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2010-12-01 18:27:47

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Originally Posted by BenFenner

Except for that open diff tranny.

New headliner is a DIY job for $60 by the way.

Yeah, the open tranny sucks. I wasn't too concerned about the headliner either. It's an easy fix. I was watching "Trucks" on Spike the other day and they showed how to re-cover one. Looked like the hardest part is just removing it.

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2010-12-01 18:28:18

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Originally Posted by BenFenner

Except for that open diff tranny.

New headliner is a DIY job for $60 by the way.

Not even

Joannes fabrics, like most times, currently has a 50% off single cut fabrics coupon in their flyer at the front of the store. I just picked up 3 yards of microsuede for <$10. The headliner/carpet adhesive came from Advanced Auto for $13. Grand total of $23 and an expected ~1hour self labor (Not my first, nor my fifteenth rodeo with redoing headliners).

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2010-12-01 18:29:30

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Originally Posted by Tommy
Yeah, the open tranny sucks. I wasn't too concerned about the headliner either. It's an easy fix. I was watching "Trucks" on Spike the other day and they showed how to re-cover one. Looked like the hardest part is just removing it.

Got that right. Hardest part is getting the B pillars off.

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Originally Posted by wnwright

Do heroin at a keg party with Molly, drunk at a strip club, while banging a hooker... In Vegas.

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2010-12-01 18:31:43

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Don't rush a headliner job though. Spray both the headliner and the back of the new fabric. Stretching it back and smoothing it over ~6" at a time.

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Originally Posted by wnwright

Do heroin at a keg party with Molly, drunk at a strip club, while banging a hooker... In Vegas.

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2010-12-01 20:12:30

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Originally Posted by Rittmeister

I'm surprised a 94 has 5th gear popout. Does it also have the high-port (earlier) engine? If so, it's a super-early 94. The consensus is that Nissan solved the 5th-gear issue by the 93 model year, so I'd be wary of that.

Originally Posted by BenFenner

I'm not surprised about the 5th gear pop out one bit.
Fifth Gear Popout Poll Results Table

Things got significantly better in 1995 but the problem was not completely fixed and certainly 1994 cars had the same failure rate as the earlier models.

Sorry Rittmiester, I'm with Ben on this one. Read/researched about it and even argued....uh...debated about it on the forums a bunch. I've got way too much personal experience with B13 trannies breaking. Two professional rebuilds (one under warranty) on my original tranny, then it broke again.

As Ben pointed out, in '94 or '95 Nissan put a band-aid on the damn compound fracture issue.

B15 LSD tranny from Greg V, Miko Tranny Saver bracket, G-spec Stage 3 Clutch Package, Redline MT90 (?) the light stuff, and Prothanes all around. Fixed.

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