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  1. 16 hours ago, Ionstorm66 said:

    I'm talking about AWD. I have a dual range 4WD 5speed. The AWD pinion shaft is longer than the 4WD. Just didn't know if the AT pinion/center is the same as the MT. 

    With the XT6 automatic transmission and the rest of the 4EAT transmissions, there is one shaft that runs from planetary gears in the front of the transmission to a pinion gear, near the back end of the transmission.   That pinion gear drives two things.  1. The pinion shaft and gear for the front differential.  2.  The rear output clutch pack. The 4EAT transmissions do not have a center differential.  They use clutch pack that is modulated by a computer, to send power to the rear differential.  

    The Main shaft of a 4wd 5-speed which includes the pinion gears for the front differential, and the transfer case.  The Main shaft also includes the accommodations needed for the forward gears, reverse gear, the 1st-2nd gear syncro, and the speedometer drive gear.  The 4wd is engaged by syncro that is attached to the output shaft of the transmission.  

    So the parts from the automatic transmission cannot be added to manual transmission for make it AWD.  

     

     

  2. Looks like there's some debate on how many filters and where they are located.  The FSM for my 2009 EJ257 shows two of those filters.  One filter is on the top of the right head, supplying both the turbo and the AVCS for that side of the engine.  The other filter is on the front of the left head.  Your Forester maybe different since it has the EJ255.  

    Two summers ago, I had the intake off of mine, so I inspected the filter on the right head.  Looks pretty clean considering it had about 155K at that time.  Remember to change your oil kids,  

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  3. The Impreza has WAY to many miles on it for the year ( 72K and its a 2008)

     

    I thought I was bad with 53k on my 09 STI and since December I've been driving my 84GL about 85% of the time; except for that road trip to Vegas for Christmas. I'm about to do the first brake job on the GL since WCSS6.

  4. 1. Yes. The rear diff is pretty easy to get to. The transmission and front diff share a common drain plug. You will need to jack yup the car to get to it. Unless you are really skinny and have long arms.

     

    2. Pretty much any 75w90 GL5 will work. My preference is Redline 75w90 NS, this is not the same as their regular 75w90. The 75w90 NS dose not include the additive for limited slip diffs. Without the additive, the syncros in your transmission will work better.

     

    3. If you have the tools, go do it yourself.

     

    As for you trip to Arizona, this is route I've taken in the past.

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=I-5+S&daddr=40.47372,-120.2752+to:US-93+S&hl=en&geocode=FcBArgId0VCr-A%3BFXiUaQIdAL_U-Cl97uOzyt2dgDHl6Cfs6Wa7BA%3BFQB-JQIdojYp-Q&mra=ls&via=1&sll=39.791655,-112.346191&sspn=9.248935,26.784668&ie=UTF8&ll=40.430224,-118.87207&spn=9.162874,26.784668&z=6

  5. This "mechanic" clearly doesn't know an oil pump from a well-diggers rump roast hole. The oil pump couldn't possibly leak oil on the exhaust. Not even in the same zip-code with respect to oil leaks.

     

    GD

     

    You need a new mechanic. Valve cover gasket, perhaps?

     

     

    If it's an EA81T, there's a possibility that the oil is dripping on the cross over pipe to the turbo. Then again, the OP dose not mention if his is turbo or N/A.

     

    My question is why dose he want to replace the pump just for an oil leak? You can buy new o-rings and gasket for the pump.

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