Hi All, First time poster here on the forum so excuse me if this has been asked previously. I did search
I have just bought another Liberty 2.5 4gen (4th Liberty/Outback to date) and have to ask a question. I have owned a few in my time but some history firstly -
1st was a 1992 1gen Liberty wagon with trouble-free 420,000 K's when the gearbox died. 2nd was an 2005 Outback with another 188,000 k's on the clock but the wife thought it was a bit clunky looking and decided to sell it after I had some panel damage fixed. 3rd is currently another 2006 4gen Liberty wagon with 193,000 K's on the clock with no issues and I have just bought my son a 4gen 2006 sedan with only 110,000 k's up thus far.
All of them have been/are manuals gearboxes on a 2.5 litre motor (non turbo) - except of course the 1gen - 2.2 litre. Great cars overall
The technical question is that I have the opportunity to buy a 2008 2.5 litre motor (43,000km) as a spare for a reasonable price. The spare engine comes (without the box) from an automatic car - would this fit to a manual box with any issues or are they different? I understand that I would have to pull the bell housing/flywheel/clutch etc. but would it bolt straight on? Do I need to change out the ECU?
thanks in advance.