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About Razorthirty
- Birthday 03/20/1990
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Bozeman, montana
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Fixing my cars
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98 Forester
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You would be better off finding a phase 1 2.2. Anything from 91-97 (if its got EGR you will need an EGR motor to not have a CEL) will work, make sure you use the intake off the '98 and put it on whichever motor you swap in. May also have to grab the y pipe for the dual port headers on the earlier models.
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There are no u-joints in the front end of a legacy. The front wheels are driven by two CV Shafts (one per wheel) that come directly out of the front of the Transmission/differential housing (you can see them if you look down the back of the engine bay on either side) There IS a u-joint on the rear 2-piece drive shaft, i am unsure as to weather or not it is removable. I think that it is removable just the same as most are. As for part numbers, i cant help you there.
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I unplugged the coil at the 3 wire connector about 3" down the harness from the coil, no change. Ill give the starter a shot as well. Good thing i bought a big box of fuses haha.. I really need to make a 15A breaker with some spades coming off so i dont have to keep wasting fuses. I like the light bulb idea was well. So many projects though, ill do more trouble shooting this weekend and let everyone know what i find.
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that is correct, it is fine when i just turn the key to RUN when i turn to START it blows the fuse immediately. i will try looking for bad wiring, that seems likely as i already had to solder the knock sensor wire back together (the code is just still stored because i never reset the ecu, i only unplugged for 10 mins to do the job)
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Hey guys, im a bit stumped here. 94 Touring wagon 240k miles. I was at a stop light and just as it turned green i took my foot off the brake and the instant i touched the gas the car died, as though i had turned off the key. No sputtering or cough or nadda, just dead. Had to push it off the road and get towed home. Once home i was able to figure out that the fuse (#16) for the ECU/TCU/ Ignition coils/Alternator was blown. I tried replacing it and it blew as soon as i cranked the motor over. I unplugged the TCU, alternator, and ignition coil. When i turn the key to the on position the check engine light come on *knock sensor, code 22* no biggie, its just an old stored code. When i try to crank the car over it pops the fuse instantly, my next step is to unplug the ECU as well and see what happens, that just take a bit more effort to get to the plugs on it. Was wondering if this sounds familiar or what else i should be checking. Thanks.
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Well i am not planning on being intentionally abusive by way of brake launches but i do plan on using the throttle to its maximum potential. Including turning up the boost a bit and i plan on towing with it as well. A trans cooler will be added to the new unit whatever it may be. A 5 speed swap may also be in its future if i come across a parts car so i can take everything i need. Both mounts are the same part number, made by Anchor, i don't remember the number, just that they were the same. I even called O'Reillys to double check that the same part number was both sides and they said yes. Not that i really believed them i just had no other source of info at the time so i went for it.
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The 'new' trans was out of a 92 legacy, so same 3.9. I would believe that i put the mount on wrong, as that kind of things happens all the time, does anybody feel like going out to their Touring Wagon and maybe snapping a pic of the right motor mount? Im sure i will just replace it again down the road as i dont like how it went together anyway, i was just out of time and patience at that point. Thanks for the link. My only concern with using the non-Turbo transmission is that the turbo is definitely beefier in a few spots (transfer clutch and first gear clutches at least), and would hate to just tear up the new one. If i do go that route i will need to grab the matching TCU as well as making sure about the final drive correct?
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I did not set anything unfortunately, i did not even realize i had to at the time. Now that i do know i have to i still don't know how to nor do i want to rip that transmission out to do anything but replace it as it shift slowly as well as 4wd not working, just fwd. Mostly this one was just a learning experience. I figure i put myself in the beginning stages of what i just changed out but oh well.