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I suspected a wheel bearing was going out, and then the brakes started to squeak. When I put the car up on a jack the wheel didn't wobble at all. After I changed out the brakes, and put the wheel back on, it wobbled quite a bit. The pads must have been close to the disc and prevented wobble. Afterwards, the extra space between the pads and rotors allowed the wobble to become obvious. Live and learn. Next time, I'll compress the caliper and check for wobble. It will take RAuto a week to get me the bearing. I went with SKF. They don't list an NTN.

Replace the PCV valve. And stop using 20 weight. Run 5w40 synthetic. GD

Oh man I'm on pins and needles to see! You must be thrilled! One trick to post pics here that works well for me is if you are on Facebook to take your large image and post it there, even just to yourself. Then save that image to your or computer and the file will be resized much smaller. Then just choose files to attach at the bottom of a new reply. Cheers mate, get out your 12, 14, and 17mm wrenches and sockets!

Haha guys Im looking at a 5 speed 4wd Loyale this weekend. Boy the bug has hit me! This and a Brat are on my bucket list!

@Scoby4wd - awesome score there mate! Look after that one! If the mod bug hits get something else to mod!! @sparkyboy - mate, love your enthusiasm, but you’ve bombed in more photos of your rides than what Scoby4wd has!! We’re all proud owners here, but if we all did this we’d have difficulty finding those with the new rides! Cheers Bennie

Long story short, the other day I broke the push button for my 4WD. Like it flew into pieces... I put it all the little copper pieces back into place and it works, but only if I hold the button. I've tried looking on here and Google for a wiring diagram to see what type of switch it is to see if I could get a generic switch to dash mount it like I did with my old subie (exept with the original button) any help would be appreciated as I dont want to short anything important out. The pic is of my new shifter knob.

Anyone else here remember Bill Hincher?

Thanks guys! I was thinking that it was a SPDT but I wanted to confirm it before I messed with it and fried something.

Dear friends, I am infinitely grateful for your interest in me, which I appreciate deeply. I've been in "offline mode" due to several reasons, but internet access is not exactly one of them, because despite living now in a rural area, in the high mountains of Honduras, there is plenty access to the web from different ways. I have been active on the internet since the late 1990s, and I have published my photographs that accompany my writings on repairs, since I started uploading them to Photobucket in 2003, I accumulated there, many photos (appropriately sorted in albums), which illustrated my write ups; so, the biggest demotivation in my life happened with the Photobucket fiasco, as I explained here: Also, after working for fourteen years in the same company, I lost my job (for being honest and do the right things), but also I was losing my health due to that job, which sent me to the hospital three times, so it was good, somehow, to leave that job forever... That situation finally lead us (my family and I) to move to a rural and quiet area of Honduras, far away from the hustle and bustle of big cities. I gave up my profession and now I manage a business where I have to distribute different construction materials and hardware, in trucks, from warehouses; where I have to take inventories, etc ... and I am extremely busy, with very little free time, since the job is practically non stop, except Sunday afternoons... Also, I travel often, I have had to drive through the seven countries of Central America, bringing parts and machinery, and carrying people too ... mainly in trucks, but sometimes in the car of my boss, and a couple of times in my Subaru "BumbleBeast" when the load is small. By the way, my Subie hasn't failed nor needed any repair since we came to live here, but timin' belts are about to reach a decade, under some sort of long-term experiment I've been doing with it... The quality of life is much better in the small towns of the high mountains of Honduras; people are more friendly and the downtown feels like being inside a big shopping mall, since there are restaurants, banks, pharmacies, clothes' stores, barber shops, electronics´stores, toy stores, etc, one after another, surrounding the different parks, and everything is so close that it is better to go and come on foot, than to use a car; but here you have green and blue mountains as background landscapes... My family has taken the move very well, but my wife, who is also a lawyer, gets bored sometimes and is thinking of restarting her career in this small town. Now we have a new member in the family, since my daughter adopted a golden Cocker Spaniel, which is very, very special... Mr. Honey Speaking of my daughter, I wrote the previous letter on Facebook, which was rightly reproduced here by "86BRATMAN", as an explanation to my absence from the social networks, because besides the demotivation from the photobucket fiasco, and the abounding senselessness from social media, now I have very little free time left daily, which I want to spend most of it with my daughter and my wife. I have many stories to tell and share with you and many new photographs that accompany them, which I don't know how to securely share 'em here... I am trying with "imgur.com" in this post. Photobucket was responsible for spoiling my writings from many years, all I could do with my past writings, was to create "offline" versions of my main writings on the most interesting and useful modifications that I have made to my beloved Subaru; same that are available for download, here: So, what limited my interaction here was the lack of time, plus the demotivation explained above; however, I hope I'll find out how to share the new photos I have taken, securely, here with you; and thus be able to write new stories... also I want to answer all your questions in the best way I could, (so please excuse me for any delay in answering); I hope I could find enough free time to visit here more often. I wish the best for you, receive a warm hug from Honduras, Kind Regards, greetings and Blessings. JesZeK.

Rings, rod bearings, and turbo failures are all from people not using synthetic. Subaru's only mistake was in not recommending synthetic till far too late. The turbochargers are not made by Subaru but do require quality oil or you will take out the thrust bearings. The 2.5 has a piston design that demands synthetic or you will clog the oil control rings and return ports. AVCS..... I assume you are talking about the filter screens. Yes they should be removed and discarded once the engine has 15k+ miles on it. They are really only there for break in and to catch stray sealant from assembly, etc. Subaru should have recommended removal after break in. They got rid of them on the turbochargers after about 08 or 09. The starters really don't have a high failure rate. True they aren't serviceable but that's the trend. Labor is expensive and skilled labor doubly so. Shops are no longer expected to know how to rebuild these components and the parts aren't available to do so. That's a whole different discussion but no competitor is any different in this respect so complaining about it with regard to Subaru is ignorant of the industry as a whole. Power steering pumps are fine if you don't cavitate them. With remote reservoirs you have to periodically replace the supply hose and o-ring. It is critical they don't suck air. I have not seen a single failure related to Subaru's plastic intake manifolds. They improve performance and longevity of the hoses, etc because they don't get hot like the aluminum ones do and cook everything attached to them (as quickly). Head gaskets were/are fixed in 2010. All previous models can use the 770 gasket and benefit from the improved design. Window motors do fail, yes. I will concede this one. But it's usually only once in the life of the car and usually only the drivers window. It's $220 and takes less than an hour to swap it. All in all Subaru has done a fantastic job making their cars easier to work on over the years. They continually simplify and improve their designs. If it's rebuildable components you are looking for you will have to look outside of consumer products to find them. They don't exist in any modern car company's inventory. Plastics do sometimes suck. But again you won't find any modern car that isn't built this way. Most are worse in fact. Subaru has limited their use compared to what we see on the German and American cars. You can rant all you like about it but Subaru is no different than any other car company. I don't disagree with you. I don't own anything personally newer than 91 other than the pretty one's 99 Legacy and the shop's 07 Forester XT show car. GD