ok a week or so ago i bought a 97 se-r for $500, only prob other than it needs a paint job and the inside of it smells like i cat died in it lol is that 5th gear is gone........anyways im just gonna replace the tranny and drive shafts just trying to get a list of all the parts I should replace or check while im doing this, i have always been a honda guy this is my first fwd nissan so Im new to the se-r world, thanx in advance for the help

Assuming your mechanically minded, and have a knowledge of working on cars, there really isn't anything unique about the removal/installation of the trans. Fill it up with 4 quarts of Redline MT90 gear oil. The stuff is amazing.

One quick tip make sure it's a b14 tranny and not a b13 because It won't have a crank sensor and will throw the c/e light ! I just picked up b14 tranny for free for a spare trans. It has a bad 5th gear that i will be replacing as they are real easy to replace ! You should try that route first :biggthump

yeah i was gonna try that but i saw just a lil bit of tranny oil on the ground and i got down and looked at it, the guy has smeared the liquid gasket stuff all around the edge of the tranny case to stop the leak i guess, the drive shafts sound horrid almost like tin foil when you turn the wheel which im honestly amazed the car runs and drives as well as it does, but it was $500 so you cant expect miracles......im just wondering if there were any seals or what not that i should change out alot of cars have certain things that wear out ** others, im also gonna drop a bluebird engine in it so im gonna get axles, tranny, clutch etc to withstand around 300hp

yeah i was gonna try that but i saw just a lil bit of tranny oil on the ground and i got down and looked at it, the guy has smeared the liquid gasket stuff all around the edge of the tranny case to stop the leak i guess, the drive shafts sound horrid almost like tin foil when you turn the wheel which im honestly amazed the car runs and drives as well as it does, but it was $500 so you cant expect miracles......im just wondering if there were any seals or what not that i should change out alot of cars have certain things that wear out ** others, im also gonna drop a bluebird engine in it so im gonna get axles, tranny, clutch etc to withstand around 300hp

sounds like you got a decent plan already.

Just check out the suspension...my '96 SE-R was beat to shiit...i had to replace both outer tie rods and need to do the ball-joints soon... pointless to have a car that runs like a champ but can't be turned or stopped.

Replace front and rear main seal and change out 5h gear.order urself some prothane motor mount inserts. What ecu are u planning for ur det?or safc. Try to use all sensors from us sr20. Just upgrade the maf to a z32 or maxima maf.ebay front mount intclr .usually can by a kit with piping or can use a w10 oem front mount .usually can come with oem bov.fuel system upgrade and you should be good to go

cool thanks for the advice, i think gonna go with jwt ecu when i do the swap but thats gonna be down the road, i wanna do a full rebuild on the turbo engine so its basically brand new when i drop it in, im addressing the tranny prob first think im gonna do ball joints and tie rods too while im at it.....this is my project/dream car so im gonna refurbish and replace everything back to new as possible while adding some of my on taste, gonna do a build thread on it when i get going to keep up on the progress, moving into our new house in jan so im not gonna do much until then other than getting new tires for it, thanks for the help guys