markevans999

1994 about 110,000 mi. auto transmission
this morning when i started the car the and put trans into drive the gear would not engage. put car into reverse and car was fine. put into d2 and d1 and car drove fine.
car has never had any transmission problem before.
any suggestions on what the problem might be and where should i take car to be fixed.
thanks

DanNY

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shifter bushing. there's a part that's i would guess about a dollar or so that goes from the shifter to the cable.

do a quick search on the part and you'll see all the write ups on it and etc.

markevans999

thanks for the info

chrome91

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mine did the same thing, as Danny said its the shifter bushing. last time i bought one from Nissan it was 3 bucks. you just remove the exhaust heat shield and replace the bushing, takes 5 minutes. until then if you rock the shifter a bit in D, it should engage. very common part to wear out

maxima278

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My previous 3rd gen was a 94 VE auto, I still remember the first day I brought it home. Stopped by a buddy's house and as I was leaving I put It in reverse and got nothing. Scared the shiit out of me. It always had the occasional moment when you had to bump it to get it to engage reverse, but I never knew about that bushing.

markevans999

can anybody provide a link or instructions on how to fix this. can i do this myself?
i'm in trenton. nj
any mechanic recommendations

chrome91

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even if you dont know cars that well its easy to replace, you just unbolt a heat shield above the exhaust under the car, the shield is located almost directly below where the shifter is up inside the car. you slide the shield out, place it aside, and remove whats left of the old bushing (probably nothing) and slip the new bushing on. bolt the exhaust heat shield on again with a hoist i can change one in 5 minutes

if youre still not comfortable doing it yourself, you can get the part from Nissan yourself and take it to a garage and tell them where the bushing is located and they can do it. i replaced one on a 3rd gen at work a couple years ago

DanNY

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chrome...the problem is the bolts on the heat shields are pretty much rusted shut so the bolts usually break..so i tell ppl to get ready with a drill and maybe a rivet gun to get the shield back on.

chrome91

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i guess. worst case you just need a few self tapping screws and a drill to get it back on

markevans999

going to give it a try. thanks for all your help.

markevans999

problem at nissan dealership. they were not sure of the correct shifter bushing part. they did not have the part in stock.
this is the part # they gave me:
34965-68E60
is this the correct part#?
if not can someone give the correct part #
thanks

markevans999

did a search. is this correct part #
34552-d4000

chrome91

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yeah in a thread a year or two ago someone posted a picture of the Nissan part number

markevans999

finally got the part in. old bushing completely gone.
replaced with new bushing.
transmission working perfect.
many thanks to all who helped me

chrome91

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did you change it out yourself?

there should really be a sticky in the 3rd gen section on this, very common problem as these cars age. almost wonder how many bad shifter bushings got diagnosed as a failing transmission

generation3

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Part was like $5.40 at Courtesy Nissan as of a couple weeks ago. They had to special order it and took 2 days to arrive. In the writeups I've seen there is mention of 2 washers by the shifter bushing. When I replaced it I only found one. Did you'll have 1 or 2 washers on the shift linkage?