swapping 04 and 06 trans bell housings?

[katillidie]

can u take the bell housing off each trans and and put on the other.... i have a bad 04 trans and a good 06 trans but the starter side is different so can i swap the bell housing so i can use the 06 trans with 04 bell housing?

[aris_unlimited]

You can probably swap them out, although it'll probably be a pain in the rear. Just make sure that the transmissions came from the same type of motor so that the bolt pattern to the block should be similar. Also if you are moving the starter to the other side of the motor then you are going to probably have to find a way to wire it on the other side.

[katillidie]

well thats what im saying... i have an 04 350z, with a bad trans, and a good 06 trans... i wanna take the bell housing off the 04 and put on the 06 so the 06 trans will bolt up to the 04 vq without moving the starter location...

[HeavyDuty]

I don't know about an 04 specifically, but I'm looking at a disassembled 03 and the bellhousing is integrated into the main case of the transmission.

That is to say, someone else would have to tell you if you can take the main and input shafts and all the gearsets and all out of the 06 and install them to work in the 04 main case/bellhousing.

There's a small tailshaft that bolts on to the end of the main case and then a "bridged" or extended shift linkage mount bracket on the very end.

On the back of the engine and the front of the transmission, on an 03, at least, there's provisions for a LH or RH starter. Is the starter on the 06 on the driver's side? If so, doesn't the 06 have dual starter...ports also?
Modified by HeavyDuty at 6:57 PM 8/14/2009

[kearlthompson]

Any updates to your project? I'm attempting the same project with an '07 going into an '04. A Nissan Tech advised me that the '07 will bolt on and work, but the starter will have to be moved to the other side. He also mentioned that the internals can be swapped, but im not certain about how convinced he seemed...