Need 99 Forester 5spd tranny. Is 98 or 00-01 interchangable into a 99?

[rzirker]

99 Manual trans is shot. They are hard to find and pricey. Can I rig a 98 Forester 5-speed or an 00-01 5 speed tranny into it?? There are lots of them and they're cheap.

Maybe have to take 4 of the engine bolts out?

Anyone tried swapping one out? Swap swap.

Thanks for any ideas.

[SuBrat84]

In the 99 (motorswap) I did it only had 4 bolts anyway.. you've got my vote that the trannies will swap.. especially since it's a manual.

[86BRATMAN]

The tranny should swap out. You will have to contend with the 8 bolt v. 4 bolt though. Make sure the final drive matches as well. If you can't verify get the rear diff as well.

[rzirker]

The tranny should swap out. You will have to contend with the 8 bolt v. 4 bolt though. Make sure the final drive matches as well. If you can't verify get the rear diff as well.

 

Which tranny? Down to a 98 or up to 00-01? Rear diffs are all the same ratio.

Thanks.

[DerFahrer]

The tranny out of a 98 Forester should be 4-bolt. Everything past that should be an 8-bolt.

[idosubaru]

make sure the final drive ratio didn't change between years either. probably didn't, but you want to be sure.

[rzirker]

Put a 2000 5-speed in and it worked fine. So glad. Rear end is the same in all Foresters through '04.

Also want to mention an engine swap that a friend did, 95 2.2 into a 98 Forester, worked fine too. Noticable lack of pep though.

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.