Scooner

Nice, where do you call home?

Ha I just did a hitch earlier! Did you see my post on the previous page?

I think I tried dual exhaust once on an 87' and it didn't work out too well. If I remember right if the pipes are bigger than 1 7/8" it wouldnt work quite right? Or maybe it needed an X pipe? Wow, my reply is useless to you hahaha.

Sweet, im sure its not going to be too big of a deal. My wife said we couldn't buy a pickup so immediately I said fine im doing a hitch on my car and buying a small utility trailer...boom. I like driving my car anyways and it gives me a good excuse to "run and get stuff for the house" haha

ere is the instructions for the hitch in case anyone wants to order one. Next thing I need to do is hook up trailer lights, has anyone done this on their loyale/gl? I bet if I search on here I can find some info. Party on.

Oh its simple dude, you just dont get rear ended haha

ere's another pic, the bolts that hold this section of the hitch on only came with some bigger flat washers so I decided to use a 1/4" thick plate of steel and grade 8 bolts to sandwich it together. Granted if those grade 8s ever happen to fail I probably shouldn't be towing something that big anyways.

came home today and installed my Curt hitch I ordered off of amazon. It was only $75! This is on my 92' Loyale, i'll add some more pics when I get a chance. It was super easy to install and I was able to reinforce it a bit check it out.

Damn, where do you live Mike? I forget if I asked before.

I was actually living in golden when I sold the wagon, it had black white spoke rims with chrome beauty rings. That thing was so straight and ran great. I REALLY regretted selling it but had to for some reason or another. I think the guy I sold it to lived in the capitol hill area and maybe his name was Josh? We now have since moved to Cheyenne and apparently im the only older subaru lover here as everyone looks at my lifted wagon like its a spaceship haha. I see the WRX guys but its not the same. That brat of yours looks great man, how many ridiculous offers did you get off of craigslist?

Well? Today is yesterdays tomorrow, did you finish up that starter? I had full intentions of installing a hitch on my car after work today, yet I arrived and had not the slightest amount of motivation. Perhaps tomorrow. But only if this baby stays in thy wife a little longer.

Drive fast...take chances.

I was wondering if maybe by chance you had bought my flat army green 84' wagon back in 2008ish, but apparently not. I remember seeing the halo edition brat for sale on craigslist for a long time recently.

Bend huh? I tell ya I could go for a fresh squeezed ipa from Deschutes in their pub right now! That brat will be a fun project when you can get to it.

How did that happen?

You're car doesn't happen to be flat army green would it?

What part of colorado?

That's interesting and I like it, it sounds alot cleaner than spraying stuff all over the place and making a mess. Thanks for the tip!

For $200, thats a sweet deal. Where did you get it from?

Wow, I went on that huge rant and ramble about no thing and forgot I wanted to tell you that on that same car the tranny went out after I started having problems with that 4WD stuff. I was driving down the road and the tranny would clunk out of gear then clunk back in an veer to the left hard! It was terrifying, and yes it was a 5 speed manual. My brother seemed to think maybe the differential in the tranny had broke? But who knows.

I had a 90' loyale with that dumb pushbutton 4WD and the solenoid stopped working on it so I attached a long piece of tie wire that came up by the engine and I would pull it to engage then I had a decent size stick that I would use to push it back for FWD haha how janky. Of course it was winter and I felt no need to troubleshoot that solenoid problem. I also moved the button from the stick to the dash and labeled it "shityeah"or something like that later on. Had alot of fun in that car!

I'm curious, what trick do you use with propane to find vacuum leaks? I've always used a spray like brake cleaner sprayed around the intake, carb etc while it was running cause the fluid would block the leak for a second to help narrow down an area.

Haha that's hilarious! Sounds like a typical subaru guy, it's rather terrifying if you were to wreck and that thing came flying at or around your face!

What helped me do the knock sensor is taping the edge of the bolt with electrical tape into the socket so it would hold it, then as soon as its tightened you can easily pull the socket up.

When I lived in colorado I bought a 2001 Outback from my brothers shop with a blown motor and called CCR and thought their price was a little steep for a SOHC 2.5 long block, I think it was almost $4000. I ended up buying a new long block from Doug at Super Rupair in Boulder for just under $3000 and ran awesome, everything was brand new and good quality parts. I think we put 20k on it with no problem ever. You're the first person to mention CCR that ive seen, I wonder if they'd be willing to do a Franken motor? Haha probably not I know the dude at Rocky Mtn Roos in Golden, CO thought it was a ridiculous idea, if you have that many subaru resources why not experiment?