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woe is us
Randy and Immortal
Sorry to hear about the problems. My own box is gone the same. I have been commuting for the last two weeks with only first and third. Just this week, my 19000lbs B&M cooler arrived. Also, my '92 workshop manual arrived, take a bow Ryan at Subaruparts, and Scott, so now I am armed with enough knowledge to get the job done right. I am not sure that the rebuild will be a success, although I know the guy doing it for me is pretty competent, simply this is one SOB of a complex piece of kit. His guess without opening mine is the brake band is gone. Best of luck with the fix, hope you are not off the road too long. Joe PS I am starting to think in an obsessive fashion about a current model Maserati Quattroporte V8. 32 valve engine, wall to wall leather and briarwood, 335 horsepower and manual gearbox. Only RWD, but maybe it does not spend so much time in the service bay having the transmission out. Subaru do not deserve to have sales success with the current H6 3.0 after the kind of cr.p we SVX looney obsessives have to endure because of their under-engineering incompetence.
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I had initially fixed my car over at AAMCO. After 2 rebuilts, I asked for full refund. That came back after a couple of months. The Suby dealer that I used did a good job this time. Nothing leaks. It's all good. From my past mistakes and what i have seen here, unless you send it to Suby dealer, most shops can't do SVX trannies. Perhaps L10 might have a better luck. What do you think?
Lwin
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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Huck has a tranny guy local to him that will be doing the 5 spd swap with Huck's help. I have to locate the parts, Huck will supply the needed fabrication stuff. Hopefully from here on out my biggest problem will be burning up clutches - I can handle that.
I am wondering if I should send the auto box to level 10 now in anticipation of the pending self destruction of my wife's svx tranny. In the meantime I'm driving the wife's old '88 celica with 188,000 miles on the original auto tranny (which I changed fluid on today) This car used to feel like a rocket pre-SVX when I was driving my '89 suby wagon, now it feels like poop. I tried to con her into driving it and letting me take her SVX - didn't work. Randy - Since mine started slipping, Kim has been asking about the cost of the auto tranny, replacements, 5spd, etc. I just told her your story and went through a couple of the other tranny replacement saga's I've read here and amazingly it did not scare her out of her SVX. She's a keeper.
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Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P. |
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Lwin M. Maung (Member # 147) Current SVX: • NONE Previous SVXes: •1994 LE Barcelona Red 107k • 1992 LS-L Pearl White 143k • 1994 LSi Bordeaux Pearl 220k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 184k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 145k • 1992 LS-L Liquid Silver 102k • 1992 LS-L Ebony Pearl 123k Other current cars:•2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee Black If at first you don't succeed, CHEAT!
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Seeing how we are so attached to are cars we should all have two or three of them ,so that we will always have one to drive when the other is in the shop. to make it even better park one spare a your shop for a small fee and the other in the driveway. this way it would be convenant when we drop one off you drive home in the other one.
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Good point, with a few cars there is no cold turkey, just continual goosing by the service agents. However, if it is a little mad to have one SVX, then maybe it is a type of stark raving lunacy to have two or three! I say this with all deference to the many members who have more than one SVX. May their wheel bearings never sing, nor their trannies hum "Slip Slidin' Away" Joe
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Randy <------- "Stark Raving Looney!"
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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I knew she was a keeper the first time I met her. You guys were absolutely meant for each other. You make a great couple. May you have many happy years. Meanwhile, having the autobox sent to L-10 now, in anticipation of Kim's tranny going belly up, may not be such a bad idea. Either that, or hold it as a second core allowance for your local Suby dealer. You might check with them and see if that's an option. If they would allow it, you may just be able to replace with a Suby reman in the "manageable money" category.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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<<Wait, no... I want 2 of every color... >>
So does that mean that you want two color lower/black upper and two solid color for each base color? Then does a black Mica with a 97 grill differ from a 92? How many different color combos are there for the 5 years? Doug
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1992 LS Touring (6/91) - Currently undergoing a five speed swap Black over Claret with spoiler; 235,000 miles; Mods: 2002 Legacy 5 speed, ACT Pressure Plate, Excedy Clutch, Short Throw Shifter, Aussie Powerchip 1992 LS Touring (6/91) Black over Claret with 2.5" setback spoiler; 202,000 miles; Mods: B&M Cooler 1994 LSi (4/93) Bordeaux Pearl; 198,000 miles; Mods: Weight reduction. 1969 Mustang GT Convertible 1970 Mustang Convertible 2000 Ford Excursion Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua. My Locker |
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I will keep the super-great guys at Earl Duff in mind, though.
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Randy Johnson 3rd Registered Member 02-21-2001 First Member to Reach 10,000 Posts First to arrive at the very first Reading Meet Subaru Ambassador 1992 SVX PPG Pace Car Replica 110+k 1993 White Impreza L 240+K miles 2001 Legacy Outback Limited Sedan 250+K miles 2013 Deep Indigo Pearl Legacy 3.6R 49+K miles "Reading is my favorite Holiday" Mike Davis -- at Reading VI |
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Since then though I have had to use the pump and I plan on removing the valve body and installing a Trans-Go shift kit for future install in the present tranny. |
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Randy - you made her day.
I think I'll hang onto this one for a little while and send it in I gather up some extra cash (the tranny, not the wife) On the upside, my family of subies made the high mileage subaru page. http://hometown.aol.com/nv1z/subaruhighmileage.html Since I have been driving the toyota, I am having a hard time understanding how anyone can have an SVX sit in the garage as a weekend car and commute daily in a POS. I'd rather drive my 2-speed svx than anything else.
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Matt Locker Link 2015 BRZ Limited 6MT 92 Ebony LS-L ECUtune Stage2av1, Z32 MAF, 370cc injectors, TomsSVX intake, BontragerWorks 22mm RSB #003, HID Hi and Lo beams, OT endlink and bushing mods, PWR Aluminum radiator, Harvey's QC shift kit, 2.5" flowmaster 80 exhaust, 17" Michelin Pilot Sport A/S, Poly sway bar bushings, Slotted Bradi rotors, AFBeefcake powdercoated calipers, 97 grill, and a huge set of air horns. 300,000 miles and counting 92 Ebony LS-L. ecutune stage1v4, motorsport 1pc pulley. Garage Queen - sold to Dad in upstate NY 155,000 miles 19 Subaru Ascent Premium - -Hers !. 89 DL 4x4 little red wagon - a.k.a. The immortal suby. 275k R.I.P. |
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