Hi, I dont own a Nissan but I am thinking about buying one. The one I am looking at is a 95 Maxima SE with a V6 and manual trans.
First question- How reliable is the engine/trans in these cars? The one I am looking at has about 180,000 miles on it, I and dont want to have to worry about replacing major parts out in 10k miles. I usually wouldn't consider buying a car with this many miles, but I have seen Nissans run forever and was wondering if this applies to these cars.
Second question- Since this is a manual trans, how hard is it to change a clutch in these cars? Can it be done in a driveway? Will I need any special tools to get the job done? I am pretty good with working on cars, but I am used to working on old RWD V8 cars. I dont really have much experience with FWD as far as pulling engines and trannies. I really hate having to bring my car to a shop to get work done, so I try to do as much as possible, and I am sure this will be something that will need to be done eventually.
I really appreciate any help you can give me.
First question- How reliable is the engine/trans in these cars? The one I am looking at has about 180,000 miles on it, I and dont want to have to worry about replacing major parts out in 10k miles. I usually wouldn't consider buying a car with this many miles, but I have seen Nissans run forever and was wondering if this applies to these cars.
Second question- Since this is a manual trans, how hard is it to change a clutch in these cars? Can it be done in a driveway? Will I need any special tools to get the job done? I am pretty good with working on cars, but I am used to working on old RWD V8 cars. I dont really have much experience with FWD as far as pulling engines and trannies. I really hate having to bring my car to a shop to get work done, so I try to do as much as possible, and I am sure this will be something that will need to be done eventually.
I really appreciate any help you can give me.
