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Thank you john in KY. That's exactly the info that I needed. I may need a new 1988 XT6 distributor and possibly IAC. I will likely know by tomorrow. Hopefully it would explain why my distributor is only sending spark to 3 of 6 cylinders. BTW I'm just south of Canton, OH @90 mins from Youngstown.

In my case it is. My ECU will not give codes. I've pulled code from at least a dozen OBD1's so I know what to look for, and I've followed the procedure from xt6.net, but this ECU will not blink the light on the ECU. I have been searching ebay for months for a Subaru XT service manual, but haven't found one and finally drove 40 mins to the nearest Subaru dealer to see one where they told me that they no longer work on XT there at all and they threw out their XT manuals years ago. Then they tried to sell me a new Subaru (which they later would not support either). From there things got unpleasant. john in KY, since you have a FSM readily available, could you please post the Ohm specifications for the pickup coil (or ignition module) for an XT6 please, and if you have time, Ohm specs for the Idle Air Control valve and Coolant Temp sensor.

RMVR53, were you able to find a solution to this problem or able to find a replacement distributor (or CAS) or pickup coil? I ask because I'm trying to diagnose an XT6 that had all of the same symptoms but with a much more rapid decline. It will no longer run at all. I had a Toyota that had some similar issues until I replaced the pickup coil in the distributor and it's been running fine since so I've been searching for XT6 Ohm testing specs since there is no manual available for XT6 and this ECU won't give codes.

These are the exact wheels I have. http://www.whalentire.com/wheeldetail.cfm?wheelnumber=ADR5075810H42W&size=18 They are 18 X 7.5" with a 42mm offset. When I took the calipers off, they were 2-piston, same side calipers so maybe some goofball replaced his stock ones with those or maybe not since this http://www.partsamerica.com/PartDetails.asp?SourceArea=&SourcePage=SEARCHRESULTS&MfrCode=A1C&MfrPartNumber=191535&PartType=5003&PTSet=A is what I come up with when I look for 96 Legacy 2.5 calipers on partsamerica and autozone's websites. I have been to some Subaru dealerships since my last post. Subaru has the LAZIEST parts/service guys in the country but they're sales guys are amazingly helpful. They let me crawl under an STI in the showroom and measure things for a while and sure enough...the caliper mounting points are completely identical, so things are looking up. I will have to go back though because I still need to get the Rotor Disc width, Master Cylinder diameter, and the distance from the center of the rotor to the outer edge of the Caliper (for this Clearance/wheel offset issue.

Thank You. Looks like it's either STI brakes or OEM then cause the OEM's are already 2-piston. The wheels won't be a problem; the car's already on 18" six spokes. So I'll drive up to the subaru dealership later on today and get some measurements on the STI calipers and decide from there. Thanks everybody.

At the present time, it's starting to look like I might end up replacing the calipers with OEM rebuilds. I can't find anyone that sells the STI brakes but subaru because they're so new. And I can't find any measurements on the things anywhere at all on the web. Did the WRX's also come with 4-piston front calipers any years or any of the other Subarus like maybe the SVX or anything at all? It's just really rare that I replace OEM parts with OEM parts if I can find or make any upgrade at all. I really hate to do it unless I have to.

My bad. It was my friend's old car and I only drove it on the quick test drive and then home. I hadn't even popped the hood yet when I put up that message earlier cause he pretty much gave it to me since I gave him the wheels that were on it and he didn't want the car anymore. I just knew he told me it was a 2.5L and one of my Probes was a 2.5L V6 so I just assumed the same. The brakes were so shakey on the test drive (even slowing from low speeds) I did have to check those out and they have to go. I've already made a fool of myself, but this is my first Subaru so I only know what I've read in the last 24 hours. Regardless, does anyone know the measurement between the 2 bolts where the Impreza calipers meet the bracket? I can find these things for sale on the web but never with a picture or dimensions. If the measurements are close then I can either trim the bracket down or shim the bracket out to get the offset to match the rotors' offsets. Otherwise I'll just have to make a new bracket. I did this once before on some RX7 Calipers and a Mazda so it shouln't be too difficult. Sorry again for my newbie error.

Hello everyone. This is my first post here. I just got this 96 Legacy and the front rotors are all grooved and warped on the inside so I'm going to replace them, and also the calipers that caused this. Since I'm going to replace the whole brake system anyway, I might as well upgrade. I searched the forum last night and found that many subaru parts are interchangeable but didn't find much on upgrading Legacies to 4-piston front calipers. So my question is are there any subarus with 4-piston calipers that could potentially interchange with a 96 Legacy without severe fabrication?