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The first time I lost a clip in my transmission I was worried about it also, so I went to a local transmission shop and the tech there said leave it it wont hurt a thing, Now my Subaru Postal wagon has 393,000 miles on it and that clip has not hurt a thing. However you can try to fish it out if you want to.
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It's easy to tell when the back ones go bad, you will see grease leaking out of them. I dont think the front one would go out unless you had many miles on them. I have got two or three of these control arms for around 75.00 dollars from the junk yard. You can buy the bushing for the rear for around 60.00 dollars and it is easy to replace. If you are thinking why so many for me this one is used for mail del.
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I never worry about tires on my Subaru, when I need one I buy it. If I had to replace all four tires when I need one running a mail Rt. I would sell the Subaru and get something else to drive. I had many miles on my Subaru before I ever heard this so I just kept doing it the same way. It made it to 340,000 miles before I had to change the transmission. It has got nearly 400,000 miles now and when it needs a tire I will buy a tire not four. And when I need another transmission I will have more then enough money saved to buy it because I have not wasted it all on tires. But I will also say it is not recommended by Subaru to do it the way I do. So the ones here telling you to be careful are telling you straight. I think Subaru gives this warning like drug companies give warning on their medicine, if you worried about all of the side affects you might get you would not take any medicine.
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I clean mine with brake cleaner (spray can type) then repack with high temp. wheel bearing grease, but blow dry bearing good before repacking. The first bearing I done I left the grease in it that came with the bearing, lasted about one month. However the hub also had play in it so I dont know how much damage was done from grease and how much was because of the bad hub.
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On my 97 Legacy wagon their is a plate over the pump, I remove the cover and unplug the connector, I have never tested the wiring but I have replaced the pump more then once. You should be able to test for current with a small test light or muti meter. I see you said you replaced the relay, have you checked your fuse? I have never checked mine to see if there is a fuse but I would think there should be one either under the hood or dash.
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R.H.D. Subaru wagons do not belong to the Post Office, Most are owned by rural carriers that work for the P.O. They were sold to us from the early nineties untill around 1999 or 2000. We bought them much cheaper then most people bought Subaru's, through a deal struck through the Rural carrier association and Subaru. For some unknown reason Subaru quit offering them to us around 1999 now that the supply is short the price is very high. Now a lot of carriers are buying low mileage R.H.D. jeeps from the mid 90's that are being imported in from Japan and other places where they are sold, we are paying about twice as much for these as L.H.D. jeeps of the same year are selling here for. I bought a 96 R.H.D. jeep from Japan with around 30,000 miles on it last year for about 10,500.00 dollars, I could most likely sell this jeep within the postal system today for the same money. I also still have my Postal Subaru with around 380,000 miles on it. It is on the third motor and second transmission, fourth drive shaft and fourth fuel pump, along with many other parts that have been changed more then twice each. Some of the interior is ragged out but it would probably sell for around 5,000.00 if I wanted to sell it, but I would not sell it for that.
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When my E.C.U. went out I was not getting a flash to the # three inj. pigtail, however the # three pigtail did have current from the battery when tested with a meter. I dont understand your comment on the E.C.U. the numbers are different but it worked on another car were these two Subaru's just like the two you switched with now?
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Are you getting fuel to the filter? I still think you have air problem, you can pull that vacum line off at the air filter housing tube and spray inj. cleaner into it to clean that I.A.C. valve. If you had the intake off during the motor switch you may have left something off under there, we just put a rebuidt 2.2 in my Legacy wagon and if I remember correct I think their were around seven things to hook back up there counting all of the little vacum lines and sensors.
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Hey Porcupine, I never thought of locking that rotor down like you did in your picture, I will remember that. Also a few weeks back you wanted to know if the crows feet that came with the Harbor Freight inner tie rod remover would fit the subaru tie rods, yes they have one in that set that fits my 97 Legacy wagon.
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You most likly have not hurt it yet, I would put it back where it was until you get the reseach you need to decide if you want to tighten it. Are you sure that play is not in the joints of the C.V.? Did you check it with the other side? I took the the adj. ring off of a Subaru transmission that was out of my car and no good. It did not look like it had any control on any adj. to me, but I have seen where someone here posted the information out of the F.S.M. and it did say it had to be set right as Nipper says.