How do I prolong the life of my tranny? I searched, nothing good....

 

auto or manual?

either way, take care of it and replace the fluid

FYI, your car is majestic blue

 

http://www.samarins.com/maintenance/transmain.html

 

Thanks, and btw I know and its an auto. lol. Well, not it should be easier to kill mine so I just move on with a new tranny. This should be fun.

 

Yeah, so basically I really need to know how to blow this tranny without doing damage to the rest of the car.

 

Okaaaay.... can I ask why?

 

Becuase the tranny is going to go soon enough. The car is under warrenty until November. Thus, im trying to get it while its still under warrenty.

 

N + 6550 RPM + D = New tranny time.

 

nissan put one thing on an auto to protect it...you cant nuetral drop it (im pretty sure)

 

GM's have this safety feature....

Not the A Maximas (32/33/33B) I've done it by accident a few times, not anywhere near that RPM though, still does it and can make some cringe.

I know for a fact 3rd gens didn't have the safety feature...

But there's only one way to find out and why not on the OP's Maxima since he wants to seek the death penalty for his tranny.

 

I used to neutral drop my 97 SE Maxima. Not often, but when I wanted to make a nice burn-out show it worked well for me. Dunno how much damage I did to my tranny, by brother wrecked it before tranny went bad. But I know it did sustain a beating and kept on going.

 

Drive w/ no trans fluid?

 

That's another good option..

 

ya'll realize that the warranty is void if the damage is cause by owner neglect

 

Well, obviously fill it up before you take it in...

 

but everything will be burnt on the inside. they will see burnt tranny fluid which means it was driver without enough fluid

 

We're getting here...

He wants to prolong the life of his tranny..

 

D+ 70mph + P or R or 1 x 5 = death

 

The tranny wont let you go into any foward gear(1-4) that will over rev.. That I do know.

 

I thought he wanted to kill it... there's plenty of obvious ways to go about ruining your transmission.. jsut be smart about it- remember, you don't want the service guys to get suspicious...

Prolong the life? make sure the fluids always clean, don't drive like you stole the car.. get a tranny cooler too maybe..

 

Ill feel bad doing nuetral drops and all that- I love my car to much. But I really do a new tranny, and I cant do something like drive with no fluid- to obvious. Ill just keep downshifting into 1st doing 35. And more redline driving. Plus, I think this tranny is slowing me down, the car doesnt pull like a 3.5 should, even with TC off.

 

No, he's trying to ruin it to get a new one under warranty.

 

My 03' SE Auto has 68K on it's original transmission. I go to a place called "Transmedic", every 15K miles. They do a fluid / filter / gasket change for $69. It's not a flush either. That does not get everything out. Just had it done last week. There was no debris on the pan magnets. No sign of wear & tear.

Just service it and drive the car w/ respect. Beating on it is everyone's option, but it costs, and that's common sense. Enjoy it however you decide to drive it...

 

Unfortunately the car won't move without fluid in it. Your best bet to kill it, would be to bypass the trans cooler temporarily and run the car in drive at the stall point untill the converter fries. Then, tow it to Nissan and if they try to put just a converter in it, ***** up a storm and insist that the tranny is also bad. The technician will want to do a whole tranny anyways, so if the converter doesn't fix it he won't have to do the job over. Good luck.

 

Not judging from the OP... 'How Do I prolong the life.......:"

 

is it such a good idea to discuss how to illegally get a dealer to replace a part due to forceful destruction which is technically fraud and post it in a public forum?

heh my tranny is going too but i will have to pay for it

 

Try this; put in D step on brake HARD, floor gas pedal and hold until tranny overheats and dies!!!

 

that will do nothing to the tranny

 

Hey I got a question, my max is at 90000 miles and my warranty goes at 100K, I was wondering if I should neutral drop my tranny and kill it or would the dealership know that i did that and not replace it under warranty


What you guys think?

 

My ex did this in my old camry by accident. She went from D to R at 65mph while I was driving. The car jerked twice hard throwing me forward, the car died and every single light on the dash lit up. I pulled the car off the highway turned it off put the shifter into P waited a sec turned the key and it fired right up. Said quietly to myself "here we go" moved the shift lever from P to D and took my foot off the brakes. The car started rolling forward. It was TOTALLY fine and never gave me a problem for the next 15k miles I had the car

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...38&postcount=5

 

Seems as if either he wants to prolong the life of his new tranny, or kill his old one.. either way./

 

Originally Posted by NEED2BFAST
Try this; put in D step on brake HARD, floor gas pedal and hold until tranny overheats and dies!!!Originally Posted by NEED2BFAST
So it doesn't heat up the tranny? News to me. When you use the foot brake as a trans brake it does overheat the tranny. This I know for a FACT, unless my trans temp guage malfunctions only when I foot brake it!!!

 

serious? that's a suprise.. I wonder what acutally happens then when you do that then.. ? I guess it makes sense that the computer wouldn't let the gears change at speeds like that - since it would just destroy itself...

 

Also, Nissan says that when on a hill, you shouldn't use the engine to keep the car in a neutral position as it will overheat the transmission.. Any more details on how this DOESNT hurt the car?

 

Yeah, I guess some people think needlessly spinning the torque converter just circulates the fluid and cools the tranny