for those who remember, I had problems with my reverse gear before sticking in gear. I havent had problems with it for months until today. I was "drag strip prepped" with the stereo out and the stock rims back on. I headed up with friends and their 64 Impala and 68 Camaro. For once in my life I was driving normal, I put the transmission in 3rd gear and all of the sudden I heard this very loud clunking noise. Immediately I pulled over. I knew exactly what was a matter, reverse probably worked itself out of the fork or the gear dislodged itself and shattered. So I got in somebody else's car and went to the drag strip. Then I had the car rollbacked home. I really dont feel like pulling the transmission again but it looks like I have no choice. As always I'll keep everybody posted.

P.S. As you see in this post its purely informative and I'm not blaming anybody. So I DONT want to hear 'its because you beat the F outta your car' etc.

 

That sucks.

 

I'm sorry, man. Trannies can be such <insert plural foul word here> anyway, no matter what car you have. This one kid I know who has a foxbody Stang blows up at least one tranny a season.

 

Sorry to hear about your luck Eric

 

Sell the car.


And I promised I would do this WHEN, not if, the tranny blew again:


http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=137909

 

Man I feel for you. Nothing like doing all that work only to have it die on ya (been there done that ). I suppose your going to part out the car right?

 

dang Eric you're going to be the one person in north america with the most knowledge on maximas trannies!!!!!

 

he's going to work on the tranny and all, why does everyone act like he gave up on the maxima and selling his car?

 

Alright I got the transmission pulled. I opened it up. Much to my dismay, it was not the problem of what I thought it was. 3rd gear was blown, there was no problem with reverse. Last time I had tranny trouble, I blew second gear. What really strikes me as odd, is that I was driving very gently yesterday when it happened. It also happened after I put the car in 3rd gear with the clutch fully engaged. I honestly was not flogging the F outta it whatsoever and it just happened out of the clear blue. So much for cryogenic treatment as well. It probably would have been better if it had happened while I was going down the drag strip since it would have been more memorable. But on the bright side, goodthing it did not happen when I was clubbin the night before celebrating my birthday as that woulda been a real spoiler (no I didnt drive that night).

Since I'm now 21 (mind you, this happened the day AFTER my birthday) I might as well go buy some booze and take a few shots before I think of what to do next.

 

Back away Bill, he is not complaining, he is trying to figure out what went wrong. I know Eric and he is good guy. He does some crazy things once in a while. We are all human, let him figure out his next step and don't harrass him. Have you ever done anything stupid in your life???? I know I have I am not saying anything bad towards you or saying all of Eric's actions are smart. Let it be....

Jason

 

Damn man, how the hell do you blow those gears like that?

 

i always thot u had a level ten auto tranny... i'm sorry to hear ur misfortune

 

I dunno, I wasnt hot rodding it at all. Driving very gentle infact. It didnt even happen during a shift. This makes me upset.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hreadid=137909

 

I promised to remind him when he had issues in the future, and he did. I just made good on my promise.