I just replaced my broken auto transmission with an AE vlsd 5-speed. Everything works except for some reason I didn’t get a manual speed sensor with the AE tranny, so I wont have a speedometer or ABS until I get that part. On my old auto there was a pulse type speed sensor, but there is no place to put it on the manual tranny, and on the manual tranny there is a plug with a bolt where the pinion type speed sensor should be. What’s up with that? Shouldn’t there be a speed sensor with a wire on the manual tranny? Could someone explain this to me and possibly link me to any threads, pics, or wiring diagrams that might help?

Thanks in advance.

 

Man, that sounds cool what u did.

 

is this manual comversion avaiable to do a 6 speed for a 02???

-J

 

Thanks. Yeah driving my car as a lsd 5spd is amazing. I love it.

2k2whitemaxi,
You could do it on a 02/03 i would think, but im not sure if anyone has done it yet. I just got a everything (almost anyway) from one wrecked 2k1 ae maxima and had it put in my 2k gle.

 

What has the cost been so far, and how long has it taken you?

 

The reason the Manual tranny has a manual speedo cable and the auto has an electric one is that the auto has a TCM and the manual does not. There arent electrical compnents to the manual as with the auto, so an electric speedo cable wouldnt work. Best bet is to find one at a junk yard.

 

That makes sense. I went to a salvage yard today to pull this part off a 2000 5spd that I've been getting random parts from, but it had the same plug that was in the AE tranny. I have a printout from nissan showing the tranny case components and it shows where the pinion type speed sensor should be for a manual trans. But its not on my AE or the 5spd in the salvage yard. This is why I'm so confused. I talked to a nissan tech but he wasnt much help.

I have another printout that shows the speedo pinion, and it shows that the tranny can have a "plug type" or "pinion type." The pinion type looks like a normal speed sensor with a little gear on it, and the plug type is just a plug to cover the hole. The plug is tear shaped and has three little bumps on it and one bolt. What I dont understand is if you have a plug type, where is the speed sensor and how do you wire it?

I hope this makes ok sense.

 

A lot. My auto tranny was dying and nissan wanted $3200 to put in a new auto (i have no warranty). I rounded up the 5spd parts in about a month. The instal took 3 or 4 days. I spent about $2500 total with installation.

 

Kevin would know ALL these questions.

He did the same thing. So apparently you got the different axles, right?

 

Props on the undertaking this project! I would love to get LSD on my 6spd someday...

 

PM kev, he knows all about this cause he did it to his car

 

Yeah i will have to pm kevin. I tried to email him but it said he doesnt recieve emails through the board.

I got the tranny and axles, and almost everything else on the hlh0501.com parts list out of a freshly wrecked AE. It was pretty lucky finding most of what i needed in one place.

 

Sweet...sounds like a good find.

I would have scalped all the AE specific parts possible.

 

*bump*

Kevin hasn't been around to pm. Hopefully he or someone else who knows 5spd conversions will see this thread and come to the rescue.

 

I've put the word out, he'll be here soon.

 

The M/T 5the gens all have the same "pinion" or vehicle speed sensor- When I sold the new VSLD trans to Kevin, I'm pretty sure it came with a new one and was a total non-issue. I had to scrounge him a connector for the "position" switch, but he never asked about that one.

 

Wow, it's been so long. I don't remember if the new tranny came with a speed sensor or I reused the old one. Either way, it isn't an issue as long as you have the speed sensor. It's as easy as plug-n-play once you have the sensor in the hole.

 

Can I get the parts list for converting to a manual.

 

hmmm..guess i will just have to call around and find a pinion type speed sensor. I still don't get why the m/t in the salvage yard didnt have it either. O well, hopefully it will fit and work fine. My only concern is that my mechanic said he thought the speed sensor only has two wires and the place you plug it in has three. He said he could wire it though. Anyone know if its two or three wires?

At any rate, thanks for the help guys. I'll post when i get this sorted out.

 

Check out hlh0501.com. There is a conversion parts list and how-2. Its for a 4th gen but its basically the same.