Nissan pickup odometer/airbag and Frontier torsion bars

[Darky]

My wife has a 96 Nissan pickup, 2wd. The odo hasn't worked since her dad gave it to us to replace the rolling hazard that her 86 Nissan had become. We've also had the air bag light on the whole time as well. We're looking into selling it (maybe soon, maybe in a year or two). What exactly would it takt to fix the odo? Also does the airbag light mean the air bag is missing, or could it be that the control module (?) was taken out?

Second half: My bro in law has a 2wd Frontier. He lowered the front to level it out via cranking the torsion bars. We were going to try to re-raise it to clear the tires better (he's got 235/75s vs the stock (I'm assuming) 205s. How would one go about doing that?

Thanks ahead of time.

 

[Spudboy]

Try this link for the torsion bar adjustment. They are doing a lift, but the adjustment process should be the same:

http://www.nissan4wheelers.com/howtos/articles/d22_xterra_AC_lift.html

Be careful with the odo/airbag issues. If the odo has had problems for a long time, you need to keep track of the miles showing and when it was repaired and note that when you sell. I believe all states will require it to be designated as a "mileage unknown" vehicle which affects the sales value dramatically. If you get caught trying to sell it without disclosing the problem, it is a federal offense with severe penalties. (I probably wouldn't worry if the lost miles are minimal, but I have bought cars in the past that I knew had several years of driving with no odo and adjusted the price appropriately.) As far as fixing it, that could be a bad contact in the electronics, a bad sensor at the t-case output or bad gauge set. I don't think that is a cable-driven unit, but if it is, the cable might have broken. You might try some of the Nissan forums and see if it is a common problem.

In my book the airbag issue is one for the pros. Those things have a nasty habit of deploying when you get messing with them which is dangerous and expensive.

Hope this helps a little. I haven't adjusted a torsion bar in about 20 years but generally they are pretty straightforward once you get looking at them.

 

[Darky]

Thanks, finding some good stuff on that site.
I know we've put about 3000-5000 miles on the truck since we got it, easily, and no idea how many were put on by her dad before we got it. I'll have to ask him about how many he put on and also if he removed the airbag (steering wheel is all still intact) or removed the soleoid/actuator whatever that tells it to go off.