The problems you need to know about before tackling a Nissan FS5W71-C 5 speed trans rebuild! 

I wish I had one for my current project, a 1979 AMC. Sadly, finding one is almost impossible.

@@3rdworldgarage450 cool a AMC . parts are hard enough to find , my friend has a 70 AMX 390 4 spd we were lucky it was 95% there . good luck on your build. cheers

@@mitchelljohnson9548 Thanks! I have a lot of parts already but finding sheetmetal is nearly impossible! I decided not to put this build on the channel because its more fun when I don't have to film it. However, I may do a few videos of component repairs or maybe one on who made what since it's quite interesting just how much of a hodge podge the parts are.

Upon further inspection, the factory service manual has a slightly different layout comparing 2wd and 4wd. That most certainly is the cause of my bushing coming out easier. It slides on instead of pressed on.

Unfortunately, this video was shot when I was first experimenting with RU-vid and I threw up a number of videos just to see if anyone would watch them, so I hadn't worked all that out yet. I may revisit this at another time since this trans is really worn out and I have another core that has a lot fewer miles on it. The truck currently has 430,000 miles of mostly city driving since it lived most of its life delivering pizza and I really abused it (I bought it new in 1998).

@3rdworldgarage450 your good bud, another channel has a full break. I can't believe I spiral split the counter shaft. The spline at the break is twisted. I only opened up to see why 3rd and 4th felt unattached and found that shaft split never pulling the bell side open. Which now the I found a replacement after a few months. Literally nissan says out of stock, and everyone else didn't list it . Then I'm looking at a machining company, and they showed main, input, and cluster gear for 4x4. The cluster gear nis-8 is the counter shaft. Kinda tarded how you can go to the part stores ask for a axle nut the claim don't sell them, hub nut... no. ? Spindle nut oh here it is. It's pretty annoying dealing with that all the time never get something take 5 minutes to fix and been to 5 other shops before me. Now, all the shops refer me to the BS. And that's why they called me Dirty Tom, I take on thw jobs. No one else would want to attempt someone who has to. And I guess grease and all. Have a good week. Thank you for making the video have been a long while since a Datsun 5 speed rebuild.

I haven't rewatched it, but if memory serves I was correct as I had researched it before I made the video.

I can't get my 2001 Frontier to shift into 5th-- just hear gear-grinding noise. What you y'all think is the reason? 1-4 and reverse are OK. Will whatever is wrong with 5th gear cause prolems for the other gears? One problem is that I don't have a good indoor workspace. Thanks in advance!

yeah, I just heated bearing race and couple hammer hits and shaft was out.

and I strip down 2 gearboxes, no pain at all. This gearbox was easy compared to Toyota's T50 gearbox that box is pain in the ass because main shaft center bearing is on the main shaft so you need very long bearing puller. OR freight press and I dont have one.

I second this. An angle grinder is extreme. Mine didnt want to budge with heat and a hammer, but a puller with extended arms heaved it off with no drama

@@3rdworldgarage450 thank you for your help. I did get alot of results around the stanza. I'll look into that some more thank you for your help my dude!

@@3rdworldgarage450 found pieces on what looks like bearing peices when I changed the trans oil

Yes, you have to take them out as one piece. The bellhousing is the front half of the transmission case and houses gears and shafts that would be nearly impossible to align with it in the truck.

@@3rdworldgarage450 Interesting. So I probably got a bad rebuild and am gonna have to return it. Anyway, thanks and great content!

@@x0acake most likely installed a syncro sleeve the wrong way

@@projectD831 Don't know, but if youre still curious 3 years later: I bought a second transmission off eBay and this one was able to shift like it was supposed to, without oil. I installed it and it has been working great throughout all these years. I started a refund/dispute with the original seller. He never replied so I won the case and got a refund without having to ship it back. I offered to ship him back the broken transmission for free (paying shipping, because it felt like the right thing to do to a beginner who was DIYing this sh*t just like I do) but he never replied. So I've have a hunk of useless metal sitting in my shed for the past 3 years. I dont have the time or energy to fix it myself. I should also say, I don't have any ill will towards the guy, it kind of sounds like the mistake that I would personally make if I suddenly decided to rebuild transmissions

@@3rdworldgarage450 The large amount of mis-information made me think you didn't have access to one. These transmissions are very well built and with proper maintenance can last up to 500K miles. It certainly is worth rebuilding one if you have the time/experience/patience. It beats having to purchase a used transmission with worn bearings. Hope you have a better experience in the future.

Probably, but I don't own one so I just use a grinder.