Reverse went out on my 93 legacy (auto trans.) Is this a common problem w/auto transmissions this old?? Any ideas or fixes from those who may have had this problem?

this is a fairly common first sign of a dying auto trans.

i drove my 95 lego sedan for 3 months with no reverse.

you just have to be careful where you park.

 

check the trans fluid level.

but if that is good,

 

start parking in places you can ''pull / drive through'',( no reverse remember,)

and start saving for a used trans.

 

check out www.car-part.com

sort by zip code to see what is close.

Edited September 6, 201411 yr by johnceggleston

yup, classic first failure symptom on an auto. My 95 had that problem when I got it - easiest fix is swapping in another tranny, as trying to rebuild one of these can get very expensive quite quickly.

 

These trannies dont fail so often that you have to be afraid of getting another one with the same problem, but do make sure you get one with the same final drive ratio or you could create torque bind problems.

 

up in your neck of the woods it should be fairly easy to find a decent used tranny - cost is going to vary, so use http://www.car-part.com to search and get an idea of prices near you.

 

Labor rates also vary greatly across the country. When I had mine done, the shop ended up having to do the job twice (first tranny was junk) so it got a bit expensive. If they had only had to do it once, it would have cost me around $700 or so, plus the cost of the tranny.

or d a 5sp swap

Is it possible to put a standard transmission in place of the auto transmission without doing a lot of other things?

 

 

no you need every thing off the standard trans car to do the swap, but you can  Legacy777 has great thread.

Pick n pulls should have good cheap options. If you find a car that was in an accident the safe assumption is that it drove itself there. These transmissions are pretty durable so a used replacement is a good option.