Citron

We didn't meet up.

Why lose the manual in either situation? The vg33 will work with a manual transmission. There are tons of write ups and discussion on vg30 to vg33 swaps.

Why does it say Wyoming?

The internal pic looks pretty standard to me. The only odd thing I see is it looks like the retainer on the right(top) shoe is missing.

The solenoids I was referring to are for shifting. Once you drop the pan you can usually find some bolts to drop the valve body and the shift solenoids are in there. At least on the stuff I am familiar with.

In hydraulic systems, if the fluid is ported through a small opening with a sharp edge under high pressure, it will heat the oil, sometimes to the point of burning it. I have seen this when the lands of spool valves don't shift far enough to clear the oil passage. Since it was stuttering in OD, I wonder if the solenoid wasn't shifting fully, causing the burning. A bit of crud can cause the solenoid to stick, or if it is an electronic tranny, a faulty solenoid coil. Remember, this is all speculation on my part based off what I know of Ford transmissions, heavy equipment, and industrial hydraulic systems. It needs verification by the Nissan manual and some testing.

I would need to look and see how these are arranged, but on most Auto transmissions there are shift solenoids. One solenoid will work two gears. 1st and od might be the two that are paired on a solenoid. You may have a failed solenoid. There should be ports to hook up pressure gauges, then you can see if the solenoid is shifting back and forth.

So it is no longer a clicking like in the beginning of the thread, now you are chasing a vibration? Have you tried rotating the tires and see if the vibration changes? If you threw a wheel weight, or hit a bad pot hole at speed and warped a rim both would cause vibration. As tires wear, they may need to be rebalanced. Also, mud and debris can build up inside the wheel, causing an out of balance. I have had that happen with snow.

If it's a flat woven wire, it connects the the exhaust manifold shield.

Some college administrator didn't know what they had. They aren't the brightest bulbs in the drawer.

Yes, that is a GT-R sitting in front of a motel.

You must really want an answer, I think this is the 5th time this was posted.

Take this with a grain of salt, but l believe that the 30i and 30e were the same short block up until 96, which is when they switched to a different balancer on the 30e.

Check the link Adam gave you. Downloadable sections of the service manual.

I built a custom bumper.

Noticed that both the Titan and wd21 are leaking gear oil from the front diff. The pathy looks like it is coming from the drain plug, but it is as tight as possible, so I am going to spray it off with brake kleen and see if the drip comes back. Ordered a pinion seal for the Titan.

If you are changing the timing belt, it is best to change the tensioner too. It would be lame if the tensioner failed a few thousand miles later. I remember it being a bit of a trick keeping the spring on the bolt, but I can't remember any details.

Why monthly? My manual says nothing about that.

Wound the winch today. That's the most frustrating thing I have done in a while. I hooked the winch to the tow hook on the Titan and pulled the pathfinder. After doing it 3 or 4 times, I had to get my wife to steer the pathy and modulate the brakes to keep tension on the cable. Didn't help that it was nearly 100°F today.

Nearly finished the winch install yesterday. Remote mounted the selenoid and got everything ready to mount the plug, just don't have course thread pan head screws to anchor it. It's not the cleanest wiring job I have ever done. Forgot wire loom and a few more lug covers, but I didn't want to do another 80 mile round trip for that stuff. I will take care of it later.

Could you put match marks on the screw and body. Then count turns so you know how to get back. Then start tweaking the butterfly and see if it helps.

Because your talking about a switch and you say it sounds switched. Not only was it a good idea of the possible problem, but a good joke too.

Lol.

Somewhat. I have done my exploring on the interior of those mountains, so where all those roads lead. I would be up for exploring some of those roads.

That's ok. My wife wants to sell the Subaru and get a 4runner. I don't know if I can handle the Toyota premium. Nice looking truck!