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Originally Posted by vsamoylov
Please get the facts straight. half og the stuff that you listed is wrong and I personally talked about the mount.
3) not true. the engine mount stays in place. Nothing o nthe engine side has to be touched. The tranny mount is different but that is a simple task which i have talked about alot of times.
4)not true either. linkages fit without any problems.
5)that can be solved with the bracket that holds the abs. just get one from a 6 spd car and it bolts into the same place.
Most of the stuff that people posted in this thread is wrong and useless information. I am not saying all of it but most of it.
3) not true. the engine mount stays in place. Nothing o nthe engine side has to be touched. The tranny mount is different but that is a simple task which i have talked about alot of times.
4)not true either. linkages fit without any problems.
5)that can be solved with the bracket that holds the abs. just get one from a 6 spd car and it bolts into the same place.
Most of the stuff that people posted in this thread is wrong and useless information. I am not saying all of it but most of it.
4- I've done it and the shifter linkage will NOT fit in the small hole that is in the firewall. Cable shroud ends are very large and will not fit in the small hole, if it did I wouldn't have to sit there for 2 hours enlarging the hole.
5- ABS has to be moved and lines have to be bent a lil bit- just stating the facts here.
Its not like I just got a licence 2 days ago, and just started posting here bout working on a Maxima. I uphold my comments valid. Show me a 5th gen body trying to fit the shifter linkage though the small AT linkage hole without enlarging and I will be VERY impressed.
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Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
3- sorry that I said engine mount but to me they are all engine mounts regardless if it holds the tranny or the engine. It needs to be welded up as the tranny one is diff between auto and 6spd AND 5spd trannies.
4- I've done it and the shifter linkage will NOT fit in the small hole that is in the firewall. Cable shroud ends are very large and will not fit in the small hole, if it did I wouldn't have to sit there for 2 hours enlarging the hole.
5- ABS has to be moved and lines have to be bent a lil bit- just stating the facts here.
Its not like I just got a licence 2 days ago, and just started posting here bout working on a Maxima. I uphold my comments valid. Show me a 5th gen body trying to fit the shifter linkage though the small AT linkage hole without enlarging and I will be VERY impressed.
4- I've done it and the shifter linkage will NOT fit in the small hole that is in the firewall. Cable shroud ends are very large and will not fit in the small hole, if it did I wouldn't have to sit there for 2 hours enlarging the hole.
5- ABS has to be moved and lines have to be bent a lil bit- just stating the facts here.
Its not like I just got a licence 2 days ago, and just started posting here bout working on a Maxima. I uphold my comments valid. Show me a 5th gen body trying to fit the shifter linkage though the small AT linkage hole without enlarging and I will be VERY impressed.
my understanding is that some ppl need help with a swap in first place. That's how the thread started. Why not really help them/him then???? Why instead give out this pile of BS???? 
Have you personnaly done this kind of work? What's your deal with "very large ends" and "small hole"??? Is it something personal you refer to? Is it?
Originally Posted by maxS
MAN THIS IS becoming UNBELIVABLY outrageous.... my understanding is that some ppl need help with a swap in first place. That's how the thread started. Why not really help them/him then???? Why instead give out this pile of BS???? Have you personnaly done this kind of work? What's your deal with "very large ends" and "small hole"??? Is it something personal you refer to? Is it?
my understanding is that some ppl need help with a swap in first place. That's how the thread started. Why not really help them/him then???? Why instead give out this pile of BS???? Have you personnaly done this kind of work? What's your deal with "very large ends" and "small hole"??? Is it something personal you refer to? Is it?I would take BlackbirdVQ's opinion very seriously. He knows what he is talking about and can and I would bet has done everything you can think with a car several times over.
Mike is giving him the facts of life with this swap and IS helping him, if he blows off Mikes opinion and trys anyway... Good for him, but he will regret it.
Mike has helped a ton of people (including myself) on this board on everything from headers to headlights.
Originally Posted by upstatemax
I would take BlackbirdVQ's opinion very seriously. He knows what he is talking about and can and I would bet has done everything you can think with a car several times over.
Mike is giving him the facts of life with this swap and IS helping him, if he blows off Mikes opinion and trys anyway... Good for him, but he will regret it.
Mike has helped a ton of people (including myself) on this board on everything from headers to headlights.
Mike is giving him the facts of life with this swap and IS helping him, if he blows off Mikes opinion and trys anyway... Good for him, but he will regret it.
Mike has helped a ton of people (including myself) on this board on everything from headers to headlights.
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Originally Posted by upstatemax
I would take BlackbirdVQ's opinion very seriously. He knows what he is talking about and can and I would bet has done everything you can think with a car several times over.
