I agree with Randall about the TR6 (unfortunately) as far as the 98 Maxima, I
have had a 99 for about 14 years. The first 10 were bliss, the last 4 a little
less reliable. Misfire or rough running? The ignition coil packs, right over
each plug, tend to go, you can pull the wires for each one, one at a time, the
one that doesn't make the car run worse when you pull the wire plug is the bad
one.
Greg Lemon
TR250
99 Maxima (now my son's, but I still fix it)
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---- John Summers <rivers2hills@yahoo.com> wrote:
> We've all heard the phrase, "well, I've got good news and I've got bad news",
> right. Â A few weeks agosome one mentioned that maybe the reason my TR 6
> wouldn't go into any gear while running mightbe because of low oil within the
> transmission. Â So, he good news is that I was so far under my carthat nobody
> could see a 67 year old man crying. Â The bad news is first that the nut on
> the side ofthe transmission case had been mis handled so many times that it
> was nicked and bungled up that no size socketcould get a grip on it. Â This
> caused my creative mind to churn and churn,,,,,and churn. Â I decidedthat the
> rubber-like tapered re-stoppers I use to recork my wine bottles, if I drilled
> a hole into and through one,bought a hand squeeze siphon from PepBoys, ran
> the hose from that into the stopper and the other endinto a bottle of oil and
> squeeze and squeeze until I thought the oil level were correct. Â Of course
> this would be a trickyoperation what with having to remove the drain bolt.
> Â Rubber plugs and oil; just imagine the possibilities!! Â Oil came outand
> into the hose it should have been going out of as well as all over my hand
> and driveway. Â I would say that yesthere was a good possibility the oil was
> low judging by the small amount on the driveway. Â Maybe 1/2 to 3/4 cupbefore
> it turned into a drip. Â Now, how much oil to get it back to the proper
> level?  Question #2, do you think that the same fountain pump I used to
> drain the pan under my leaky kitchen drain would have the same easepumping
> oil as it did water? Â (I guess I could try it first) Â Ok, along with oil
> came what appears to be a 3/8" magnetwith shavings on both ends. Â I'm at a
> loss on that other than to say it did it's job of collecting fragments of my
> gears.If the pump idea doesn't work I'm not sure what to do. Â The fill
> nut,,,,,I've tried everything and can't get anything close enough to the
> base of the nut to really get a good grip. Â I've thought about taking the
> transmission cover off and coming at it from the inside of the "cockpit".
>  Dangit!!! the weather is so nice here in Jacksonville now AND I have to
> get THIS car on the road because since March 1st we've been driving a rental
> due to troublewith the '98 Maxima. This has been an up and down day
> emotionally. Â Wife disabled 16 years, oldest son withthree bulging discs and
> NO cartilage in one knee,,,,been in the E.R. SEVEN times in the last month
> and the youngerson's 2000 Subaru Impreza in my garage with a blown
> engine,,,,,,,,,,,,,and my hips are killing me. Â Might be quickerto just have
> the car fall on me:))) Â Not. Sorry that I'm so long winded, you ought to see
> me on Facebook, or, if it is ok with those who run this list you could take
> a look at my "art" done on computer. It's
> at:Â http://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/219699Â ; Thanks all.
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