Ok, one of my friends went to france for a graduation gift (he got to see a mclaren f1, skyline gt-s, many jdm 240 turbo's, porsche ruff, etc, etc... and some other cool stuff) well, there was this canadian on the trip with him that did tons of tranny work. my friend mentioned i had a maxima that had a bad tranny and the guy said some tranny from a mercedes 500 series or something like that had a tranny that would bolt right up to the maxima. it's a 5 speed but a little different. it's a 4 speed that has an electronic 5th gear. i personally wouldn't like it but it's an alternate. you shift through the 4 and you can press a button to turn on and off the 5th gear. if you're at wot the 5th gear won't shift till 125 mph..... the canadian dude also said the 3rd gen auto's were his favorite tranny ever made. he said they do brake a lot but they are his favorite. kind of strange.

 

Damn man. Ease off on the drugs. Unless Mercedes somehow made a FWD car, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A TRANNY MADE FOR A RWD INTO A FWD car!?

 

dude, i'm just repeating what was told to me.

 

I'm sure Jeff knows that, but I think he was just saying that sometimes things that sound a bit crazy might not be true
there have been plenty of people to come here and claim "My mechanic said 300zx TT will fit right in..."



that would be nice though if the auto trannies did have another option

 

Sounds like he fed you a big steamy pile of crap. Besides, if the 3rd gen auto is his fav. trans, he must be smoking crack!

 

Well your the wingnut that believed him.

 

no, i never said i believe him... that's why in my post i said alternate tranny for us???? i think he said it was the SL500. something like that. and it's not an auto, it's actually a 5-speed but the 5th gear is auto. first 4 are manual. kind of weird.

 

i think he said the tranny was from an early 80's mercedes. something like that. it sounded far fetched to me too.

 

if you think it's that far-fetched, then it IS. leave it be, and move on to something else.
unless you want to turn the car into a RWD platform and give the engine a 1/4 turn under the hood, then you can't fit that tranny. enough said. move on.

 

Move on to what??

 

damnit, this is why this site sucks. i give information that i hear not knowing if it's true or not, immediately get told that i'm an idiot for thinking it's true and then get flamed off my *** about it. i don't understand this type of reasoning.

 

I'm sure an SL500 tranny would be real cheap too.

 

as dmx has put it, "HERE WE GO AGAIN!!"

 

well... it's more than true.

 

ok let's take a step back and look at the situation.

to my knowledge all MBs were RWD...RWD tranny and engine configuration.

now i believe the 3rd gen is a FWD car....FWD (transverse mounted engine and tranny).

now ask yourself this...would a tranny from a RWD V8 fit in a FWD V6?

 

My grandmother said it best: "Think before you speak"

 

Dude chill. If you don't have a thick skin, don't complain when you get 'flamed'. That was pretty mild anyway.

 

you want flamed? I'll show you flamed.. ask me about a Z32 engine conversion or sticking a mercedes engine AND tranny in the car. *looking for his can of WD-40 and a lighter*

 

How about a 600hp turbo maxima?

 

Then I'll tell you to talk to that long-haired freaky guy in Australia.

 

man Tony fits his "rock star" image PERFECTLY!!!! his car should be sick too when its all done!!

 

he made himself that ugly for a reason. you can't have a clean-cut preppy guy as a drummer in a rock band.. jsut doesn't work. you gotta have a long-haired, fugly, ape-lookin guy back there beating on stuff with sticks.

 

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!

 

He obviously knows now that it won't work. This guy is right that too many people get their a$$ chewed for asking questions on here. Obviously you guys have obtained smarts about our cars by asking questions too, but you haters learned by asking questions too. Lay off the not-up-to-par people and let them learn, afterall, that's why this site is here for.

Anyway, that "mechanic" guy is full of it b/c Mercedes doesn't make manuals and I'm pretty sure they never did. His was talking out of his ****.

 

I pretty much learned by doing and asking questions based on research. Not off the wall "I can build a 600hp maxima but have no idea that a rwd tranny has no chance at fitting into a fwd car questions".

See the difference?

 

I usually search if there is a question I have, just to make sure there isn't a previous answer. Anybody that asks if a RWD tranny would fit in a FWD gets ---> . A better question would be could the clutches/bands + gear set from an auto Z32 interchange with maxima parts. After looking at part#s and specs there is only one way to find out . BTW I already know the answer too .

 

if i would have known mercedes were all rwd i wouldn't have even bothered bringing this up. but i didn't know, why... i own a nissan, not a mercedes and i don't really give a care about a mercedes. especially now that chrysler owns them.

 

mercedes does make manuals, at least now they do. they are in the new kompressors.

 

THIS PLACE SUXS!!! to much flaming going on and not enough help, thats what this place is here for help not to tell someon how stupid they are or what not. Why do you guys always jump on ppl back. This is supposed to be an informative web page not something that makes someone feel like an idiot for posting an idea. NissanX.com is MUCH better than this place. much love there thye are not ********s like all you guys. So before this gets deleted id suggest people check out www.nissanx.com a good place for maxima enthusiasts.

 

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Hmm........ No where do I see FLAME PEOPLE FOR ASKING QUESTIONS AND GIVING BAD IDEAS....... although...... moderators do get more options than we do and maybe there's says otherwise then some other people just follow them. hm...........

 

go to www.nissanx.com
much info there

 

and many more nice people
and no flames
and it's just all out cool

 

Yes, I'm sure people post the same info over and over again.