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Guys , you can’t ask me to make deals off of eBay while ON eBay. Robots scan the messages for just such activity. And then they charge me a fee. It’s a fact. And they threaten further action. Yes I know about saving money. Also know about exposure and the fact that this board just doesn’t have the traffic it used to and never was as large as the great monster auction house. Thanks for trying but please just watch my stuff and if I happen to post here or face dook then hook up at that time. It’s winter now and the ballgame changes somewhat. More patience required.

Probably not that lot. I’ll be at storage later today and try to find a caliper or set for you.

Sorry to smear a sale over this but I’ve got some factory service manuals with the wiring diagrams and everything. Might be able to get the same info online. These younger folks know better than me where that stuff is available. I always thought the 79+ etron disty drops right in. Did I miss something or do you still have the 79 engine and disty ?

Right on ! And same to you and yours. Older I get the more thankful I become. No politics at the table !!!!!!

Yes , the 79 is the year the line went electronic ignition. I’ll get back with more info soon. Can you add more details about what happens when you go to start it ? Good alternator , voltage regulator , and fuel level thru the sight port in the float bowl chamber ?? Just hitting some basics to get you rolling.

No , they’re one piece. Ship via Greyhound for large items like this.

Are you using a tool to turn the piston into the caliper ? Or just pressing straight in ? You need to turn it in. There’s a simple box shaped tool with shaped “nubs” that fit in the slot on the piston. Most parts stores have them or buy online , they’re cheap. To change a caliper is not that hard. Plenty of tutorials out there I’m sure on YouTube too. You can do it. Have a second person or brake bleed kit for working on your own to bleed the system when you’re done. I’ve done that by myself with no bleeder tool but that’s another story you don’t need to hear right now. But yeah , you can do it. My dealer parts counter guy (older not some punk) directed me to Autoparts International who are suppliers to that dealership for rebuilt calipers. He knew I was in a pinch and we have a relationship of over 2 decades so he saved me like $ 150 easy from buying thru the dealership. Plenty of sources. I’m just letting you know that my reputable dealer also sells you these same calipers marked up outrageously. Your local may have another source.

Age old question and an age old answer - “it’s worth whatever you’re willing to give up for it”. That said I would expect to pay no less than $150 for one a little worked. If another new old stock example shows up it might fetch a good $350 on the right day. And what’s the real difference between the two other than shiny paint ? , should you get one that’s not banged up and still straight as new. Good luck. If it’s Todd he’s the best and you can’t go wrong.

No sets , and no sight of any other paired for this loner. I do have another like the one you see. I’ll list that other left side flap sometime down the line. Somewhere I am sure I have a couple used flaps and outside chance a stray new one somewhere but I sure wouldn’t want to promise that.

Ya know , maybe they’re Gen two ? They are what the bed trim sits on. So much stuff and sometimes so long since I’ve used it that I can easily confuse Gen one and two items at times. These snap into the body and the chrome trim rolls and snaps onto them. Let me know if I’m wrong about which Gen , should you find out first.

Thanks! edit - I had thought you were talking about the NOS corner light. My mistake.

Best option is keep looking. No ideal replacement exists other than another 70’s Subaru. I have at least one I could sell but shipping glass can be awful tricky. And I just found another windshield gasket from our last group buy. Glass - $ 150 Gasket - $ 85 You can check PRP and you’ll see they probably still have the gasket as they’re who we went thru and their price with shipping is pretty much a little over my price. These were all made at the same time. I just had the receipt recently cleaning out some old paperwork. My glass will be very nice for it’s age. No chips or cracks and no sandblast. $150 is as low as I’ll ever go from here on out. Crating up the glass will be a chore I sure won’t want to do for free. But for like $70 I’ll have it in a nice soft bed surrounded by wood. That I think is a deal too given it’s cold as heck now and I have to do all this outdoors at storage. So right around $300 plus the actual shipping. We are generally thrifty folks here but I don’t see where I can budge any. I hope you find my explaination reasonable. But by by all means keep looking and I hope you score well. The gasket is available so no worries there. Car-part.com if you haven’t already.

