Recent content by crazy kiwi

What did I do to my nav today?? I traded it in on a Colorado! After 6 years of battling the d40 every step of the way I decided enough was enough. However I want to say a big thanks to everyone on this site. Your tips and knowledge has be very helpful. Cheers

Ok so onto alternator number 3, Have noticed that this one has a plastic cap over the front of the pulley to stop crap getting into it. I believe this change came about after a a few years of the D40 production. Fingers crossed this time

Does anyone know of a solution to this problem as I have had it happen twice now bouth times stripping the thread off the alternator shaft and dropping the pulley.

This man is a legend. Saved me a trip to the auto sparkys. Cheers

I have just had to replace my alternator as the pulley failed. But instead of making any noise it just came off the alternator shaft. When this happened I put it back on as the pulley and alternator both felt fine and I put it down to one of those freak things. Then it happened again and it...

I had 265/65/17 Bridgestone A/T's on mine and they wore really well all round and have just put a new set of the same on again.

Just a bit of info, I replaced my belt not long ago with a aftermarket one due to Nissan being closed at the weekend. It squealed like crazy under load and belt dressing only quietened it for a little while. Did everything known to man kind but couldn't shut it up. Replaced it with genuine...

Good Luck I couldn't see any photos of the part on the site but for that price it would have to be worth a shot. If it doesn't work you can make your own (see previous post). The one that I made is still working fine I saw that it got to 16 degrees the other day, not as warm over here in NZ...

I think I found it I have used two 4.7K NTC thermistors in parallel and one 5K variable resistor in series and it seems to be within 1 degree. Purchased parts from Jaycar here in NZ for a total of about $6. Just use the variable resistor to do the fine tuning. Haven't been able to see how...