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If you're swapping the front doors, it's pretty easy to swap out the door lock cylinders so you can still use the old key. Worst part is removing the window crank; I always have trouble with the spring that holds it in place. After removing the crank, door handle plastic, and armrest gently removing the door panel; by the way, the window should be up when you do this. Lock cylinder has a spring clip holding it in place and the linkage will snap out. Install in the reverse order. You can practice on the old doors first to learn what not to do.

Does it vibrate on acceleration and immediately disappear as you let off on the gas? If that's the case, you likely have a bad axle; specifically a bad DOJ (inner joint). If you also have a torn inner boot on either side, that'll definitely point to a DOJ problem.

I'm never sure; but I use 4 qts. at oil change for either engine and then top up if necessary after I've let the engine run for a few minutes.

If you guys were eating at Red Robin, you should have asked for Brian's table (84Soob); he works there. I can't believe you missed him. I guess it's a much bigger restaurant than I remember. ---ed---

Old saying: "Don't try to fix what's not broke." It would be nice to have it better, but your engine is working just fine. Seafoam probably wouldn't hurt you, but any dinking with the system might make things worse.

Which engine or distributor or year are you talking about? EA81 or EA82; Hitachi or Nippondenso; it would help in answering your question. Also, the Haynes manual is not the best in the world for troubleshooting techniques. Set the timing to spec with the vac hose off and plugged. With the hose off, see how far the timing advances when reving to 2500. Then reattach the hose and run the engine back up to 2500. There is some mechanical advance and with the vacuum advance there should be more. EA81 vac units are available aftermarket for around $35 new; I've checked maybe 100 vac advance units at the wrecking yard and found only two good ones. If you're really in doubt and can be without the car for a period of time, pull the distributor and send it the Philbin group in Portland for rebuilding. http://www.philbingroup.com/fhhistory.htm

WD40 is pretty good ad dissolving the glue on stickers.

Great to hear; couldn't happen to a nicer person. Best of luck with it. ---ed---

Comments from the ORG discussion board; by Bill P. the driver of the hot Audi 4000S that smoked the field Sunday. We keep hearing from rally school students with positive feedback of their Primitive Performance Driving School experiences, even of the driving exercises during last Saturday's challenging weather. Some reported unlearning bad habits, others learning for the first time how to control their cars when speed exceeds available traction. Most of all, students were impressed with the overall professional level of the school and it's instructors. At $135 including the Sunday rallyx, it was a killer deal for students. The quick silver 4000Q driver happens to be a close personal friend and he swears he lowered his lap times by 10 seconds after only two days of the rally school. Now if we can just get Scott K to set up another school/rallyx in May, there'll be no stopping us. Sunday's 1st 2005 ORG RallyX took full advantage of Pe's classic "Oregon Weather Course" - giving us the room we need to drift, lose control, regain control, finish our 360, but keeping the speed reasonable by masterful placement of curves - let's sign that guy to a contract. PGT students "lost" the coin flip and ran first Sunday morning, graciously clearing off an inch of slime for the rest of us. Open class used various tire advantages to clear off another inch, but the p.m. sessions lost that advantage when a serious shower hit mid-afternoon. As usual, there's no fair way to compare times between the groups, but if we ignore the qualifications, the posted times show some interesting results: 1) Squirrel-powered Geo's driven by driven women rule! Congrats, April - 5th fastest, OVERALL! 2) Teenage-girl-driven Brats will soon rule - Congrats Jaime Quale for almost kicking your Dad's arse - 1.4 seconds behind him on run #1! 3) It's about time Jaime's dad moved up to the OPEN class - Congrats, Ken, for showing us how competitive a potent Brat can be - 2nd fastest OVERALL - can't wait to see the new XT-6. 4) Ted Dean showed why he belongs in the OPEN class - 2nd fastest (LAP) OVERALL in a FWD Golf! 5) Aaron, Brian, Blake, Andy, Ed, & Adam all drove impressively to close in on the 5 minute barrier. 6) As did Brady, in everyone's favorite - the beautiful 1968 vintage RHD Escort. 7) Todd's S-1R is built for going FAST - 4th OVERALL at Doo Wop! - not rallyx slow - but thanks for bringing out a true rally car - it still has everyone agog. 8) John A's mud-grooved Hakka's worked much better than stock in the slick. 9) The inch-long knobs on the Zapareski/Quale Impreza's tires amazed everyone - as did the 4000 Quattro's mud rally tires. 10) Scott K gave up his scoring opportunity to shepherd the event - even after running fastest lap last year on a similar open course! - thanks for the work - AND the points! ) 11) Real TRUCKS, when driven by real drivers - can be awesome! 12) RX3's engines can hold together for the 30,000 (loud) revolutions it takes to complete a typical lap with 3-spins! 12) Momma's CAN get back on the horse - congrats, Pat - we removed all the trees just for you. ) 13) Ultra-cool results formatting (& scoring, too) are best done by father-son teams -- thanks, Randy & Chris. 14) ORG RallyX staff bring professionalism to their volunteerism - congrats again, Gloria, Janice & Bruce, Lara & Mike, Charles & Teresa, Kevin & his NWR teammate, sweep maestro Mike, and officials John E & Rich O. 15) Anyone can have fun in the dirt - witness all the grins, even of those without a hint of traction out there - and no grin was bigger than Jon R's, who earned the highly-coveted "most seat time" award in his slippy 200SX. 16) Results pages fail to show how much faster at least two cars went with the Red Bull reps as ride-alongs - thanks, guys, for the "input." 17) Nor do they show how smooth everything looked to Oregon Trail Rally Chair Ben and Rally America exec. J.B. Niday - thanks, too, for your presence. 18) They DO indicate congrats are due to other class winners Dan B, Nick T, Rick S, Adam W, Brian D, & even Bill P - you all EARNED those 20 pts! 19) Results also fail to show how much faster students went with instructors as ride-alongs - thanks, coaches, for being available. 20) Results DO show you can find fast fun at an ORG RallyX whether you have a new, 300hp car or an old, 100hp beater - dirt is the great equalizer.

