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  • Birthday 04/18/1978

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    '95 Legacy L Wagon AWD

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  1. Fairtax4me and porcupine73, Thanks very much for the info! I'll need to order the wiring harness from Walmart and the local ones here do not have the one for Subarus. It's still only $10 and shipping is free to the store. Again, I appreciate the info and the responses! JB
  2. Hello all, My wife surprised me with a aftermarket stereo for the old soob (Single DIM height) I want to install it myself and have experience doing this. I did a search on the forums and I was unable to find the answer to my question. What I don't know is if I will need an aftermarket dash kit for the stereo. I have the factory tape player with the pocket below it. I will get the wiring harness and since I'm ordering that online, I wanted to get the dash kit at the same time if I need it. Thanks very much! JB
  3. Well, from what I could tell, the TOB moves just fine. I kept the cables attached, moved the boot enough out of the way and looked down the hole and had my wife push the clutch pedal down in full strokes and the TOB slides back and forth and didn't look crooked. So I think that's good. I have readjusted the clutch cable and will drive it a few days and see how it feels. Thanks, JB
  4. I've done some searching, but I can't find any information whether you can diagnose broken throwout bearing clips without taking the transmission apart. Is this possible? Thanks, JB
  5. Thanks! I tried it right quick and it didn't seem to make a difference. I'll try it again and see. JB
  6. The release lever is where where the adjustment threaded bolt goes through, correct? The free play is the distance the lever moves if you push the lever by hand (or thumb) towards the firewall before it stops, right? If so, then yeah, when I tried tightening the adjustment, I eliminated some of the free play so that I don't have a 1/4" anymore. I'll readjust. As for leaking oil or transmission gear oil, I don't think it is, but I'll check. I did have a pretty bad engine leak, but I replaced the valve cover gaskets and that seemed to have fixed that. Thanks again! JB
  7. Gotcha. I'll do some looking and reading on how to check that. I appreciate it! JB
  8. Hi all, I've had my '95 Subaru L wagon since February of 2011 and at that time I had the clutch done and all has been good. After parking it and not driving it for a few days, the clutch engagement really feels different. It feels as though the clutch is not full engaged until the pedal is totally up. This is quite a bit different as before it would be roughly 3/4 of the way up and the clutch felt engaged and could give it gas. Now, I basically have to wait until the clutch is totally out until I can give it enough gas to accelerate. When the clutch is totally out, the clutch does not seem to slip so I think it's ok. I checked the cable and the adjustment seemed ok, so I tightened it a bit and I'm scared there is not enough free play at the fork so I will back it loosen a few turns. It was really odd that it seemed like it changed in one day. Can anyone give me some words of wisdom on what to check? Thanks! JB
  9. Alrighty. I got the spring on. It is rather tough to stretch, but I got it on. This is how I did it: Closed the hook on one end of the spring a little more so that it would stay on the knuckle linkage better. Attached the spring to the knuckle linkage. Used a pair of forceps clamped on the other hook to help me manuver it better. Using the forceps to hold the spring, I used a bent (curved) screwdriver and hooked it to the spring hook and using the surrounding parts for leverage, stretched the hook over to the washer loop. Here is the problem: I must have a great deal of play in the knuckle assembly as the stick is over just underneath 5th gear now and to shift into 1st and 2nd, I need to hold the stick quite a bit to the left. When in gear, it's over to the passenger side now. So I want to say that the bushings are worn big time in the knuckle. Is this correct? Is there something that can be done to help that? I've heard of folks stuffing a washer or two to help bring the play back to as center as possible. Any thoughts on my diagnosis? Did I goof something? Thanks, JB
  10. Cool deal about the transmission. Nice! Well, I may wind up giving it a shot myself. The dealer has the assembly for $65 or so. I got my spring so I'll try and put that in soon and deal with the knuckle assembly in the near future. So to install the spring, it's best to leave it in neutral? Thanks JB
  11. It would figure. That's not bad on parts, just not looking forward to installing it. May need to have someone else do it. I appreciate it! JB
  12. Thanks guys! I'm actually doing ok finding third, believe it or not. I do have slop in gear, but other posts I have read said it would help with that. Oh well, either way, I'd like to get this fixed and working how it should. Yeah, the transmission was in gear. For spring installation it should be in neutral, I'm assuming? If so, I'm glad as I was really wondering what sort of a mess I have on my hands. Thanks very much! JB
  13. Thanks 1-3-2-4 and Fairtax4me, Well, I really don't know at this point. I took some pics for show and hopefully they will help. These were taken from behind the front driver side wheel. (Have no idea where the oil is coming from... Need to track that down) :-\ Full Album is Here What do you make of this? Thanks, JB
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