06 Transmission Swap

The Gas and Diesel Engines - VQ40De, VK56DE, YD25DDTi, V9X, Transmission, Transfer Case, Oil, Differentials, Axles, Exhaust...

Moderator: volvite

GDUBZ
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:21 pm

06 Transmission Swap

Postby GDUBZ » Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:24 pm

New here. Testing the waters.

I have an 06 Pathfinder that the transmission has crapped out on. Down the road from me, there is a guy selling an 04 Frontier with a manual transmission. Can these transmissions be swapped???

Thanks in advance!!!


User avatar
palmerwmd
Site Admin
Posts: 2343
Joined: Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:45 am
Location: Mid Atlantic

Postby palmerwmd » Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:21 pm

The 04 frontier and the 06 R51 are different generationplatforms.

Both the Frontier and the Pathy became a new platform in 05.
So your Pathy is on F platform and the 04 fronty is the last year of the preceding platform.
I am not one of our mechanical gurus here but I would think that it would not be an easy plug and play as both vehicles are different gens and do not share a platform (if the frontier was a year newer it would be different.. (still a lot of working switching form auto to manual even then)

GDUBZ
Posts: 2
Joined: Thu Apr 30, 2020 2:21 pm

Postby GDUBZ » Thu Apr 30, 2020 6:39 pm

Excellent. That's kind of what I was thinking anyways. Thank you for clarifying.

User avatar
smj999smj
Site Admin
Posts: 6054
Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:13 pm
Location: Prospect, VA

Postby smj999smj » Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:12 pm

Where are you from? I ask because R51 Pathfinders in the US never came with manual transmissions.

fortatkinson
Posts: 1
Joined: Wed May 13, 2020 9:13 pm

Postby fortatkinson » Wed May 13, 2020 9:16 pm

04 frontier and 06 R51 are different generation platforms.


Return to “R51 Engine, Driveline and Powertrain”