What I'v done so far...
-Injector Cleaner, Engine Gum Out Cleaner
-Oil/Filter Change
-Installed new Tranny (I rebuilt)
-New Intake Lower/Upper Gaskets

Problem 1- Car starts great idles and revs to 5 grand just fine although when i get on the street it has no power to accel moves real slow and such.. will also die when driving slowly..

Problem 2, i'v bled the brakes (front disc) and my pedal with the car on still goes to the floor barely resting my foot on it

Problem 3, The shifter select is off by one like R is N D is R and its all messed up

 

Brake wise it could be the master cylinder itself. On my 90 it went out and did the same thing. Had a new one put in and it was perfect. You may bleed all four corners first just to make sure but if that doesn't work then I'd say for sure its the MC.

Problem 1 could potentially be the tranny. I drove a Maxima once that was incredibly slow. I believe it was due to it being in 3rd gear (maybe 2nd, can't remember). There's a feature that puts the tranny into 2nd or 3rd gear for very cold mornings to allow the tranny to warm up. Could be a temp sensor or possible wire issue. I've not messed with the autos a whole lot though so I could be totally wrong. Something to look for though.

 

Well the car was fine before tranny swap the deal is most of the time reverse is reverse but N isnt N unless i goto Drive and go back and so on its off by 1 thing..

I did some more stuff to the car today

-PCV Valve
-NGK Spark Plugs
-Few New Vent Hoses
-Fuel Filter


and the power issue is an exhaust leak I guess its lose somewhere it backfires out one of the manifolds it never did this before I took the intake off, ill retighten the exhaust and such tomorrow again

 

#3 Shifter Bushing

 

Did you take the distributor out?

Sounds like it's out of time..

 

we moved it as in take the cap off and move it.. that could be a posibility, how to go about reseting it and such? i never even though about that.. wooho might have found a problem

 

bumpp

 

replaced the master cylinder (did bench bleed) and bleed all the brakes 2 times there was no air at all.. still very limp pedal the booster is getting lots of vacum (pulled hose)


Also the car smells and (has smelled) like it needs a tune up I guess it smells like raw exhaust (not oil its coming from tailpipe) what would I check had alittle bit of white smoke on startup to?? I have a 94 firebird with no cats or emissions at all and doesnt smell like this

 

sounds a little like it's flooding. did you remove and reseat the injectors by chance?

 

never messed with them should I take them out and put them back in

 

btw the car will idle fine for as long as its running just smells bad im thinking cat or muffler?

 

I'm with greeny on the timing...if you moved the distributor you def threw off your timing.. believe me I've had trouble with mine and the timing was the issue on it

 

Well my mechanic friend came over today and looked (he built my firebird's 355) went to school and such.. told me I had an exhuast leak still (ticking) thought it was lifters but u can hear the lifters its a softer real low hum of ticking... its coming from the back manifold im sure thats not helpnig the car.. he said nissans usualy dont have te best manifolds and like to leak I figured id tighten them up some any suggestions?

Also both my front tires are making squeeling noises I jacked it up took tires off and let the rotors spin still does it, i think its where te axles come in contact with the hub's was i suppose to regrease those things? :

Transmission Shifter Problem is the cable has about a inch of slack my mechanic showed me how to check, nowonder

And my brakes are working good now

 

Well for the exhaust I can probably say its the exhaust studs.

As for the ticking, if your timing is way off or too advanced it can cause pinging especially if you dont use 93 octane. Mine was doing that before adjusting timing. Its not too bad now.

If its squeeling when you spin the rotor then your pads are bad but it shouldn't spin too easily even when its on Neutral..as long as the axles dont click when you turn or boots arent ripped they should be ok.

Thats my .02

 

Here show this pick to your mechanic

Man I've been pimpin' this picture out all day, I should like copyright it or something right?

 

I would look at the backing plates, and make sure the calipers are moving freely, also did you use new hardware on the front calipers?

 

if you didn't mess with them in the first place then that proably isn't the problem. i was just guessing from the symptoms you described. if an o-ring is damaged or not sealing properly it will flood the cylinder causing the car to run like crap, die and put out white exhaust which smells a little odd. if it's a vg though, it's not as likely to happen. btw: how did you end up getting that band back in the tranny?

 

in response to a few of the things

backing plates? dust plates?? are out of the way .. calipers are working fine the brakes are brand new basicaly (previous owner just put them on b4 tranny went) car is ticking like a exhaust leak goes faster with the engine also the exhaust coming out the muffler is in puffs its like the car has a lope or something cant tell from the front but when u walk around back

Never ****ed with them, the band I took out the whole piston assembly, i held the band in closed and lined it up while someone pushed the piston springs and snapring in and wholla

BTW anyone have a shifter cable? mine has .5-1 inch of slack in it (ya i cant find gears sitting in the car)

and I drained the tranny 2.5 more quarts today still reading 9 inches up the dipstick should I just let it all out and put 7.5 in?

 

 

btw my mechanic has worked on 300's so once i popped the hood he knew what was going on lol.. the rear manifold i went to tighten the bolts and well one was jsut in there it was broken in half.. the same thing with the front manifold (its not leaking though) only the back one.. i know i could drill it out but it will be a tight fit any suggestions im sure it wont pass emissions leaking

 

it should pass emissions even with a leak. it's probably so small that it will HELP you pass (diluted exhaust)
I had a leaky exhaust on my 1st VE and it passed emissions fine

 

help me pass well thats good, the car smells like **** its not leaking idles fine and for the $600 iv spend tuning it up new tranny and such (including buying the car) its been well spent a friends probably gonna buy the car but someday ill probably get another max seems like a nice car

Getting Problems sorted out everyday it will be in good running order pretty soon I hope... theres that damn squeling noise from both sides real bad on drivers i took off the tires its coming from where the shaft meets the hub? im kinda confused and the passender side drags while the driver spins fast like the tranny is putting more out to one side or the brakes are dragging (what i bet it is) but the noise Im clueless???

Can the transmission cable be adjusted or is it just bad with that inch slack and its trash time with it

 

bump