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this might help http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=56132&highlight=alarm http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=13775&d=1270948345

very good information. i can move the center bearing if need be, just cut out the bracket on one of the foresters and weld it in place on my svx if it's that far off. I had to do that once before on my first soob 88 gl 2wd auto converted to 5spd 4x4. as far as the 2 inch difference my wheel base is 102.8 and a second gen outback is 104.3. i am not sure if i have ever seen a manual outback, but if i could find a tranny and driveshaft out of that i will only have a half inch instead of 2 inches to worry about. then just move the carrier bearing mount if need be.

I just tried the contact us button and left a message. my screen name is Subaru Alliance. if this doesn't work then i may ask you to try and get ahold of a moderator on my behalf. thanks again

on my 03 it has a soft cover with a piece of plastic that runs along the edges for you to tuck into a small metal track that runs around the top 3 sides of the bed. i will be checking this post periodically because as i said all mine has is a soft cover so it will be nice to find some info on a hard cover.

ok so this is what i have found out with the power of google and about 15 minutes. 2008 wrx sti has a wheelbase of 100 inches first gen outback's 1995-99 wheelbase of 103.5 second gen outback wheelbase of 104.3 first and second gen forester wheelbase of 99.4 svx wheelbase of 102.8 most of this came from wikipedia i am wondering if i can use half a forester driveshaft and half of an outback driveshaft? at this time the only parts cars at my disposal are two first gen foresters, and between the both of them i should be able to come up with a driveline. i am thinking my best bet for a trans would be out of a forester XT (neither of the two at the boneyard are an XT though) since there is only a 3 horsepower difference in engines. i will keep researching and mix and match to get the best factory type setup requiring the least amount of mods and compile that for a general walk through on a manual trans and an AWD swap. as far as the issues with the svx board no luck there, i can't click on anything, i was trying to contact a moderator to help me out and aside from creating another account my only hope is that one of the moderators from that board will stumble onto this post and help me out. if anyone on this board knows a moderator from the svx board and could pass my info along it would be greatly appreciated. i will keep ya'll updated as i make progress

nice info guys. like i said i am brand new to the svx's so this is the first i have heard of any driveshaft issues. i will definitely use this stuff to do the swap when i have all the parts and all this ready. thanks again.

i called the junkyard and of course they close at 1400 (2:00pm) on saturdays and not open on sundays. guess i will have to call on tuesday because i will be at the range all day on monday. no i haven't done anything yet, just researching to start to stockpile the parts i am gonna need before i start on it. whatdaya mean the driveshaft customized? i was thinking get the drive line out the forester and swap it in, i am anticipating fabbing the carrier bearing mount for the driveshaft, and the trans crossmember, but not a drive shaft. I am brand new to these SVX's to take me to school.

LOL thanks for the info, i've been out of the net on soobs for a while. all i have now are three new styles, and i haven't had much chance to work on them yet, but getting there slowly

you might buy yourself some more time on those gaskets if you invest in a can of block seal depending on the severity of the HG this might seal it up and you will be good for a while or it won't work and your out something like 10-15 bucks. i would try that first. i HAD a HG issue on my 03 baja with 113K on it, sealed it up with a thing of alumaseal and haven't had any issues since, that was about 6 months and 4k miles ago.

LMAO yeah good point. i am not really gonna be goin 150 to travel the 4 miles to work either. I am wondering about the forester hubs and all that, i wouldn't wanna be nearly done with the swap just to realize the axles don't fit into the SVX hubs or what not. the front hubs from that forester are now on my 03 baja, but i am sure i can use the hubs off the other forester. i will most likely go with a hydraulic clutch. the only thing that will be stopping me from the swap will be the flywheel, and i am sure i could pick up an aftermarket one lightened for a couple hundy, and then a more heavy duty clutch. at least in the mean time while i saving for the clutch and flywheel, i could swap in the rear diff and hubs, even the pedal set, at least all that would be done, till the trans itself got put it.

good call 987687. LOL i was thinking the old school 4x4 models.

there should be a coolant temperature sending unit in the radiator, that would be the one to signal the fans that it is time to turn on and cool the radiator down.

yeah man johnc is right the final drive ratio's are different so it's gonna cause a bind if you use that trans with your stock rear diff. if you need to get the car back on the road quickly you can swap the new trans in, and then un install the back half of the drive shaft from the carrier bearing to the rear diff and run it like that, but it will only be front drive if that's the route you take (if the 97 legacy has a two piece drive shaft this will work) if it's not a two piece you could always take the rear cv axles out and leave the drive shaft alone, this however might cause wheel bearing issues, i am not sure if the cv axle holds the bearing together, i don't believe it does, but i have been wrong before. your best bet for long term would be to take the trans back and get one that has the same final drive as your rear diff, or go to a junkyard and get a rear diff that has the same final drive as your new trans.

I am not real technical on the innerworkings of a trans, but it sounds like you have a jacked up syncro in there. I had an 88 mazda 5spd, and my bro JAMMED it into reverse one day while it was running and no clutch pushed in and ever since that day it felt kinda chunky or grind a bit goin into reverse