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I’m doing ok , thanks for asking. Welcome aboard. Which dessert ? Nice to have machinist / tool maker friends !!
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Need Driver Side Window on 1980 Brat.
moosens replied to Subasaurus's topic in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's
I sure do understand the excitement of such a road trip. But 7 hours of fuel times two has to be way more $ than just having one sent to you. But again , it’s the excitement factor and the mystery of what else might be there. Take pic please ! Share the thrill. -
I don’t know if we are talking about the same thing. Only now do I see you mention “real” which I assume you mean to be rear. When I replied to your message I thought you meant the air dam “spoiler” I just sold. If you mean the dust/snow deflector , I might have one but can’t promise. Haven’t seen one in my stuff in a decade. Time will tell if one still exists in my stash.
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Need Driver Side Window on 1980 Brat.
moosens replied to Subasaurus's topic in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's
First gen only. And I’m pretty sure I have one. Lately I’ve got a lot going on that has kept me from storage , but this coming week things open up. I’ll check later in the coming week. -
ATK rebuilds most likely. I have one in a crate like yours. Have had a couple come through and passed one along. Nobody else has them so it’s hard to place a price. A board member who lives near SOA headquarters managed to get some new - not rebuilt - blocks , transmissions , and I think heads too out of their main warehouse when SOA was doing some cleaning in the early 2000’s. Todd (Subaru3) got at least one and I managed to get a fresh block. When I just sold my 78 this past year I would not budge on $1800 because of the NEW block from SOA with fresh heads. The car was probably a $500 car so looking at it this way I got $1300 for my engine after putting about 1100 miles on it. But that’s showing the next owner that it runs and needs nothing.
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Don’t sweat the comment. He means well. The 2.2 aqua bleed has been talked about a lot , but I’m like you and often just post before researching. Or my searches seem to produce less of a solution than desired. And if you’re like me you don’t have time to read every post like an obsessive , so you also miss a lot of info... therefore you post. I do the same and if somebody needs to waste more time calling me out on it let them waste their time. It’s always been a great board and always cool , just some folks get annoyed with other people’s posts being what they feel is redundant. I’d rather converse here than the book of face anytime. I must be lucky because we own 3 1992-4 EJ22 cars and I’ve done engine swaps , radiators , intake , etc. and never did I need to remove the upper hose and also never needed any extreme nose lift. My method - fill the radiator as old school , run the engine , heat on is best , cap off and little filler open you slowly fill the bleeder and watch the radiator , it’ll balance out just stay on top of it. I’m sure I’m a hack but with several of these under my belt I’m still cruising. Just up the road from you but I’m busy like crazy lately. If I can get some time I’ll run down there.
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Will these wheels fit my Loyale?
moosens replied to kmpdx's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
And they will rub on turns only so be aware of that if you fit them up and all looks great. Turn the steering wheel and look again. Just sayin’ Incase you can’t resist these. People are always asking me for those wheels. If cheap enough they might work for you or you can pass them along easily. -
Will these wheels fit my Loyale?
moosens replied to kmpdx's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Spacers behind the wheel. I was at an old dealer and they had a pile of them for the 4x140 wheels but I wouldn’t expect to find them easily now. Those wagons did have wagon wheel options but they are third generation of those wheels and the setback isn’t so severe. If those wheel you’re showing are from the 80-84 era they will rub on your outer tie rod. You can grind the rod end if no spacers. But I don’t really go for that method , even though others have done it. Probably something in archives about it. -
Why can’t I buy a weber
moosens replied to Unknownjeremiah's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
I can’t speak for the Board but I sure don’t recall the USMB peddling any products other than USMB regalia. Otherwise , the kits are still out there. Keep looking. And then there’s a whole mess of us that think Webers belong in Italian sports cars and not much else. You’ll find one soon. Good luck. -
High and dry Western Montana , Idaho , Washington , Oregon - but always ask for pics. Southwest mountains like NM and AZ also great spots but less of them. Had one from Utah once and it might still be on the road in VT. Find that website where transporters bid for your job. 1992-94 is my choice. 90-91 has the different grill and lights. Best choice ! We use three of them as daily drivers here in snotty CT where driving an old car that’s not a resto is look down upon. But I know what I’ve got so I’m very happy. My personal wagon is up over 330k now and I am shooting for 500k
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BMW bikes and old Subarus. And you dislike the Weber too. I need to buy you a beer sometime. Enjoy ! Up here all the old true vintage Subarus are long gone with barely any exception. There’s a few folks up here with them but not many. Yes , parts have become scarce. Some good old hoarders , myself slightly included , with used parts. And a few of us were smart and ambitious enough to check old dealers etc and have some new old stock as well.
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Pardon me if this is well archived but my searches seem to come up short. Its my daily driver 1992 Front Wheel Drive Legacy Willing to not have the feature anymore , or at least see how life is without it entirely. Please let me know what to do so there’s no engagement and no contact of the pads on the diagonal. I think Galen or Russ mentioned that if it’s not dealt with properly you get those diagonal brakes constantly making contact and of course wearing out those pads faster than the other two. I’m pretty sure that’s what’s going on now. As of this moment I thought I had done “good enough” by disconnecting the holder spring by the drivers side. Pretty soon I should have time for stuff like this but I’m off the rails lately and my lack of sleep is really consuming me. So pardon me if I don’t do more before coming to you nice folks. Cheers!