housed in the rad, and would sometimes develop a leak, allowing coolant into the transmission, which ruins it...i believe there was a fix after the first several years, so it might be worthwhile to see if your truck is good to go on that part...from what i recall, it isn't overly expensive to get done...blowing out a tranny is very costly...everything else on that truck is pretty durable.
I see that mine has an actual tranny cooler in front of the radiator, I'll have to follow the plumbing and see if it runs through the radiator or not. Must be part of the towing package or the fix you mentioned above
