Im am getting real frustrated with this tranny problem I keep having. This is my third transmission with in the past two years. The one I have now has a delay and it feels like it is slipping just in first and sec gear when apply lots of gas. I was just wondering if it would be worth the time or money to convert to a manual and how much work would it involve. Or money. How many hours from a mechanic?

Have you read my swap info?

 

www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/swap

Have you read my swap info?

 

www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/swap

wow that is crazy. Lots of work. And how long have you been a mechanic. lol. You know lots. Im impressed. Im just a first year automotive tech. student. I read a part in the journal about the ecu for a 1992 being the same for AT/MT. Would that mean I wouldn't have to touch my wiring, since mine is a 1992 w/turbo? And would that be a lot less work for a swap? And what about axles and rear diff? Is the tranny still the same length. I noticed you upgraded a lot of other parts. If I am just swapping tranny's is there any other parts that I would have to swap?. Thanks for all the info.

I'd like to tack on a question here. Legacy777, did you have to deal with ABS? The ABS controller is a different part number for MT and AT. I was wondering what, if any, compatibility there is between the two. Also why would ABS care what flavor transmission you have?

wow that is crazy. Lots of work. And how long have you been a mechanic. lol. You know lots. Im impressed. Im just a first year automotive tech. student. I read a part in the journal about the ecu for a 1992 being the same for AT/MT. Would that mean I wouldn't have to touch my wiring, since mine is a 1992 w/turbo? And would that be a lot less work for a swap? And what about axles and rear diff? Is the tranny still the same length. I noticed you upgraded a lot of other parts. If I am just swapping tranny's is there any other parts that I would have to swap?. Thanks for all the info.

 

Guess it would help if I typed the correct url

 

Actually I'm more or less a backyard mechanic....I'm an engineer by day

 

All the turbo legacies had the same ECU, so no you wouldn't have to swap ECU's. You will however have to deal with the same/similar wiring issues as I did. ie the neutral switch, at/mt identifier pin, reverse lights, shift lock, and cruise control. You'll probably also have to deal with abs as well.

 

If you pickup a turbo legacy transmission, you won't have to deal with the rear diff or anything. You will still need a manual tranny drive line, transmission, trans crossmember, and other goodies. You'll basically need everything I did minus the rear suspension, rear diff, suspension, ECU, & gas tank.

I'd like to tack on a question here. Legacy777, did you have to deal with ABS? The ABS controller is a different part number for MT and AT. I was wondering what, if any, compatibility there is between the two. Also why would ABS care what flavor transmission you have?

 

No I didn't deal with ABS. With my experience on the cruise control computer, I'd say you'd probably have to swap computers.......however I haven't looked at the wiring to see how everything is wired up. I know the newer models have issues when people have done swaps, but I know ours are less complicated, so there may not be as big an issue.

any ideas where to find a good used auto.tranny, or how much is a good price, the cheapest i have paid is 800 cnd. And that was from a wrecking yard. I think gave up the thought of converting. haha.