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Date for the official run is the 19th, but you can camp whenever you want. So Sunday June 19th. We'll meet at the Hayden Super 1 at 10 am? Corner of Hayden ave and Highway 95. We'll head down to Lancaster rd and follow that until it drops us onto the forest service roads. We'll set up base near the shooting range/major forks in the roads. If anyone gets lost, get a hold of me and I'll find your lost butt Sound good? Twitch

Ok, what metals are we talking about here? Standard steel line or brass? And is the intake iron or aluminum? As for just stuck threads, I recommenda good solid wrench some thwacking with a small-medium hammer. Preferably a rubber mallet. And if all else fails, cut it. Twitch

Water + oil + engine crankcase = bad juju. Anyway, we'll miss ya mugs! And if I catch ANYBODY with booze, they're OUT! I will personally walk them to their car and if necessary, pull their sorry arse off the mountain. No booze. Twitch

Sunday June 19th is the day and we haven't pinned down a time yet. Some may camp out, some may leave that night, just depends on everyone's preferences. Twitch

Probably should unhook the battery overnight, that's the usual procedure when clearing codes. I highly suggest going through Subaru to get new wires as they're more likely to actually have them in stock. Well, if you don't have to worry about emissions, take it out. Get rid of all that EGR garbage if you can. Its all for emissions and does nothing more than choke your car's power. Its really easy, and it only takes a quarter, or a quarter sized flat piece of metal and some time. I'll expound more as necessary Twitch

What brand of spark plugs are you running? These engines don't like cheap spark plugs, never have. Your best bet are NGK's, but I have personally found the Bosch Platinum +2's work great as well. Your wires are also important. If you haven't changed them in 30k or so, it'd be a good idea to change them out as well. I don't recommend anything but NGK or genuine Subaru, as I've had other brands spark through the boot. Now, after that, we'll see what's going on Twitch

Hey Mugs, I would have gone if my financial situation would have allowed me to. Not having a job for 6 months really takes a toll. I'll be working my hardest to make it next year, and hopefully I'll have a job to support my trip. I really missed hanging out with you guys this year. Anyway, enough sob story, lets see pictars! Vids are cool too. Twitch

How about Selah? Same area but closer to Jerry's house Twitch

Well, when I get new plugs I'll try NGK's. But I have yet to have any issues with my Bosch platinums. And this is with well over 15k miles on them. If I have issues beyond 20k then I'll definitely switch, but I have yet to have any problems. Even with fouling them up with oil. It takes a lot to stop them from firing properly. Twitch

Thanks for the heads up I was planning on spraying mine, but I wasn't sure where would have cheap spraying equipment. Let me know how well they work Twitch

Hey Ben, remember, even though you don't have blood relatives here, you've still got your Subaru Family here And I bigger numbers than the Midwest, no offense to those that live out there. Oh, and if you like Junkyard runs, you will love Pull and Save. Cheapest Junkyard I've ever been to, and they usually have the most Older Subarus. Twitch

I live about as far out from Spokane as Brumby420, and it's not bad out here at all, comparative to most places. Idaho is pretty conservative on all fronts. They're very lax here about a lot of stuff. We're the last ones to get the new laws, last to get the minimum wage lifted, last to get new taxes and are surrounded by mountains, lakes and trees. I live about 20 minutes from a few thousand acres of national forest land. Houses are becoming abundant because of foreclosures. So, feel free to look around, and I highly recommend living in Idaho while working in Washington. You have to pay state taxes in ID, but the cost of living is much cheaper compared to WA. Twitch

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Sweet The 19th it is! I'll see if I can adjust the opening post. So, sunday, the 19th, correct? I can put that in my calendar? Also, if I have to work, it won't be until like 3 or 4, so I can at least show people the locale if I have to go to work Right now, I'm on the hunt for some 185/80 R13's, because I was an idiot and tore a hole in one of mine If I have to run the wheels I'm on, no rally for me. I'm not risking damaging my Jackmans. It's dangerous enough just driving with them on, let alone rally in the woods. Twitch Edit: Firearms are ok, there is actually a shooting range area just a short walk from the spot GWAL took pictures. Not sure about explosives, but we can discuss that later We don't want the Rangers to think we're setting off bombs or anything :-p Now, if any of these explosives are sulfur based, I'll just have to stay upwind of the cloud, as I'm severely allergic to sulfur. But otherwise, no problems. I'll just keep a monster nearby just in case

Well, if anyone wants to know my intelligence level this morning, not more than 15 min ago I tore a hole in the sidewall of one of my perfectly good tires. "I am the smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T..." Stupid fracking curbs. Corner of Mullan and 41, parking lot of Thomas Hammer. Turning in and just turned a little wide. Anybody got a spare 185/80 I could have? I have no money, will trade work for tire. Anyway, something new Twitch

