mickytrus

I spend alot of munnie and time on Preventative rust stufff........ That is the only reason this car survives to this day..... I anti-sieze practically everything............ even clips...... If I can't coat it...... I throw anti-sieze on it........... I am really digging "cavity waxes" these days...... "they boldly go where others have not gone before" ----

Naah that stuff was beautiful.... But, I must say everything is rust here..... If it is not rust then it is mold......... I just got the the car back together........ Sadly, I had to buy a new axle......... AXLEsssss were not going to come out of the graveyard in one piece.... I was even torching them up with heat...( to much meat) And I had to hire the muscle of the "machine shop" to yank a growlie bearing out of the passenger side swing arm that I scavenged from "The Jackson Ho!"(A recent Lawn ornament) and then a close to new bearing from a driveside swing arm out of "Trixie"(Spirit - Parts pile) So not the end of the world(perhaps, "A new lease on life for 'Ho-tel' " I got 'Ho-tel' all together but but but,,,,,, The double spline shaft.......... must not be pressed at the correct location...(machine shop--blame them).....(which I don't understand - when I put the shaft on.... I sorta looked ok) ANYWAY, MY CURRENT DILEMMA.... I torqued the axle to 200 FT LBS... I couldn't get the the cotter pin in... Initially, thought I over shot my destination...... IN SHORT:::::::::: The only way to get the cotter pin in was.... TO NOT USE THE CRUSH WASHER>>>> Pretty damn annoying... I must say.............. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK I SHOULD DO.....????? Driving around with no crush washer on back pass axle....... I will check it every now and then.........(All the even miles) THanks, MIcky

So I managed to dismantle the mess.... Came apart like butter....... I saw there was anti-seize up on the front swing arm mount bolt..... "I mustah been here before" Yeah, Memory escaped me but, I swapped out this swing arm, I think about at least 100k ago.......... That explains it..... The swing arm has probably about 400k on it..... I remember the bearing going bad...... so I swapped it out with a swing arm that had a new bearing in it... Stuff doesn't last forever... This is the proof of that!!!.... In the salty Northeast..... where they salt the roads (now they are spraying the salt on them before suspected storms) Driver's side swing arm looks great.... Gives me piece of mind....... To go ahead with swapping out another one........ Yeah, the axle was a victim of this swing arm atrocity...... Micky

I bang them in with some sockets that are on the large size..... I tap them out with the end of a ball joint pickling fork......... tapping from side to side gradually getting them out..... I set the hub on some 4"x8"x16" solid cinder blocks.... sorta pinning the hub.. (kinda resting on brake caliper mount and tie rod mount arm . and using gravity and tapping downward.

THanks! good to know.. and something to think about...... Has anyone ever replaced one themselves.....???? looking to know what it was like.... I have done three or four on loyales....... (using quality window weld products) haven't had any leaks.... lasted year and years...

Yeah, I think the swing arm rotted out from the inside out......(I rust treat and paint like with the onset of every winter season) I am going to break it down today... It is in the garage.... Initially, when I looked under ,,,,,, the CV joint was all broke apart grease slung everywhere.... but yeah, It behaves like a broken limb..... the wheel/hub must be hanging on by like one strip of metal

AYe, 98 legacy outback...... In direct sun........ window is a little difficult to see through........ If the windshield was a pair of safety glasses, I would get a new pair..... It is the original windshield, it does not leak..... not rust around the pillars.... no reason to open Pandora's box...... Has anyone buffed a windshield before........?????? Any recommendations?????? Products.... or How to go about this? Thanks , Micky

Aye! thanks G.... Yeah, upon further inspection today(when I tried to get it into the garage....) The Kapoof! is a toasted swing arm........ looks like the axle shaft was its victim................. So, I will go to the graveyard and Grab the the whole Schbang...... I tried to back the vehicle up, I was hoping to get it into the shop garage.... Unfortunately, I could only pull the car in the forward direction......(after jacking it up and positioning the wheel to be more vertical) So I pulled it into the other garage..... Geeze.... I would have never thought one of these would "just break"......... I will fill you's in on the gory details.... After tear down.... Micky

It is certainly a bloody mess under there Rear axle broke at the outer CV joint. The wheel is sorta flipped out at the top...... Maybe the rear flex line for the brake is snapped Though, from what I am being told(As I was not the driver) brakes seemed ok. Anyway, I have ripped these cars apart so many times...... I have yet to have a rear axle go bad........(well, until now .....) I have done rear bearings.....(with great success) I do have lots of spare parts and (spare cars) So just wondering what some may choose to do in this situation..... If I use an axle from the grave yard, I have to get it out of a car... It is not like it is laying on a shelf ..... So , wondering if I should just grab everything....... everything meaning axle , hub strut..... or Is there a way to get the axle out without having to loosen the swing arm(hub and bearing assembly/ arm???? Thanks, Micky.... Oh yeah, My Loyale's are getting "Long in the Tooth" the one I will be working on with the bad rear axle is 290K. And was going strong..... wanting to get it to 300K.....

