Come on.... no way you removed the tranny on your back. I seen the video, but just cant believe it....wow. And you were calm and joyful the entire time... i cant even change my air filter without saying every curse word ever written, throwing my tools, insulting my GF, and chasing every squirrel that was laughing at me in the process
Great video. I’ve been searching for a walkthrough of replacing the transmission mount on my 2000 Xterra 4x4. This is the only video reference I’ve found that details this process. Thank you good sir!
Well Nathan I've changed timing belts with ya,aligned my tires, fixed a clock spring and countless other videos with ya. Now I'm dropping my transmission and fixing a rear main seal. You're damn good and I really appreciate what you're doing! I've got 2 xterras. A 2000 and a 2001. 200 has 230,000 on it and the 01 is about to hit 350,000. Both still going strong.
Fabulous video....really appreciate the effort you went to in documenting all of this. Sure gonna make it easier for me tomorrow (hopefully a 1 day deal to complete with your help). At any rate....kudos to you for taking the time and the effort to make our mechanical lives better!
Thank you so much for your videos. I've wrenched on plenty of cars over the past 20 years but never owned a Nissan before. Buying a 2001 Xterra soon. Going to do the head gaskets and several other maintenance items. Feeling much more confident thanks to your videos. Cheers 😁
Hi Nathan. I have reviewed this video about 10 times now as I am going through the process of removing the transmission from an 01 Xterra. Just about to take the torque converter bolts out tomorrow. Then I will be going through the process again as I remove the transmission from an 03 Xterra that will be the donor vehicle for a ton of parts the 01 needs. The 01 seems to have a good running engine.The 03 was rolled so no longer driveable. The engine seems pretty decent in the 03 but is showing a cyl.#5 misfire. I will try to sort that out before I take it apart. Thanking you for making this video. Bob in Idaho
Nice!!! Could be a burnt valve. Do a liquid test on the head when its off to make sure its not cracked. All tho i never had to many heads that get cracked or warped for that matter. Hope you have a warm garage ;)
@@FixingWithPassion Do you mean head gaskets? I'm hoping for a bad coil or spark plug or something easy like that. It will be nice to have a spare engine . Happy New Year by the way.
Im doing this job on a 2004 that has 277,000 miles and no reverse, the one exhaust manifold bolt on the pass side i cant seem to get to, i pulled the 02 sensor out on the drivers side, and your right the bolts are so tight in this vehichle
The reverse just went out in my 03 xterra. After seeing this video and your comment on the bucks... the fact that I bought it for 2000 bucks 4 years ago means it's probably not worth the grief and the money to fix. Sad..
Watching from Lake County Ca. My transmission is leaking from the same spot and from the pan. Also both exhaust manifolds are cracked AGAIN, gonna start with that then possibly try my luck on the transmission. My mechanic has COVID and will be out for a month and he charges me 600 to do the trans
If you left the ratcheting wrench on the nut at the same time using the impact on the bolt when you took of the torsion bar you think it woudve worked?
All bets are the oil pan real seal...may as well do the rear main seal also. No video on that but who know...maybe someday. But by the time you drop the transmission, you can do both. Front dff drop is no picnic either!
