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SVX advice. Bad tranny?

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I'm sitting in a good looking '92 SVX which will sell at auction in about 30 minutes. When I put it in Drive, it seems to start out in 2nd. When I put it in 1, it will lurch ahead an inch or too, and seem to bind up. It's not as though it's in neutral. it's more like in drive with your foot on the brake. I think it's to be avoided. Any possibility of a cheap fix? Replies after noon CDT will be too late.

used trannys from a legacy/impreza will work. It can be a cheap fix if you have a pull it yourself type of JY local to you.

 

Buy it cheap and if it doesn't work out then part it out and make some $$$$ on it.

 

A good place for info with great members: www.subaru-svx.net

 

Let us know if ya get it and how much.

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used trannys from a legacy/impreza will work.

 

Hmmmm, I don't show 'em being the same tranny. More in just a few minutes, unless I'm out driving it...

Legacy/Impreza Trannies will fit just fine as long as you get a matching rear differential.

 

If you're going to just part it out, don't even bother buying it. Let somebody who won't do that get it. SVX's are rare enough as it is, we don't need more people killing them off.

Legacy/Impreza Trannies will fit just fine as long as you get a matching rear differential.

 

If you're going to just part it out, don't even bother buying it. Let somebody who won't do that get it. SVX's are rare enough as it is, we don't need more people killing them off.

 

its very easy to pass judgement on a car you have never seen :Flame:

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I doubt that actually sold. My

top bid was what they call an "if" bid. That means IF the owner takes my bid, it's sold. Somehow I doubt he'll take $550 for it. I'll know by morning.

its very easy to pass judgement on a car you have never seen :Flame:
I know what SVX's are and there is no reason to part one out unless the body is like twisted all to hell.

May be late, but the car needs a transmission. The usual repair is have the original one rebuilt with a kit that corrects the problem for a lot of money, replace the tranny (and rear diff it think) with one from a legacy (a retrofit) or install a 5 speed.

 

Teh trannies on AWD svx's had design issues so they tend to cook themselves.

 

nipper

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