Thread: 5th gear pop out questions.

my car just started 5th gear pop out what should i do to fix it.. new trans? or rebuild? whats the best fix?
please help
thanks

budget?

$1500 or i was thinking just writing the car off and get a 2010 nissan ser spec v just because i dont know if its worth putting into the rusty nx

if you want to stay with 5 speed go with a B15 or P11

there is also the 6 speed swap

i was thinking maybe just get a p11 sr20ve with transmission.. would i need the wiring and computer too? or would mine plug right in?

You have a few options really:

1) Get the 5th gear repair kit from Courtesy Nissan, or from Greg @ G-Spec.com (round $340-$380) - either do the work yourself if you have a place to do it and know how or hire someone to do it. I can tell you now that even with supplying the new parts, an average shop will charge you like $1000 for labor.

2) Find a manual transmission from a wrecked SR20DE powered vehicle and swap it, and hope that it itself doesn't have the 5th gear problem, or that it doesn't develop it.

3) Sell the car for cheaper and tell the buyer about the problem.

4) Continue to drive it in 4th gear max.

Or if ur confident in taking it on yourself flip the 5th gear syncro, I did it recently to my transmission.. So far so good. Didn't cost me a dime either..

VERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY interesting. Did you possibly make up some sort of a write up about doing this.. or at least catalogue it at all... have not heard of this method..

Find a used tranny and swap it in unless you know how to dissamble gear stacks thats what Id recommend. Cheapest and easiest way to do things if you decide to keep it.

Problem with this is that most of the time the shifter fork needs to be replaced. Then u flip the gear and a few months down the line the problem is back. Get the kit from greg, if your s3t on a new car then do it