Third Gear Gone -- now what

[LegyC-LegyDO]

The synchros were goign bad --- 2nd and 3rd ground --- 1,000 miles ago, I could barely get it to go into gear one day climbing a hill, then it worked fine after a fluid change.

This happened all at once while I was cruising in third gear down a windy paved road -- let off the throttle at about 3500 rpm and all hell broke loose. .

It completely smoothed it off

Now, I put it in third and rev up and it sounds just like I'm in neutral.

It all a real drag considering I just put in a new alternator, replaced injectors, custom fabed my 07 TMIC Y pipe to turbo, installed all new silicone hosing -- cut out the cat and installed a 2 1/2 magana flow .... sigh

I was just starting to have fun.

SHOULD I rebuild?

SHOULD I find used 5mt from a 91-94 ss

or

WHAT OTHER types of subaru tranny's will bolt in to the ej22T

IF i need to get a 4.11 diff, so be it.

I'd appreciate any advice


Im real bummed

[Legacy777]

Your cheapest route will probably be to find another transmission to swap in. There are other MT's, Legacy and Imprezas that have a 3.9 final drive ratio, you'd just have to do some digging to find one that is setup for a hydraulic clutch setup.

[LegyC-LegyDO]

Yeah, that's what I'm figuring out. What's a good/stronger upgrade from the stock transmission in the 91 Legacy SS. From what I've read, the synchros are destined to fail in them.

[Legacy777]

There really isn't any "stronger" upgrade. The newer transmissions had better synchro designs, but a lot depends on how the transmission/shifting is treated.

[ciper]

I vote converting to a push clutch 5 speed. They are a dime a dozen.

[LegyC-LegyDO]

Found a mt5 out of a 92 ss. 180,000 on it, Going to put it in and rebuild my current.

[MConte05]

I'd try to find a 98-01 RS 5-speed with the hydraulic clutch and the matching rear LSD diff. You'll see a big improvement in acceleration.