Side trim and then clips under there that will gently pull off. Should be buttons in the ceiling too , no ? Been a long time for 80’s cars for me. Those hard skins are a lot easier to deal with than a fabric.

Cheapest way to attempt an improvement is if you are confident in your re-seal rev the wizz out of it up towards redline without being inattentive hold it there a good 30 seconds or more and often that last lifter in the oil line will Finally load up and quiet down. You won’t kill the engine trying , don’t sweat it.

CT and Town Fair are begining to orally inhale air thru a cylinder. All the small tire shops here seem to be related and all charge $20 not $15 and no bargaining for most people but I did get 4 done for $60 ONCE. I switched to Firestone this year for our 15” wheels we have on our 94 AWD wagon. Good deal , better service , and I bought the lifetime alignment. Yes , we put 15’s on our 94 and they are the same diameter as the 14’s overall so no issues. Decades with Town Fair all washed away. They fired my buddy for crap outside of work. He was with them for decades as well. Total b/s ! For that and the decline in quality I moved on.

My son is near you also baking his arse off thru summers. Pretty nice temps right now ! Theres a Subi specialty shop near by. Subiworks ? Or Subiworx ? I’m curious if the $2500 is a total for parts and labor. Either way , I personally would avoid that because I’m still at a point I feel I can do these by myself. I’m also in th FWD club. We have a 92 sedan automatic and a 92 wagon 5spd both FWD and you can look in archives here and see how I’ve tried to hunt down any FWD trannies so I can have my friend do the rebuild. You’re in a much better region for finding FWD. I’m cheap so I’d go for the junk yard deal and try to talk them down too. Shop around in car-part.com and see what other yards near you may have. Jackass shop/yard specialty shop up here wants $800 for a very used FWD unit but next to nobody up here has a FWD anymore. Just one bad example , but still very hard to find up here.

Yeah the cold just kills it. That’s why I need badly to have the unit in functional order ASAP. I see temps going to drop this weekend and stay that way. I would sometimes get to storage in the winter and barely function and dart out of there to the warmth of the car and head home.

I’m making storage so I can easily get down my aisle and still pull a box or hopefully even get to the large heavy stuff in the back so I can sell all winter. I’m already late in getting out of this expensive unit so probably not downsizing until March. We’ll see. Thanks for the compliment. Todd , myself , and a couple others were really lucky that we had the special era that we did. We were able to hunt and sometimes find old stock at old dealerships. And then came the contact made from a local near Harrisburg PA and three of us from CT went in on a nice sized lot neglected since around winter1979/spring of 1980. As time went on it became clear that many old dealerships simply destroyed old stock. Enjoy !

Factory service manuals have them. Find the paper version on eBay - I have one on there now - or find them online. Other folks have posted links but I generally haven’t needed them yet. For like $20 or less you can score a paper copy and it’s easier to me than messing with a computer or phone when actually working.

Sure thing. Got your switch today. Left feedback. Thanks again. That will stay with me for when I get back into it. From the looks of things you have a good amount of early - mid 70’s which is good because I have my 72-76 parts manuals here at home. Gong to try to get my 77-79 out before the real cold comes in.

Right on ! Shop around and see what you can come up with. I’ll be here. Enjoy the hunt. That’s often the best part.

No shortage of Subarus here in CT. I see you’re in Htfd Several small shops dedicated to Subarus. One in the Cheshire area I think it’s right on Rt 10 in Milldale just south of 691. Can’t recall the name. They seem to have a number of Subarus out front for sale. And at least a couple guys out east of you. You know the deal - try to avoid the major dealers if possible.

I have 7 but going back n forth on what I’m going to keep so I thought trimming two out for now would work. No , just have one centercaps here at home that I’m holding to either make copies if possible. Outside chance I may have some deep in a box but I can’t think of any.

No center bolt. Very thin , not like any other centercaps on old Subarus. Plastic. They are for the 74 Sport Mags. Super rare now. Plenty of wheels but almost no caps except well worn.

I may have a valance. Have to get to the back of storage to check as I can get there. Might have a wood knob , do have a nice leather one somewhere. And maybe still have a rare arm rest / center “console” although really just an arm rest. After that it gets tough for options and cool stuff , but I’ll see. Talk soon.