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Next chapter Yesterday I began a vigorous search for any loose connections and ground faults. I happened to look down at the passenger side CV axle and noted that it was connected but, the axle stub was extending out of the tranfer case about 2 inches. After disassembly and replacing the axle stub(?), back into the transmission I took the car for ride, guess what the car drove perfectly. So far so good. I have 3 questions 1. How did this happen? 2. Why did this affect how the car drove? 3. Why did the car even drive at all?

On the cams the ticks marked with white paint, I used the arrows to adjust valves.

It has a standard airfilter, the crank gear was set with the tick mark on the gear directly below the aligning mark on the front of the engine.

Is there any other way to check voltage under a load, because I still think this is an electrical problem. Thanks

I pulled the heads with motor in place, I have not tried to start in any gear except park. The shop that replaced battery cable end, which corrected problem for several days,said voltages to sensors was not normal with increasing RPM until alternator revved up. Never heard of that before but it did correct problem for a short while. It seems like timing but I and 2 other shops have checked timing, this moringafter the car warmed up to normal seemd like it had a little more snap at stat off from a dead stop. But it did not like a hill climb on the way to work.

I bought this car with head gasket problems, I only drove it for a short distance but no it seemed to be fine prior to doing the head gaskets, other than overheating. I have visually inspected vacuum lines and sprayed them with carb cleaner without change in RPM.

I checked alternator output =14.4 volts, I don't know what the output is supposed to be. I also have checked for ground issues and can't find any loose or frayed connections, any other ideas?

I also switched battery and alternator from anther 99 I am working on, no difference, I also replaced MAF sensor.

After doing head gaskets which included a valve job am having difficulty when starting out from an idle. This is an automatic transmission. Car starts right up and idles without missing. No changes when put into drive. However, when you push the accelerator down it feels like spinning the tires, once rpm's reach approximately 2000 the engine and car accelerate properly. This occurs at a stop, and when going up a steep hill. After the rpm's reach 2000 everything seems to be working properly. Going down the highway is not a problem with normal acceleration. I have replaced the throttle position sensor her, idle air control sensor, front and rear oxygen sensor, and cam sensor. I have replaced the spark plugs, and the spark plug wires with genuine Subaru wires. Occasionally everything works normally. The car has been into 2 different shops, a lot of money, and the problem remains. The second shop replaced the battery cable end and the car ran perfectly for 2 days. This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions? There are no engine code.

What does this to for engine performance?

I checked when I got home from work and the only thing that seems to be hindering removal is the valve cover.

Mine appears to be mounted to the timing cover and after removing the bolt there was not enough room to pull out the sensor. Tight spot had to remove the battery to get at the bolt.

Recently purchased some problems. Need to know if the valve cover needs to be removed to change camshaft position sensor