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03-21-2005, 05:24 PM

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oil pan question

ne difference between the auto and the manual tranny oil pan? my friend wit a 4th gen auto saw that the oil drain plug was on the other side of the pan.

03-21-2005, 05:26 PM

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ne difference between the auto and the manual tranny oil pan? my friend wit a 4th gen auto saw that the oil drain plug was on the other side of the pan.

completely diffirent tranny...completely diffirent pan

03-21-2005, 05:29 PM

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two different things..... way different

03-21-2005, 05:31 PM

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two different things..... way different

thats like asking if the engine and tranny oil pans are the same

03-21-2005, 05:51 PM

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thats like asking if the engine and tranny oil pans are the same

maybe that person is not mechanically oriented....

03-21-2005, 06:55 PM

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Yes they are diff, but eighter pan will work with eighter tranny. Meaning, auto engine with a 5spd tranny or other way around is perfectly doable. Having done tranny swaps on Maximas from auto to manual, I know whats possible and what is not.