[Seeking education on 07 forester]

Never mind, they were "mistaken". It's 200 for just the timing belt service and an additional 575 for the pump and such. So $775. Good lord..

[Seeking education on 07 forester]

Well thanks guys. And just like that, I'm a Subaru owner again! The local dealer has a special going on now. for $450 they do the timing belts, tensioner, pump, t stat, coolant. I'm certain I could do it my self, but do you think its worth the price? They want $1200 to complete the 120k service.......I will be doing that myself, sheesh.

[Seeking education on 07 forester]

It's been a long time since I have been on usmb. I have been looking at a few cars for commuting and last night my mother in law offered me her Subaru. She wants $5000, and around here that is a steal. I used to be fluent in ea82, but not in the new stuff. The car is a perfect 2007 with 90000 miles. It has all the normal options plus heated seats and mirrors. A huge sunroof. Neoprene seat covers from day one. Tell me about it. Are they easy to work on. How is the auto tranny in them. Can I expect at least 25 mpg on a all highway commute? They have taken good care of it but I'm sure there are maintenance things to catch up on. What should I plan on replacing? It's really a nice car but I'm primarily looking for a cheap fuel sipping commuter. Thanks guys.

[Official 2.5 mpg thread]

What exactly are you expecting.... This is a heavy AWD car. 27.5 is almost what it is rated. If you don't want the AWD penalty get a 2wd car. Your mileage is right where ti should be. Subarus are always highest in class MPG. Go look it up.

 

Even the Suzuki SX4 which is small lght and AWD still doesnt get great gas mpg due to the AWD. That gets 22/30. The new larger OUtback gets 22/29 with the CVT and on the outback board they constantly hitting 32 highway.

 

An winter/summer fuel does not haver that large an impact on mpg. It did in the 70's and 80's but newer cars do no ntoice it as much if at all.

 

I get nearly 5 mpg less in my wagon in the winter, when the state puts ethanol in. In our suburban we loose about 8mpg.

Mike

[If you are heading out to play in the SNOW...]

Just to let everyone know, we have 14 to 16 inches of snow in Carbonado. So if you are heading out to play there might be TOO much snow at Evans Creek. I you go out, take care......and pictures:lol:

Mike

[New carb, runs good but stinks.]

Thanks GD. Will do.. Has anyone had any luck with the muffler / exhaust pipe "Tape" repair. The kind that use a hardening compound? Or do I need to replace the y pipe?

Mike

[New carb, runs good but stinks.]

Guys,

86 gl ea82 with a brand new weber conversion. All installed running pretty

 

darn good. Still fine tunning it. I have a very small off idle stumble. The

 

secondaries seem really loud, and not really impressive. Almost a bogging

 

down sound. Mileage seems to be between 20 and 25, I dont have many

 

tanks through it yet. No vac leaks to speak off. And the real problem that I

 

have.... it stinks bad. So did the old carb though. It seems as though the

 

smell is worst in the cab, followed by the engine compartment. There seems

 

to be a pretty decent exhaust leak right near the cat. The tail pipe area

 

doesnt seem to really smell at all. It is a rich smell. And its making me sick.

 

I havent checked to float yet. What could this combination mean? It runs

 

SOOOOO much better now, it just smells.

Thanks

Mike

[Looking for members who went from East to West]

Yes Washington is OK but I agree Idaho is WAY better. Better law, better rules, better economy in manny regards. Cheaper, better for business and it has all but the ocean within its state lines. If Idaho is a choice for you, I feel it is a better state.

Again,

take care

Mike

[Looking for members who went from East to West]

HI, Ive lived in WA for most of my life. Just some thoughts on Washington.

 

Washington State as a whole is a great place to live by many accounts.