Wow, a little bit grouchy are we? :-p Well, I was thinking the forest road area because I know it's stock car friendly, there's plenty of places to get muddy without the risk of getting stuck and there is a great variety of terrain available. If you want to climb up a hill or crawl around on some rocky terrain, go for it. Because there is some of that out and around hayden lake too But if you want to go run around and just get your car dirty and play "rally car" without worry of the anyone hassling you, this area is close to perfect. Twitch

We are already expecting to be camping Depending on weather, we may have enough firewood around there to use. But some extra wouldn't hurt. Now, just as a reminder, we're trying to keep this family friendly, so we don't want any drunken episodes. So please, keep booze below the tipping point. Also, would it work for a saturday into sunday deal? Because we were hoping for a saturday day run, camp over night, and do whatever sunday until people had to leave If that includes some hoonage, so be it And if you bring bacon, you don't need a tent or a bed, cuz I've got a spare in mine Hell, you can sleep on mine and I'll take the ground if you bring bacon. Anyway, that's what we're hoping to do. My schedule may change because of work, I may not be able to make it out there until late, or I might have the whole day, just depends. Twitch

It actually doesn't change until you hit bumble bee :-\ But if we meander far enough off of the main roads I don't think they'd care. There are a few off roads we could hit up for camping. Since it will be later in the year, everything will be more tore up. Rangers don't really go out there too often except in winter and on holiday weekends. If we avoid the main areas and find little spots to stash our rigs they shouldn't have too much to say to us. We will need at least 1 bucket and a shovel though, possibly an axe as well. I have a travel shovel that will do and I can get a bucket easy, but it'd be nice if somebody else brought one too Anyway, lets keep this thing rolling! If I can get up there soon I'll snap some shot of potential campgrounds. Twitch

That's where I was hoping we could go to. Awesome area for people who want play in the mud, or climb some hills or just rally around in their cars. No, the grass isn't usually there. I've been up there all times of the year and that isn't a normal grassy area. Then again, there are usually more tracks through there than that. Twitch

BRAT= Damn near eaverything is busted, still drives like a banshee with it's tail on fire though. Xandra= Dead rings, 3 wheel bearings Blue Wagon= Valves need adjusting, wiring needs reattatchment, needs new wires, needs new plugs, fan issue needs to be sorted out, need to put in a push button start/kill and shampoo the seats and carpeting. Twitch Edit: Add to the Blue Wagon a new alt. Good lord 55 amps is just not enough for ANY car. Do your high beams dim everything else in the car?

Yeah, but import laws are a b****. And Subaru doesn't import RHD's into the US anymore. Not to mention my dad is opposed to horizontally opposed engines. He claims they're all crap because all of my cars have needed repairs. He doesn't realize that mine, at 250k+, need the same number of repairs his favored cars need at 150k. Oh well, they're happy with the Cube and they got a no maintenance package on it, so they don't have to do anything to it. Just drag it down to the dealer and they take care of it. Back on topic, since this seems to be a solid win for Subaru, what do you think they're going to do with all that extra money and notoriety? Twitch

Hahaha, it's a cube van with regular doors. They deliver mail, and wanted something big on the inside and small on the outside. But they compromised to FWD and a CVT for MPG. But now they didn't have to! :-\ Twitch

"EJ 205 with All wheel drive with smoky on my tail" Yeah, we'll figure out meet times when it gets closer. Twitch

I apologize in advance if I get anyone's stuff/car/truck/person dirty in my hoonage. I will do my best to wash you/your stuff off if you want me to :-p Remember, if anyone wets themselves or soils themselves in the BRAT, they must clean the seat thoroughly! It's a two way street :-p 3 point seatbelts are the only belts available. Anyway, the 18th sounds good. It gives people another week and me more time to fix stuff. Hope to see y'all up on the trails. We should meet at the Hayden Super1. It's on the corner of Hayden Ave and highway 95. Big place, easy to find, easy to get to. Twitch

Now when I say rally, it's not like we're doing 80-90mph down tree lined forest service roads. Only if you want to do, would you go that fast. I wouldn't recommend it as the road is very tight and windy with the occasional washboarded corner. This will be point to point or just fun running out there. We'll have to keep tabs on who's out and about to keep the rangers happy and keep people from getting hurt. My top speed on these roads has been 45 in the BRAT and that was scary enough. If we get a fire pit set up we can have a social area for those who don't want drive or need some time to rest. Riding passenger is scary as it gets sometimes And yes, fuel depending, I will give insanity rides in the BRAT I know a few areas with some small jumps and nice safe driftable corners. Twitch