4.44 or 5MT?!?!

[Michael Blue]

Hey there!

My beautiful but currently sad '92 Pearlie is down for the count...Transmission, front and center diff, and front CV joints...When it rains, it pours.

I'm in the Midwestern wasteland of SVX oblivion; there aren't even many Subarus of ANY kind here, much less our Giugiaro-designed space ships!!
So there isn't anyone here who knows what they are or how to properly work on them.

I'm probably going to have Budfreak put in a 4.44 or 4.11 conversion with his external cooler and filter, but I wondered if he or anyone else could do a complete 5MT swap for about the same money.

I'm shipping the car to Ohio for him, so about the same distance from IL would be no big deal if someone else can do a 5MT.

I'd have about $2K TOTAL including parts and labor...

Let me know if you (or someone you know of) could do a 5MT for about that.

At this point, I'm just looking forward to having her back on the road, but I'd like to never have to deal with trans issues again.

Thanks!