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i was driving to work and when i got there i saw smoke and got the smell of gear oil. so i pop the hood and on the passenger side there is oil all over and smoke coming off the cat. i am not driving it now because i have no oil in the front differential and on my way home it was having resistance driving on the highway so the tc wouldnt lock up so i know the front diff has lots of resistance. the only weird thing that happened was 3 days before on a u turn i had some clunking and the steering and everything felt weird with so much torque bind... i have no reverse and now i cant even drive it so whats the best option to get me driving again. i live in vancouver and work in portland so driving a truck every day is going to suck.

Easiest route is probably to replace yours with a rebuilt trans.

Yeah, without tearing into the existing transmission & diff, it's hard to say what's exactly wrong and how much it would take to get it going again.

Getting a working used trans would probably be the quickest and easiest route.

what are the cars and year ranges i can get a used tranny from? for a direct replacement.

i think all of the autos are the same up through 2nd gen, but I could very well be mistaken.

The 92-94 non-turbo Legacies had a 3.9 final drive ratio, while the 90-91's had a 4.111 final drive ratio. You'll need to find a 92-94 non-turbo Legacy transmission or a 2nd gen phase 1 4EAT trans that has a 3.90 final drive ratio.

If you want to swap the rear end, you could potentionally run a transmission with a different final drive ratio.

If you can find one (and assuming it works like people are saying), an Outback, Legacy GT or Legacy LSI (basically 96-98 cars with a 2.5 motor) tranny with 4.44 final drive would be a kick in the pants for acceleration. My mom's outback has that and it would demolish our manual transmission Outback (with 4.11 gears) up to highway speeds.

Yes, but your highway rpms are going to be very high.....which can be very annoying...not to mention the poor fuel economy.

It's not as bad as you think josh. The 4.11FD auto in my 96 Legacy had me going 2.5-2.6k rpm at 70 and the 4.44FD in my mom's outback is roughly 2.8-2.9k rpm at the same. Much better than my jdm 4.11 tranny in my SS - 70mph is like 3.3k rpm!

Ok....well there must be different gearing in the transmissions for the various gears.

i found a rebuild kit using the search and my uncle works at a dealership as a mechanic and does transmissions. he is going to get step by step oem directions for my transmission rebuild it and we are going to put a shift kit in and new Tc. hopefully before mid December. with a good rebuild like that how would you think the transmission would handle some extra power?

The gears should be able to take it from what i hear, but you may need to upgrade your torque converter to a high stall one and your valving depending on what ur going for in terms of power i am a noob but i'm picking up bits and pieces lol

As long as the clutches & everything is good, you should be ok with some extra power.

Someperson wrote:The gears should be able to take it from what i hear, but you may need to upgrade your torque converter to a high stall one and your valving depending on what ur going for in terms of power i am a noob but i'm picking up bits and pieces lol

High stall torque converters are stronger, but by no means are a necessary upgrade just for holding more power. It'll make power-brake launches way more fun, but they're also expensive and would reduce fuel economy quite a bit below lock speed (40ish mph).

Really, a shift kit and a trans oil cooler should do the job for anything you're likely to throw at it with the EJ22 block and heads in there.

i was going to replace all the clutches and the brake bands inspecting the gears replacing the torque converter maybe with an OEM replacement for a wrx auto or something thats made for over 200hp. i want to make at least 220whp by next may.

Can I get some tips on rebuild kits and skift kits? Durability reliability and performance.

Here's some info on the transgo shift kit.

http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic. ... 75#p392875

Awesome thanks.