I've been trying to find the selenoid harness pigtail location in the engine bay. From what I've found it is that blue plug on top of the air intake manifold. You grab and show the o2 pigtails in the video if I'm right. Can you confirm? My selenoid wires burned above the transmission and I'm looking to cut and splice them but first I want to know I'm yanking the right wires out lol. Ty
Unfortunately no. It comes down above the cat for about 6 inches and disappears again. Looks like it was burned resting on the cat so I was able to push it up and away from the cat. A tab but further down the transmission I can see wires again but not sure if it's part of the same harness to be honest. After pushing the burned part away from exhaust I'm no longer having issues/code so it's got to be part of the selenoid harness. Only wire visible was solid yellow but every diagram I read said it should be L/Y blue yellow....I did find a diagram for 2000 that shows the pigtails you grabbed as being correct though. I guess my next task would be to try and remove the exhaust (need a sawzall lol) and ohm/ OL the wire to the pigtails above. One diagram shows the pigtail should be like a 20pin connector and it would be 14 for B and 15 for A. Sry if this is a jumbled mess I'm just waking up for work. I appreciate your response. In the a.m. I will take a picture and give a link here
That black plate that you have to put the starter bolts through at 51:50 , does anyone know what that is called???? I need to get a new gasket for it :(
Nice detail. But you don't need to drop the transmission to replace the oil pan gasket. Just drop the front doing and cross embers and remove the starter
I was wondering that very thing. I watched a couple videos and it seems the gasket on the oil pan is known to get brittle. It’s a u shaped insert that is flexible when new, but goes solid and brittle over time. I may try to do this on my 2004 frontier 2wd 3.3. If I can remedy the leak without dropping the trans, that would be amazing
for some reason I cannot put the torque convert bolt back in since the gap between the flywheel and torque is too big,and the torque converter bolt are too short
@@FixingWithPassion should I try to pull the torque converter forward to the flywheel?If so, what is the best way to do it without taking the transmittion out again? Thank you for the respond
all I can do is just sticking my fingers into the hole where the starter is and try to spin the torque converter by feeling.But seems like I can't close the gap between torque converter and the flywheel no matter how many times I spinning the torque converter
4 days to remove all that. You didn't even show the reassembly. The shop wants $1500 to do this. I'm trying to decide which way to go. They warranty their work. I'd hate to go back in later because I missed something. 😪
Did that half plate dust cover go in front of or behind the full plate behind the flywheel??? I put mine on behind (towards back of the car) and i think it may have misaligned the input shaft enough to make my pilot bushing squeal.
Another great video. I have been debating on whether I have a rear main seal oil leak or the rear of the oil pan seal. I had read on forums that it is most common to be the oil pan. I was planning on doing the oil pan this winter to see if that fixed it. Based on the geometry of the area...you can replace the oil pan RTV without removing the transmission, right? Removing the transmission removal is only to get to the rear main seal?
you said the sealant is fine and its an oil pan leak so do you think taking the transmission off is not needed or its still required in order to change that pan gasket
After I removed the automatic transmission from my 2001 Frontier 3.3 King cab AT and re-installed it all is good except 4wd. When I put the 4wd shifter to it's neutral the ATP light comes on and if I try to get it into 4wd Low it grinds gears loudly. I can't get it into 2wd again because it grinds too. I then can't put the transmission back into park without grinding. I have to turn off the engine, put it into park and put the 4wd shifter back into 2wd and all is fine until I try to put it back into 4wd again. Also, this might be normal but when I have it in 2wd and I put it into neutral while in the air, the rear wheels spin while it's on blocks off of the ground....any ideas?
I thought i was tuff when i took out my sway bars and links and put in poly bushings, but you sir have cannon balls compared to me this looks like a tiresome pain in the ass. I just noticed a oil leak on my 97 path yesterday up in there somewhere i cant see. How much money is this job?
Merry x mas I have a question its worth buy a used trasmision with 96k on it with 12 months warranty or get a rebuild one with 5 years warranty ??? my frontier has 164.908 miles 3.3 4x4 need a suggestion
one thing is for sure Nissan engineers didnt mess around when making repair work jobs from hell. Try replacing valve cover gaskets, front seals. .... Worst thing I have seen of all is replacing a heater core. to really get at you have to almost dismantle the entire dash including the metal frame cross bar.
Well I hope my oil leak isn't the rear main seal, what a bunch of PITA (Pain In The Arse). My wife would be up my butt if I had to spend so much time fixing it , she'd be like I'll just keep adding oil. But awesome tutorial buddy
Question , What do you think odds of buying a used eBay ECM for a Nissan and not having to get it reprogrammed to Match your Security System lockout in your Nissan. Seems most times the key chip wouldnt recognize new ECM OR ECU.
