Will a distributor from one of our vgs work in a 89 Nissan extended cab 3.0 pick up. 31-1016 ? I don't see the part no. on the distributor itself.

 

different distributors

 

Can work, you might need a different base plate. The firing order on the plate will be off, but with some sense you can figure it out. Also, why not just use a maxima one?

 

A guy with one of them pick ups called me looking for a distributor. I have some but theyr'e from Maxima vg. If he knows what he's doing he can make it work?

 

i think they will be the same unless it's not a VG30E and its a VG30i (throttle body fuel injection system), the vg30e our motors have a crank angle sensor i don't think the vg30i does.

 

just did some reading and the Hardbody didn't the vg30e till 1990.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_VG_engine#VG30E

 

Oh your right, forgot about the senor.

 

late 88-89 nissan p/u and 89 pathfinder (only) :

89-94 max SOHC (only)

 

Other than base plates (which can be changed), what would keep these from being interchangeable? Maxima and 300z dist. are interchangeable. Just trying to learn something.

 

try it and let us know

 

looking at the pics, the pathy dist is a lot longer- possibly for clearance reasons somewhere... maybe you can pull the front (left) valve cover off them without pulling the dizzy?

either way, they're obivously different, so what' the point in bothering to swap them? Maxima VGs are a dime a dozen in junkyards, so it's not like they're hard to find.

 

they look almost the same other then the caps would be different for sure, the pics are not to the same scale, so it might work. The pathfinder even has the cut out for crank angle sensor.

 

yeah, but the distance between the top 'plate' thing and the adjuster bolt hole is longer on the pathy one, as is the distance from the bottom of the adjuster hole bracket to the o-ring. so it would sit higher, and with the 3rd gen's hood clearance issues (which is why the VE is so speshul) you'd probably smash it when you shut the hood.

as for putting a maxima distro on a pathy or pu... the longer neck probably was there to get it up and over something, so a shorter distro would probably cause you to either a) not be able to install the distro at all or b) not give you enough room to run the wires into the cap.

 

I'm sure the only thing different (other then the cas) is it's going from a vg30 A or B block to a W block and on my pathfinder (its a 90 with vg30e) it is set up the same as the 89 max and my 85, just different valve covers pathfinder = 3rd gen just different color and 2nd gen has oil fill on the other side so on the max it is in front and just a cap as the 3rd is on the back with a neck ( dew to the intake going over it?). the pathfinder uses the same type of oil filter mount as the 2nd gen (right on the block) and the 3rd gen has the oil filter mover so that it is toward the back of the engine, making it easier to get to. you can swap heads between VGs (and even between A or B to W with mods to the gasket) so i would say its a go. or to be sure look up the casting numbers on the heads.

 

I wonder if he is doing a VG30i to VG30e swap???