mikeanderso

Hi Cookie, I've noticed on VW's, similar to BMW, that wiring color for a specific function stays the same for years and years. I harvested an entire wiring harness from a '74 bus and used the wiring to salvage my '64 harness which was spliced and hacked up. Whoa, a bit off topic... Finding out how far back the engine connectors on a legacy are the same wouldn't help me. I know that the connectors are the same for '95 and '98 legacies which are the two years I care about at this point. What I don't know is how a '95 Impreza wiring harness differs from a '95 Legacy harness, and from a '98 for that matter. I have wiring diagrams for the '98 legacy, and the '95 legacy, but I know nothing about '95 impreza's Thanks, and keep the ideas coming! Mike A. '98 OBW '64 VW Transporter

The 2.5 manifold will not fit on the 2.2 engine. The mounting holes are in slightly different places. I'm using the 2.2 ECU on the 2.2 engine to avoid that issue. What i'm hoping is that someone that owns a 95 or so impreza will chime in and confirm my suspicion that the 2 16 pin connector is an impreza thing. I know it's not a legacy thing. Then, if that's the case, I'm hoping someone will chime in and hook me up with a copy of the '95 impreza wiring diagram ;-) Looking at the 95 legacy wiring diagram, and the '98 legacy wiring diagram, I don't see any reason why a '95 2.2 legacy engine would not work in a '98 legacy. What I have (I think) isa '95 impreza engine. I didn't think there was a difference, but I'm still learning... Thanks for the suggestions everybody, keep 'em coming! Mike A. '98 OBW '64 Volkswagen Transporter (air-cooled, not suby powered)

Hello Everyone, New guy to the forum. I own a '98 Legacy OBW with 110,000 miles. Head gaskets went. Rather than replace the head gaskets and risk having them go out again later, I decided to swap out the EJ25 for an EJ22. I plan on keeping this car for awhile, and I don't have much need to go fast. I want rock solid reliability. After reading reviews on USMB, I bought a reman EJ22 from CCR (great people by the way). The engine is from a '95 impreza (that's what the notes in sharpie marker on the intake manifold sez). The engine is in place, and fits nicely, my observation is this: On the '98 legacy, the engine harness clips into the firewall harness with 3 connectors: one 16 pin, one 12 pin and one 6 pin. The '95 legacy has the same connectors (I have wiring diagrams for both the '95 and '98 legacy, and my neighbor has a '95 he let me poke around on). The engine I am putting in has 2 16 pin connectors to connect the engine harness to the car. I called CCR, and rick and emily are out for the week. I'm a patient guy, i just wanted to try and find out if there's anything I can do to make things work before they get back. My question(s) to y'all are the following: 1. Is the 2 16 pin connector an impreza thing? I don't have an impreza wiring diagram so I can't check it. 2. The ideal solution would probably be to get a '95 legacy engine harness to put on the motor, but can I swap the engine wiring harness from the '98 2.5 motor over to the '95 2.2 motor somewhat easily? 3. anybody done the 2.5 DOHC to 2.2 swap that might have other words of advice/warning for me? Thanks! Mike A.