Nathan i ordered a new front pump and reverse hub that goes behind it but apparently there are two different pumps for these transmissions. the new one i got has a hole for a speed sensor, or crank sensor but my sensor is in the top of the bellhousing, all the bolt holes line up, i wonder if it would still work? the original one out of the truck is on the right facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3767692239909895&set=pcb.3767692283243224&type=3&theater
@@FixingWithPassion My 00 X has 210k and runs fine. I’ve done all the maintenance myself. The only thing that is beginning to happen is the transmission is a bit soft on shifting when cold. I’m thinking I will keep this old boy running forever and may attempt the transmission pull. Thanks for the posting the video. It doesn’t look too bad, but definitely has some tricky parts to it.
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Come on.... no way you removed the tranny on your back. I seen the video, but just cant believe it....wow. And you were calm and joyful the entire time... i cant even change my air filter without saying every curse word ever written, throwing my tools, insulting my GF, and chasing every squirrel that was laughing at me in the process
Thank you so much for this video! I just replaced the transmission on my 2000 xterra. I couldn't have done it without your video and all the details!
Nice!!
Great video. I’ve been searching for a walkthrough of replacing the transmission mount on my 2000 Xterra 4x4. This is the only video reference I’ve found that details this process. Thank you good sir!
Nice!
Well Nathan I've changed timing belts with ya,aligned my tires, fixed a clock spring and countless other videos with ya. Now I'm dropping my transmission and fixing a rear main seal. You're damn good and I really appreciate what you're doing! I've got 2 xterras. A 2000 and a 2001. 200 has 230,000 on it and the 01 is about to hit 350,000. Both still going strong.
Great!!
Absolutely in my opinion the Best tutorial I've found on RUclips. Very detailed and informative. Camera shots were Great. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, what a huge job!..You have the most patience of any person I've ever seen!..Great descriptive video, best Ive seen on here.
Nice! Its still going today!
@@FixingWithPassion Do you have the video for re-installation, part 2, I can't find it?
Fabulous video....really appreciate the effort you went to in documenting all of this. Sure gonna make it easier for me tomorrow (hopefully a 1 day deal to complete with your help). At any rate....kudos to you for taking the time and the effort to make our mechanical lives better!
Thanks!! Good Luck!
Thank you so much for your videos. I've wrenched on plenty of cars over the past 20 years but never owned a Nissan before. Buying a 2001 Xterra soon. Going to do the head gaskets and several other maintenance items. Feeling much more confident thanks to your videos. Cheers 😁
Nice!!
Watching from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan!! Cheers and amazing video!!
Nice!!
Just started this job in a 20° snow storm. This video has been a life saver
Hi Nathan. I have reviewed this video about 10 times now as I am going through the process of removing the transmission from an 01 Xterra. Just about to take the torque converter bolts out tomorrow. Then I will be going through the process again as I remove the transmission from an 03 Xterra that will be the donor vehicle for a ton of parts the 01 needs. The 01 seems to have a good running engine.The 03 was rolled so no longer driveable. The engine seems pretty decent in the 03 but is showing a cyl.#5 misfire. I will try to sort that out before I take it apart. Thanking you for making this video. Bob in Idaho
Nice!!! Could be a burnt valve. Do a liquid test on the head when its off to make sure its not cracked. All tho i never had to many heads that get cracked or warped for that matter. Hope you have a warm garage ;)
Always the gaskets!
@@FixingWithPassion Do you mean head gaskets? I'm hoping for a bad coil or spark plug or something easy like that. It will be nice to have a spare engine . Happy New Year by the way.
Awesome Video. Really great step by step explanation.
Nice!
Love the tip for the converter bolts helped me out big time.
Thanks!!
Time to do my transmission on a Nissan frontier 3.3 4x4 thanks for the video
Nice!!
You are Amazing...iu was hoping i didn't have to take out that front Transfer CASE!!! Haleuia!!! That is no FUN!!!! Thank you
Great!!
