ViceMan

I am Looking at a subaru outback, manual transmission ( https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/5347060844.html ) I know in general what to look for and what to ask, but What specifically is requied to be done for a 2006 subaru outback at 160,000 miles? what do I need to specifically look for it, ask the owner about. I have some experience but it is all on a 1987 subaru gl. and when do you need to look at replacing the timing belt on it? I know it almost never needed, but I am wondering. Also is that a good price for that mileage? Thanks for your time. viceman.

I found this 1986 Syncro Vanagon in the parking lot of a grocery store near me. I was able to talk to the owner, who owns a shop that does nothing but vanagon syncro convertions (The shop is Called Tom's Syncro Shop, Tom Lengyel). Here is what it has; 2.5l subaru engine, lifted (not sure how much), rock sliders, full underbody skid plate, Independent suspension front and rear, original transfer case but with redone gearing of 6.17 and a creeper gear of 37 to 1, Vacuum activated front and rear lockers, front seats only, bed in the back, and on the side an extendable awning. Can Single point lift anywhere on the body.

I will try lossening the y pipe and see what happens. on the coolent leak there is a small puddle under the car on the drivers side just under the edge on that side of the raidator. but i did hear some stuff from the over fill tank so maybe its just more than that can handle so it is leaking from there? i have had that happen before. ViceMan

So I replaced the transmissions modulator that was taost and was sucking up transmission fluid through it. But I still have a problem, when i turn on my car it is ok then when i drive it, it sounds like it is blowing through a straw ( the sound, sounds like it comes from over by the raidator) and it shifts early, and will not let me go more than 25 mph or so like there is a lot of back pressure somewhere. also although i cannot find it there is a leak somewhere involving the raidator but it is not big and is it leaking on the drivers side somewhere. I have filled my raidator with water and water is what is leaking. I have no idea what is going on but i have fixed one thing but now there is another. my car is a ea 82 3at 3 door coupe/hatchback. ViceMan

ok so I Left cardboard out over night under my car and for some reason failed to catch anything but motor oil on it, however when I put my car into nuetral and mover it back i could see some leak spots, which from there location would seem to indicate where they meet the raidator. so do i need to replace the hose then? ViceMan

Ok, I have some problem with things staying in place under the car but I have weighed it down, so I should have something soon. Something I did do though was check the atf fluid level and it was near Full. I did put in most of a whole quart of ATF fluid in there when I stoped at the store i limped to on sunday. So I started it up, thinking maybe that the atf fluid need presure to start leaking and I did not hear the noise I did on Sunday even when I was not driving. I did see ATF fluid leak on sunday as a color was coming out from under my car, and I put a bit of atf fluid on the ground near my door and it was the same color as the stuff coming out from under my car. but now the atf fluid level is full and I don't see any leaks under my car. (It has been raining since sunday, so any leaks of the atf fluid should be easy to see.) So is it still a leak of ATF fluid that only leaks when driving? hope this info helps.

It is an 87 GL Coupe 3 speed automatic. it does however have a 4 door engine in it, if the upper raidator hose i replaced a while ago is any indication. ViceMan

I was coming home sunday when suddenly my car started making a very weird noise. I managed to limp into a store parking lot and apparently I had a transmission fluid leak. one that became evident on the wet pavement. I put more atf fluid in, the gear oil was fine, and limped home. any idea on where the leak is comeing from? hopefully it is a cheap fix ootherwise i am not sure if i could get the money to fix it. thanks in advance. ViceMan

Thanks for the advice Dee2, RustyBrat, bratman, and ShawnW. So I pulled a sparkplug , grounded it and and verified that it had spark. So replaced the spark plug, then got a jump from my dad and it started after a few tries, first with gas mashed down then without the gas pedal and it started up. after which I drove around for awhile so the battery would be good to go. again thanks for everything. ViceMan

I have not jump started my car, and the battery is is just 2 years old or so so it should still be good but I will jump start it and see what happens.

ok so yesterday my engine would not start, and apparently it was the coil. so I go to pull the spark plug and ground it to see if the sprk plug was making spark. but before that i tried to start it again just to see what would happen, since this problem started right after cold weather and a few inches of snow. but when i went to start it the starter sounded sick, lick an electronic device thats running out of batteries. is the starter going bad or is it somthing else? Thanks again, ViceMan

ok thanks guys I will try that in the morning when I can see. ViceMan

how much is a coil? and where is it located?

oh for anyone out there that's curious, the fuel pump works great, and it even passed DEQ within a month of it being installed. It is louder than the oem pump but you don't even hear after a while. Edit #1: I just remembered that the fuel pump from the f-150 you need is the frame mounted fuel pump not the low presure fuel pump inside the fuel tank. ViceMan

it ran last tuesday(febuary 4th), and it ran pretty well. it is not driven daily but it does get used most times twice a week or more and this is something new that happened this morning. the fuel pump was replaces in november, and I replaced the power steering pump lines and bracket after the bracket broke this past summer and bent the hard lines while doing it. but other than that and putting in oil on a regular basis nothing else major has been replaced. oh the fuel pump is from a 1986 f-150 ford pickup, since it has about the same specs as the oem subaru pump but is a lot cheaper since their is more supply, and its been working well ( thanks to generaldisorder and his subie repair shop, a great person to go to get your subbie repaired). the only other thing is a new upper radiator hose, but other than that its been running well. although apparently the engine is from a 4 door subbie and mine is a 2 door so the engine got swapped somewhere along the line, I know this becuase the 2 door raidator hose did not fit but the 4 door hose did. that is all i can think of.