I inherited my dad's 1998 Nissan Frontier. (It only took me about 2 hours at the DMV to transfer the title and ownership!)
It has about 89,000 miles on it. It's 2WD, not 4WD. It has the 2.4L 4-cylinder engine, and a 5-speed manual transmission.
So far I've replaced the shocks, both front calipers, pads, and brake hoses (front brakes were dragging for some reason), the coolant, did an oil change (Kirkland synthetic 5W30 and a Purolator Boss filter), put new tires on it (the tires had plenty of tread, but were from 2007!). I want to replace the fuel filter but the bracket is badly rusted (and no longer available from Nissan), so I'm waiting on a t-bolt clamp with mounting feet, since I'm sure the fuel filter bracket will be destroyed by any attempt to remove it.
Also plan to change the sparkplugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. The sparkplug wires in it say SUMITOMO on them which makes me wonder if they are the original wires...
I aim to keep it. It's kinda handy having a pickup truck around, even if I only drive it once in a while.
Are there any known issues with this truck?
It has about 89,000 miles on it. It's 2WD, not 4WD. It has the 2.4L 4-cylinder engine, and a 5-speed manual transmission.
So far I've replaced the shocks, both front calipers, pads, and brake hoses (front brakes were dragging for some reason), the coolant, did an oil change (Kirkland synthetic 5W30 and a Purolator Boss filter), put new tires on it (the tires had plenty of tread, but were from 2007!). I want to replace the fuel filter but the bracket is badly rusted (and no longer available from Nissan), so I'm waiting on a t-bolt clamp with mounting feet, since I'm sure the fuel filter bracket will be destroyed by any attempt to remove it.
Also plan to change the sparkplugs, wires, distributor cap and rotor. The sparkplug wires in it say SUMITOMO on them which makes me wonder if they are the original wires...
I aim to keep it. It's kinda handy having a pickup truck around, even if I only drive it once in a while.
Are there any known issues with this truck?