scoobyclimbs

my '03 does the same thing, kinda annoying.

Get the cooling system pressure tested for leaks .Then get a chemical test for the headgasket if needed. Headgaskets usually leak internally into the combustion chamber (so when a chemical test is done the color of the chemical turns a different color when exhaust gases are present).

I don't think so ....only 8"(lifted I have almost 10" of clearance) I was breakin trail in foot deep! Too boot it was wet snow too! A year ago I broke trail in a foot and half of powder stock!

I'm working on the lift one thing at a time ......besides a bigger lift will only let me get stuck in deeper snow . It's like hot rodding yea a mouse motor is great but a rat motor.....and so on.......it never ends ! I like pushing the envelope with what I have to work with, it's more challenging.

Saturday I went up to Mt.Hood FS RD.4220 (aka Old Skyline rd) + a few spur rds and a gravel pit off HWY46. Yep, I got stuck a couple of times but dug out in five! The snow was soft,wet about a foot deep . I was pushing the limits of my 2" lift with street tires/chains(I did break one chain at the left rear) I had a blast all day! I can't wait to get some mud tires!

It was pretty cool mud was a flyin......Abit chilly with the wind. Mudrat kicked some butt... I just came to watch and support the subies! Maybe next time I'll be ready with some mudtires.

right on Noah! I'm with ya

nice lift! I'm with ya..........

I'm not gonna run , when I get my mods done then perhaps. I have heard lifted vehichles are ok now. I believe they changed the rules again........not possitive though.......

I used King springs and did it myself ,about 2" lift.

just got lifted !

So March 20th at the Wash. co fairgrounds........What time? I'm there......

TUNDRA BUGGY!

quit whining ! go somewhere else. As a mechanic myself and 99% of all shops we buy our own tools!!! I've invested $30,000........and years of training....so give the mechanics a break! Yea I'm picky about my tools a craftsman tool just don't cut it vs a Snap-on or Mac, Matco.....The dealer is there to make money and mechanics are an expense to them. We don't make $75-100 an hour. The dealer gets all the profits. But unless you own business you really can't understand the cost of doing business . The dealer only charges what the market will bear. Get a Haynes manual or cd rom, go to school and learn.......buy some tools! quit whining!

I love my '03 outback only problems so far have been a rheostat(heater fan )resistor failure. Also a TCU problem with the 4eat(reprogrammed no problems). I have almost 25,000miles on mine and drive the piss out of it on offroad. It is a tank! I have modded the hell out of mine. I'll keep my outback for ten years or better.

here's pic of my '03 outback lifted

I'm fully lifted now! I finished last night. almost 2" clearance at front and rear. Now I just need some offroad wheels / tires. I'll post pics soon.........

I'm half way there! I just lifted the back of my '03 outback wagon! I'll have to finish the front soon. Before 7 7/8" at factory rear diff. guard, after 9 3/4" . I used Kings Springs KSRR-29's rear , KSFR-32 up front. The King springs are about 25% stiffer and yellow in color (beefy springs!) Took about 40min r/r the rear. So for now I have a raked look , but It drives great (tight). I will do the frotns tommorrow and get an alignment as well . The search will continue for tires/wheels.

do you have a CEL? I just had my'03 outback in for service and had the TCU reprogrammed shifts much better now .Mine shifted really hard in every gear .I hated the backlash feel .......nerve racking. give you dealer a call.

I used two large bolts to stick in the holes(not threaded) and a prybar . then wedged between the two and rocked back and forth changing locations . it took me about 15min then it finally walked out. This was on an '03 outback ! I then dressed the shaft with emery cloth and a touch of anti seize.

I'm down with some mud..........let me know when........

I was a longtime Chevy man until 2003 and sold my S-10pu and got an '03 outback wagon .I will never look back again.........Although I still love mouse/rat motors! My subie takes me where I wanna go...! Now I'm hell bent on modding my outback for offroad!