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I didn’t pull the engine and the exhaust housing for the turbo didn’t give enough clearance to remove the old 5MT, had to loosen it to the point where it was slightly adjustable. Glad I did, was able to see there were minor leaks in the locations you mentioned.

Appreciate the reply, the swap is coming along decently well. Correcting rust and generally updating bushings, hardware, etc has been the time killer. I’m sure you felt the pain as well

UPDATE: I’ve pulled all LGT components, and installed everything but the 6MT, PTO, and front drives. If you’re here for things to note… - use genuine Subaru flywheel bolts (CORRECT TORQUE AND BLUE LOCTITE) or ARP. Trust me. - EVENLY install and correctly torque rear subframe and suspension, you’ll be pretty sad when you tighten 3 carrier bolts then realize no.4 is off and you’re about to friction weld your subframe into your car. - just remove the turbo, you’ll thank yourself later when you go to install your 6MT. - fuel tank flanges will rust before everything else, clean it up and fix it. - 4 bolts holding shift linkage to your frame have poor nut plates, take care when removing. - pretty common knowledge but leave suspension free until shafts are in. I’ll throw some pictures in here soon. If you’re here for your swap, good luck it’s totally do-able yourself

Hey guys, Here comes the time of this old girls life that she needs the 6 speed. I have a JDM spec B pallet picked out and am ready to pull the trigger. I’m making this post to hopefully find anyone that has done this swap before and may have some insight into the process as I’ll be doing it myself. I’m not too worried about the mechanical aspect of the swap, more-so the electrical side. I’ve R2’d a few Subaru engines and USDM trans’ before but am completely foreign to JDM. Im aware of the final drive of the JDM and the pallet IS an R180 with correct shafts. Thanks if anyone checks this out, there’s many more uplift plans for the car. Hope to be posting updates on this old girl in the future!

OP if you want you can pm me for my builders number, he’d love to help you with 20X/Y swap questions. We go through an importer on the east coast and get full great condition engines (most of the time w/ no turbo) in the 1000-1300 range if you’d want to go that route. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk