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what years of 5mt transmission will fit a 2011 impreza?

Thanks. That is what I thought but the EA81's are harder to find. Find new ones for EA82 but haven't seen any for EA81.

what years of rear axles will fit an 84 brat?

I don't see where it could be the starter since the car is running and then it just dies. I could see that it would be the starter if I turned the car off and then tried starting it, but it just dies. I can see there could possibly be a problem with the fuse box.

I have a 96 Outback (daughter-in-law’s car) with a weird electrical problem. When I start it for the first time everything is fine but after it warms up it just quits. Then the starter does not go on. It is not like a dead or low battery it just doesn’t turn on. Dash lights are off except for the warning lights at the bottom and they are dim. Headlights come on fine. When you try starting it the door lock timer on the passenger side kick panel clicks. Last night when I was testing it I had the blower motor on and when I turned the key to off position the blower motor did not turn off. I disconnect the battery and let it set for a few seconds and put it back on then the blower motor is off but the ABS light is on very dim. If I try starting it again same thing nothing to the starter. The blower motor on again and when turning key to off blower motor stays on. After letting it set for a while with battery disconnected (don’t want a dead battery) half hour or more everything is back to normal. It started doing this last week on her and it has only done it when you come to a stop. I have got it to happen to me twice and it is when I have pulled into the driveway and then went to back out again after turning car off and starting it again. When it dies it dies no sputtering it is dead. There is a new battery in the car and I put in a spare alternator that I have in it. The old alternator was checked out to be good though. I also put in an ECU from another 96 that I have and that made no difference. Just seems like some electrical component that heats up and doesn’t work, then when cooling down works again.

Found why the engine won't turn over, broken piston and bent rod.

Yeah I took the starter out before I pulled the engine. Haven't had a chance to work on it since. Last night had my granddaughter's first birthday so I was at my son's late. Going to take the oil pan off tonight to see if I can see anything.

Thanks for the tips. I didn't think of changing the seal on the tranny So I'll do that before putting another engine in. Thanks again.

I got the engine out without to much of the oil dripping onto the floor. Now the tc is still attached to the flexplate and the engine is not turning over. It turns a few degrees and has a hard thunk in both directions. I pulled the spark plugs and looked through the hole and all I could see was the top of the pistons which didn't look broken, it must be a rod which means new engine.

The oil looked fine. I had been driving this car a month or so ago and it was running good. I was commuting 60 miles a day with it. I comes to an halt when turning engine over by hand. The problem with trying to take the tc off before pulling the engine is that I can't get to the bolts because I can't turn the engine over. I guess that I have to pull the tc with it but that can be messy

My son's wife was driving their 96 outback (2.5 auto) and she pulled into their driveway. She then went into the house to get something. When she came back out to start the car it would not turn over. When checking it out it will turn only a few degrees each direction before hitting something solid. I checked the timing belt and it looked as if it was ok. (seeing that i couldn't turn the engine had to estimate where the timing marks were. Took off the timing belt and released all four cams so no valves are down. Engine still will not turn over. Suspect that a rod or piston broke. problem is that I can pull the engine with the torque converter attached but how do I get it off after pulling the engine since I can't turn the engine to get to the torque converter bolts? Anyone else have any ideas what could be wrong with the engine besides broken rod or piston? Just feaky that she said the car was running fine when pulling into the driveway. She only works a few miles from where they live and she just came home from work to get something.

I think that was part of problem, they put loctite on from the factory. I guess 7 out 8 wasn't too bad. It was late last night so I stopped when I could not get that one out. I'll look at it when I get home from work.

Actually when getting into it there were rivnuts on the inside. So you do not need to take the headline down just pull the end caps off the rack and there are torx bolts holding it down. The roof rack on the gt is different than the rack on my outback. With my luck though one of the 8 torx bolts won't come out because the rivnut is turning so I'm going to have pull the headliner down on that side to get to the rivnut and hold it from turning. I have tried prying the roof rack up and putting pressure on it but it still just turns.

Didn't really want to hear that, but that is what I figured. I need it off to paint the car. It make it much easier to paint the top without it on.

I doubt that the timing belt is causing your ruff idle. There can be a little wobble to the pulley. It is the keyway that is damaged when not tightening pulley. It does not soundl like yours is damaged. Check the timing of the old belt before taking it (if you haven't taken it off yet). If the keyway gets damaged it usually retards the timing to the point it will not idle. Just make sure you get it torqued down so it doesn't come loose.