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Update! I discovered that the transmission modulator vacuum hose had transmission fluid in it, indicating that the diaphragm is likely failing—since there shouldn’t be any fluid in the hose at all. Fortunately, my local O'Reilly Auto Parts store had one in stock, so I swapped it out. Now, the transmission shifts through all three gears properly. However, I’ve noticed a new issue: if I come to a complete stop and then try to proceed, first gear doesn’t engage. The only way to get it to engage is by shifting to Neutral ("N") and then back to Drive ("D").

B and I worked on our white rust free California Subarus my brother bought for us. I replaced all the auto trans hoses on my Outback and replaced all the stock clamps with worm style hose clamps. One of them had sprung a pinhole leak earlier and enough leaked out on my way to work that the car stopped driving. Some of them are 23 years old. Rear axle has been staying put, not that I've driven the car a lot. B replaced the timing belt, tensioner, idlers, some of the plastic, and a cam seal on his Forester. Unfortunately the new cam seal seems to be leaking more than the old one if anything. Painted the brackets and installed the extra cooler and fan in the Impreza. Spliced a couple spades into the wiring for the passenger side fan (which kicks on second) for the small fan. Here you can see it lines up with the hood vent fairly well. Stepped up to a 12" tablet for navigation. Fit in the old mount after cutting down the springs. So far so good, glad I did it. It's summer here so we've been doing some kayaking. Have seen a lot of wildlife. This past weekend we went to the UP and did more off pavement driving than I expected. Mostly just gravel roads but some dirt trails too. One was rutted but seemed dry until I got off to the wrong side and sunk in on the passenger side. Some high lift jacking and shoveling and putting some chunks of found wood under the tires allowed me to drive out. At that time I noticed all the fans were running and I could indeed feel hot air blowing out the hood vent. At no time did the temps ever go above the middle on the gauge. It wasn't extremely hot and we weren't pushing the car too hard but definitely an improvement. We drove up some long steep grades with the AC on (also seems to be working great now) and drove a fair amount off pavement in 70-80F temps. Have a couple temp sensors that have calibration for the Haltech and the tap I need to make bungs for them, still plan on installing those in the top and bottom of the cooling system. Still waiting on fab guy to make my extra fuel tank. Even with a new carbon canister the Impreza still fills with fuel slowly/incompletely. Taking the vent hose to the carbon canister off seems to solve the problem. Might tee a long vent hose into that one or something. I drive the car enough I'm not worried about losing a lot of fuel to evaporation.

Ok thanks. Just so I don't waste any of your time, what numbers on the TCU's have to match? Is it just the first five.........31711? Or does the entire top row of letters and numbers have to match? As I'm sure you know, there are no other years or models of Subarus that have a compatible TCM with year 1995 Impreza.

It was r1, and r63 on the board it won't pet me attach an image

I'm not sure to be honest it's posible but with it an intermittent issue at first I think I had a bad connection and the bad connection caused it

Do you think they blew because of the coolant spill, or just a coincidence they blew after you happened to spill coolant? :]

Yes. both were rated for .57 ohms and had OL and the other 450k ohms and I notice after replacing them both my oil pressure gauge reads accurately now

I'll be back in Colorado in the next couple of weeks and can ship the TCU/s if you want one or more.

One can only hope! I’ll probably die waiting… Cheers Bennie

If they seal I wouldn’t stress about it. Common for gaskets not to be a perfect fit like this. If it was the other way around where the hole in the gasket was smaller than the exhaust port or exhaust pipe I’d be concerned. If they were cheap enough throw them in and see how they go. Cheers Bennie

Were these resistors in the ECU? Cheers Bennie

I took my 2005 Subaru Impreza Wagon in for it's safety inspection today. The Rear Side Marker Lights were flagged. Last year it passed. Anyway, I pulled the assemblies and the little marker bulb is there but no wiring. The Owners manual does not show it. In my 2002, the manual shows it and the wiring is present. Strange! Anyone run into this? Thanks, Larry

Update found 2 burn resistors and soldered them in and it fires right up

If (and until someone tests a pair, that's a big if) the renault ones are indeed a good fit, coilovers for that vehicle would also fit, like https://www.apmotorsport.co.uk/product-page/megane-2-rs-ast-5100-1-way . But they're waaaay out of my budget, so I haven't been looking at anything similar. If searching, be warned most seem designed to lower the vehicle, because non-subaru owners are weird.

Searching seems to say it's 55mm, not 45mm?

Tough to tell from the one pic, but could it be? A direct bolt in? It claims a tube diameter of 45mm like you said. https://bilstein.com.au/shock-absorbers/bilstein-coilover-kit-shock-absorber-206/

I may just have to, my BRAT really needs new struts. At the very least I'd be adding new knowledge to the old gen scrolls, lol! *sigh* I was really hoping for some gorilla units, as I adore the ones in my STi, but no matter how many times I email them, they never agree to make actual BRAT parts...

Closing the loop on this. Resetting the ECU (disconnect battery and step on the brake pedal) seemed to clear up the issue, IIRC.

Just a guess, but you probably need to look at ones for, perhaps ‘82-‘84, to make sure you get gaskets for an ea81.

I got a set of 44022GA330 exhaust manifold gaskets, which supposedly is a fit for the 1985 Subaru Brat, but the ring on the inside of the gasket is a bit wider than the pipe and the engine. It's also wider than the old gasket that I pulled off of the exhaust. The bolt holes line up but the ring size isn't an exact match of the pipe size. Does this sound right? I see that there is also a 44022GA340 that is also a fit for the '85 Brat, what's the difference? The listings I'm looking at say that both are a fit for the 1.8L H4 - Gas engine.

I have a SpeedyEFI kit that I haven't installed yet, but it's basically the same thing. There are people using these over at "NA/T Subarus" on FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/491238001237421 I hate directing you over to FB, but those are the people who've been using these on Subies. Hopefully FB will die and people will come back to the forums...

Yeah, the initial plan is to chop and shorten the stock Impreza CVs to get things rolling . If need be later down the line I'll get some custom built but I'm a decent DIY-er in my own right so I'm hoping to get lucky and not need to outsource.

I sure do love my Old Gens...

Why GD got out IMHO. I miss that knowledge. CCR and Shawn as well.

I really should be in bed. lol. But my car also needs struts, and I keep looking them up... I found what may be an exact-ish replacement: Front struts for a new Renault Megane II. Wtf, really? lol. 44.5mm diameter, 545mm/21.46in extended length, 357mm/14.06in compressed length. According to https://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/157099-front-struts/?do=findComment&comment=1313458 , a 4wd strut is "Extended Length 21.25" Collapsed Length 14.00"". Spring diameter looks similar, bottom lock bracket is... different, of course, but may be able to be bent to the right place. Haven't seen specs on the top nut. Fairly cheap, but not available in the US, due to said Renault vehicle never being sold in the US. Some part numbers: BILSTEIN 22-132390 KYB 333718 KYB 633718 MONROE G16387, though the monroe comes up as 2" shorter than the others. The KYB 633718 seems like it might be the premium version, and the 333718 the maybe better excel-g version, not sure what's really different... you'd be installing them with all the subaru top hardware, of course - spring perch, bearing, mount. Want to buy a pair and let me know how they work? lol And now bed. really.