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You guys are life savers! My brother in law got a new TFI, and AutoZone tested the old one twice and it failed both tests. He's been going strong since about 6 PM yesterday. Thanks again for the advice.

V/r,
Kellan

Thank you so much for the advice. I forwarded it to my brother in law and he's at the shop now putting the new TFI in. He's gonna test the old one across the street at Autozone and we'll see if we found our culprit.

V/r,
Kellan

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Hey everyone.
It's Friday, I'm bored and I have a question.
Can you convert an XR to have all wheel drive?
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'97 Nissan Altima GXE
'86 Merkur XR4Ti

What have I gotten myself into, lol.

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