BitterBeerFace

Was out of town this weekend. Car moves forward and reverse with transmission harness disconnected.

Did that, can't even put it in gear. (get out of park, that is) It didn't move when letting up on the brake either, if that's what would normally happen when locked in 3rd.

So there's a bunch of connectors, and to my untrained eye, I can't tell which one is the "main". Disconnect all or just a specific one for test purposes?

Nope, nothing flashing on startup.

Backstory: Don't burn me at the stake, but I actually went to look at this car as a donor for a 2.2L engine swap into a Vanagon. With a good running engine and a transmission issue, it seemed like a great donor. Except: I think it's too nice to sacrifice. So I want to figure out what's wrong with the trans and fix it. The symptoms: Basically, it never shifts into 2nd or 4th gear. From park, if you put it into any gear, it goes within a second. Start driving down the street, get to 10-20mph when you'd expect a shift point, and nothing happens. Keep accelerating and it'll shift into 3rd over 30mph. Keep accelerating and it never shifts up. I haven't pushed it over 50mph, but it was at pretty high RPMs at that point. Occasionally, it will slip out of gear completely. Stop, put it in park, and it takes right off again. Every time I've put it in reverse, it works fine. The idjit I bought it from had already changed the fluid, so I don't know if it was toasted. The fluid level does look fine when the engine's off and when running. Since I have no experience with Subarus, my reading/searching tells me it's probably a solenoid issue, but I'd like help narrowing down the troubleshooting

Yep, 2.2 AWD with a 4eat that is having issues... thus the future technical questions

Hey folks, Mankato MN here. I've got a 97 Legacy Wagon I'm tinkering with, will probably end up posting a lot looking for tech advice Catch you in the forums, BBF