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Can anybody give me location. I’m wanting to change the speed sensor (transmission, manual)
I know from the name it’s in the tranny or transfer case. So when I get under there to change it I find 3 different 2 wire terminal plug ins threaded into the transmission so now I don’t know which is the speed sensor.
There’s one threaded in up at the front of tranny right side /passenger) and 2 more threaded in further back right side passenger. Anybody able to tell me which is the speed sensor I’m wanting to replace.
I have the repair book for the truck but it says nothing about this sensor locationThanks
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[quote=”MrMansfield” post=136986]I found this on Nissan USA parts site. Appears that plastic pinion gear does have to be installed on the end.
Thanks for all your input
Al[/quote]
That makes sense, and is what I thought on my first reply. If you look closely at the 1st sensor pic you posted earlier, you will see a groove around the shaft near the tip where the retaining clip fits.
Yes I looked at it last night and it does have a groove for a lock ring to secure that plastic pinion gear on
Thanks
Got the plastic gear, put the sensor in the truck and still no speedometer needle moving.
Any ideas or suggestions on what could it be ?
If you had posted your symptoms in your original post you could have save the $$ spent on the VSS and all the time and trouble with it. As you found out, it wasn’t a faulty VSS. These vehicles have notorious problems with the instrument cluster. That is where your issue lies, specifically with the speedometer module. I will post pics below. There are some very small solder joints that crack over time and with repeated hot/cold cycles. When they break that causes issues like yours. All you have to do is remove your speedometer module from the instrument cluster, look at the solder side of the circuit board under a magnifier and locate the bad solder joints, reheat them with a soldering iron to re-flow the solder (in some cases add a little bit of solder as well), and that fixes the issue. Be careful reinstalling the speedo module, the ribbon cable going to the module can be stubborn, and is somewhat fragile. If you do not feel you have sufficient soldering skills to tackle the repair, maybe call a skilled friend, or there may be a shop that can resolder it for you (like a tv or appliance shop, or automotive electric shop).
This is the connector to watch out for:
Thanks for this information I’ll have a look at the speedometer module soldering. I’ll get my Wife to solder it she’s
IPC certified so she’ll know what has to be re flowed.
Yeah, live and learn, a guy at the garage told me it more than likely was the VSS after he took it for a drive.
I had read previous where the instrument cluster on these rigs go out quite often.Once again thanks for all your help and steering me to that module.
Al
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