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You may get the flex on those outlets. I’m starting to think I was doing the same approach on the parts car. But that’s a fading foggy memory.

From my 1985 factory parts catalog which has the dual range: station wagon with dual range non turbo would use p/n 23221 GA232 the best I can tell. and the part name indicates 7AC I can’t post pics right now and I’m a little worn out from the day. It’s a little confusing with the other axles so I’d better rest and look at it again another time. It seems there are a couple models that have a turbo but get 23 spline axles, which is weird. The 25 spline axles are the predominant turbo axle for sure. Maybe the 23 for automatics or something I’m not seeing.

I’m going through parts as the weather warms. For sure I have the MAF from at least the 92-94 and maybe 90-91. I’m not sure there’s even a difference on that item. Probably all the same for all EJ22E 90-96. As I can I’ll check the boxes I have which happen to be right up front waiting for spring. If I have the 5-pin I’ll let you know asap.

Hey maybe your lucky moment. I have that exact transmission which I personally extracted from a 2000 Legacy GT wagon. It is a 4:11 I pretty sure. Those also run larger wheels. The car I purchased to part out for my own needs (engine) had a front end collision. Car had only 124k on it. I jumped on this once I saw it. That engine is in our wagon. We drove it from east coast to west and it now resides in AZ with our son. That was over two years ago. So the engine should speak for the transmission for future reliability. I have the transmission on a dolly in my storage. It’s in Milford CT if that helps. I haven’t checked your location but I’ll do that after I post this. Being February in New England it’s a little chilly out to make a crate. But if you’re wanting it shipped I’d be willing once the temps get a little higher. Off topic- somehow I cannot locate the remote dashboard cup holder I had from that GT. But I also have a good load of parts from that 2000 GT and also from a 2002 sedan. I don’t want much at all. I’m cleaning house and would be happy to make a sweet deal on that transmission.

I’m not sure you can flex those lines out of the way enough to slide it out. All ok here with our 2003s. The one from this post is now in AZ hopefully for the rest of its life. We have our sedan 2003 here and to date no issues with anything coolant related. So I don’t really have any experience since the parts car with exploring the swap. But I’m pretty sure with that parts car that I had reached the same point. Just had no time to finish playing parts gatherer. If you proceed on your own please post results. I plan on keeping at least one from this era around for many years.

That’s the era where they (SOA) really tighten up with dealer stock. Dealers are told to destroy parts or at least damage them as they throw them out. So finding 80’s and later NOS is more tricky than 70’s. But Carl Porter is the big man these days for NOS since I’ve been getting out of this habit slowly. He’s here once in a while. Find him in FB if you haven’t already.

For the benefit of others: David Melcher sure has helped a lot of us. Only gotten to know him over this last decade or less but I’ve done well with getting parts from him as others have. A very decent person to deal with. One of the very few people selling parts on FB that you can trust. I agree with Bennie, same foggy memory too. Shouldn’t need anything beyond the mounting bracket and belts. Good luck with the hunt.

If you score factory service manuals be sure you get the sections you need. Don’t just buy sections 4,5,6 without being sure they’re to your benefit. Usually it’s section 2 that’s the Engine or Engine/Transmission And you would be ok with getting any of the years around your car like 87-89 and I’m pretty sure you’ll have the info you need and then some. Plenty of us have it had them. Sorry that I got rid of all my 80’s pretty much. Good luck. You’ll be fine. Being an EA82T my first thought is to check air leaks and the O2 sensor but that’s based off of my limited experience with those and may not even be your cause. But it’s a good item to check off your list. That’s a closed air system. So it doesn’t want additional air. Again, likely not your issue. But may help for general maintenance.

Also posted on one of the FB groups, yes? You’re in Australia? Has the EA71 gotten that scarce down there? I’d move on just thinking the internals are not going to offer enough vs the effort. And that there’s another engine or two to be had cheap enough. If you’re hell bent then I’m only likely to offer the same advice of others. Soak , heat , soak , heat , effort. Good luck. Stay healthy during the process!

Mmmm tasty ! Nice job.

I would think so. Find the air leaks first then back that idle screw out appropriately. Good luck

Set the clutch and allow 1/8” play to the hill holder engagement is how I recall that adjustment. But it’s been about a decade since I’ve owned one. If nobody else chimes in I’ll look it up in the manual. Or did you lose the nuts at the threaded end?

At the hill holder unit is there a stubby thick wire spring on the lever that cable would pull ? Maybe he took the spring off and didn’t really secure the lever and that lever has worked its way back?

Maybe that was a more current car? Maybe still being paid off or still had significant value. My case is a 1994 totaled in 2022 or whatever year it was. But for sure the car was over 25 years old. To the original poster, good job!

Awesome. Don’t think nobody’s watching. I’m just too busy with other stuff and my similar project is a good year away or more. Thanks for posting all the pics and details.