WoodsWagon

Should I buy a 1998 Outback Wagon for 2,200 with blown head gasket and a rapping from the engine? I can't tell if it's a valve out of adjustment or a conn rod bearing. The headgasket is so blown you can hear each compression stroke out of the radiator bleeder screw. It was total'd because of an engine fire, all wiring fixed, and it starts right up. new radiator too. I can't run it long enough to find out whether the noise will go away when it warms up. The wagon also has evidence of off-roading under it, dented up rear floorpans and the undercoating is rubbed off in areas. Other than that, the body is straight. Only thing that doesn't work is the rear wiper. 2.5l with auto tranny, 118k miles

Make a spool for the center diff, and take the front halfshafts out. Or swap in a 4wd tranny from an older one, and put it in 4wd. The rear axels and driveshaft will take a beating though. The viscous center is only capable of transfering 50% of the engines power and torque to either the front or rear. You are now going to be giving 100% to the rear, things will wear. If your doing this for burnouts, which is the only reason for RWD, the axels will snap. I'm running RWD with my EJ22, and I'm on my third rear driveshaft in a month. It does do a mean brakestand though. Seriously, there's no point to a RWD Baja. Go buy a car or truck that started RWD, and beat on it. There's plenty of nissan z's and RX7's to play with.

Picture of home made precision adapter plate. Why yes, we do hapen to have a Bridgeport in our garage. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13180&cat=500&ppuser=4164 Uses dowel pins from both, fit like a glove. THe offset Studs were made using a jig to hold them while we welded. You thread them into the engine, slap the plate on and it locks them in position, then slide the tranny on a put the 4 nuts on.

So the honda was going slow in the right lane, and you got suprised by it and shifted left into the path of this camaro? Did the camaro hit you in the rear corner and send you into the gaurdrail? If so, Legally the accident is his fault.

Where's the rust?

:eek: SOO WRONG! I'm dying of horrified laughter right now.

1992 Loyale wagon. EJ22, D/R 5spd. 4" Ozified lift. Old pic from thanksgiving '05 http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13183&cat=500&ppuser=4164

Figured out how to upload some of my old pictures: This one is just a good pic of the car lifted. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13183&cat=500&ppuser=4164 This one shows the underframe of the bumper and the EJ22 swap. Bumper is much better now, has headlight loops, brace down to the angle Iron on the radiator support, and a mean skidplate to back it all up. Plus aluminum diamond mesh expanded metal. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=13181&cat=500&ppuser=4164 I'll take fresh pics tomorrow.

I'm 18, I'm experienced, and i like helping people who are less experienced. If everyone was a dink to anyone who isn't technically advanced, the board would have no point. " Around the BBS, we don't tolerate stupidity." Mabe you should see it as ignorance, not stupidity. Where ever this "BBS" is, if you hate the ignorant people here so much, you should return.

I just put new tires on the front: BFG All-terrain T/A's 235/75R15 New tires going on the back friday. New halfshaft going in when I find one. New driveshaft tomorow. Wheeling sometime this weekend or next week.

Just going by pick it up and guess weight: 80# on the winch, 40# on the bumper, and 20# on the skidplate. It's like having someone riding around on the front of the car. I need stiffer springs to hold it all up. However, I have hit a tree with it, and instead of my headlight and quarter panel being destroyed, it just stopped the car.

Somebody's in a pissy mood! "Well you can check out my bumper, its probably sweeter that his anyway heehee" That sound's like bragging about the size of the wing on your honda. I bought the strap from a chain and logging supply store and guess what we call those round here? Tree savers. Whoda thunk it. It doesn't take a genius to recognise a useful piece of equipment and aquire it. If I just said "I got a tree saver" Half the people reading the post might not understand what the F I'm talking about. If I describe it, they're gauranteed to understand. It doesn't mean I invented it. Yeah, the snatch block might help if I was winching around corners. I don't need to double the pulling power of the winch ever, so I'm not going to get one.

The newest legacy's are running on a 17 year old drivetrain design. Most of the parts in a 93 legacy drive train are near identicle to a brand new one. Chassis flex can be a problem. My wagon's never flexed too much, but I'm not looking for it. Real test: put one of the front wheels up on a high point so that it lifts one of the back wheels. Put the E brake on and get out. Open and close all the doors. If the doors don't work, you have a problem. If they all work fine, don't worry about it.

And the sensor is what tells the computer that the car is up to temp. If the coolant temp sensor is defective, The computer stays in open loop mode. This means that it throws gas at the motor based on the maf, and ignores the O2 sensor. It does more than just affect starting. The temp sensor will reduce milage. Even a novice would understand that. #1 rule to diagnosing a problem: don't just throw parts at it till it works. That's what jethrow at jiffylube does, not what a real mechanic does. If it takes 20 pages for him to figure out how to fix the car, so be it. At least we helped someone, and they will be appreciative. Being a prick like you were doesn't help anyone.

By the way, go get yer own thread. :-p And for pics: when I replace my front half shaft me an subie94 are gonna go wheeling and he's got a camera and a way to post on line. If I knew how to put picks up and how to host them and all that, I'd put some up.

You should have put the winch in where the grill was like I did. Putting it that far forward screws with the handleing and the approach angles. Is that a MM 9000lb? It looks just like mine. Heavy suckers. I need a fairlead for mine. Sweet bumper though. Hows the skidplate sitch on your legacy?

Or it could be slimy from oil mixing with clutch dust. The oil would come from the rear main seal.

I stripped my old 3-door down to the shell and the front windows. I could pick up the back of the body and lift it so it was only touching on the radiator support, and I could do the same from the front. Rust had done some weight reduction on the car, but not that much. Front seats are mabe 30# Rear seat 5# for the bottom, 15# each for the backs, 35# for the whole thing. Doors and glass are a huge weight. Rear diff and subframe weight a lot. I can't pick up the whole rear end assembly, drums, struts, subframe and diff. I can drag it. Engine is approx the same as tranny, mabey a bit heavier. I can cary both seperately with strain. Bdg73, I'll keep my opinion about you mostly to myself, but think about this logically. Cars are taxed based on the gross and curb weight of the vehicle. Why would the manufacturer inflate the curb weight above what it really is if that would mean paying more to import them? To give a better figure, I'll go down to my local metal scapyard and weigh my dam car.

How's progress?

You might want to get the radius rod closer to the stock angle so it's harder to bend.

Not if it has beer stains on it. Speaking of which, I've got to take the starter out of the jeep and fix it.

Solution: custom oil pump, water pump, and camshafts. Run the subi backwards!

It's the one pictured in the autozone link that robm posted. Yes, it will screw with your milage. Look under the back of the passenger side intake manifold, and you should see the sensor. Usually a brownish plug. With the right socket, you should be able to swap it out by only taking off the plastic intake from the air filter and the PCV hoses. 1/2 hour job for the inexperienced.

There are two coolant temp sensors on the coolant manifold under the intake. The single wire one is for the gauge on the dash. The 2 wire one is what the ECU uses. If it fails totaly, the computer will throw the fans on all the time. If it gets corroded, it will just read cold.

I'd say no by the lack of response. You can use the clutch disk out of any EJ push type clutch in an EA82 clutch. The biggest hurdle is the pressure plate beaing weak.