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Cool, Thanks a lot for the information! I will start looking for some new seats!

Yeah or part numbers...I looked around at a lot of the on-line stores but I could only find assembly pieces, maybe they don't have one part number for the entire seat?

well the drivers seat isn't as bad I guess, but the passenger seat is terrible. They are both pretty stiff and I don't know if the previous owners were larger people but the bolsters on the seat don't fit nearly as well as our 05'. The lumbar support on the passengers side is pretty bad too.

We have a 2000 OBW limited and an 05 legacy sedan limited. I'm sure everyone knows how terribly uncomfortable the 2000 leather driver and passenger seats are, and how comfortable the 05 seats are...which begs the question: Can I switch them? I would like to find driver and passenger seats from another Subaru where you can actually endure a 6 hour car ride in but I am wondering if the power drivers seat and the heated seats would still work. I have tried to search the forums so sorry if this has already been discussed and please point me to the threads or search terms used to find them. Thanks in advance!

well I wanted to throw an amp and sub in.

Does anyone know if the 05 Legacy has a pre-amp output on the stock stereo? Thanks!

Nice work! Looking forward to seeing some pics.

Thanks, I will check it out, it's the anniversary L edition so it probably didn't come standard then.

Hi there, we are looking at a 99 legacy sedan to replace the 91 wagon, should it have keyless entry and these owners just don't have the fob? is it the same fob as my 00 OBW? I have seen the security system upgrade on subaruparts.com which makes me think that it should already have keyless entry. Thanks!

I have a long ways to go at a meer 249,650 still not burning oil though.

I am with you kimokalihi, the headlights on that vintage suck...there is no getting around it. I have a 91 and a 00 and it is a heads and tails difference. I am looking into street legal driving lights to mount up, someone mentioned the FF1000, are those legal to have on all the time?

I am moving when it does not work and when it works. It usually takes about 5 minutes of city driving ~35 mph, then it kicks on, but no consistency on how far into the drive, the only consistancy is that it does not work when it is cold. On the cold mornings when I get in it does not work, but on a warmer day ~50F when I go to my car after work then the fan works just fine, without the engine running at normal operating temp yet.

Ok, after putting up with it for a while I thought I would ask for suggestions as to why the fan will not come on for the heater, defrogger in the mornings. Seems like I have to wait for the car to warm up to normal operating temperature, and then keep selecting different fan modes for the fan to finally come on. I leave the fan speed at 4 and then start selecting, heat, heat/def, def, vent, ac, heat, heat/def, def...ya know just keep selecting until the fan comes on, usually it does within a couple minutes of normal operating temperature and a couple cycles through the buttons! Any ideas on why? I figured it was just catching up with the times and making itself fancy, like other cars that won't push hot air until it is actually hot! But I don't remember upgrading the firmware.

Just the last fill up in my 91 and I got 28.3, that was city driving back and forth to work. On the highway I get between 31 and 32 doing 75. 5spd legacy wagon...but mine is just starting to break in the engine, I only have 246,000 miles on it.

hehe, now that's funny, I don't care who ya are...that's funny right there

so did you find a car yet?

yeah, mine broke, I was taking the dog for a walk and was pulling back onto the main road off of the dirt road, rolling in first gear, probably 5 mph definitely under 10 and it snapped...I was pretty surprised.

My 91 Legacy has 245,000 miles, what I would call normal work...belts, hoses, cv boot and one alternator. That's it until a year ago, then a clutch and transmission, it had 240,000 miles on it when I did the clutch and transmission... bought the car in 98 for $4,000 with 120,000 miles on it. I have owned a 2000 OBW for about 2 years and have alread replaced, front sway bar, ignition coil, knock sensor, radiator, hoses, thermostat and now it needs a new oxygen sensor or cat convertor... I thought these things were supposed to get better!

pretty much same thing happened to me but I had not had the HG replaced yet. But with the radiator cap off and the engine on, the bottom hose would collapse under the vaccum, so I replaced, thermostat, upper and lower hoses and radiator. I didn't go with an OE radiator but found one with a lifetime warranty for $131. Total parts I think I spent 180 and an evening and it's all fixed... except the 420 error but that's in another post.

I thought about that as well, I wonder if that would help with the 325 knock sensor also, a while ago I got a CEL and the car was running real rough, checked the wire and it was pretty much off the spark plug, re-attached all and everything was fine. I should probably replace the wires as well, general maintenance I guess!

Thanks for all the information guys! I will replace the front O2 sensor, probably needs it anyway, and we'll see what happens. Can I just call Subaru to find out if the car has been in for the WXW80 recall? I bought the car used 2 years ago with 70,000 miles.

Ok, I have done a lot of searching on here for the converter. But what really happens and should I be concerned about the "real" problem. From what I can tell the 420 is specific to the converter. Is it that the engine is not functioning propery and therefore throwing the 420 code or is it that the converter is bad. I have 91,000 miles on the car. Replacing the converter seems like the most popular answer, but is there really an inefficiency in the burning of the fuel? I don't mind changing or getting parts changed if that is really all that needs to happen, but is that the only reason it would produce the 420 code? Same logic with the 325, I changed the knock sensor about a year ago, so is my car just really hard on knock sensors or is there a problem with a knock in the engine?