Okay, send me a map!! Also, how many minutes drive is it from Portland; both ways: via I-5 and via backroads. I just hate that trip down I-5 to Salem; one of the most boring sections of that highway.

Hooray! Results are posted!!! On the ORG website: http://www.oregonrally.com/?page=results By Class: http://www.oregonrally.com/content/results/rallyx/RX_3_20_05_ByClass.pdf Overall: http://www.oregonrally.com/content/results/rallyx/RX_3_20_05_ByOverall.pdf Cool, Brats placed 4 times in the top 13 in the overall standings....3rd(!), 7th, 12th and 13th.

I know you're into playing with the low priced help, but you can get the best prices on parts from www.1stsubaruparts.com. They ship UPS and shipping is free over $50 (I think) for parts; this is Auburn Subaru and their parts department is quite good. The website is awkward to order from so I call their 800 # and order verbally and they still give you the website discount (30% or more off list) and they won't collect salestax from you!

Normally regular is 87, mid-range is 89, and premium is 92.

Some pics for sale by Wayne Flinn at http://www.pdxsports.com/photos/showindex.asp?folder=200503_rallyxToo bad he didn't take more (he was only there for a limited time in the afternoon. With the crowd from the rallycross school he would have sold a lot more pics. He got my blue Brat very nicely but I didn't see any other shots of our group.

Both adjustment specs are right on the money altho I use about 1/8" at the transmission end and 1/2 to 3/4" at the clutch pedal end. Do that with the hill holder disconnected. After the clutch is adjusted, hook up the hill holder and tighten it until you can get a dime between the spaces on the hill holder spring. Use the dime as a feeler guage between the coils of the spring. A dime's worth is just right for that adjustment. If the clutch feels light it might be normal; some of the Subaru clutches feel very light; if they feel heavy, it's usually because the grease in the cable is gone. I've never been able to control where the clutch grabs in the travel; seems to be totally a function of how much wear on the clutch. Watch the pedal play; as the clutch wears, the adjustment gets tighter and if not corrected, the clutch will start to slip.

Mudrat, Glad you drove me around in the morning. Showed me what my Brat could do. I'm waiting for the official results too, but you'll be surprised since I ran three runs averaging 1:43 (even with the pylons I hit). The course dried up somewhat but was still pretty slick in spots. What was really amazing was that the Brats in class were 1, 2, and 3 again; Brian (84Soob) was first, I was 2nd, and Jamie was third ('just managed to nip her by less than a second on the total of three runs...she's a natural talent and will be a force to reckon with). Ken posted some amazing times in his Brat running TimeOnly in the afternoon session.

I didn't think he could fling the mud so high, but it was certainly a fun set of runs. I think he set fastest time among the class he was running with.

Yea, me too; I've already checked 5 times since 5:30 this morning when I got up!

Some feedback and pix from other boards and people. I've just copied and pasted what I received. However, if you don't have Broadband it'll take forever to download the pix; I've got comcast and it's still slooooooow. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I also did a small review on my forum, as well as posted some pictures. I hope to get some of the film up later this week. http://pstoc.com/viewtopic.php?t=479 Roger Carr 90 White Celica All-Trac. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jasmine and I had a great time! It was great meeting such a large group of supportive and fun people. I put the pictures we took online. We didn't get everyone "on film", but feel free to grab anything you like, and share your own . Dial-up: http://evo.open-aerospace.org/pix/rallyx/ High Speed: http://evo.open-aerospace.org/pix/rallyx_big/ Ralph

Do you have a website for the photographer?

It was a Blast!! Rained all day Saturday putting the field in great shape for Sunday. The RallyX school was great but really chewed up the muddy field. Sunday was cold and windy and mostly dry; last part of the afternoon run was deluged with rain and really slowed the cars down. USMB group did well in all classes. I've got a few pics from the rallyX school....no action shots, sorry. I got to ride with Mudrat in my Brat who lit up the PGT class running for times only; thanks John, I had a ball and learned a few things about my car. We still dominate Truck/SUV class (now the Lite Truck class)....more on this after I get some sleep. Someone was out in the field taking lots of photos...hope it was the PDX photo guy since he takes some good shots. Some of my shots can be found in the photo gallery: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showgallery.php?cat=663

I use redline 75W-90NS for the older tranny in my '91 Legacy. Either it's working or I've changed my shifting habits to compensate for it. Another thing to consider, is your clutch cable properly adjusted? Too much pedal play means your clutch will not disengage properly and cause difficult shifting.

Posted on BYB board and finding I'm not alone in getting this swaybar fitted.

I look forward to meeting you too. Drag snowman along too.

No thoughts on the 32 code, but the pinging could be due to too much advance, check the timing....or cheap gas. I've found I had to stay away from Arco, Tesoro, Costco...all the off brand regular grade gasolines because they would make my car ping like crazy. I've learned to stick to Shell or Chevron (only two local name brands).