2001 Forester:
* Rear seat cupholder (hey, it's really cool IMO to get a new part from subaruparts.com or wherever and fix something like that)
* Fake wood trim kit from Subaru for front area
* Replaced shift boot and leather shift knob from Subaru
* Installed the retractable package shelf over the cargo area, and Subaru package netting
* Scored a set of 2007 steel wheels in the box from Freecycle.org for when its salt season (the Forester is an S, and my alloys are PERFECT)
* New Goodyear blah-blah-blah tyres... they were expensive, supposed to be the best on the market for ASRs.
* Fixed 7 chips in the windshield
* Tuneup, changed hoses and drive belts, alignment, chap at the shop said the axles and seals were all in premium shape.
Due:
*Timing belt. I'm dreading doing it, makes me nervous with the opposing heads. I've changed a lot of Toyota timing belts, but all 4-cylinders, in line.
1984 GL Wagon (this year)
* Intake manifold gaskets, some of the snake-basket vacuum leads - gods, I need a Weber
* Radiator, belts, hoses
* Front rotors/pads
* Passenger front axle (needed the car, couldn't be arsed to rebuild)
* Repeated attempts to change the muffler, finally went with running a weld up the seam, and still looking for someone nearby qualified to swap out extension pipes onto my Bosal muffler
* Ignition switch
* Installed a Clarion cassette player that came with the car (Subaru option, apparently, says Subaru right on it). The FM that came with it was also Clarion, and sounds honestly slightly more clear.
* Just picked up a brushguard and EA-82 5-speed from ShawnW (thanks!), but the 5-speed is going to have to wait till spring, I'm still driving the GL
* Started in on the rust on the rockers and quarters. No holes, except in the quarters, but I didn't want the rust to get any farther. Decided that the quarters needed to be replaced, and I don't have the time before snow flies, so I ground and sanded and POR-15d everything and I filled the fist-sized holes in my quarters with bondo to keep the snow and salt out for now.
DUE:
* I have lost current to the fan switch. I'm afraid that the PO's idea of wiring repair (I don't have the heart to go to the 'What Stupid Sh*t Did the PO do to YOUR Suby?' thread) may have effed the fuse block. Probably going to have to take that somewhere and have someone just fix it, I've doinked with it repeatedly to no avail.
* Front driver's side wheel bearing - probably just have to nut-up and take it somewhere, I don't have a press.
* Rear axle boots are very dry, one is torn
* Looking for a set of Impreza seats
* Intend to try and find one of those turbo EA-82 wagons and kype the rear discs off it
* Some chap on the board from the Netherlands had put, I think, an XT instrument cluster in his 83? euro GL. I'm still thinking about that.
* Still infrequently burning A/F and losing coolant... but not always. So, eventually I'm going to toss another mill in there. Probably stick with the EA-81, with a Weber. MIGHT consider SPFI, if I wind up near one of the real wizards from the boards.
The list goes on, for the GL. If anyone is in southern Wyoming and feeling like they want to shoot a chilly afternoon, I'll buy the beer and the timing belt kit, if someone's willing to hold my hand while I work.