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Old Nov 11, 2015 | 02:23 PM
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Six speed swap

Need a list of all the parts necessary for a proper six speed swap. I just want a checklist of everything I need so when I get there I have it. Going from auto to six speed on a 2002.
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 03:50 PM
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Old tranny is that fcuked huh ?
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 03:52 PM
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This will give you an idea:
http://www.dynomagic.com/5spd_conversion.htm
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If you can find a trashed hlsd car, that would be ideal and pretty inexpensive.
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Old tranny is that fcuked huh ?
Yea think bands/clutches are fried.
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 06:46 PM
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If you can find a trashed hlsd car, that would be ideal and pretty inexpensive.
Yea but I need quick turn around. I'm driving with two 1/2 won't shift into 3/4. Got a weird code thru nissan for 1st gear function. I have 1st though. It's like it falls out of second into neutral when it's supposed to be shifting into 3rd.
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Do I need to swap out my ecu or no?
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Mattx
Yea but I need quick turn around. I'm driving with two 1/2 won't shift into 3/4. Got a weird code thru nissan for 1st gear function. I have 1st though. It's like it falls out of second into neutral when it's supposed to be shifting into 3rd.
I meant use it as a parts car b/c you'll have literally everything you need with no hunting.

Did you try a solenoid cleaner in the trans?
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 07:42 PM
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I meant use it as a parts car b/c you'll have literally everything you need with no hunting. Did you try a solenoid cleaner in the trans?
Here's what I did. I had the pan off twice. Not a tremendous amount of shavings but more than I saw previously. So I cleaned pan up took that bulls**t filter off cleaned that real good and sprayed at least one closer to two bottles of electric cleaner and really made sure valve body and solenoids got a good cleaning. At this point I'm not sure if I want to keep throwing money at stuff unless I knew for sure the problem. You know what I mean? Spare parts car would be great but not something I can do right now.
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Anyone know if the ecu is necessAry to swap to get the cAr up and running?? Not worried about cel right now. I'm looking for what parts I need to have this car driving again
Old Nov 11, 2015 | 09:29 PM
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Anyone know if the ecu is necessAry to swap to get the cAr up and running?? Not worried about cel right now. I'm looking for what parts I need to have this car driving again
IIRC, no. It will run but throw a code.

Unplug your tranny and you'll have your definitive answer (no reason it shouldn't run fine).

Now, I've read on other cars about unplugging the TCM or clipping a wire that disables it and won't throw a code. Idk if it applies here, but interesting.
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Like I told you, you can have my trans for free.99
Old Nov 12, 2015 | 03:52 AM
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Like I told you, you can have my trans for free.99
99 auto?
Old Nov 12, 2015 | 03:54 AM
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Like I told you, you can have my trans for free.99
I'll take it I just don't remember you telling me that.
Old Nov 12, 2015 | 07:08 AM
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So nobody can give me a list of all necessary parts to swap auto to six speed in 5.5 gen? I read through the link supplied but it's for 4th gen 5 speed one of them doesn't have abs. So I'm not sure it's the same. I'm looking for a list so I can go over it with donor car.
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https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...ap-thread.html
https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...nto-5-5-a.html
https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...care-only.html
https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...peed-swap.html
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I can only imagine how pissed SoonerFan would be

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I can only imagine how pissed SoonerFan would be
The only thing I have is my phone. When I search with it almost every time I get some kind of error message. I'm not a computer guy as it is so.
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Old Nov 14, 2015 | 05:02 PM
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Honestly?? It's sooooooo much easier if you have a parts car to pretty much transplant everything over. The parts list isn't too bad, but if you bought all the parts separately itd take a while as well as be a big pita I've done the swap ecu and all, because Ontario sucks for etest BS.
Like I said though I had a parts car, picked it up for cheap with hlsd. Made money off the sale of parts locally and still have some left. The good ones i kept for myself.
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You will forever have hole in the shifter area which is noisy but a good thick shifter boot will fix that problem.

Get a parts car or you'll kill yourself

If the parts car is not HLSD then there's two options
-- find a Spec V transmission from a Sentra, swap the internals over.

-- Find a generation 6 maxima HLSD transmission somewhere

Info on the different transmission options

http://www.sr20-forum.com/driveline-...s-results.html

I had shop do the conversion using spec v parts and it's got more "guts" for city but highway is annoying due to high rpm causing exhaust drone...

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