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Subject:Re: (Conversion-OrientedVC) Subaru 2.2l 4-cyl turned 260K this afternoon while coming home from Atlantic City
From:Sudhir Desai
Date:Sun, 26 Aug 2007 23:08:37 -0400

ahh, no no... this is a manual :)
sorry for the confusion.

On 8/26/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
> Subaru automatic tranny's have a history of blowing up.
>
> That's good for us VW folks, you can often get a used Legacy/Outback
> that "needs a new transmission" for a great price...a wonderful
> situation since you don't use the Subaru tranny for the transplant
> anyway.
>
> Buy the whole donor subaru, take your time and strip out everything
> you need, sell anything left if you can, then send it to the
> crusher...
>
>
> >The transmission on the other hand, is blah. I have torn 2
> >transmissions up driving hard in the snow -- flooring in second gear,
> >and using the rev-limiter as the traction control device (the engine
> >is still running fine -- this was two years ago).
> >
>