subarulegacy

Welcome! Yep, this is certainly the place, lots of helpful people on here.

Haha bugeyes thats a great name! Welcome.

Litterally had no clue that people could still have someone pump there gas. I haven't ever seen or heard of that in my lifetime.Guess in some areas its still available. Crazy.

Folsum, MO?

Hey my uncle lives in Denton! . . .anyway BOOMER SOONER

Looks good!

@ hardog - i actually know where that is! Nice to see all the people that live in the midwest.

sounds like a no!

Welp, went to get stuff for the car, and quickly found out that school money (extra fin aid+schlrshp) can't be spent to fix a car. . .the car gets me to school. . . sometimes, when I don't take the k10 connector. So POSTPONED again, gotta love being broke.

Ya, you can even get a tube for .01 only thing is the shipping is mysteriously $5

How much of that sealant you think it'll take for those 2 things? I'm getting ready to order some. Only seems to come in 3oz tubes. http://www.amazon.com/Permatex-82180-Maximum-Resistance-Silicone/dp/B0002UEN1U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330716247&sr=8-1 Yep. . . i buy everything online, almost always cheaper.

^^yes that does help. Thank you. Also kind of scary. . . I will do that check on the give of the wheels asap. just have to mention this,because im extremely excited. Through my school I have acces to on online database of every chiltons book ever written AND the "AARC." It has information on almost every car since 1956. Oh yes! this will be useful!

Ok, so there is the "steering rack" and a tie rod attached to each end of it. The tie rods have a tie rod end and "inner tire rod" Do I have this right? I drive this car all of the time. It is not unusual for me to put 100 miles on it in a day. I get up to 70 on a daily basis. It sounds like I need to check some things here pretty quick because losing steering doesn't sound pleasant.

Forget about it, ima just paint the engine with this- :lol::lol:Ok seriously, Valve cover gaskets I think I could take care of. Oil pan gasket, i don't know. If i have to jack the engine up, that'll take i bit of thinking because of course I don't have anything to do that. "As for the FWD, that is surprising. All I can say." LOL this IS coming from the guy that couldn't find the search button. But, i'm pretty sure I know how to do something that simple. Steering rod- give me a bit. I need to do a bit of "searching" to understand what you are saying there.

Way over on page 2. Um sway bar end links? How could that cause it? Soo many possibilities I don't know what to do now. Also, looking at that oil pan, I don't know how anyone could get that thing off without movin SOMETHING out of the way.

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OK, nice day outside, so I decided to spend some "quality time" with the car. Put a 15fuse in the FWD thing. I was under the assumption that a FWD light would come on. Well, it didn't. Tried a couple fuses just to make sure that's not the issue. Just to make sure, i drove it around and it still locks up. THEN, I got under the car to look at the oil issue. Oh that is depressing. It seems more like a question of where it isn't leaking than where it is. Valve cover gasket: yep- there was a single drip of oil coming out rather slowly. Oil pan gasket: i don't know, but its covered in oil+dirt, covered. Not just duh dirty car, its bad. Oil was leaking rather quickly from various pieces of metal that come under the engine (pool up on metal, leak over). Basically lots of gummed up+ fresh leaking oil anywhere behind oil pan. Even the transmission, run your hand across the bottom of it, it will come back red. Actual discovery: im not a mechanic, so i don't know what it is called. Perhaps someone can fill me in. Im assuming its has something to do with the steering. Bar that runs from left wheel to right wheel. Has 2 boots. 1 of the boots is torn+ spewed grease everywhere. So basically right now I=:mad::mad::mad::mad:

Ok thanks very much for helping me find the "search." DUH I just could not see it though! Em, after using the "search" a little bit, I am still confused. It just seems to me like bad CV axle and torque bind have essentially the same symptoms. The car does not thud or buck when going straight generally. EXCEPT (always an exception) 2 times after taking a turn which caused the locking up there was a large THUD which shook the car once I got going straight again and had traveled no more than a yard. It is not continuos. The couple time it happened was right after a turn. So, my understanding is that if the fwd fixes it, torque bind. If not, cv axle,or something else? Correcto? Spares in fuse box under dash. . THANKS never would have known, I found 1 that didn't work in the glove box.

Ok, so I need to get a fuse and see if the problem goes away. Then if it does, drain + refill tranny a few times. (um. . . does this forum have a search button, because I sure can't find it! I would like to read up on "torque bind" I always have to google "USMB whateverimsearchingfor"

Nope. What is this term you call "torque bind." Is it what he's talking about in that link? Haven't done anything whatsoever with the transmission.

This sounds like my problem: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Subaru-Repair-831/problem-turning-wheels-awd.htm I do not have the fuse to get to test with the FWD. However, this seems to be repeatedly the same explanation. I checked, all my tires are exactly the same. Or at least it seems, penny test about the same on all. The driver front tire seems "shriveled." Do ya'll agree that it's likely the problem? How can I determine if it is that or a CV axle? I hope this thread is not dead. . .

Found out from him it is a 1993 L and yes actually fwd. Sounds like I figured it out myself! Any thoughts on the 20 left/ right turn thing?

oh yes! On the knocking, locking up while turning thing.- I read on another thread that if you go to a parking lot and do 20 tight circles to the right and 20 tight circles to the left it should fix the problem. Well, I did, and it did not fix the problem totally, but it made it much much better. What would that mean was/ is the issue? Seems like a very odd fix. . .

Alrighty, so I have a friend who said he would sell me his Impreza if I gave him more than what the dealer offered him for trade in. It is altogether in better shape than my legacy. It is not perfect, and will need some brake work. (so does mine.) He said he "thinks" it is the 1.8 liter, it is an automatic, 4 door, blue, and he also said it is front wheel drive. Which one does this sound like? (brighton, ls, l, etc?) Also, do you think he is mistaken on the front wheel drive thing? I didn't think subaru made a fwd Impreza. Anywho its an idea im throwing around, I would have to sell the legacy. Plus, the impreza has a radio! He also just spent $600 dollars getting stuff fixed on it and he said that he doesn't want to fix it anymore after that. (thinking about getting a new car, therefore the "more than trade in offer" thing.) Only thing that bugs me is that its an auto, and if the fwd thing is true. But if you haven't noticed, i do alot of car trading, so maybe eventually I will end up with a 5 speed impreza like I wanted in the first place. Thoughts, suggestions, input will be greatly appreciated.

Yep the front bumper is in need of a bit of a paint job ain't it? I wonder if they sell spray paint in that color. . . (it could either look good, or as bad as it does now, right? lol) My pictures have swamp instead of mountains, subaru's can handle mud too right? Not just snow! And yep its an LSi, only thing I don't like about that is the automatic transmission. Off topic- I got stopped by that train in those pics 3 times that day, the same one every time!