sleepylegacy

it does it when I am at a red light, or sitting for awhile, the gas millage I noticed has gone down slightly, not much, and does this when it is warm.

forgot to mention 1990 legacy LS wagon 240+ miles

:eek:well, the idle sits at 700 then drops to 400 then to 0 then jumps back up to 700. but the car doesnt die, what is going on?

well got a new alternator, and fuse wire link, that got cooked twice. turns out that got cook cause the alternator was bad. any ways put the new alternator in and in also with the fuse link, started the car and it works fine. so the guys at the yard says that there is a safety link in case a dumb rump roast like me does that, reverse the connection on a battery.just the fuse link fries and that is it. so all in all I learned my lesson. yay:lol: car runs like it did before, and blew a fuse in my amp that is it.

Nope insurance, I know shame on me cant destroy car and collect.

yea and I was gonna replaced the alternator any ways. Lesson learned. take time when it comes to replacing a battery. look hard and well. gonna cost me big. it is my only car spent all my money on buying it too.

well in the engine bay fuse box (near the battery) I opened it cheeked the fuses and notice this wire in there. it was fried, I replaced it with another one, then put the battery in the right way, in the wire fried again. plus I noticed the wire brushes in the alternator went from this nice looking copper to this nasty looking black burnt cooper look. and no I didn't start the car with the backwards connection. I stopped once I noticed the smoke coming from the alternator and fuse box. and the fuses are fine looking to me after looking at them. any thing else I should look at, and know that i broke. and or do.:-\

1990 legacy LS wagon 5 speed well the battery died, couldn't push start it, so went and got a junk yard battery, dumb rump roast me but the connectors on backwards:eek: saw smoke and disconnect, so the smoke came from the alternator and fuse box,I don't really know what to do, I think the alternator is fried now, and the fuse/wire link in the fuse box in the engine bay is fried too. got new battery, found wire link, put link in, and battery in, try to start car, nothing works, no lights, no gauge lights (idiot lights), no auto belts, nothing, but did get the bell from the ignition what did I break, and how can I fix it.? I learned my lesson, look at the battery before connecting. stupid me.

well I am looking for a short throw shifter for my 1990 legacy LS Wagon 5 speed, and all I can find are short throw shifters for Impreza and legacy 93 and up, a friend told me that the trannys are the same just the body is different, is this true?

well it is a good thing to have in the back doors for when I drive with lil ones in the car, but the front passenger have a huge prob with it. I call my doors "False Hope of getting out doors" or " pay me before you get out"

1990 legacy Wagon LS Well the door locks have to be held down as you lift the lever to get out of the car, and somtimes the doors lock them selfs when opening the doors, I can unlock 1 or all the doors with the driver door using the key. and unlock all the doors with the door lock inside. Anything helps.

ok, so after reading the Viscous Coupling, and the 4WD VS AWD, that is 4wd not 4x4, cause 4x4 you the driver control the 2wd or 4wd, then you got the 4H,4L and 2H, I know what those are for. and so on. 4WD: well I am wondering if the viscous Coupling activates the Rearwheel when the front slips or Visa/Versa does that mean I am driving in 2wd till a wheel slips? 1990 Legacy Wagon LS 5 Speed 240+k and going And I do got the Front and rear axles and rear diff, everything is connected, and its all there. If not i can go and drive in the mud to find out and get stuck lol

"Your AWD is totally mechanical, it is a viscous coupling in the rear housing of the tranny. When the front shaft spins faster than the rear shaft, the viscous fluid heats then thickens and connects the rear to the front. Hope this helps." 4WD: So my 4wd is mechanical, run by the viscous coupling, by the fluid heating up and turning in to a glue like state to connect the rear to the front. pretty much is how the 4wd works in my car. reading from the link givin to me. that help alot. ok. if any more Q i know were to look. TB: so for me to get TB I would know if I had it then, makes great for driving in the snow or mudding then!

Tourqe Bind ok so I have been reading about the TB and it is when the AWD doesnt kick in right? Also the slows down when turning and clicks alot or somthing like that? so it is a solanoid problem right? mostly in the automatics? cause I have a 1990 legacy LS wagon 5 speed. and I am guessing I could get the TB problem. how would I fix it? and I still am not sure what it TB is. 4wd 1.So driving in the snow in my legacy got stuck a couple of times and my friend said that my back tires were the only ones moving. then I rolled back on the hill a little bit then popped the clutch got up the hill fine. my friend said when i popped the clutch that time all tires moved. all my tires are the same size same tread wear. am I having TB problems? When taking turns the car doesnt slow down or click or clunk. (Changed the Front half shafts) but the thing I dont get is the car says "FullTime 4wd" on the dash, and 4wd on the hatch. when I chaged the half shaft's I got the awd tranny and everything for AWD.I looked under the hood and didnt see the 4wd fuse holder. 2.How does the "Fulltime 4wd" work in my car? done my search on the 4wd all i seen is forums that talk about the fuse holder. This is my first subaru so I will asking alot of Q, but I do search before I ask.

1990 legacy wagon LS 240+K 5 speed recently changed the front half shafts both sides my self. and pop the ball joint out of the hub, and popped it back in. and now I hear this popping sound and I can feel it too. wondering if it was the the ball joint. and if so how do I change it? or is it the nut on the bottem and lock pin. to release it. plus the steering wheel is vibrating ever so often. Had the alliment done recently also. after hitting a sidewalk while driving in the snow and hit black ice slide into a sidewalk. pulled to the right alot. and the steering was to wheel leaned to the left. I am new to subaru's

1990 legacy wagaon LS 5 speed 240,000 and going. 1.heater fan will only work on random times, sometimes I hit the dash and it will work then other times it just wont work at all. any ideas. 2. using the Def/heat button makes loud clicking noise from the engine bay dont know were it is coming from. and the car goes no were, pedal to the floor. but the engine does not die. 3. Def button dont work any clues. this is my first subaru. but not my first car.

1990 legacywagon LS 2.2L 236+K and going on strong