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Old 09-04-2008, 12:53 AM   #23
STimedic
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Originally Posted by silentt View Post
Sorry to say, but your service manager friend is mistaken there. I'm running a full 07 STI swap in my older RS and am using my own gauge cluster and steering column.
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Originally Posted by Wrinkleboi View Post
Yeah I've been told that the wiring goes through the cluster, however the cluster itself does not contain any immobilizer bits, so it doesn't have to be programmed like the immobilizer ecu, the key ring, and the ecu itself. I have no experience with an immobilizer system using a non-original gauge cluster to prove this, but luckily we have an expert on the subject right above me..
I was only saying that that was what was told to me because they said they couldn't wire my ECU and security system into one of their tech's STi to diagnose my current issue, and I can't realistically send my car back Stateside for them to figure it out. He said that's what SoA told him.

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Originally Posted by ciper View Post
I too heard the same advice from another Subaru tech that the 07+ STI needs the matching gauge cluster. Something in their training or documentation must hint at this.

Either way its good to know that its not required for the 07. I can verify first hand that its not needed for the 04 or 05 USDM STI.
My swap is from an 05, but once again, you all have better first-hand experience on that part because of the hybrid stuff, mine was a straight swap.

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Originally Posted by beaviscih View Post
Not to jack the thread, but...

#4 - I've seen it done, but any thoughts on pulling and stabbing the motor and tranny as one unit (I don't have a lift)?
Wrinkleboi would probably have a better answer on that one, but I would have to say it'd take quite a few sets of jackstands (4 to hold up the car, 4-5 for the engine/tranny via subframe), an engine hoist (hold the engine/tranny by a grade 8 bolt through the dog-bone mount on the tranny, it worked for me, no issues, was hanging by that for almost a week before we got to bolting everything back in) and 1-2 floor jacks. I used a large tranny jack to lift the rear subframe into the car, so you'll have to find a way to do that without a lift, but Wrinkleboi would prolly know more on that.

Once again, just my experience, results may vary.
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