Mike is giving him the facts of life with this swap and IS helping him, if he blows off Mikes opinion and trys anyway... Good for him, but he will regret it.
Mike has helped a ton of people (including myself) on this board on everything from headers to headlights.
Mike is giving him the facts of life with this swap and IS helping him, if he blows off Mikes opinion and trys anyway... Good for him, but he will regret it.
Mike has helped a ton of people (including myself) on this board on everything from headers to headlights.
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Originally Posted by BlackBIRDVQ
3- sorry that I said engine mount but to me they are all engine mounts regardless if it holds the tranny or the engine. It needs to be welded up as the tranny one is diff between auto and 6spd AND 5spd trannies.
4- I've done it and the shifter linkage will NOT fit in the small hole that is in the firewall. Cable shroud ends are very large and will not fit in the small hole, if it did I wouldn't have to sit there for 2 hours enlarging the hole.
5- ABS has to be moved and lines have to be bent a lil bit- just stating the facts here.
Its not like I just got a licence 2 days ago, and just started posting here bout working on a Maxima. I uphold my comments valid. Show me a 5th gen body trying to fit the shifter linkage though the small AT linkage hole without enlarging and I will be VERY impressed.
4- I've done it and the shifter linkage will NOT fit in the small hole that is in the firewall. Cable shroud ends are very large and will not fit in the small hole, if it did I wouldn't have to sit there for 2 hours enlarging the hole.
5- ABS has to be moved and lines have to be bent a lil bit- just stating the facts here.
Its not like I just got a licence 2 days ago, and just started posting here bout working on a Maxima. I uphold my comments valid. Show me a 5th gen body trying to fit the shifter linkage though the small AT linkage hole without enlarging and I will be VERY impressed.
again on the linkages. they fit through the holes. on my car no holes where enlarged and when maxs did a swap on his 5th gen, he didnt enlarge any holes either.
the abs bracket is didferent on auto and 6 speed but it bolts to the same location.
sure its bolted to the frame on a 6spd car- but automatics would eighter have to have the mount bolted to the frame with nuts welded on from the inside of the frame rail (how do you do that ?) or weld the bracket directly to the chassis like I've done.
Regardless.... dream on bout the conversion.
Regardless.... dream on bout the conversion.
Originally Posted by vsamoylov
How can you say that they are all the same to you. And the 6 spd tranny mount doesnt have to be welded anywhere. it is bolted to the frame. the 5 spd mount and auto mounts are welded to the frame. not the 6 speed mount.
again on the linkages. they fit through the holes. on my car no holes where enlarged and when maxs did a swap on his 5th gen, he didnt enlarge any holes either.
the abs bracket is didferent on auto and 6 speed but it bolts to the same location.
again on the linkages. they fit through the holes. on my car no holes where enlarged and when maxs did a swap on his 5th gen, he didnt enlarge any holes either.
the abs bracket is didferent on auto and 6 speed but it bolts to the same location.
Last time we did a swap on a 5spd the tranny mount waas bolted on,
so what you guys are saying is that this 6spd swap is like a 5spd, just a drop in???
LOL ahahaha
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Originally Posted by SuperStasiu
Last time we did a swap on a 5spd the tranny mount waas bolted on,
so what you guys are saying is that this 6spd swap is like a 5spd, just a drop in???
LOL ahahaha
so what you guys are saying is that this 6spd swap is like a 5spd, just a drop in???
LOL ahahaha
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yeah the bracket on auto and the 5spd is welded to the frame and the mount is on the tranny. you stick a bolt through the mount and the bracket. on the 6sp the mount is bolted to the tranny and the frame so the bracket is gone. and can anybody tell me why people are giving opinions that have never done this swap and dont know what they are talking about?
Originally Posted by vsamoylov
yeah the bracket on auto and the 5spd is welded to the frame and the mount is on the tranny. you stick a bolt through the mount and the bracket. on the 6sp the mount is bolted to the tranny and the frame so the bracket is gone. and can anybody tell me why people are giving opinions that have never done this swap and dont know what they are talking about?
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Originally Posted by nismology
So all you have to do is tap the holes into the frame?
now since there isnt any threads in the frame, you will have to use your head and think of something creative.
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wow I kno how it feels to be 17 and have an auto tranny crap out on you. thank God mine was in my truck and not my max. the whole time it was down for repairs i was saying to myself if it was a manual i wouldnt be having these problems. but dad paid for it and im good. hey if they let you do 6spd swap go for it. i would get a fsm and study the diagrams for differences between auto and manuals though
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