Amazing video, very helpful
Nice!!
Great work and how to video !! Thanks Nathan !!
Great content I was having issues figuring out the torque converter bolts I didn't see the starter had that plate.. thanks!
Glad it helped
Great awesome video.👍 Can't wait to get me a Nissan Exterra. They are everywhere in Beaumont CA 😎
Great Job young man!!!
Great detailed video! I'm watching from Colorado!
Yea!!!
Awesome Nate! Thanks for another great video!
You the man! Nice job bud!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Good vid. I used a lot of reference for my Mazda 929 3.0 V6. Thank you
That was a heck of a job
Thanks for making this video, Mitchell service info gives no info on removing the torsion bars
Nice!!
Im doing this job on a 2004 that has 277,000 miles and no reverse, the one exhaust manifold bolt on the pass side i cant seem to get to, i pulled the 02 sensor out on the drivers side, and your right the bolts are so tight in this vehichle
Yea..Need more coffee...lol
@@FixingWithPassion Now i see why they charge 2200 bucks to rebuild the transmission on this thing
@@jbncnow Time for me to buy a supercharged one ;)
The reverse just went out in my 03 xterra. After seeing this video and your comment on the bucks... the fact that I bought it for 2000 bucks 4 years ago means it's probably not worth the grief and the money to fix. Sad..
Holy Moley. The threads on those torsion bar adjusters. This is no Erector set.
Thank you very much for showing the details. You just made my day much easier. 🙏
Nice!!
Watching from Lake County Ca. My transmission is leaking from the same spot and from the pan. Also both exhaust manifolds are cracked AGAIN, gonna start with that then possibly try my luck on the transmission. My mechanic has COVID and will be out for a month and he charges me 600 to do the trans
Also I have a 03 super charged frontier
@@sev2441 Nice!
Excelente,tecnico,trasmissiones
Yes!!
Thank you sir. Very helpful
If you left the ratcheting wrench on the nut at the same time using the impact on the bolt when you took of the torsion bar you think it woudve worked?
Maybe......but so many ways to attack things at different angles.
Nice explanation! Thanks
Great video! Do you have a video on changing out the oil pan? We are still debating on whether or not our 02 has a rear main leak or an oil pan leak.
All bets are the oil pan real seal...may as well do the rear main seal also. No video on that but who know...maybe someday. But by the time you drop the transmission, you can do both. Front dff drop is no picnic either!
Do you think the oil pan could come out towards the rear once you've pulled the transmission out?
Awesome video!!!
Love your channel great job
Interesting how it's so much work for a seal that cost around $30 lol if you got this done at a shop 95% of the cost would be labor for sure.
So true!
A "14mm torque adapter" on a breaker bar should make short work of the bolts on the front drive shaft
@@40MileDesert Nice!
Do you need to drop the torsion bars to get to it?
I dont thinks so dude Im pulling my trans out of my 2000 fronty and it looks like it’ll clear. Did have to pull the exhaust off. 💪🏽💪🏽
Chicago, big job
Right!
Wonderful! Simply wonderful!
Wish you had a playlist of all your Taurus repairs.
I've been trying to find the selenoid harness pigtail location in the engine bay. From what I've found it is that blue plug on top of the air intake manifold. You grab and show the o2 pigtails in the video if I'm right. Can you confirm? My selenoid wires burned above the transmission and I'm looking to cut and splice them but first I want to know I'm yanking the right wires out lol. Ty
You see the end of wires?
