Hello Mark, go with a used one canabalized from another Subaru. Don't be afraid. I am an automotive Engineer, having owned a Subaru - albeit one with a 5-gear automatic transmission - uses fluidics and a torque converter.
I am not a CVT admirer as these generate friction losses and will not accelerate your car to that spurt of power if you suddenly floor the accelerator. Of course manual transmissions are best for positive power spurts and great at maximizing mpg. I have worked at General Motors in the US, Detroit Diesel Allison in India manufacturing automatic gear boxes, Hyundai Motors, Nissan Motors and Hindustan Motors as a Production / Industrial Engineer in their factories. I retired as Advisor from Nissan. I believe General Motors make the best automatic transmission in the world. Just make sure the local garage gives you an assurance for atleast (6) months on the canabalised CVT. This will force him to do some tests to ensure that the CVT removed from the old vehicle is good. 25K on the odometer is a good omen. Go for it man. Yep, all automatic transmissions are assembled in dust free rooms, as are Engines. Let me assure you dust & dirt will not enter inside the CVT as it is enclosed. Just that the local garage should take reasonable care in removing, cleaning, inspecting and fitting it to your car. Good luck Mark. Regards. Bipin. PS: Where are you based? I will be in San Mateo, the Bay Area, California starting July 2016. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
