Everything posted by MilesFox
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Subaru drivetrain/engine for mid engine conversion
I have heard of these ideas and thought of them myself for a trike application. I believe the gears will hae to be reverse cut for a flip. The ring gears share dimensions with NISSAN manufacture as well. I dont know the specifics, but f you know to look at nissan parts for the soob trans, that might get what you are looking for. go with the 5spd trans from 85 and later gl subarus
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Hi !
HA! we meet again..(evil laugh) Tom has been telling me about your brake lines. How did that go so far? I'm sure we;ll see you agian sometime. (ps, i got another red legacy for sale, same color, same price, what a coincidence)
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Pulling engine for Head gaskets, What else should I do?
MilesFox replied to pi_1980's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXDo the baffle plate behind the engine. You can leave the rear crank seal alone if it's not leaking, which most likely is not, and only would be compromised if the engine was cooked.
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$600 Brat
This is actually an option for you. sometimes, you have to just take what you can get, if the pickin's are slim, like they are here in my side of the usa
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anyone have engine valves stick
MilesFox replied to stephen sivonda's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXMaybe the timing belt failed, or slipped, confusing your mechanic that is used to PUSHRODS
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Early 90's Seat Belt Question
1990or below shoud have the regular seat belt. They moved to automatic belts as a SRS worj=karound for federal madate for airbags. You will need the a pillar trim to use after removing the auto belt assembly, nad switch out the reel inside the console for a reel inside the b pillar, and switch the seat mounted buckle clip for one that bolts to the floor between the seat and the console.
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86 3door Runabout:FWD<FT4WD, 4 lug<5lug, EA82 carb<EJ22 or ER27 swap, rust removal
Got more subarus than room to work on them. You gotta be clever about rotating the fleet to keep operations going.
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Really Bad steering wheel shake
MilesFox replied to KaraK's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXSometimes i get flack about my japanese subaru when it comes to small town america old timers. Their sentiments being from WW2 and that time of history, union loyalty, baby boomer, etc. (Their stigmas towards 'japs' as there are with muslims in this modern post september era) But when i get hell at the local napa for buying japanese parts for a japanese car, my justification is I am spending my american made american dollars at an americal local independent napa to order parts manufactured by and for american companies(Felpro with national seals in the box) and this japanese car that was bought 20 years ago is already bought, and my money still keeps going to the local gas station, the guy i bought it from, and gets my happy rump roast to work It's really a generational thing, wether you are of a generation, or influenced by a generation.
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Really Bad steering wheel shake
MilesFox replied to KaraK's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXold american stuff(;ike my gmc) haver a FR and RR distribution, being that both rear wheels are on the same line, as well as the front. The subaru however(and most modern day cars since the 90's) have a dual diagonal brake system, where one front wheel, and its opposite rear wheel are on a circuit, and vice versa. (tom, this explains why i only get brake pressure out of LF and RR wheels) This is designed for safety. my gmc has a bad wheel cylindr, so i only have front brakes, and in the rain, the fronts can lock and lose steering control. The soob, however, will grab one front and one wheel to give the car a more balanced braking ability if one side loses pressure. Typically, you would want to start at the whell farthest from the MC, being the RR
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My '95 Legacy: Trashwagon10
I was rather impressed with my girl's 94 legact 4eat. For an automatic, it performs better than most makes, i think, plus all the manual control you can do with it.
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'95 EJ22, poor response/stumble when cold, code P0101 MAF range, advice?
MilesFox replied to v8volvo's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI would suggest the coolant temperature sensor as a more common occurrence, especially that the car behaves differently cold than warm.
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I pulled the engine to fix an oil leak and now the transmission is out
MilesFox replied to Giovara's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXThe torwue converter will seat about 3 times as it seats on both shaftsm adn into the ump housing. it is best to leave the TC on the trans, unbolted form the motor when removing the motor, if the tC is not leaking.
