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98 legacy GT auto trans compatible w/ 99 forester?


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You can check the connectors as well to verify if there's any question over years since you're right on the cusp - they're either the same or they are not.

 

98 GT trans would work in a 98 forester.

 

Is spin on filter and 8 bolt bellhousing always indicative of Phase II only or do some late 98s have that as well?

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Outbacks are also PhaseII and 4.44 final drive 00-02 and 03-04.

 

Sometime around 03-04 the polarity of the duty C solenoid changed though not sure if that's just outbacks or 4 or 6 cylinders or what. But you can work around that with minor wiring. CNY_Dave knows more about that.

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No phase 1 4eat has the spin on filter, that's indicative of phase 2.

 

The polarity of the duty c was swapped for the 04 model year. That's why I specified the 99-03 4.44 transmission as a direct replacement. In my head I typed legacy gt and outback, but I guess my fingers didn't get the message lol.

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You can check the connectors as well to verify if there's any question over years since you're right on the cusp - they're either the same or they are not.

 

98 GT trans would work in a 98 forester.

 

Is spin on filter and 8 bolt bellhousing always indicative of Phase II only or do some late 98s have that as well?

i sold him the forester a couple years ago and i thought it had been a 98. he told me it was a 99 so i wanted to re check. 

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Model year changeovers get confusing. Anything made after 6/98 is a 99 model year, and that is why a lot of people think they've seen phase 2 stuff in 98 model year cars.

 

To my understanding of the vtd system, it doesn't use a duty c solenoid. At least not in the same application as standard 4eats at least. Granted I don't know very much about them, other than they don't have the typical fwd fuse the regular 4eat cars have.

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