dangordon0128

Mine came out on both my subaru's. The one where the key was a little warped but everything else looked good: new belts, new pulley, new bolt, blue loctite, 140 pds. The other needed a new timing sprocket and key, but the same routine. Luckily, both keyway's were not mangled and the position of the timing sproket was not compromised. I check the bolt at EVERY oil change.

Hey guys, thanks for even more insight. The 92 does how auto belts and there is a clip for the lap belt on the door side. The 95 seats do not have any holders at all. Also, the 92 drivers side has a "lift" lever on it that allows for height adjustment, but I do not think that will be an issue, the 92 had a low overhead due to the sun roof (boy, will I miss that) and the 95 is 2-3 inches taller. Other things I am harvesting: trailer hitch and the 15" tires to replace the 14's. I don't think I want to keep it around for parts > non-working cars equal wife agro. I think I will part out the rest. I drove a Vanaru (83 Adventurewagon) cross country a couple years back and I'd love to see this motor get transplanted for that purpose. The adjuster was out yesterday to look at the damage on the 92, he didn't even lift the hood (where, IMO, ALL the damage occurred!) but, I am not surprised. On a 20 yo car, it's hard to get the "value" across.

Yeah, the engine (160,mi) was running great before thhe accident. After, we were able to drive it home, but when I went to start it the next morning, it was starved for gas. It thudded up enough to fix it's position in the driveway, but sounded horrible. The radiator shield was pushed into the a/c pulley, but I pried that away before we left the scene. It isn't leaking anything, but I can't imagine trying to repair it. Hood, radiator fan and all the bracing in between are toast. Thanks for all the info, I bought one with the same engine hoping when one died, the other could benefit.

My 92 got backed into by a township leaf collection truck and I am trying to salvage what I can. Apart from the seats, should I be pulling anything else that's is rare or hard to find from the 92 for my 95? So sad, I JUST got it to stop leaking oil... First time it ever wouldn't start was the morning after it was hit..... BOOOOOO.

Thanks everyone, this is great information. The car is about 70 miles away, is there a way to get it home other than towing it? This is the second occurance, if it is not stripped, would i assume that it was damaged previously and that damage is causing it to spin off? I think i have everything but the heli coil kit. I have been looking for documentation of the bolt size in order to look for the correct size tools but have been unsuccessful without having the bolt here. Is there a resource for this? Again, thank you for this it is a tremendous help for both my nerves and comfidence.

This dude I talked to (no access to the car yet) cited "damage and rounding to the crank itself" as the biggest issue and he wouldn't even touch it. Possibly because he is not used to older cars being fixed despite inherent, not acutal value. My buddy whos is borrowing it lives in Northern NJ near NYC and the value of a hard working used car is lost. I am pretty handy and have done several jobs to my Subaru fleet (can 2 be a fleet?). While I am not a *real* mechanic myself and have never used a heli coil, from the responses I suspect that after a video or two on how to use them, I could take care of this myself? I was also able to find twp threads that have a similar issue that I am reviewing now.

Long time lurker, I typically find my answers throguh serached but this one is a bit more complicated. Bought a 95 legacy wagon 2.2 awd auto and after about 200mi the crank bolt fell out. Yeah, fell out. I had it torqued back on at local mech but it fell out again whil a friend was driving. He took it to his guy (trusted) and he reports that the bolt hole in the crank is stripped and even if he replaced the key and the balancer that the damage to the crank has totaled the car essentially. My first though is to swap it with another 2.2 and just move on. Will any 94-99 auto 2.2 swap in? Thoughts or advice? I love my subarus and I just dumps a new half axle and rear bearings (the double ones too) and would love to get it running again, but not while being an rump roast. If I have to cut my losses, I will.