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hard 2nd gear shift
Your tranny shifting problem is very familiar to me. I bought a '93 G20 six years ago (73,000 mi at the time) and had this problem from early on. At first the car hesitated from time to time in looking for 2nd gear; later this grew into a consistently abrupt shift -- sometimes literally slamming into 2nd gear. Of course it drove like a charm whenever I took it back to the dealer.
On a drive three years later, something went very wrong. It felt and sounded like the engine was dropping out of the car on every 2nd gear upshift. It turns out there is a $1.29 spring that dampens the 2nd gear shift and that tends to wear out on many G20s and Altimas. The slamming also broke one or two motor mounts. Set me back several hundred. The tranny was better when replaced, although not as good as it should be. Interestingly, though, the 2nd gear shift has continued to improve ever since, and it now shifts as well as it ever has with 138,000 on the clock. My passengers no longer say, "What is WRONG with your car?"
Coda: Infiniti switched to an electronic transmission in mid-93, probably because of this problem.
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