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If I feel sick at the price the stealership gives me tomorrow, and the clutches are still usable, would it be feasible for me to replace the duty c solenoid myself? Once again, I do have full access to a garage with everything that I could possibly need, and the expertise of everyone here. Can anyone here give me an approximation on the expected price, or a location where I could get one online? I suppose I could always go and look in the nearest junkyard to see if I can come across one.

I also had a friend of mine tell me that if it was the clutches going, the transmission fluid would appear to be brown instead of red from it burning, and it would feel gritty to the touch from the bits of clutch floating in it. Ill try that in a while to see. I am also guessing that it would be a good idea to switch back to the camry wagon as a daily driver untill I can get these issues resolved? As for wasting money, a few quarts of transmisison fluid isnt going to be anything compared to replacing the solinoid/clutches. edit- and tires...

Anyone know how rough the roads are? I would hate to take my OB to something like this and bust it all up, but it sure sounds like fun.

Sounds pretty bad... If the clutches were just fused together, wouldnt that just be a mechanical problem, still allowing the FWD light to come on? When the car is turned on, the AT OIL TEMP light blinks a few times and then turns off, but I thought that was normal. The check engine light is also on, but it figured that was just a bad O2 sensor or something of that nature, because it has plenty of fluid and runs great. I will try and change the tranny fluid a couple of times tomorrow if I can, and then take it to the dealer on monday to see what they say.

I just got the outback back from getting the oil changed, and I checked the tires for wear. 3 of them are starting to get near the end of their life, but the left rear looks almost new. Would that be enough to cause the torque bind problems I have been having? For some reason I cant get the FWD to work. I put the fuse in the FWD box under the hood, but the light doesnt come on, and it doesnt feel any different. Anything I can do about that? As it is, I think I will be taking it to the dealer on monday after school to have them go over it.

Both of them are very nice, but it sucks having to pay that much for tags.

I can understand about the 2.5 engine not being the best, because my aunt actually blew it two years ago, so the engine is relatively new. I dont know if it is the same type with the same issues though. Any way I can check?

For minor stuff like oil changes, my family owns a nursery, and a full garage with it, so I just send it to them, with instructions occasionally if something needs to be done out of the ordinary. If it turns out the tranny needs to be worked on after I try all the little tidbits that were given to me here, I will take it to the local dealer. Yeah, I have already found that particular switch, and got out the manual when I couldnt figure out what it was. There were also a couple of threads around on different forums. I can see why it would be a problem if you accidently turned it on and didnt know where it was. Great, now I have to fiugre out the right way to change the coolant, and figure out why I dont want an air-lock, and what HG hell is. Untill then, I will be happy to just be able to turn this thing. As of right now, it is basically stock. Anything that I should do it? I have seen a lot of people removing the intake silencer, and thought about doing that to mine. Any pros or cons to it that I wouldnt know about?

Thanks a lot, I will get started soon.

I am also having a similar problem where the key must be pushed forward before it will turn.

Ok, thanks However, where is the FWD fuse located at? If torque bind is my problem, all I have to do to get rid of it is have my transmission flushed out and the tire pressures the same? Is there any advantage to having it in AWD over FWD? It seems like it would kill gas milage.

Well, last weekend, my aunt decided to upgrade a little and bought a new '06 outback. I was lucky, and she felt sorry for me driving my '89 camry wagon, and gave me her old car, a '97 Outback Limited. There was one thing that I didnt like about though. It is horrible trying to turn it on pavement, I am guessing because of the AWD. Whenever I try to park it, it lurches, shakes, vibrates, and all sorts of other interesting sounds and movements. I hope that this isnt normal with AWD subarus while turning on pavement. Anyone have an answer? Edit: Pictures! Beside my old '89 camry wagon (255k miles) and with my dads truck in the background. The outback is getting up there too, at almost 200k miles.