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Old 23 January 2012, 10:54 AM
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Question WRX Neutral Position Switch Location?

Does anyone have a pic/diagram/link showing location of neutral position switch on a 2003 5 speed WRX?
Old 23 January 2012, 11:00 AM
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It is located on the topside of the gearbox so can only access beneath the car.
Old 23 January 2012, 11:07 AM
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It,s a pig to get at it sits on top of the gearbox i may be wrong but i,am sure that the box has to be droped i was told 60 quid to fix mine as it needed a smaller washer to lower it further as this was causing me to lose torque the mapper told me this. As said it was an easy fix

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Old 23 January 2012, 11:53 AM
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This is the thread I was looking at:-
https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-location.html

The pic posted looks more likely to be the six speed?
Old 23 January 2012, 01:00 PM
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IIRC not on top but on the nearside approx. half way along. You don't need to drop the box. is a pig to get to, especially to do back up. You can't use a socket for obvious reasons so 100 x 1/12 of a turn of the spanner
Old 23 January 2012, 02:09 PM
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Easy job. Get the front up on some ramps. It's the rear most switch on the nearside of
the gearbox. Done it a couple of times now. 10 minutes max. I used an open end spanner.
Once you've cracked it, it should come out by hand.
Tip:- check the copper washer that comes with the switch. If it's a lot thicker than the original, stick the old one back in. There's no pressure in there so it should be OK.
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Thanks for the replies gents, asked the local mobile mechanic about fitting it a while back and he said it wouldn't be a problem but he would need to know exactly where it was, hence the question.
Old 23 January 2012, 08:11 PM
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WRX is meant to be OK........it's the 6 speed that might need the box dropped. That's what I remember LOL

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Old 23 January 2012, 08:17 PM
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I did mine on a wrx about 5 months ago. Easy enough to get to, just get the front up on stands. I did find, however, that both ends had a plug on them so I had to cut and splice a socket from the old one onto the new switch. Things like that only happen to me!
Old 23 January 2012, 08:32 PM
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Mine was diag as fooked when my car was mapped last month, its currenty looped at the mo till i get a new one, the mapper said he just drops the rear gearbox support and that gives enough room to get in (6spd).

ps are non-gen sensors any good or should i get a gen subaru sensor?
cheers
Old 23 January 2012, 08:35 PM
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On the STi a faulty NPS stops the AVCS working I'd simply get a genuine one.....how much are they at the moment? I think mine was 27 quid but that was a few years ago....

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I think they are between £40 and £50! A bloody joke really for what it is, a switch. I managed to find one on ebay, new and unused for £15 ish.
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oh i was thinking they were silly money, yeah AVCS were picked up on the mapping.
Gen it is then!!
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Blimey they've gone up a lot !!!


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Originally Posted by Midlife......
Blimey they've gone up a lot !!!


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Fast moving parts they always bump up the price!!
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I got a genuine OEM one for a 6 speed from Cotcomp for about £38 6 months or so back
Old 24 January 2012, 09:19 AM
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Got my 5 speed switch from here. Very quick service ..... usually.
http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...ition%20switch
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