I just bought a 2000 Legacy wagon w/221,000 on it.
The guy said in thae ad that it had a delay betw. R and D, but he'd just done a complete head job since the timing belt broke.
The car is in beautiful shape in and out - Oh! he did the rear struts as well, and brakes.
I bought it for $2200.
I rooted around to find out about the tranny before I bought it and i had found this thread, so I took a chance and bought it.
Today checked the trans fluid and it was high by over 1/2" on the stick.
So, I drained out about 1-3/4 quarts and put in a quart of Trans-X (he said he'd already done a full tranny service, so I didn;t drain ti again.
It reversed fine and went into drive fine - I drove it around for 5 minutes all happy!
An hour later I wanted to test it again. It reversed fine, then just spun and spun, then the Check Engine light came on.
S i g h . . . .
I added almost a full quart of fluid and spun a bit more and then suddenly it grabbed and worked fine!
After 5 hours I just now tested it cold, and it had NO hesitation going in and out of drive and reverse over and over - it's all happy now!
Thanks to all who have contributed to this thread - you gave me the confidence to buy the car with trans problem and bet on it being fixable.
:-)
BTW: The Check Engine light was because it has spun so much with no torque converter brake release or somesuch - A quick check with the Harbor Freight OBDC and a reset of the code and - no mode CE light.
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Cheers!
