OK, apparently in the '05 six speed they made the 3rd gear better. It should be an easy choice, but it is on back order. So I can get the '04 HLSD in a few days and it could take weeks to get the '05. Does anyone know if the difference is worth the wait?

 

so are the 04 max se 6 speed are 5 speed mines auto

 

The 3rd gear issue with the synchro was fixed starting in 2004.

 

I was referring the the manual six speed.

I'm not sure what the problem was, I think my car was late '04 so I don't think it has that issue. How bad is it?

 

I just bought a used 05 SE and funny enough they told me the transmission had just been taken out and a new 3rd gear synchro put in. It shifts fine but just started leaking fluid a little between the case halves.

I don't want to hijack your thread, but are the gear ratios the same in all the 6 speeds? Also would a 6 speed out of an 02-03 fit fine in an 05? This thing sucks in the snow with an open diff.

 

I looked at the diagrams when I was looking and they don't even look close to the same, but I don't know for sure. I was just going to order a new HLSD from Courtesy Nissan, but ended up finding an '04 HLSD here on the board. I got really lucky. As for the 6th gens, from what I understand, the gear ratios are all the same.