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  1. yeah we ended us doing the top right idler but we had to sort of plan it out cause once the tension went on either the right camshaft pulley or the Crankshaft sprocket would move but after 4 trial and error runs its on!!! :banana: now time to put all the rest of the crap back on lol. I need the car tomorrow so it may be a long night (an hour or so longer ;) ) and thanks Olnick and others for your pointers they really aided this process.

  2. So having trouble getting the belt on tried using the hand of a hammer and just pushing/pulling it on, the Haynes manual implies that one of the idler pulleys is off when putting it back on but that just seems like it'd be a PITA to get back on under that much tension, so any tricks on getting the belt on? did a search and came back with info on replacing the belts but the step of getting the belt back on is just assumed so sorry if this info is somewhere else.

  3. Yeah thing is time is of the essence here (as its my only car atm) also I already have a belt and a water pump so I just need the pulleys/sprockets and from what I understand from other posts is that ShawnW sells timing kits like those and since hes about 12 miles from me I don't need to wait on shipping though, I'm waiting for a reply from him or I may have to pull them off a legacy at the pull and pay.

  4. yeah thanks for the 5th gear method worked great and yeah damage done to the crankshaft pulley have to get a new one. wish these manuals would give better instructions. and the manual says once the bolt is gone it can be hand pulled off... yeah that's not working lol... so gotta go rent a puller from autozone. and unfortunately it looks like maybe a tensioner went bad as the belt is loose but will know more once we get that cover off.

  5. So me and my brother are trying to get the cover off of the timing belt and hitting some issues one the pulley is turning while we are trying to remove it the haynes manual said to use a chain wrench which didn't hold it and actually damaged it so now i have to replace that and also the little screws that in the plastic simply don't want to come out its almost like they are stripped, any suggestions on how to stop the pulley from spinning?

  6. Or if you want to bypass all that taxation, overspending and smog nazi's,

    come to Idaho :D

     

    They're kinda paranoid about water plants (eurasion water milfoil is a big one)

    but we have a lot of national forest and a TON of roads and trails around

    here.

    Like I can drive for 20 minutes and be completely surrounded by national

    forest.

     

    We have a third lower sales tax (6% compared to 9%), way lower taxes, less

    strict laws (way less strict, like WAY, WAY less strict), fewer people per mile,

    better road/snow crews (sorry WA guys, but its true), we have an

    amusement park! :banana:, and more good ol' down home country folk.

     

    But, here in ID, the minimum wage is the lowest in the nation ($7.25

    compared to $9.05 in WA), not nearly as many cities or any sort of big city

    feel, washboard dirt roads in general, some dodgy road repairs, jobs are on

    the light side around here and the housing market is a little ridiculous in

    pricing (like $170k for a 2 bed on a 1/4 acre lot).

     

    So there are some of the good and bad aspects of Idaho :)

    Fire away if you have any questions.

     

    Twitch

    Ya know Colorado boasts most of that as well just not in Denver but don't fret about city woes, live in Weld County which is maybe 25-40 min from Denver and the sales tax there is only the state tax ( 2.9%. ) though there's only about 4 cops from the sheriff's dept on duty at any given time lol. and there's real mountains ;) though the summers and winters are more extreme than the coast. average is around 90 (highest around 105 for the summer and 50 (lowest I've seen was -20) in the winter with precipitation about 19 inches or so (though it usually melts away the next day so no dirty snow) though they do use salt on the roads so rust tends to happen. Plus unlike the northwest loads of sunny days here. Just my two cents.

  7. So my legacy not even an hour after selling my ea82 wagon "backup" car decided to break down :lol: i'm pretty sure/hoping its the water pump that I was going to replace tomorrow (was making a rattle noise when I first bought it (see thread: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=115359) but I'll describe what happened anyway, I was coming to a stop at the intersection in neutral and the engine sorta acted like it was in too high of gear/out of gas and sputtered out and would not start after that. any ideas?

  8. Not to be a stickler or anything....... I bought a 95 Outback in 1995 and it is by far the best car I have ever owned. It is still on the road. But the only difference between the 95 Legacy and the 95 Outback are a few minor details: two tone paint, 15 inch wheels with low profile tires, and a 12 volt outlet in the rear. That's it. Oh, yeah. And an Outback decal. They didn't even have the metal Outback emblem in 95. No 3" lift. That didn't come till 96. Do yourself a favor and don't mess with the suspension. This is a superb handling car.

     

    This is the real deal. 95 was the first year the Outback was introduced and it was just a fancy package for the Legacy. In 96 it was a whole new model.

    forgot another detail which is the most important... the engine the Legacies came with the ej22 whereas the outbacks have ej25s.

  9. Also (on top of doing a tune up) trying using "premium" fuel and buy a bottle of octane (about $8) and that will help out on emissions. though you said its the wrong o2 sensor on that.... that will need to be replaced and that should work out... I know a shop told me i needed to replace a cat on my old toyota so i did and it only lowered the emissions by 2 "points" and it was 8 over the limit. did the premium and added octane passed with flying colors.

  10. I've put some thought to this recently. There was a nice 97 outback in the yard last time I went and I didn't grab the struts because I didn't want to spend the money right then, but If it's still there I think I'm gonna grab them this weekend.
    lucky.... I've hit two yards and all the outbacks are strutless..... someone got to 'em first lol.
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