S14 5spd transmission => S13 chassis: TIPS

[coldblooded]

My 93 SE is now running w/ a 95 5spd (had an auto before).

A few things I learned:1. You must remove the dust cover from the tailshaft, or the driveshaft will not fit. I've ordered the S13 dust cover from Nissan ($13) to see if it will fit, but it works/fits well as is.2. Get the speed sensor from an S13 ($20/junkyard). The S13 has a wire attached to the sensor, that plugs into the engine harness. The S14 has a plug on the speed sensor...if you can get the wiring for the S14 one, it should work. The speed sensor is the cylinder all the way back on the tailshaft housing.3. This is true for all 5spd swaps, but was not well documented, in my experience: get a 5spd crossmember, the AT crossmember will not work ($25/junkyard).4. The wires to jumper on an S13 for the ignition circuit (so you don't have to push the clutch in to start) are on a two prong connector under the fusebox on the passenger side. You DO NOT need the transmission harness unless you're doing all of the sensors. I just cut the connector off the AT harness.

One more thing: I used some 5/8" heater hose, a heater hose elbow, and a funnel to make a filler tube for filling the transmission once it was in the car. I just stuck the 90 degree elbow in the fill hole, then ran the heater hose up the driver's fenderwell and stuck a funnel in it. The fill plug is a real beast to get to via any other means.