Hey, all.

I was doing some maintenance on my 1999 Legacy Outback 2.5. After changing the fluid in my manual transmission and finding metal hunks in it, I've been looking at replacing the transmission. It may last months, it may last tomorrow.

But, I'm wondering what other manual transmissions will bolt on. And does anyone have one sitting around?

just about any regular EJ transmission will work (not including the STi 6 speeds, and other crazy expensive stuff you're not going to buy anyway).

 

two points to take note of:

 

some have hydraulic clutches, some have cable.

 

the final drive ratio's differ between 3.9 and 4.11 between various models. there's charts out there that show which models are which. get a trans that matches or you can even just swap the rear diff too and use either.

 

take care of those two issues above and swap away.

 

98+ has the same bolt pattern. prior years work too, but the bell housing bolts aren't identical.