ok, so i waisted away a whole day swapping out a 3at Fwd, and the one that was removed was definately bad.. and the one we put in which supposedly was good, turned out to not to work either!!!

 

but, I am wondering, could bad fluid, or not enough, or too much fluid cause the car not to drive or make weird sounds when in gear (makes horrible rubbing noise, and doesnt move much when in gear)

 

so we are going to swap trannys AGAIN!!! unless someone knows what I did wrong (if your wondering, we have old, crusty lookin atf in there, and if thats the problem, then a drain and replace would be easy!

 

hoping for the best-

call me tomorrow if you have a good idea- thanks

you should try and at least change the fluid and the filter because it can cause a lot of problems with blocking the valve body inside the tranny. It might actually be whats wrong with it but if not, you have a new filter to put into whatever tranny you'll be using.

Did you check out if there isn't one driveshaft that turns?

Just a tought.

Because of the differential if one shaft can turn the car want move.

 

Urban.

hope its not the front diff! drian the diff oil and see of chunky bits come out

 

the last one might have just been the governor. maybe between the 2 trannies you will have enough parts for one to work!

thanks tolerance02!!! one of the rotors was stripped out!!! it runs now! (but still makes a little funny noise... changing fluid now, and seeing if that helps!

 

thanks!

The castel nut from the driveshaft by those Subaru's always should be retorqued few weeks after a removal. Because of the cotter pin one should think she can't kome lose and in fact she dozen't, but the shaft will move while driving, searching his correct position. Also pay attention to the outer washer, the one that's just behind the nut. Take a close look and you'll see it is a little 'cup' formed, the hollow side must be toward the hub.

 

It's because of a loose nut the splines get worned out.

 

A loose nut gives a whining noise by very low speed or while braking.

 

Luck!!

 

Urban.

I replaced the vacuum modulator on mine and the rod fell out without me knowing it causing a binding and rubbing sound when I turned. Plus I could smell the tranny getting hot. I found the rod sitting on the driveway, popped it back and problem solved.