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Should have had another cup of coffee. Bus crossed a double, double yellow line turning into a gas station. Said he never saw me. I'm here. Any Day you can get out of bed, have a hot coffee and shower is a Great Day. If you make it to the end of the day and have an IPA it's even better!

As I said, I've always been able to salvage the bolts, and between the Legacy/OBW and Foresters that totals more than half a dozen hitches fetched from the boneyard. So I'd go for the used one myself - more for the hardware than the sawbuck difference. I stand corrected on the bolt style - it's the Legacy/OBW that uses the carriage bolts fished into the frame. Here's the one for yours: https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Hitch/Subaru/Forester/2001/36311.html You can see that it uses seven (7) hex bolts screwed into the frame from below. I just confirmed it on my '01 Forester (same as '02).

rust - avoid like plague Timing belt and clogged idler need to be new Subaru. $100 and an hour to replace. manual trans of this age are likely to need clutch. total miles on vehicle ? High mile MTs are prone to sloppy synchros popping out of gear and more if fluid wasn’t changed. Make sure it shifts well and stays in all gears while driving. AT is more reliable by a mile in Subaru world. if their check out it’s worth a look I

That will be this weekend, make sure to share a photo so we can see what happened.

Generally the thickness is stamped on the inside of the rotor, IIRC it is 22mm. O.

Plenty of sad moments to owning a vintage car that you also want to operate often. Tires are going to be harder to acquire. Parts - very hard. Shops won’t work in it. All that said guys like us still want to enjoy having the ride and feel our strong appreciation will drive us somehow to be able to show the world that YES we can own and drive a vintage Subaru! Just think about getting stuck in bad traffic , or a situation where the cars are traveling fast. And you’re the guy in the car that can’t get out of its own way let alone theirs. People aren’t always kind to older cars like you may think. At shows or on occasions yes. But as driver , not really. Just saying it had better be able to function 100% Tough call at your age. It’s great to see such enthusiasm from you. I wish you luck. Soon enough you’ll be able to make your own calls. Maybe hop on an XT group and keep track of issues , prices , and availability. The XT is unique, and fun. And rare now. You knew that. Lol Enjoy !

Oil isn't coming out of the water pump, that's for certain. Fortunately there aren't many places the ea81 can really leak oil from. That said, there's only one way you're going to find the leak. Get some cans of gunk or other engine cleaner and give it a really good cleaning. When there's no oil left on the engine, top it up and start it. With an oil leak that big it should be really obvious where it's pissing out. Also congrats on your wife knowing what an oil pressure gauge is... had this happened to my car I think she'd have driven it past the point of "makes funny noises", deep into "parts falling onto ground"...