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drewmo - 17 Mar 2004 03:12 GMT

I'm wodinering how difficult it would be for a non-mechanic like
myself to swap out the ignition coils on my '93 Maxima. My research
leads me to believe it's easy, but how easy is easy? Will I need any
special tools? Thanks for your help.

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BuddyWh - 17 Mar 2004 23:03 GMT

>I'm wodinering how difficult it would be for a non-mechanic like
>myself to swap out the ignition coils on my '93 Maxima. My research
>leads me to believe it's easy, but how easy is easy? Will I need any
>special tools? Thanks for your help.

Check back a fews days to a similarly named thread started by
AnalogKid. There are some links to show&tell instructions for doing
what you ask...

BuddyWh

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Snyd - 22 Mar 2004 17:39 GMT

I am seeking the same information. I am attempting to replace all 6
coils as it is possibly the best thing to do. I have had one replaced
and it cost me around $130.00. If you find out anything, please let me
know.

Thanks a Trillion!

SS

> I'm wodinering how difficult it would be for a non-mechanic like
> myself to swap out the ignition coils on my '93 Maxima. My research
> leads me to believe it's easy, but how easy is easy? Will I need any
> special tools? Thanks for your help.

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Codifus - 23 Mar 2004 03:54 GMT

> I am seeking the same information. I am attempting to replace all 6
> coils as it is possibly the best thing to do. I have had one replaced
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>>leads me to believe it's easy, but how easy is easy? Will I need any
>>special tools? Thanks for your help.

If you feel comfortable changing spark plugs then you'll have no problem
changing the coils. In fact, when you change plugs, you are really half
way through the process of changing ignitions coils.

CD

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AnalogKid - 24 Mar 2004 06:12 GMT

> I am seeking the same information. I am attempting to replace all 6
> coils as it is possibly the best thing to do. I have had one replaced
> and it cost me around $130.00. If you find out anything, please let me
> know.
>
> Thanks a Trillion!

I just did this on my '00 SE and it wasn't terribly difficult. Except
for some pretty tight quarters when working on the rear coils, it wasn't
that difficult.

I have never done anything more than change the oil on any car I've owned
and haven't even done that on this car. But when I saw the coils for
$200 + $10 shipping on E-Bay versus ~$800 at the dealer, I figured I
would try it. A strong magnet saved me a couple of times when I dropped
the bolt which holds the coils in.

Good luck,
Bill

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Dao - 11 May 2004 13:52 GMT

Changing ignition coils are not really big deal except for the rear. The
problem with ignition for Maxima years 97-00 has been known when the car
driven around 50k miles. Nissan has re-manufactured this flaw coil for
replacement. After I had read many reviews on several Nissan Maxima owner
group, I decided to replace only one coil rather than all six. I have
already put over 15k miles without seeing any further problem. If you
take your car to a dealer, yeah they will suggest you to change all six.
This will be costly. There was one thing that I still did not know, even
a Nissan Mechanic could not figure out that a bad coil usually (always)
happened on cylinder # 2. So, try to replace this one first to see if it
works. To save your time by guessing, there are several websites that
give instructions how to identify which coil having problem by manually
reading the code from the Check Engine light.

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