BluetoE Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Alright, after almost two months of acquiring parts, cleaning stuff, replacing seals and o-rings, removing broken stuff, and drinking lots of beer my swap is finally done! She turned over on the first try! Everything was hooked up properly and so far there have been no leaks There was a lifter ticking on the passengers side for the first 10 minutes or so, but that went away. So far so good... I'm about to go troubleshoot a CEL, but I fully expected to have one since I didn't connect a charcoal cannister (I just looped the hose). I will let y'all know how that turns out. Thanks again for all of the advice and guidance throughout this process. Here are a few pics of the final install: EJ22 on its way in... She's in Everything hooked up Here she is purring like a kitten and me being dirty but happy And for anyone who remembers my original post after the engine blew: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=100623 The tranny seems to be fine after towing the car 100 miles on a U-Haul dolly with a dead battery without removing the drive shaft She has zero torque bind also Thanks again everyone. I would not have attempted this without USMB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluetoE Posted August 16, 2009 Author Share Posted August 16, 2009 Well, I went and pulled the CEL code... It was P0106 and sure enough, I found this thread: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=84813 The hose with the filter was connected to the wrong sensor. The hose that was connected there goes to a rust colored sensor under the intake manifold and I'm not sure where it is supposed to go. The code is gone now, so I guess eventually it will throw a CEL and let me know where it needs to go. I might take a picture and see if anyone here has any ideas, but as of now everything seems to be ok. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olnick Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Congrats! The look on your face says it all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearlm30 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Congrats! I am about to do my swap as well:banana: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluetoE Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I took tons of pics and most of the steps are still fresh in my brain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster2 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Good to hear your success story. Glad all went well. Yea, like previous poster wrote, your smile and thumbs up says it all. Surprised you wore a white T-shirt and white shorts to do the work. Kept it all pretty clean too........! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluetoE Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Hehe. Yeah. I got a LOT dirtier taking the dead Ej25 out . I still can't get over how smoothly the install went! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinthe202 Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 The tranny seems to be fine after towing the car 100 miles on a U-Haul dolly with a dead battery without removing the drive shaft She has zero torque bind also Congrats on the successful swap! If you've got an auto trans, you should consider doing a fluid flush to try and mitigate torque bind. Not sure what the procedure is for a manual trans with potentially impending torque bind, changing the fluid is probably a good start. Others will pitch in I'm sure. Will- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluetoE Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 Just to clarify, even after towing the car with the rear wheels on the ground for 100 miles, it has NO torque bind at all. It had it bad when I bought the car almost 2 years ago and you are right, changing the ATF fixed it! That is a great tip! I never did a complete "flush" though. I was kinda scared to blow everything out of a tranny with almost 200k miles on it. I drained the 4 or so liters that come out of the pan 3 or 4 times over the course of a couple of weeks. It is red and clean now, but looked like swamp water when I drained it the first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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