 

Scenery to die for. Easy weather, Ocean, inland sea, rainforests, multiple

 

mountain ranges, high and low desert and every type of weather is within

 

easy drive in WA.. No more that 3 to 4 hours to get to any of these

 

atractions. Lots of outside stuff and lots of inside stuff to do. Better jobs

 

than many locations. Decent laws for the most part. Good personal

 

freedoms, well thought out regulations by and large, with the exception of a

 

couple of counties. Crime is low ish. The state has a spending/taxing habit

 

alot like California's, and we will have the same monumental problems as calli

 

here in a few years. The state has four major population areas. Tacoma to

 

the south puget sound, Seattle in the central Puget Sound and Everett to

 

the northern end of the sound. Together these cities make one huge metro

 

area that runs from Tacoma to Everett on the I 5 corridor. About 80 miles

 

long total. The fourth pop area is Spokane in Eastern Washington on I90.

 

Personally I have issues with King County (Seattle). Im a little OK with

 

Snohomish and Pierce (I live in Pierce) but there are better counties by far.

 

 

Enough time spent here,

PM me if I can help. Overall a outdoor mecca, and a decent state to live in.

Take care

Mike

[What Have You Done to your Soobie lately? (Please post in here and keep it going)]

I like the rear air....thing on your wagon, looks like it would be great for dirty dusty roads. Where did you find the components.

 

I installed the rear portion of my 2 inch lift, finished my weber conversion and re-organized my storage trunk in the back. Getting ready for winter equipment.

 

Mike

[Carbs in, sortof tuned and runs great.]

Thanks for all the help, both old posts and new, It took about 6 hours total. I used the kit in its entirity(?). The tall air cleaner cleared the hood, and I even used the plastic spacer from the hitachi. I think I routed the pcv right. No more flat spots, crappy aceleration, mileage (hopefully). Very nice idle too... A little bit of sinus irritation/headache, but not too bad. Is that a lean condition? Other than that, its time to do plugs, wires, cap and rotor. And I need to reset the timing too.

Anyways

Thanks

Mike:banana:

[weber fuel niple face front, hits AC compressor]

Never mind I made some "adjustments" and now its installed.

Mike

[weber fuel niple face front, hits AC compressor]

So Ive looked at every pic I can find. It seems my new weber is the only

 

one here that the fuel nipple faces the front of the car, instead of the rear.

 

So it hits the ac compressor in a way that wont work. The pics Ive looked

 

at appear to generally have a threaded port with a plug, so I could move the

 

nipple to face toward the rear. With my carb there isnt another port, just

 

the one facing forward. So if I remove the non work ac compressor, do I

 

need another bracket for the alternator. It seems as though the compressor

 

is kind of intergrated into the bracket. Any Ideas?

Thanks

Mike

[No power brake booster on weber kit]

Perfect,

Thanks again GD

Mike

[No power brake booster on weber kit]

So, on my new weber/redline kit I see the instruction mention something

 

about a power brake booster fitting built into the top adapter plate. Mine

 

does not have one. Did I get the wrong kit? Also I see on the carb a

 

vacume advance fitting and a plugged hole for the EGR Port. I have a CA

 

emmision car with two vac advance units on the distributor. I read

 

someplace that with the weber I plumb the vac advance port to the fitting

 

closest to the distributor, right? And as for the EGR, do I need it? If so

 

does anyone know if the carb is threaded under the copper plug. Or what

 

the thread pitch is?

 

Thanks

Mike

[Good Commuter: Subaru Justy?]

I have had two justys. Both GREAT cars. One was an 89 that was my wifes

 

first car, the other a 92 I think. They were both two doors and manuals

 

with the push button 4wd. Didnt get really great mileage, about 32 to 35

 

mpg. But they both had a LOT of nuts, considering only three cyl. The only

 

problem I had was a lost cone washer on the rear cv shaft, and then I over

 

tightened the main nut. Which weakend it and ultimately broke it. The CV

 

shaft was a bugger to get. Had to pull a part one. Other than that both

 

cars had over 200k both cars ALL original, even the clutch. I found them to

 

be great little cars, but I also like the metros too, so you might consider me

 

a little biased. I beat the hell out of them too. Any where from a 50 mile

 

round trip commute to 100 miles round trip. Then weekends up on the forest

 

roads, shooting, hunting, camping, exploring.

