drich Posted March 23, 2010 Share Posted March 23, 2010 Hello all, I have a 1998 Subaru Legacy GT wagon 2.5 with the 4eat trans. Recently found bad head gaskets at 230,000 miles so time for some work. Found a donor 2.5 with trans out of a car with 130,000 on it for cheap. Same setup as my GT so it'll work. Now trying to do a little work swapping my older setup for the newer before throwing it in the car. Trans in the car appears to be working Ok with the standard rough shift from 1st to 2nd and an occasional clunk when putting it into park from drive. I looked at my donor trans and found that in pulling the motor and trans the guy had crushed the cannon plug for the trans wiring harness on top of the bell housing. So I started to remove the damaged wiring harness to swap my good one over. Got to mid way back on the drivers side of the trans when I found the electrical plug, where the wire bundle goes into the trans. But here is finally my question, how does this plug disconnect from the trans? I tried to be nice and clean the grit and dirt from around it looking for a clip, but none found. Tried do persuade it a little with a wiggle and tug and nothing. Tried a little more pressure and some screw driver assist with no luck either. I didn't want to force it and cause more damage to the plug but it just won't go. Does it just need a little more persuasion or is there something I'm missing? Does anyone have any help with this please. Thanks in advance Here's a generic picture with the area circled. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll80/drich120376/Subaru/DSC01230-1-1.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drich Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 No Help on this one guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness of Death Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 is it possible that it's a temp sensor for the ATF and it's all one piece with the wiring?? have you tried to remove the one on your old tranny yet? any close up pics of it attached to the plug? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drich Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 I haven't tried the other trans yet as it's still in the car. Here's a link to more pictures http://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/4eat-help-please-quick-question-134195.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness of Death Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 can you get a wrench on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drich Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 I can, I already tried and broke a small alignment tab off. Opps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness of Death Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 i'm sorry. i dont know what to tell you. any chance you can talk to a subaru mech? or something in those lines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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