Pathfinder 30A

*I have not put one in personally*

I have seen 5-6 people use Pathfinder 30A's and said nothing of differences. As I understand it there are no differences but the gear ratios. Those are very close and not worth worrying about.

Not to thread jack, but which pathys came with 30A? No z31t's anywhere near here, but many pathys.

I believe all the VG33 powered Pathfinders/Frontiers/Xterras came with the 30A. Also i'm pretty sure some of the VG30 Hardbodys could come with the FS5R30A as well.

Anyone know the difference between the FS5R30A and FS5R30B transmissions?

[quote]FlawleZ wrote: placement of one of the switches on the passenger side is ahead of the center section, and one behind.
far as i remember, on the R30A- they're close together. externally they look the same.
not sure about bell and starter position.

[quote]Careless wrote: [quote=FlawleZ]I know its off topic of the 30A, but do you know the difference of the 71B and 71C?

Ok, I thought I had posted these pics up a long time ago but I guess not. These are pics of the pathy/pickup transmissions and one is of a late model z32 r30a with a pickup bellhousing. I have no idea if these work or not in a z31 because I have always been deterred by the fact that they don't have the angled shifter or right looking shifter plate at all....

Also, according too many sources all r30a are 29" long BUT I am pretty sure the z31's version is longer because we all have to lengthen the DS when installing a z32 transmission. The truck/pathy transmissions are in FACT 29" long I have on here at my house currently so please don't tell me I don't know what I am talking about.
z32/pathy r30a



truck/pathy 2wd r30a


If anyone actually bolts one up into a z31 please take pics so I can see what the shifter looks like in there!

One has a shifter plate and the other looks like an l-series with an external shifter rod attached directly to the shifter itself. 720 pickups had the 71b and 87 HB's had the 71c's but internally they were the same transmission.

Doesn't the KA frontier have a 30a too?

no, the KA tranny looks like this and its a 71c variant, a bit stronger than the other 71c's and looks the part too!

Mmmm, good info here. Me likey…

Oh, and you can see the differences in the shifter plates like I was talking about. I think fs5w71c's shifter could work with the z31 r30a's but I dont think they will work with the pathy/truck transmissions. I may have to pull the shifter off the frontier transmission and give it a try, since its the only 71c I have out of a vehicle right now.

how bout a z32 tranny with a pathfinder bell housing in a z31? shifter issues? drive shaft issues? clutch issues?

Seriously? The first picture I posted is of what your describing. Its the same as doing the z32 tranny swap with the exception of having to buy the unexplainable maxima flywheel.

sorry i wasnt sure what the 30a was reffering to exactly, i didnt know the part #s.
does it bolt to the existing crossmember or do i have to get a xmember from a manual z31 or do i have to make a custom one?.
thanks.