Finally swapping to manual!?!?

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Finally swapping to manual!?!?

Post by shemoves »

I've been dancing around this for a while, but it seems that I may now actually have the opportunity. A friend of mine has a manual from a '95 or '96 Legacy. My question is, what parts will I need to do the swap other than the tranny itself. I am currently in a '94 SS 4EAT.
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Post by Splinter »

Have you read Josh's writeup in the library?
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Post by gt2.5turbo »

ya read the write up and it will tell ya everything you need and has a big part list
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Post by 206er »

read the write up like 5 times at least, paying very close attention. I tried to and there were still things I missed and ended up bothering josh about.
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Post by shemoves »

I'll check it...quick question. Is it possible for me and a friend to do in his garage?
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Post by shemoves »

Im kind of a noob...what/where is the library?
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Post by supernoob »

[quote="shemoves"]I'll check it...quick question. Is it possible for me and a friend to do in his garage?[/quote]

If you can handle changing out a tranny, you should be able to convert AT to MT. There isn't much more to it than swapping the tranny. Pedals and shifter are very straightforward.

http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/swap/swap.html

Here is Josh's writeup. Good Luck. Feel free to pm me if you have any other ??s. I'm in the middle of swapping mine today.

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Post by shemoves »

very cool thx. The tranny I have sourced right now is from a '95 or '96 Impreza...which means I need a 3.9 diff...perhaps I could get an LSD to make it worth the effort.
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Post by 206er »

I did mine in an exposed driveway with a pretty good slant to it in the middle of january in 20deg.+high winds, with a floor jack and bolted to it a custom made tranny cradle. had help pulling the 4eat but installed 5mt by myself. went pretty smooth, just time consuming with no air tools.
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Post by Splinter »

If other people have done this, Id be interested in seeing mini-writeups, or ammendums to Joshs
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