Guacamole wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:26 pmHow difficult was the transmission swap? Is it something you can just pull and swap with an identical model? Mine's feeling like it's on its way out.
A couple of years ago I swapped the transaxle in my daughter's 98 Forester. Her front differential had gone bad. I went up and pulled the auto tranny from another Forester that had ben overheated. The Baja really isn't all that different. Rear driveshaft, CV axles (you undo the front ball joints), exhaust "Y" pipe, a small crossmember, the shifter linkage and one or two "plug and plays" The lower bolts were bit tricky to get to. You will definitely want to drain the old tranny first. I did this using only a regular floor jack, but I had drilled the lift plate so I could bolt a larger plywood pad to it.
I did the whole job by myself, and I also have a small garage - only 10 feet wide. Dennis
Toybox06 wrote: Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:30 pm
How difficult was the transmission swap? Is it something you can just pull and swap with an identical model? Mine's feeling like it's on its way out.
The second part of your question involving identical models, I’m still not sure what all the differences are but as I saw there were maybe some different gear sets for the differential among different cars but there is a sticker right on top of the transmission you should be able to match up.
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06Suparu wrote: Thu Jun 17, 2021 2:26 am
I want to see pics of the exhaust. Im getting close to pitting my lift in and need to replace the midpipe and muffler while im under there.
I will have it on my lift here in the next few days when I install my Gorilla 1' strut spacers and wheel spacers. I'll snap an undercarriage pic!
