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Car looks good. That's really solid for a midwest car! Glad to see you're taking the necessary steps to ensure that this car lasts a long time. And intrigued to see what's coming from Colorado.

One for sure should come out. Not sure on the others. I feel like it should though. The trouble with these bleeders is that they are so long and thin that it takes very little to snap them. Once they are broken off it will be closer to the caliper and I can put some more force to it. Car has been fine though. Pedal is not super stiff but it's working fine now.

Well, it's in. 2 snapped bleeder screws. Pedal feels softer than it should but the car stops just fine now. So it's acceptable. Roadworthy. We're taking the car to work today, but now I'm going to see what options there are to remove those broken bleeders and get ALL the air out. I'm comfortable with rusted body panels but I hate snapping bolts.

This is gonna be fun. Fox, you still have that 5 speed Dual range in case this trans is done?

Yeah. Did that with some WD-40. Got a few squirts out of it and snapped the bleeder screw. Luckily this was as I was tightening it down and we had no bubbles. So 1 down. 3 to go. I have bled them in the past at the point that the brake line meets the caliper with good results. So I may have to resort to that if I snap a bleeder.

Getting fairly stuck here. If I apply much more force, I think I'm going to snap the rear bleeder screw. Options?

I did it. It wasn't fun. Got creative with some ratchet straps wrapped through the interior of the car. Ran a come-along down through the engine bay. A couple scissor jacks and boards to push and hold in different directions. It can be done. Doubtlessly adds a few hours at least to the whole job though. If I have to do one again I'll either save up the money or see if I can beg/borrow/steal one from someone for the job.

AdventureSubaru - 1997 Impreza OBS 3/8 HDPE Spacers 99 Forester Strut Spring lift Chrysler Sebring Steel rims on 215/75/15 LT tires 97 Legacy Outback control arm brackets

Heard that if you use head gaskets from a turbo model the gasket is a little thinner and a little stronger. That thinness give you a small compression bump and a small horsepower bump.

What's the advantage? Just less mess? How difficult will this be to learn? I've bled lines the usual way but never tried this way? Just remove the caliper and squeeze the pistons in the usual bleed order?

New MC is here! Gonna get on this today as the weather is actually warm out! Fingers crossed that this goes smoothly.

Not too shabby! What size tires are you running under there?

P.S. Best of both worlds. Kira had her Legacy Outback long before we were even dating. She's a subie gal which makes it all the sweeter. She's even started asking for some strut spacers for the outback for some more ground clearance. Dang I'm a lucky man! :banana:

Yeah anyway. What's the story with you and your lady? I'm picturing big bunny ears coming off a roof rack where you'd usually see fog lights. An a giant white cotton poof ball tail on the rear hatch. Maybe even some huge fiberglass buck teeth below the grill. Could make this the most obscene station wagon in the state by Easter time.

junk or scrap I think was the typo. geez. It's getting late and I'm getting old. This must be what married life does to a guy. Less time on hobbies. As a matter of fact, the other night we were in bed by nine after spending two hours on (get this) a puzzle! Yeah... pink intake. Kira will think it's cute. I'll paint the car like a giant easter egg to match!

I'm still in. You need it moved soon? pm sent. No worries. Friends don't let friends junk/scrap a nice vehicle.

You'll have to bleed the line then. follow the line from the Master cylinder down to the slave cylinder. There will be a bleeder screw on it. Open the bleeder screw until fluid leaks out of it. Tighten it down. Get someone to push down on the clutch pedal and hold it down. Open the bleeder while they are holding it down. Let some fluid/air out. Tighten the bleeder. Have them release the pedal and push down again. let fluid out, tighten, have them release the pedal. repeat this a couple times until you either get pedal pressure back or you see where the fluid is leaking.

They sat fine. Drivers was a power seat and I wanted manual. Turned into a bit of a project to get there though. Passenger seat is all Baja. Just dropped right in and bolted down.

Here's the start of the day. Got the old cloth seats. They actually weren't that bad. A rip in the drivers side and they needed a good wash. Just not super comfy for those long trips. Drivers seat was the challenge. The Baja had power seats. Impreza had manual. I wanted to stick with manual for ease of use and weight. There was no easy swapping over between the frames so I had to tear in and swap a number of pieces. Fingers were crossed that it would all interchange. Got the lower seat pads off each one. Impreza recline and bracket now on the Baja seat. had to switch the metal frame pieces between the two as well. Here's the difference at the start. The mounting bolt holes are different in the front between the two. Here are the two pans compared. You cans see the Baja had a spring setup whereas the Impreza was entirely foam filled. Couldn't swap over the spring setup to the impreza pan without welding so I took a serrated knife and cut the foam bottom out of the Impreza pad. Here's the pad and pan together with the Baja cover and pad. All fit rather neatly. Had to cut about two inches of the plastic clipping tabs away to avoid interfering with one of the mounting bolts. Also had to make a small hole in the leather to allow another mounting bolt. All together now. Baja seat on Impreza seat rails and reclining mechanism. Installed in the car. The seats are so nice that I'm inspired to actually vacuum the interior of the car now. Need to find a way to ditch the tan floor mats sometime too. Really happy with how they turned out.

I usually run it for about 5 days or 100 miles in the crankcase before I do my oil change. The one time I replaced an oil pan seal not long after a seafoaming. You'd be amazed how clean looking things were on that motor after 20+ years and 200,000+ miles.

Fill the master cylinder back up with brake fluid. Start pumping on the pedal and try and get some pressure. See if you can find where the fluid is coming from. This is more effective if you have a second person. One pumps the pedal and one looks under the car and under the hood to spot the leak. If it's a small leak, you might have to bleed the line to see exactly where it's coming from. But since this problem showed up on a cold day and out of the blue, i'm guessing it will make itself fairly obvious.

Nice looking car. That toyota in the background looks like fun too!

Sounds great, and you're in the right place for lots of information on these cars. There are a few other builds going on right now on subarus from that era. Car like that is worth taking lots of time on. Quite a gem!

Sounds like a good candidate for a can of Seafoam! Smoke the neighbors out of their houses and probably restore your performance along the way. It's great for gunked up stuff that's been sitting for a while.

Wooo! Beautiful little van. And in the midwest too. That was a rare find!