Hi Guys,

 

Anyone know, Is there a difference between an auto and manual speed sensor?

 

And where can i get one for a manual?

 

cheers

Totally different I am afraid, the manual one is twice as long and has a different drive cog too, second hand only from a broken box I would think, new from Nissan more than £100! whats the issue, very odd for the sensor to fail completely, I did a tech thread a few years ago on how to check them and fix the most common problem too, have pasted it below.

 

Jeff TT

 

MANUAL SENSOR

 

 

AUTO SENSOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A lot of owners have issue with the speedo, power steering, auto box change etc.

All of these are related in as far as they are part of the speed sensor circuit, having seen many owners pondering on if the speed sensor is at fault then take a look at the picture below.

 

The speed sensor is rare in as far as it can be seen to be faulty by just looking at it provided of course you know what to look for.

 

The photo actually shows autobox sensors but the manual box sensor has the same issues.

 

The unit is a small pulse generator, as the cog is turned by the gearbox the stator is turned within the field windings which produces a small ac voltage of around 1 to 5 volts and as the unit is very unstressed there is very little that can go wrong with it.

 

However the unit is held together by the black plastic end cap, this end cap is where it all goes wrong, for reasons unknown the caps start to come adrift as seen in the photo.

 

This loosening of the end cap allows the stator shaft / field windings to move out of line not by much but enough to stop the output been produced.

 

Annoyingly as the cap originally starts to slowly moves out, the shaft end float is still small enough for it to move in and out of the correct position and so causes it to work intermittently.

 

So armed with this information all you need to do if faced with this problem is get the car jacked up and take a look at the end cap on the sensor, if it looks like the faulty one in the picture simply apply a layer of epoxy resin to the edge of the cap and push it back in, yes that simple, no need to even remove it, and you will have one fixed sensor for a tube of glue.

 

Hope that is of help.

 

Jeff TT

 

Edited October 15, 201114 yr by JeffTT
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Cheers for the info, i'll take a look.

nice one

And the stupid bloody thing won't come out without dropping the exhaust!!!!!

And the stupid bloody thing won't come out without dropping the exhaust!!!!!

 

Yes a real pain, even worse than that is the reverse light switch, you have to drop the gearbox down!!

 

Jeff TT

Lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!