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Crank but no start
How are your wires connected?the black wire is positive! the yellow wire is negative. Good luck
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bracket question
you can lose it and go for a non-ac belt at the parts store, as long as the pump is not part o the alternator bracket. You can change out to a non-ac alt brackket. you can remove the pump from the bracketry. you will hae a 'flaoting piece, but you cn brace that with a pipe and some all thread.
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86 3door Runabout:FWD<FT4WD, 4 lug<5lug, EA82 carb<EJ22 or ER27 swap, rust removal
I mounted the dashboard after tom left. I got the fenders and marker lites, grille and grille support bolted to the 3door. I need to find the screws for the valence. I fitted the bumper, but have not bolted it. She looks like a car again, rollin east coast style with the stink bug stance. I like the look, especially if it had a wing, ultra wedge, but if it rides funny, i got the xt pull-offs from clint to drop it down even with the front. I also mounted the dashboard. I had a Bee-oTCH of a time. First, the steering column was not far enough forward for the mount holes to line up. So i loosened the ujoint under the hood to push it further. Then that bolt would not go in, and all of a sudden the wheel is off a spline. So after about 3 attempts, and resorted to laying under the car to get the bolt, i finally got it. Then the clutch pedal was floppy. It was missing a bushing, since the whole dam pedal has to come off to change the cable, and there is a bracket that is clocked with the spring which is a *************** to line up and thread bolts. Other than that, the hazard came on when i made some plug-ins, and the key turns on and cranks the engine. This car is now mechanically complete from the dashboard forward. The xt shifter is a bit goofy, and i may have to modif,y bend or cut it down to fit right, as i am afraid the center console will not clear it, and the xt trans tunnel is shallower with a flatter angle of attack to the floor. Diff mounted. Holes drilled. these bolts are temporary until i can get to a hardware store. these are extraneous bellhousing bolts out of 3 5 gallon buckets of subaru bolts, as testament to how many soobs have been torn down. These are the bolts form inside the car. They come through the wheel well seam where it meets the floor. They will be hidden by the interior panleing. I still have to make a carrier bearing mount. I will have to bend the shifter to clear the center console. The shifter will be farther back than normal. I may have to shorten it, since that section of the tunnel is longer on an xt, and shallower with a flatter angle of attack. I would need a single range gl/loyale/dl shifter to fit properly with no mods. I would like this with the 4wd button as the diff lock. From here, all that is left is the rear wheel bearing, install the rear swaybar, and install the exhaust. Iam saving the best part(the harness) for last. This way, when i get the car to run, i can go ahead and drive it!
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96 Subaru Impreza Outback 2.2
MilesFox replied to Swidgett_Chick's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIf you had to remove the timing belt, i would suspect it is aligned wrong. Use the hashes, and not the arrows. There are several marks on the crank sprocket, but the one with the dot is the one to use. Subaru belts are atypical of other makes as the TDC mark is not used for alignment, but rather a mark that represents all of the cylindrs are at the center of their stroke at the same time
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Talking about how to improved MPG?
Well, if you want me to answer my suggestion, i will give you ideas i had for my 95 tercel smooth hubcaps(oldsmobile 13's) I have a bunch of plastic sheets that are meant for wire shelves, and i was going to make a 'cadillac' style cover for the rear wheels, and cover up the rear rollpan to make the bumper flush with the tire well and gas tank, and do the same for the front around various frame members. I have already removed the back seal and passenger seat for the purposes of cargo storage and trunk pass through. Any fuel economy/aero/hypermile mods are an afterthought/side effect of removing the seats on the www.subaruxt.com page, there are some interesting diagrams regarding the engineering of the xt body, based on the gl body and what they changed to get a .029 Cd, and this may give you some ideas
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88 DL starts then dies
Check and see if any of the intake boot has popped off, loose clamps, or loose hoses on or around the intake boot. The MAF will come out of its housing by removing the 2 screws. If you take it out, you will see 2 filaments on the end of the peg that fits in the hole. Sometimes one of these filaments will fall off due to age and vibrations. This is something to look for regarding the MAF
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GL10 2wd auto - change to 5 spd manual
automaticas can be changed to stick, and 2wd to 4wd. But a 2wd body willnot have the stamping for the carrier bearing and no holes for the diff. BUT, everything bolts in vice versa of what came out.
