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Was messing with the old valve still in the car and it broke in half. Now I've got a PO446 to go with my po440. And it's ductaped. Does this stuff effedt how the car runs or is it emissions related only or what? There is no pressure built up when I release the gas cap. That section of solid pipe is very rusty and prolly not airtight. That filterlike item is rusty too. It's all suspect really.
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I've been studying the archives and I already replaced a rotting fill tube. There is a black box back there behind the right rear wheel with hoses and there is what looks to be a solenoid. I tested-- it had 25.9 ohms resistance. The power supply had 11.9 volts. But the metal cover rotted off and now there's just a plastic piece and instead of an alert on my scantool it's fulltime red PO440. Can someone tell me which solenoid this is? My research points to vent solenoid but I can't find diagrams anywhere!! Thanks:-\
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A big pickle fork that spans 1 5/8 ish inches. It's hard or impossible to find a pickle fork that misses the ball joint entirely. One that applies force to the lower control arm and the knuckle only and doesn't impinge on the rubber boot. Any body seen one that big??
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My Maine coast winter briney/salted ball joint replacement amended procedure. 98 legacy Outback. 1. Go to Ace and buy 3/8- 2.5 inch stainless bolt(s) and locknut(s). 2. Go home. Put up etc......wheel off... 3. Take your breaker bar and 14mm socket and what the hell, might as well make it easy on yourself and add your pipe extension to make as easy as possible to twist the head off the pinch bolt. F penetrants here. Waste of time and Aero Kroil. 4. Mark the center of the other end of the pinch bolt and center punch it. Hard. 5. Take 1/4 inch drill bit and drill on center and as straight as you possibly can. 6. Won't hurt to try the 3/8 bit before drilling all the way through. I got lucky on the first one and it grabbed the 1/4 inch hole and spun the nub through. 7. With old bolt cleared out to 3/8, hammer your pickle fork in it's pickle fork place. 8. Use only one half of another pickle fork (air hammer if you can)to drive between the top of pickle fork number one and the knuckle. 9. What a *************** mine was. 10. Remove castle nut and free ball joint.----install new 30$ Subaru ball joint. Not a 67$ NAPA one.
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I did mine without lift but skinned every knuckle and beat up the drivers side low near valve cover bolt. That was the worst single bolt. With a plethora of extensions and combinations of wierd length do hickiy 's and some tape....it is possible. Not fun but possible. I'd pull it next time fo shnizzle.