So,,,, Yeah sounded like violent mice..... I sprayed it with WD-40..... Calmed down some..... What is the offering here...... In the past I have popped out the bearing and replaced bearings... I don't about this with this pulley........ can anyone tell me? ALSO.... AC currently is not working............. It is 98 outback with a 2.2L Do you guys rip these ac units out..........????????????? what do you think? is it a possible performance improvement??? fuel economy?? etc etc. Thanks,Micky

Yeah, messed with them for a bit........ Seems to be working now..... but very clunky....... Hearing the door flaps open and close.......... Hopefully it continues to work....

THanks!

Thanks! Yes, I should just pop off the rotor and inspect...... before going about adjustments.... Micky

Dig it! Yeah, that stupid cup holder....... My cupholder was disgusting.... I will give it a whirl How does the control unit pop out???

If your not using it as a daily driver. Consider throw fuel stabilizer in it..... and Don't know where you are parking it? but, if it is in the sun..... that is not good.... and then if it is under trees then you want to be concerned of other things.(not sure of your locale) I often wonder, if when vehicle has had gas go bad previously in it... if there is an accelerated likely hood of it happening again.... I would run the tank down to near empty if you can...... and then put like a gallon in it... and run that down..... do that a couple of times.... and then decide how much gas you want to put in the tank and put in the proper amount of fuel stabilizer..... NOW,,,,, if you happen to live where you can get 91 octane that has no Alcohol in it......... just exclusively use that fuel........(but use up the other gas.... then do gallon thing with the 91) no stabilizer

Your refer to an "old gas smell"...... Meaning Stale old gas odor?????? and have you been driving the vehicle????? (steadily or is it sitting sometimes) How long have had the vehicle.... how many miles have you put on the vehicle?

Not really sure if the problem is at the controls....... I thought perhaps....... this may be a popular(COMMON) problem..... that others have had to address... Has anyone out there have/has problems with the heat controls??????? Even if you can just explain the functionality of how it works... that would be greatly appreciated..... It seems electrical...... but,,,,, how does the system actuate the flaps????? (for directing the air flow)

ok, So there are two places to make adjustments.. AND the shoes can wear....... and do wear over time.... and the cables can stretch out........... I will see if I can pull the cables forward at the console to see how much play there is....( do you think this is possible???) Then I will remove the play out of the cables and then adjust the star wheels upward.... Using 1Ltxn's procedure....

Hello, I really hate getting blasted with the heat through the Dash vents..... None of the controls work.... The one defrost button does send power to the AC compressor(I heard that go on once) But yeah, how to I get it so the heat goes to your feet or heat goes to the windshield ( I will be needing to send heat to the windshield soon It is getting wintery soon) Thanks, Micky

Hey! I gotta do something with this ebrake...... Think it's holding but it is not! found the vehicle moved a couple of times..... Had the vehicle a several months... Initially, the E brake seemed ok...... not great but ok..... Now, It pulls up to the top pretty much........ vehicle has about 170K on it...... SOOOOO,,,,,,,,, Can I just adjust this pup? and where it is the adjustment.....??? Do these EE brake shoes ever need to be replaced ( I guess if someone is leaving the brake on all the time) Is there a cable adjustment............. is there a conventional drum type adjustment or is there both? Thanks, Micky

Ok, I will check the wire.... Yeah, makes sense.... I was even thinking the connector could have gone bad.. near the IAC With a volt meter what should I be looking for at the IAC.... for voltage???? Does the IAC have a relay in it's circuit? Thanks, Micky

So I ended up going to the boneyard... I grabbed a complete throttle body from a known running ok vehicle/engine... I still have the same problem with this complete throttle body from the other vehicle It is still throwing 24 code.... And still with this complete throttle body, has the problems with starting poorly (requiring foot feathering ) Where should I go from here? Thanks, Micky

Yeah, So the code is 24........ So do I fiddle with this thing to get it to work?????? Or do I just get one out of my Loyale graveyard? I did spray some WD-40 down in the Vacuum side..... I starts now with out my foot feathering..... What would you's do...... Go to the boneyard? or fiddle? Thanks, MIcky

Ok, Thanks.... Dave T...... Let you know how it goes.......

To identify this IAC... Is it on the front of the throttle body behind the power steering resevoir? It has a fairly large hose going to it...... 5/8" id perhaps(off throttle body main air inlet) as well as power... 2 pin plug(I think) I looked into the connection point of the hose into this thing/device..... looks like some kind of valve Gizmo..... thing..... Thanks, Micky