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In need of subrfame replacement. (pictures) Who's done it?
The entire midwest would crumple in an accident. Unless your car was only a year or 2 old. But then it would start to rust.
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what to do about the uneven backs of the hubs on 6 lug mod?
you may want to do 21mm lugnuts.
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Really Bad steering wheel shake
MilesFox replied to KaraK's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIf it comes down to it, i would come off my calipers for 100 bucks installed, as long as i can keep the take-offs for rebuild
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86 3door Runabout:FWD<FT4WD, 4 lug<5lug, EA82 carb<EJ22 or ER27 swap, rust removal
I mounted the carcoal can today. I had to do some odd routing as i broke the nipple off the purge solenoid trying to pull the hose. I used one from a 2nd gen ej22, the connector was different, so i busted off the plastic to expose the terminals to plug it in. The vent line comes to the solenoid, to the canister, and back to manifold vacuum. there is another port that would go the metered vacuum, but this is not present on this engine. I hope this is correct. I used an spfi as an example. I relocated the solenoid from underneath to the side of the manifold for better access. I mounted the xt6 airbox(ea82 mpfi) it turns out my steering lines stole the mounting hole for it, so i used the same rubber piece fom the steering line mount as the airbox mount. I dod not have the right grommets for the rest of the holes, but i salvaged a radiator grommet instead. The airbox is shaped differently, so the intake tube turns the wrong way. I am going to have to cut the tube to fit it to a dummy maf, or go the the auto store and try to find an adapter piece that does not look like poo poo. I could go with a plastic airbox, but i hate plastic parts that are supposed to be metal. I want this to look like a first gen ej22 under the hood. I went and found the bolts to the compressor at scott's place, nad found the ac lines original to that comressor. It turns out the one line had fitted was the high side connected to the low port. I am going to have to hybrid lines, either by tig weld, hydraulic shop that can crimp the fittings, compression fittings, or ugly barb fittings with hose clamps. I will have to find a shop wheo can crimp hoses, but the diameters are different on the low side. I hope a compression fitting will work, and the original line is steel where it will meet aluminum with the fitting. I will need to go to scotts and swap him out for the ac bracket, since the threads are different, and the lower part of the bracket does not match. Scott will not need his bracket as he is going ac-less, and anty bracket will do, just to mount the alternator, so i will trade him the original one to this engine. I got all my fuel lines connected today. I had to make some adapter fittings with brass fitting and worm clamps, but i have oem stainless fittings everywhere but the firewall. I connected the upper radiator hose by sleeving the ea82 hose inside of the ej hose and secureing with a hose clamp. I still have to do the lower hose, and mount the fan, and then onto exhausts. I am trying to contempate a way to do true dual exhaust with some sot of x pattern with 2 cats, maybe some sort of double x pattern to use the downstream o2 effectively. Ideally, this car should have a functioning purge control, and pass emissions with no codes, with everything working as it would from the factory. i will have to make a hole for the MAP sensor, and cap off the IAC port on the intake tube
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Really Bad steering wheel shake
MilesFox replied to KaraK's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXtom, during the day, the gate is usually open on the far end for the other building, and you should be able to drive in. The rubber lines are still on the car. Uyou will need to unbolt them from the struts, and undo the fitting to the hardlines. You will have access to them if i am not there during the day. I will be there friday doing cam seals on a 98 impreza. Thursday i may or may not be there, depending on if i get called for work. Now is the time i need to get a job. I can do the janitor thing, if i can get a route downtown or near the east side. Let me know if there is a possible position, as i would take it right away, as my odd remodeling work has come to a slowdown. I will probably hate myself a month into it, but i need a solid predictable income. unless i can get car insurance, and register something to drive, i can do jimmy johns delivery all day long, have experience, and know my way around very efficiently
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SPFI O2 Sensor Ground
I have run a wire with a sheet screw from the heat shileds to the ground wire on the trans. what do oyu order for to get a 2 wire o2? sounds like a good idea.