Unfortunately no. It comes down above the cat for about 6 inches and disappears again. Looks like it was burned resting on the cat so I was able to push it up and away from the cat. A tab but further down the transmission I can see wires again but not sure if it's part of the same harness to be honest. After pushing the burned part away from exhaust I'm no longer having issues/code so it's got to be part of the selenoid harness. Only wire visible was solid yellow but every diagram I read said it should be L/Y blue yellow....I did find a diagram for 2000 that shows the pigtails you grabbed as being correct though. I guess my next task would be to try and remove the exhaust (need a sawzall lol) and ohm/ OL the wire to the pigtails above. One diagram shows the pigtail should be like a 20pin connector and it would be 14 for B and 15 for A. Sry if this is a jumbled mess I'm just waking up for work. I appreciate your response. In the a.m. I will take a picture and give a link here
That black plate that you have to put the starter bolts through at 51:50 , does anyone know what that is called???? I need to get a new gasket for it :(
Watching from colombia
Nice!!
Australia during covid lol about to remove my manual 5 spd out of my local Nissan Terrano 2.7td similar vehicle
NICE!
At time 25:05 and 29:46 , what sensor is that which you say goes forward towards the engine?
for such are small 4WD it has a rather beefy transfer case.
Right!
I have all the bolts out on the bellhousing the convertor bolts but the transmission wont budge from the engine, is there one hidden somewhere?
@Johnny Five Yes i did get it out ,i missed a bolt on the top
@Johnny Five I replaced every rubber hose i could get under the hood, many were cracked and one had a huge hole in the evap line
Hello again Nathan. Do you happen to remember where the transmission vent tube bracket gets mount to. Is it one of the top transmission bolts? Thanks.
Nathan, would you be willing to do this job in my xterra? Same truck, same issue
Nice detail. But you don't need to drop the transmission to replace the oil pan gasket. Just drop the front doing and cross embers and remove the starter
I was wondering that very thing. I watched a couple videos and it seems the gasket on the oil pan is known to get brittle. It’s a u shaped insert that is flexible when new, but goes solid and brittle over time. I may try to do this on my 2004 frontier 2wd 3.3. If I can remedy the leak without dropping the trans, that would be amazing
Awesome 👍
Nice!
for some reason I cannot put the torque convert bolt back in since the gap between the flywheel and torque is too big,and the torque converter bolt are
too short
Humm....still not going?
@@FixingWithPassion should I try to pull the torque converter forward to the flywheel?If so, what is the best way to do it without taking the transmittion out again? Thank you for the respond
all I can do is just sticking my fingers into the hole where the starter is and try to spin the torque converter by feeling.But seems like I can't close the gap between torque converter and the flywheel no matter how many times I spinning the torque converter
Watching from VT
Nice!!
4 days to remove all that. You didn't even show the reassembly. The shop wants $1500 to do this. I'm trying to decide which way to go. They warranty their work. I'd hate to go back in later because I missed something. 😪
Two guys one day.
I'll do that soon, hopefully everything will be ok.
I'm feel called to the challenge
Did that half plate dust cover go in front of or behind the full plate behind the flywheel??? I put mine on behind (towards back of the car) and i think it may have misaligned the input shaft enough to make my pilot bushing squeal.
Will Mercron 2/3 work for a 92 path auto matin I’m gonna change my filter sioon been awhile
The chart is right
Can you drop transfer case with Transmission as a one unit and just on bolt from the bell housing ?
Another great video. I have been debating on whether I have a rear main seal oil leak or the rear of the oil pan seal. I had read on forums that it is most common to be the oil pan. I was planning on doing the oil pan this winter to see if that fixed it. Based on the geometry of the area...you can replace the oil pan RTV without removing the transmission, right? Removing the transmission removal is only to get to the rear main seal?
Yes...That is true.
Good job ,, from Houston, TX
Nice!!
you said the sealant is fine and its an oil pan leak so do you think taking the transmission off is not needed or its still required in order to change that pan gasket
Sealant was hard.... with cracks.
Any reason why you didn’t just drop the Tcase and transmission as one unit?
You can if you have 2 people and a good jack.
@@FixingWithPassion yeah I guess it would be more doable with a manual gear box 🙂
Two wrenches and impact. Geesh.
And a rack of ribs!
