johnceggleston

i picked up a 98 outback with bad HGs that has been sitting for ~18months and the brand new rotors (and pads) he put on the week before are now rusty. i pulled them to take and get them turned for my daily driver, but i was wondering if there was a process i could do myself to save the trip. my daily driver needs rotors and i thought i would use these while the 98 is on jack stands and have mine turned to install once the swap is done. i just don't know how much hand sanding , if any, is too much. any tricks or tips?? thanks,

the 95 ej22 is a direct swap for the 99 ej25 so i think it will work, no problem. you may need a y-pipe as mentioned but that should be it. you can not swap the intake since the phase 2 ej22 intake is the same as the phase 2 ej25 intake and different than the 95 - 98 ej22 intake. but since you don't need to swap it it is not a problem. but before you do the swap check to make sure you are not hearing the t-belt tensioner slapping. may be just wishful thinking but it would be great if that is what was making the noise and they will make noise.

there are some odd duck wheels, the SVX or some sports car version of subarus, i think. but for the most part, yes, 5 lug subaru wheels from legacy, forester, outback and impreza are the same. your limiting factor is going to be the brake caliper.

+1, i strip the threads on a VW block bolt helping a friend in college swap an engine. he announced he'd rather have it fall off or leak than stripped. i have always remembered that when ever doing any bolts without a T-wrench. thread it on finger tight, if it leaks, give it a 1/4 turn, if it still leaks give it another 1/4 turn. i have never heard of a 7/8 turn tighter. is that spec??

i was able to identify new gaskets on my 97 obw which i bought with 98k miles. if you compare pictures, or actual gaskets side by side you will see they have slight differences which you MAY be able to identify with out removing the heads. i looked for the rectangular "stamp" or imprint in the corner of the new gaskets. the old ones do not have them. the other thing to look for is the "tabs" that hang out in the exhaust port area, the new are larger. i referred to these pics. the new on the left has different corners (the corners closet to the old gasket) and the tabs at the exhaust ports. of course if they were change a while ago you may not be able to see the difference.

i looked at the opposedforces.com/parts parts site for forester SOHC engines and it indicates that the auto trans got them and the manual trans did not.

set up the car so it is doing the wrong thing, use a stick or brick to push on the brake pedal. then pull the rear light bulbs until something changes. if it is a bulb you will find it. it you don't find it then it's a wire.

yes but you don't have to. it is easier to switch the other way. once you get the trans on the floor side by side you will see what you have to do. it's not hard.

we call that the virgin switch.

yes, screws inside the ashtray compartment, 2 i think on the front edge ceiling / top. and you have to remove the cup slide holder tray and bracket. i think that's it.

does it do it continuously or or just when you start moving? maybe the rear trans mount or drive shaft universal ??

my 97 GT came with both the seat connections and the switch connections. not sure about the relay and other stuff.remove the 2 screws at the center console latch and pop out the panel around the hand brake. if you have wires ans maybe a blue connector in there you probably have the wiring for heated seats. it is my opinion that if the option was offered at the factory in a specific year and model then the wiring is there. for instance, heated seats was an option in 97 GT but not in the 96 lego. so my GT has the wiring but the 96 parts car i have does not.

i wish i could justify the money right now. 1" lift for legacys, this includes outback. http://www.subtle-solutions.com/product_info.php?products_id=107&osCsid=c591d4acde04fad58fbb010eb8aa74ce

+1, i'm with gloyale get a legacy, 95- or 96, and add the struts. you'll have a more economical final drive ratio than the outback. if you are climbing hills or towing get a GT or outback with bad head gaskets. the GT already has the outback final drive and you can put the struts on it as well. adding outback size tires will, in effect, give you an outback setup. i am amazed at how desirable the outbacks are as opposed to a regular lego. i'm guilty of this myself. but for 200$ used or 300$ new, you can lift any legacy to the outback height, maybe higher, and the rest is mostly paint and plastic. but outbacks do look good.

as long as they are both SOHC they will swap. but some engines 00 - 04 had slight differences so hang on to your cam and crank sprockets until you get it running. was your 01 a head gasket / overheating engine??

maybe the engine supplier / rebuilder will let you trade?? i would think there is greater demand for the DOHC engine.

double check to see if it does it all the time backing up or only when turning and backing. see if it does it when turning tight, all the way to the right or left, slow circles, at idle speed while going forward. what i'm looking for is torque bind. if not that then maybe a bad trans mount.

i can't imagine the 'small' side, driver side of the tank only holds 2 gal. but not drawing fuel from both side does come to mind. maybe there is a hole in the "suck up" tube on one side that defeats the actual pick up.

you need the TC and the flex plate off a 96 - 98, 2.5L engine, outback, GT or LSi. the flex must match the TC. the flax plate will be easy, almost any one who has done a 2.2 swap has one on the wall. the TC may cost you. did you look here?? http://www.car-part.com

drilling clockwis from the back, if / when the the bit grabs it will thread the bolt back the way it came in. you can do the same thing from the front if you have left handed dill bits.

if you have to use it, pull it out of the trans, set it nose down and drill out the busted bolts from the back side. use lots of pblaster to loosen them up and a dril bit smaller than the shaft of the bolt. you can always use a bigger bit and just drill out the whole thing and re tap it . but if drilling the bolt causes it to spin out, all the better. thats what you really want, no tapping then. re-seating the TC is not hard if you know you need to do it. it the folks who do not know they need to go an extra bit who screw up. and check it's position before you pull it in the first place so you will have a reference point. maybe mark it. keep at it, you are getting close now.

it will be quicker and easier to use the flex plate and TC from the other engine/ trans. especially since you have them already. you can address the busted bolts when you need to, if you ever need to. these are legos, they snap together.

the trans code numbers in the chart are / should be accurate, but when you are searching online for a trans everyone is going to identify it by year and model, not trans number. http://www.car-part,com may help. the only outbacks in the 90s that had a 3.9 were the 95s which still had the 2.2L engine. i do not know what happened in '00 , that's not my decade. but the rule of thumb for 5 speed swaps is "any 5 speed will fit and work as long as it has the right final drive". since you are looking to change your FD i would not limit your search to 95 - 99. review the chart and find the gears you want and then go looking for the car and year you need. i wouldn't go newer than 04 without more research just to be sure it will work. there are some push and some pull clutches, but the housings have the ability to be either with very little effort, so find what you are looking for.

so who is on the bench ready to go in????

in auto trans in the late 90s the 7th character is the final drive ratio indicator, if it is a 2 then it is a 4.44 final drive. but the manual trans are not that consistent, and i can not find any pattern to them. so you are going to have to go off of which car the trans / diff came from. a 2,5L car will have the 4.44 final drive and the 2,2L cars will have the 3.9 final drive. you can check this against the chart for confirmation.