AKIRA Posted October 30, 2004 Share Posted October 30, 2004 If this ej22 swap into my brat happens, I'll have a ea81 4spd d/r laying around, and a loyale (3spd 4wd auto) with a second bad tranny, Hmm..... this would be a modification of opportunity, when I take a 5speed out of a gl for my brat, I'll rip out all the clutch pedal stuff too, for the loyale. so the question is, can a ea81 4spd d/r fit in an auto loyale? what kind of modifications would I have to do? I would get the clutch pedal assembly and the like out of an ea82 for it, but what problems would I run into for the rest? I have read about auto to 5speed conversions being almost bolt-in on the trannys part, what would be changed with the 4speed? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 bump, no one knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_tim Posted October 31, 2004 Share Posted October 31, 2004 Easy to do with just a few glitches. First if it has P/S one of the lines will have to be manufactured. another problem is the coolant neck faces the wrong way on one of the intakes, we just put in a copper 90º elbow. those were the biggest challanges, but it worked great. I'm sure there was other stuff but its been a long time since I did mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted October 31, 2004 Author Share Posted October 31, 2004 cool, I didn't know anydone had done this swap before do I have to change the shift linkages to make it fit in? also remember this an ea81 4speed not an 82 5spd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted November 5, 2004 Author Share Posted November 5, 2004 ok, now I really need to know the answer to this, the govenor gear cored itself and the transmission self-destructed on the highway today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_tim Posted November 5, 2004 Share Posted November 5, 2004 I have a spare Gov shaft if you want to keep the auto for awhile. I can't tell you about the 4spd, we just kept the original 5spd D/R. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKIRA Posted November 5, 2004 Author Share Posted November 5, 2004 can anyone guess the differences? maybe a hypothesis? tanks tim, but It will take more than a governor gear to fix it, this will be the second auto and third governor. no more. I wrote about the tranny here, I think its a good read, funny too. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=24552 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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