After I removed the automatic transmission from my 2001 Frontier 3.3 King cab AT and re-installed it all is good except 4wd. When I put the 4wd shifter to it's neutral the ATP light comes on and if I try to get it into 4wd Low it grinds gears loudly. I can't get it into 2wd again because it grinds too. I then can't put the transmission back into park without grinding. I have to turn off the engine, put it into park and put the 4wd shifter back into 2wd and all is fine until I try to put it back into 4wd again. Also, this might be normal but when I have it in 2wd and I put it into neutral while in the air, the rear wheels spin while it's on blocks off of the ground....any ideas?
Looks like your rear main seal wasn’t leaking but your oil pan gasket was
It was an imperfection in the sealing between the seal and the gasket maker but the seal was wet.
@ so the rear main seal was leaking?
I thought i was tuff when i took out my sway bars and links and put in poly bushings, but you sir have cannon balls compared to me this looks like a tiresome pain in the ass. I just noticed a oil leak on my 97 path yesterday up in there somewhere i cant see. How much money is this job?
Merry x mas I have a question its worth buy a used trasmision with 96k on it with 12 months warranty or get a rebuild one with 5 years warranty ??? my frontier has 164.908 miles 3.3 4x4 need a suggestion
If you can find the right rebuilt transmission, go with rebuilt. I couldn’t find one for my 3.3l pathfinder so I went with a used one with 150k on it.
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Great!
I have a Nissan Xterra 2002 with a transmission problem
What should I do
Great video but it needs to cut on the massive times spent on the little details, like unscrewing a bolt.
Great video, very helpful but I had a question, when you repair or put in a new transmission is it necessary to program it to the car ?
I have a 2001 Nissan Xterra 4x4
@@milgenba237
Nope....Just make sure the fluid level is normal.
Thank you for the information
Did anyone have a problem with this type of oil leak leaking onto the starter? For some reason I believe my starter has oil in it and no longer starts
That's usually from the valve cover
@@hectormorales4002 you were right. I did end up replacing the gasket and it fixed it.
one thing is for sure Nissan engineers didnt mess around when making repair work jobs from hell. Try replacing valve cover gaskets, front seals. .... Worst thing I have seen of all is replacing a heater core. to really get at you have to almost dismantle the entire dash including the metal frame cross bar.
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Well I hope my oil leak isn't the rear main seal, what a bunch of PITA (Pain In The Arse). My wife would be up my butt if I had to spend so much time fixing it , she'd be like I'll just keep adding oil. But awesome tutorial buddy
Nice!
Question , What do you think odds of buying a used eBay ECM for a Nissan and not having to get it reprogrammed to Match your Security System lockout in your Nissan. Seems most times the key chip wouldnt recognize new ECM OR ECU.
Ty Oklahoma
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All that hard work, just to find out the oil leak is from a oil pan gasket. Geez.
Actually the the rear main seal had some cracks in it upon closer inspection after removal. It would have failed sooner or later also.
Great common sense mechanics
Nathan i ordered a new front pump and reverse hub that goes behind it but apparently there are two different pumps for these transmissions. the new one i got has a hole for a speed sensor, or crank sensor but my sensor is in the top of the bellhousing, all the bolt holes line up, i wonder if it would still work? the original one out of the truck is on the right facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3767692239909895&set=pcb.3767692283243224&type=3&theater
Hold it! So it was the oil pan that was leaking? All that for naught.
Yep. The the rear main seal was dry and cracked but not leaking.....it was time to change it also.
@@FixingWithPassion My 00 X has 210k and runs fine. I’ve done all the maintenance myself. The only thing that is beginning to happen is the transmission is a bit soft on shifting when cold. I’m thinking I will keep this old boy running forever and may attempt the transmission pull. Thanks for the posting the video. It doesn’t look too bad, but definitely has some tricky parts to it.
It's not an 'E' brake, it's a PARKING brake
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In road vehicles, the parking brake, also known as a handbrake or emergency brake (e-brake), is a mechanism used to keep the vehicle securely motionless
It hardly climb hill