**ATTN JIME: where is your drop resistor mod write up with WOT switch?(org no search)

[jvelos3]

Okay...I bought my 97 maxima used and it shifts very hard from 1-2 and less but still quite hard from 2-3. It is most apparent in lower speeds. Could it be posible that the previous owner took out the resistor instead of putting a WOT switch? The shift from 1-2 sounds like a loud thud and a jolt forward...the mechanic at the nissan dealer said it was just because I already have 160,000 miles.

[Jime]

Check back throught this thread for the pics of where the DR is and check it out, see if its there and connected.

[DonGfun]

Originally Posted by jvelos3

Okay...I bought my 97 maxima used and it shifts very hard from 1-2 and less but still quite hard from 2-3. It is most apparent in lower speeds. Could it be posible that the previous owner took out the resistor instead of putting a WOT switch? The shift from 1-2 sounds like a loud thud and a jolt forward...the mechanic at the nissan dealer said it was just because I already have 160,000 miles.

I would think you would through a code SES light if it was disconnected. Mine did.

[toto13]

Great thread. Thanks.