Look below the battery, on the left side of it (an inch or 2 lower than the bottom of it), you'll see a small tube with a sharp curve (kinda like the number 7 shape) with a small black ball on the top. That's the handle. Grap it, and maybe twist as you pull up. I wondered for the longest time, until my friend just happened to grab it and was surprised to find it! Trans stick is on the right side of the eng, just aft of the radiator and about 10-12 inches lower than the top of the raditor. The top of the stick is very small and looks like a black marble.
It is under the battery. It has a little red nipple on the top.
Its in front off the engine on the right side and it has a red cap on it.
On the 1987, it's at the lower left corner of battery tray...mine has a little red bulb at top of stick.
Right under the air filter
The Nissan stanza has a 4-speed auto transmission. It shifting is electronically-operated . The transmission computer box is located in the center console. It is next to the ECM box.
I have a 91 Stanza XE front wheel drive. The dipstick for the tranny is located up front (towards the radiator) on the right (drivers)side down a bit. Mine has a black rubber/plastic pull knob, so it wasn't all that noticeable until I started looking for it in earnest.
inside the transmission
Look on the driver side of the engine near the front tire and you will see a small black plastic solid round bulb sticking out of a tube, that is the tranny dip stick.
There is no such thing as a 94 stanza, it became the altima in 93.
The starter on a 1988 Nissan Stanza can be found on the inner side of the engine. It is between the gear box and the engine block.
The temperature sensor on a 1987 Nissan Stanza is located on the rear of the radiator. It is about one-third of the way down from the top.
This vehicle do not have a transmission filter. All you have to do is drain the trans. fluid and refill.