I bought this 94 Maxima knowing the trans was out. Pulled the trans and found the band and 3rd gear clutches burned up. I rebuilt the trans replacing all clutches and band. On the first test drive I discovered why the damage in the first place... the trans is slow to decide to shift from
2nd to 3rd. After the shift finally commences, third takes forever to engage. It seems to downshift fine. I replaced the selonoid pack... shifted better but still no 3rd. I suspect the 2-3 shift valve or maybe this possible problem: The valve body diagram in the service manual wasn't very good. I cound make out the steel ball position on most of the balls, but a couple wasn't very clear (I might have a couple of the balls in the wrong position). Can anyone shed light on my problem and maybe direct me to a better drawing of the valve body showing the correct ball positions?- posted
19 years ago