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Good job on the timing belt, Tom. I really want to tackle the job myself on the Outback. Don't have a good picture writeup handy, do you?

Please post lots of pictures when you get it.

I got a two year old silverstars in my Outback that I yanked them out of my RS before selling it, still doing fine.

I don't see what the problem is, both low beams burned out, you replaced them, problem solved. Are you making sure to turn your headlights off during the day so that the daytime running lights are getting lower voltage and not wearing out the bulbs as fast? What do you mean regular style bulbs? It's a pretty common bulb used in those things.

98 will have DOHC.

Sounds like you have the driveshaft in a different place. I remember having this issue on my brat when I did a u joint. I remember there being some markings to show where it needs to meet with the diff in the correct spot. My suggestion: take it loose and rotate it one spot and drive it. Use trial and error from that point.

I would tell them the VIN 5, you do have a 5 in your VIN after all.

The blue may be your problem. Every gauge cluster that I have saw that has been swapped over to blue was really hard to read and look at.

HAHAHA, and here I am wanting the red ones. I did a double take when I first saw a 97+ speedo and compared it to mine. It's slightly different than looking at this one:

Guess I should have refreshed the page.

No, my 95 has white needles.

I think he is talking about the thing that covers the spare in the trunk.

Has anyone ever modded the gauge cluster in the second gen Legacies to where the needles are red as seen in the JDM models? Example:

Watched it on youtube this morning. First words out of my mouth when I saw the hood was: "Oh wow!"

That is exactly why I said screw it and took it to a shop.

Bingo. Seems to happen when the miles > 100,000 as well.

What I figured. Thanks man.

I am leaving the office this evening about to head on a weekend trip and I get to the car (05 STi) and it's close to 80 here. I attempt to turn the AC on and nothing happens. I immediately go into diagnostic mode in my brain trying to figure out this one out. I determine that the compressor is not kicking on, nor is the fans. I get home and use the last remnants of the 134a I had left from when I recharged the system on my RS last year. I put some in and manage to get the compressor to kick on along with the fans but still don't get cold air out of the vents. I talked to my buddy who had the same problem with his 03 WRX and he said it was a 0.30 o-ring that was causing his leak. Any thoughts?

Got ya. Will do that next time I drive it. It's been nice here so I been driving the STi.

Dang, wish you had a cable clutch. My Outback TOB spins constantly too. Wondering if my clutch cable is too tight.

If you emailed SOA about the problem returning, they would probably tell you to take it back to the dealer for confirmation of the problem. Seems like it would be hard for them to reproduce the error since the mercury has been rising.

Looking good Tom.

I respect you for wanting to learn about this thing and asking questions. Don't get all in a tizzy because someone gives you an answer you do not like. You bought a very old turbo car that has hands down, the worst engine Subaru has ever made. I am willing to bet that you went ahead and installed an aftermarket blow off valve and have it set to vent fully to atmosphere too. About every 2 months someone gets on here thinking their EA82T can be made to run with the WRX guys only to blow it up 3 weeks later.

No, they aren't mine. Compare the front fenders, the sedan has a more aggressive style. This one is mine:

+1 I knew what it was just from the thread title.