mtnman38 Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 Hello to all fellow suby junkies I did some searching in past posts but was unable to see any with these exact problems Here is my problem My trans has hesitation on take off but goes into gear (warm or cold) first and second work but when I get to third it just spins freely ( in manual and auto) so no third or fourth gear period. It goes into all other gears with just a little hesitation Here is what I have tried Pulled the ecu tcu fuse disconected the battery pushed the brake to bleed the left over energy checked the fliud level (added a quart) checked all of the wires (looked good and all conected) so I think next I am going to flush the lines and change both filters and pan gaskett replace the fluid do you all have any advice should I bother with it or just replace the trans I also have a post in the marketplace for anyone that has one layin around that they want to part with Thanks LT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nipper Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 well what does the fluid look like and smell like. My vote is you have a dying tranny and eventually you will have only 2nd and reverse. nipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 fliud look fine maybee a little thin it smells kinda burnt also austin has in formed me that the leagacy only comes with a four speed AT so this means that I have no third or fourth also I seem to be throwing code 35 but I really dont see that they are related nipper thanks for taking the time LT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 If the tranny problem started with the engine swap I would check the wireing harnes to the throttle body and the throttle body solenoid. I was fooling with mine last week and took off up the hill, only had 1st and 2nd. 3rd & 4th where like neutral. Thought that was strange as it always worked before and then I remembered I had unpluged the throttle body to see how it came apart as I was having difficulity with another one. Stopped, plugged it back in and 3rd and 4th came back! What a relief!! Could be some thing else but worth checking out. Stumpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Hmm I will check that today thanks stumpy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted December 6, 2005 Author Share Posted December 6, 2005 Well it looks like I am going to try and do a 5speed awd swap I have a 91 legacy wagon for parts so what do ya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Range Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 4eat>5mt swap, best thing I ever did to my 90' lego sedan, straightforeward writeup on legacy 777's website. the 2wd to awd is pretty easy on EJ series, don't think you even need to change the gas tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted December 7, 2005 Author Share Posted December 7, 2005 SWEEET thanks free range I looked at his write up and I think I will proceed with plan ANY one else have 2 cents ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legacy777 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 yeah you need to change the gas tank when going from FWD to AWD. The FWD to AWD part really wasn't that bad. The AT to MT is a little more involved since there's more electrical issues to deal with, but overall it's not too bad. I could've done two AWD & 5MT conversions in the time it took me to work out all the issues with my EJ22T rebuild and swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman38 Posted April 27, 2006 Author Share Posted April 27, 2006 conversion complete Thanks to ya all for the help shes a bit more pepy now Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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