Just my opinion,

Mike:)

[Negative rear camber issue]

Thats interesting, about two weeks ago I noticed the inside of the rear tires

 

were severly worn, and it happened quickly. I got to looking at the rear and

 

sure enough the tires lean in. Not a whole lot but apparently enough. So I

 

finally installed my rear half of the two inch lift. It doesnt look like it

 

helped. So I was thinking about using washers to shim out the top of the

 

tire by around a quarter of a inch. Does any one see any real problem with

 

this. IFS chevy's have used this tech. for decades so I THINK it will work

 

here. The rear camber does not appear to be adjustable via factory means.

Thanks

Mike

['87 rear wheel cylinder replacement help]

Ive had to use a real long extension from time to time. Like a breaker bar with a three foot pipe. I have even had to use air tools once, but that one was rusty as hell. Lots of penetrating oil too.

Good luck

Mike

[Ordered my Weber, how long to install?]

I finally ordered my carb. Im only going to be able to take one turn off from

 

work, about a day and a half. How long should it take me to get this new,

 

properly jetted carb installed and running well enough to get me back and

 

forth to work for say a month. By then I will be able to take some more time

 

off for fine tunning. Im hoping that it will take about 4 hours to install and

 

tune, but Im not sure. By the way it is an 86 ea82 GL wagon.

Thanks

Mike

[Back from KS. GOOD place to get a weber now?]

Just got back from Kansas. Im looking for some info on a good place to get me a new weber kit for my wagon. 86 gl 1.8 carbed. I didnt have any time to check while I was away. And it is TIME for the conversion. Way to many trips to work result in nasty fumes and poor idle/flat spots.

Thanks guys

Mike

[im clutching confused]

Sometimes the computers are just wrong too. Junk in is junk out with

 

computers. For instance I work for Autozone when Im not at BNSF. Our

 

computers claim that all subarus from 1980 to 1994 can use 10-30, 10-40,

 

and 10-50 oil. Who ever converted the good old parts/service books into

 

computers made a little mistake and at least at my store it is fixed. I have

 

found that some stores are worse than others for getting the wrong part.

 

Sometimes the syst. is wrong and sometimes the clerk picks the wrong part.

 

And then sometimes the vendor just doesnt offer the parts we need to the

 

store we are standing in. Just my experiences.

Take care guys

Mike

[What Is This Thing & Where Do I Get a Good One?]

Bureaucracy at its finest. The law states (somewheres I aint lookin up) that auto component re-builders can charge twice what they used to under some law GW Bushie signed into existence' date=' just to make it more expensive to fix your old car. Thats how a nd disty, dealer new, is now close to the same cost as a rebuilt one.[/quote']

 

Not for my 86 gl. I thought that the rebuilt and new dist were expensive. That is until I called the dealer in Auburn, all I can say is DAMN, it cost more than the car did:lol:

Mike

[*new bumpers and more!* pics of trip to ocean shores]

if you want to feel welcome, it would behoove you to go back and re-iterate your statement.cheers, brian

 

It just keeps going and going and going and..............

 

swing gates make alot of noise and will eventually rust out the car dont do it unless your going to attach it to the bumper but then it will rattle like crazy take my advice easy to get the tire but hard to take the bumps

 

I have had good and bad luck with swing gates. Two of them were built by major brands, and did exactly what Mr. Appel says. Two of them were built by friends, with small Timken sealled bearings in them. They were perfect, and lasted longer than I had the rigs. The only rattling I heard was my teeth, on the two with bearings.

Thanks

Mike

[*new bumpers and more!* pics of trip to ocean shores]

I wish I had your energy to finish my rig.. It looks great, the bumpers are exactly what I want to run front and rear. Plus im with you, its my DD, the only off road it sees is forest service and light trails that are too tight for the wifes suburban. Hey did you end up going back in service?

Mike

[What Is This Thing & Where Do I Get a Good One?]

Hell I cant even remember the last time an emissions test person opened the hood on one of my cars. Regardless of OBII or not (not many of my cars have it). Definately remove the unit, dont replace it. Or do the best thing possible, move to a non emissions testing area.

Mike