Okay. so all the parts are already in the car.. for some reason my fuel pump died
while the car was being worked on by the first mechanic, he did everything except for the transmount which needed to be cut off and replaced.


so my car is put together now, i replaced the guts of the fuel pump myself and gave it to my second mechanic who did the transmount.


Problem is that the car wont start. It has a auto tranny tcm, set to park, starter cranks and fuel presure builds up, but car doesnt start. Any thoughts??? Thanx .


It has been three months since i drove the car, i almost bought a 300zx planning to sell the max after its up And running just because im so sick of this, hopefully i can get through this and keep the max.....thanx again all for any input






p.s. I oposted the same in general, but realised that more people were on here...

 

Sounds like a lot of work and headaches with a high probability of bad reliability issues.

Shoulda just sold the auto car and bought a manual one!

 

too many mods to take off, incuding body kit...

 

Sounds like an ignition issue. Maybe the key chip needs to be re-programmed.
I don't know if you need a M/T ECU for this swap or not.

 

thanx man. I am thinking aout getting a tcm, but it takes time to get here. also the tranny i got was a 6-speed so im not sure if i should get a tcm from a 6-speed or a 5-speed since my car is a 2000.

 

Might also wanna check the crank sensors, might have knocked loose while putting the new trans in.

 

i dunno, i believe the mech checked em, cause he seemed to have done a good job, but ill ask. thanx man

 

I don't think you can get a 6-spd to work in the 2000 that easily. Getting a 5spd to work would probably be a breeze...but a 6spd? And if I were you, I'd get a TCM that came with the 02...that is if you can even get your car to properly run with this tranny. :\

 

yikes.

ill probably have to do taht. will i have any issues running a 2k2 tcm with a 2k ecu? thanx

 

I'd imagine you would. I know someone here did a 6spd conversion to his 5spd and I know that it was not an easy job -- lots of crap you have to tinker with. I highly suggest you find a 5spd engine instead.

 

blackbyrd did it. i dont think the sp for his name is correct. but he did the auto to 6sp swap..

 

what did he have to do to make it work? do u have the link to that thread by chance?

 

just cause i am a good orger:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=326319

 

Ding! Thanks, Zippin. MJK, time to start rethinking your decision.

(Also: MJK = Maynard James Keenan? 'Cuz if so, Tool and APC rocks!!!)

 

this is the same car

 

Damn, you're right. So they're still having problems. Damn...

 

well. he couldnt do the transmount because it needed to be cu off and a new one welded on and he didnt have the equipment. Since the fuel pump was bad we assumed it would run if it was replaced, but it did not....

 

Well, whatever the case, let us know on your progress. It'd be great to see you as the first 3.0 5th gen with a 6spd.

 

kool, thanx man

 

its weird how the car started up on a Mustang Walbro pump for me in NEUTRAL. You sure that when they welded the new mount on they didn't fry out the electronics ? check if your getting spark and fuel injector pulse width. Unplug the MAF and see if it will start without it also. Make sure the crank sensor on the bottom of the tranny didn't get unplugged somehow- which I know is there cause I was reading the signal off it via Consult II. I gave up on the project after waiting for the fuel pump for a long time. It fired up for me with a Walbro for a Stang.

 

thats right i forgot about that mustang pump, damn it has been a while. Now Im even more confused. Im gonna go down there tomoro and see.. geez.
Thanks for replying man.

 

okay , so i towed the car home after unsuccessful attempts to get it running...
i saw a plug, pluged in under the car which i assume to be the crank sensor... any more ideas??? thank you

 

i talked to the guy he says tht the spark plugs are firing, injectors are pulsating.
When i try to start it, it cranks and after a while there is a loud pop out of the exhaust. Also smoke comes out of the muffler when cranking, maybe cause it was sitting for a while...

 

 

im starting to think i may have been ****ed by people. i dont see why the car doesnt start. exhaust smells like gas =/ im gonna try ****ing with the sparkys myself... damn it

 

no, not that mjk, sorry

 

okay, so i tried no maf and it didnt do anything. I also tried taking out the engine control fuse, and that didnt do a thing either...

i thoguht i had it figured because i saw a plug (that sits on top of and injector ) with one of its wires exposed and ripped up a bit... fixed it but still nothing. gonna order tcm on mon.... just shoot me

 

tonight i swaped the coils adn plugs, man were they dirty after 74k miles. anyway, still no go. I'm thinknig about getting a brand new fuel pump, or taking it to a shop that specializes in transmissions and swaps, to see whats up. Only way I can find out exacly wtf is wrong

 

today my obd error code scanner came in. it gave me code P0464 WHICH MEANS Fuel level sensor circuit intermittent

the code came up when i was cranking the car..

anyone have a clue????

 

bigdogjonx did the swap and it worked for him. i feel bad that you are having problems with it..

 

Wild guess: Maybe something's not plugged in relating to the fuel sensor?

 

ya me 2 =/

thank you

 

hmm. i'll look into it
thanx