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#1
01-02-2008, 12:26 PM
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Its the transmission!!!
So the knocking and ticking I heard is the tranny....
 I don't have the money to fix it, so she'll be parked. I'll have to buy new tires for the Sprint and start driving it again. Might have to sell her...  Right now I'm so bummed I can hardly stand it. I love the car, but other big expenses have taken the funds to do a new tranny. You guys have been great. I'll post in and let you know what I decide. I'm going to go cry over her now...okay, truth, I'm crying now... (ya, I'm such a girl! OOPS, woman...) Cynthia Mechanic just called back. Found one used tranny in all of BC for $3600.
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01-02-2008, 02:21 PM
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01-02-2008, 02:36 PM
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The report is that its the transmission. Could be expensive but may be not so bad. Exactly what did "The Mechanic" tell you?
 Do not rely on a single opinion.Let us know here the exact symptoms and use as many words as necessary. A knocking, or particularly a ticking noise, could very well be confined to the flex plate which is part of the transmission, but not such big a deal. 
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01-02-2008, 02:40 PM
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That $3600 seems wild high to me. I'm thinking you could have a Subaru reman transmission for about $3000 or maybe less, with better chance of it lasting a while. Take stock Cyn and don't rush at a solution. The way I view it, if you considered every other nut and bolt in the car to be worth zero, which is not actually the case, then when fixed up the car will be standing you $3000, maybe a little more, maybe a little less. Would your fixed up SVX be worth that much to you? It would to me I know, and if you think on it a while, you may see things in a better light. Keep your spirits up. Joe 
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#5
01-02-2008, 02:50 PM
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Also, remember it doesn't HAVE to be an SVX tranny. Impreza & Legacies use the same trannnies up to like '97-98. Just remember to get the rear diff too.
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01-02-2008, 03:41 PM
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Thanks gang.
I know that things will seem better in a day or two. Its just been a really hard last few months for me personally/ professionally/ financially, and this tipped me over the edge. I love that car. I know that it will be fixed, it just might not be for months...I hope it will be me that fixes her. I asked about the flex plate, and he said no. That it needs the whole tranny. I'll get more info soon. Also, maybe a second opinion? These mechanics have been great with me and the car so far, and I trust them. They try to do fixes in the best and least expensive way for me. (when every muffler shop and other mechanics said I needed a whole new exhaust, these guys laughed, cut out the part with the crack, and welded in a new pipe for $100. Been quiet ever since. Just an example.) I'll let you know what they say.
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01-02-2008, 04:01 PM
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I'd get a second opinion
Just to be sure.
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01-02-2008, 04:34 PM
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Cynic, I've got a tranny for you if your diffs are good.
$400, plus wherever we end up with shipping. If you'd like it. Heck, if you could get the durn thing down here, I'd be happy to put it in. And you'd still be out less than a thousand, esp. with the current exchange rate. -Patrick
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