KaraK

Welcome Steven! Greetings from Wisconsin+ Congrats on your purchase! I've had my 01 H6 LLBean for about a month now, looking forward to hearing more about these H6's.

Welcome from Wisconsin USA:)

Yes, Stationary... Now that you mention it, I do recall the corner mech. that looked at it before I bought it, mentioned something about one axle being replaced. I didn't find any reciepts though, the above (in Quote) is all I found other than tires and oil changes. Any thoughts on the high pitch whine in the A.M.'s ???

P.S. I think they would look good on a white car too!

I like the gunmetal, for sure. And they probably wouldn't show brake dust as much as the silver.

Unfortunatly, I'm in Wisconsin, about 1/2 hour from Milwaukee, so- nowhere near you:( I will do some more intense listening in the next few days, but as of now what I hear is... 1st thing in A.M.-grindy noise I attribute to rusted rotors(it's been really humid here) my buddies say this is normal(rotors rusting overnight) so I haven't worried about it. Also 1st thing in A.M.- kinda loud whine for the first couple of miles, kinda like the high pitch sound my 80's GM makes with a vaccum leak. After a while the whine diminishes, and there is a sort of rumbling noise, at first I thought it was mostly in 2nd or 3rd gear, but today I was idling in "drive" and it was rumbling. The rumbling reminded me of the sound my 85 Olds made right before the tranny went out, but they are 2 completely diffrent animals, and I am no mechanic, so I may be totally wrong. I will do some more listening. Thank You very much for your input

Thank God we still make something!

I am very interested in this pinion bearing issue, as it seems my diff. bearings have already been replaced. You noted the pinion and ring gears are expensive, does replacing the bearing alone, not require extensive labor? Do I then assume my gears have not been damaged already by this bearing? Needing replacement soon anyway? O.K. I'm getting ahead of myself- as I'm sure you can tell, I'm no mechanic. What does a "going" pinion gear sound like?? Is it whiney or growly or ??. Thank You for your help

O.K. I finally checked the tranny fluid. The "easy" one to get to, on the pass. side... a little bit overfilled with the cleanest gear lube I've ever seen in a vehicle I've owned. The "evil" other one, driver side, was just a tad low with nice clean pink fluid. Do I add fluid to tube where I pulled dipstick?(evil driver side) I don't know how that would be possible,the way it's buried under all that whatnot:eek: (a funnel w/a long hose attached???) Is there a specific type/brand fluid anyone recommends? Same stuff I put in my old Chevys? (I think that's what the book said) How bad is it that the gear lube side was slightly over full? Do I really need to do anything about that? I appreciate all input- Thank ya'll

My experience w/ Autozone is... they have no fu***** clue what they are doing. I have never gotten the right part the first time.

Don't really want to downgrade brakes. Alloys that came with my car are (sorry to say) kinda ugly, and also scratched up. Probably a stupid question from a newbie:slobber:- Are all Subaru 5 bolt patterns the same?? Not like GM w/ big and small 5 bolt pattern? If I find Forester 16" Steelies w/ 5 bolts they'll fit? I will probably also look into the "primitive" 15" wheels just to save $ on tires-winter or summer. Just wondering??? Thanks!

Thank you for replying:) (Yes it is an Auto.) If this was one of my former cars, the tranny fluid would have been checked (by me) immediately. However, I was informed (by USMB) that this car had 2 tranny dipsticks- so I had the guy at the dealership I bought it from, show me where to check it- both dipsticks are really down under(one on each side) near the exaust manifolds and TIGHT. I have been afraid to stick my hands down there. I knew the car had tranny work done recently(by prev. owner) so I wanted to assume tranny fluid was O.K. I really do need to stick my hands in there when it is hot and running hey?

Thank You VERY MUCH for the info:)

O.K. I dug thru the reciepts prev. owner left in the car- found one from an out of state "Professional Transmission Service" (guy traveled for work) on 11/11/09 w/104k. following parts listed as replaced- Diff. center bearing support 2-Tapered bearing w/race Front seal Rear seal Internal pipe seal Parts $576.86 Fluid and filter $129.95 Labor $795.00 Exaust repair-Broken bolt extraction $90.00 FYI this work was done about 1000 miles from where I am, so taking it back is not an option, although it had only a 90 day warranty anyway. My mechanical ability is at changing fluids, brake jobs, maybe a line here and there, not much else... Sooo... The pinion bearing is NOT on the above list?!?!:-\ Should I take it to a VERY trusted, VERY expensive Tranny shop?(I've known these guys for years) OR should I take it to a Subaru person I've never met? Do I assume this rumbling noise IS the Pinion bearing? Thank You All for your input

Do we all think so? Grossgary seemed confident changing the sensor wouldn't do it... I am still worried about this rumbling noise. The tranny had a bit of work done before I got it,(probably not by Subaru people). Someone mentioned 109K was early for 02 sensors, is pre 100K early for tranny probs?

Welcome Brian, I'm also new,I have found this place extremely helpful, and friendly, also addictive (just a warning)

Welcome! I am also new, I had the exact question, but had other issues to clear up first. So- we are stuck with the expensive 16's? (I have a 01 LLBean) Where is the best place to find 16" wheels that are not these aluminum things? I HATE cleaning aluminum!

Sorry I didn't mention this before, it's been 300 miles since sensor changed, it has not re-accured.

I don't hear anything I would call exhaust sounding, early leaks sound like ticks, right??? I do hear/feel a slight rumbling, seems like mostly 2nd, maybe 3rd gear. before shifts, I hope I'm just being paranoid, cause it sounds like my 85 Olds just before all the forward bands were shot-(massive slipping)-per my friend/tranny expert. Please tell me I'm wrong!!

Can anyone give me insight asto the reason for this code? Bank 2 Sensor 1 P0051 Heated oxygen sensor-control circuit low. The sensor was replaced 300 miles ago, with no recurrance, as yet.

Wikiwhat? I gotta learn how to use that too?

The write up WAS nice, unfortunately I must be mentally challenged because I'm unable to follow written directions, "uploading" pics- wasn't gonna happen, but I at least attempted the quote thing, I think I screwed that up too- so here I am. I have a "Family thing" this Sat. and a "work thing" this Sun., next weekend I got a "thing" Sat. too, and probably recovering from that "thing" Sun.. Kinda how my whole summer has been, my main Ride dies, pull out the "collector car", tranny goes; borrow ride, brakes go; buy another "collector", tranny???? (I'll find out when I change the filter) Buy Subaru. I sure hope my luck is changin' I'm sick of this sh** Summer's almost gone, I haven't enjoyed it yet-:-\

01 H6 LLBean:)

Same here Re: beer. Re: posting pics, I am not computer literate, this is about all I can do, I wish I could figure out how to do the "quotes" with just parts of a post instead of all of it. So, I guess you'll just have to wait and see it in person, might have to wait a couple weeks for a weekend meet. I'm done with work by 3pm most weekdays, if anyone gets together during the week, let me know. -Kara

Wow! That sounds like MY life! My father- in- laws anti lock brake system went out.