Yea it matched up nicely. I need to go get a gasket for that juncture. The one I had was too small. I had a couple new gaskets for the manafolds already so I just stuck those in there. An added bonus on project left overs.
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Yea it matched up nicely. I need to go get a gasket for that juncture. The one I had was too small. I had a couple new gaskets for the manafolds already so I just stuck those in there. An added bonus on project left overs.
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This is a good thread to read. Nice to have this option in the back of my head if the transmission ever goes out.
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Ya, now if someone would just do it for me. My garage isn't large enough to turn wrenches well in and none of my trusted shops wants to tackle it. Most citing it isn't high on their "want to to list" or "it's going to take to much of their time due to R&D". I respect both excuses.
Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT
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Over all it hasn't been that difficult. Some parts are time consuming like mating the cases together. I figure I will have spent around 40 +- hours doing the swap. A possible compromise would be to just have a shop pull out the auto and install the manual. From there it is fairly straight forward. Shouldn't be any R&D required once I finish the documentation. No fabrication or welding needed, I did have to drill 1 hole in a dust cover but that is it. I was concerned the Trooper shifter would be too tall but as it turns out fits perfect.
I will document the wiring needed to finish off the build here soon. Been under the weather the past couple days.
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Sorry to hear that Greg, hope you feel better!
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I've been sitting on my AR5 and respective flywheel for about a year. Now that some other things in my life are starting to settle a bit, I'm going to get this tackled in the early part of this year. This thread is a boon, so thanks!
IIRC, BigMeat said something about still needing to figure out the cruise control. I hope that will be addressed in this thread, as well.
Keep up the bodacious work!
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I see you are in Austin. I am planning on being in Austin for a visit sometime in February or March. I lived in the Austin area for about 12 years.Originally Posted by eternal21
I think I have the cruise portion figured out. We will see if my idea works when I get feeling better.
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Cool. Let me know! If you're interested, we can grab a beer or dinner while I pick your brain *lol*
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I'll be there the week of Feb 27th and again the week of March 12th...
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Good luck with your Vx trans swap you might want to look into a trooper with the manual trans has everything your looking for even a on/off button for the TOD system.
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That's where the transmissions came from.
Last edited by eternal21 : 01/04/2012 at 10:15 AM
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You lose TOD with the Manual Trooper as its only a 2wd-4hi-4lo. Also you get a 2-1 low gear () on the transfer case with the Trooper. Keeping the VX transfer case with this swap is key.
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I can't wait to axe my TOD and get a real transfer case!
But you are partially wrong...Troopers were available with TOD.
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If I recall correctly, Troopers with autos have TOD & Troopers with manuals get a non-TOD transfer case.
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I think this is correct...it was in 99 anyway when I bought my first Trooper. I still have the brochure somewhere...
95 Trooper with a buncha stuff nobody here cares about...
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