Everything posted by mikaleda
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concern about brakes on my 1996 Legacy
mikaleda replied to soobie_newbie67's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXThat's what we are talking about
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No cranking. Motor starter & battery is good.
mikaleda replied to Suba_GL_87's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIf you've verified the power supply to the starter try jumping from the power supply to the trigger post if it still clicks than its your starter contacts, common problem
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Muffler upgrades
mikaleda replied to Bushwick's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI put a 3 inch id glass pack on a na 2.2 and welded a washer on the output sounds cool, but no real difference in performance and screams pull me over!
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No cranking. Motor starter & battery is good.
mikaleda replied to Suba_GL_87's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXCould be the main supply wire, try using a jumper cable from the starter to battery and try starting it again
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how long is to long for a tested pull AUTO transmission to sit before buying
mikaleda replied to bluedotsnow's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI like the sound of option 4 personally
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Time for new tires... choices
mikaleda replied to Stevo F's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXSiping is making razor blade thickness cuts along the tread of the whole tire surface, letting a hard tire flex more and wear more evenly, and for the most part this is great for an all season tire.And if it greatly reduces tread life then let Schwab would be losing a lot of money on their tread wear garuntee that is not affected by having your tires sipped, they will tell you though if its a bad idea to siped certain tires
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Time for new tires... choices
mikaleda replied to Stevo F's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIt depends on the tire, if the tire is factory siped and is resiped or if it's a soft tire already, yes it will kill read life, but I have run siped tires on all my rigs since I started driving and on cheap tires that have a hard tread it doesn't reduce Tread life at all and greatly increases traction, and can extend tire life since the treas wears more evenly.
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how long is to long for a tested pull AUTO transmission to sit before buying
mikaleda replied to bluedotsnow's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIt all depends on how its been stored. Anyone that knows what their doing will completely fill the transmission with fluid to the top. Before you buy it inspect it, if it's been pulled already and stored it should be over full with fluid. If not I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole Still better if it hasn't sat for to long, and most of the time the warrenty from most junk yards are junk since they will just blame the installer %90 of the time
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'93 subaru legacy power and smooth idle issue
mikaleda replied to powderhogg01's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXSounds like the iacv is sticking
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Time for new tires... choices
mikaleda replied to Stevo F's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXyou can take a cheap tire and have it siped and you can make most any tire into a good all season tire without sacrificing tread wear. I've done this many times when I bought a tire that didn't perform well in the winter and I've been quite happy with the results
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91 legacy external filter mod
mikaleda replied to mikaleda's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXTrue, but the nice thing is, you can put anywhere you want on the car
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Time for new tires... choices
mikaleda replied to Stevo F's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXHankook I pike, exelent clean out and factory sipeing, only bad part is they are a little soft and do wear a little fast.
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91 legacy external filter mod
mikaleda replied to mikaleda's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI wasn't aware that you could order it online, but the bulk of the cost is cooler and high pressure lines and that's just because of where I put it.Of course if you are changing the filter a lot like I was in this car it pays for itself fairly fast
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91 legacy external filter mod
This mod is for the 91 legacy's with the tsb for the external filter. The reason I didn't just change the old filter out was because I couldn't easily get the OEM filter and after personal experience with after market filters I got fed up with it. So my solution was to replace the OEM filter with this This is a home heating oil filter that I bought at the local hardware store for around $27. This filter has a replaceable element that costs around $8 and is available through the hardware store that I bought it from. I already know what you are thinking, this is going to be just as problematic as the after market filters. Its not though it works really well and coupled with an external cooler It saved the transmission on my customers car. This filter is bigger and is more of a conventional style filter so it seems to last about the same as the original magnetic filter, but adds about a quart of capacity to the transmission. Its also way easier to change than the original filter as well since I relocated it to a better spot This is really a simple mod that anyone can do, all together it cost right around $100 in parts. The parts are comprised of 10' of 3/8ths high pressure fuel hose, the home heating oil filter, a couple of hose barbs, the oil cooler, and a quart of transmission fluid. This Will most definatly extend the life of the transmission its installed on.
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Pressure plate testing.
Inspect the plate, make sure none of the fingers are bent or broken. Check the mating surface make sure its not pitted or scored. If that's all good then I would say the pressure plate is probably fine. Make sure to change your piolt bushing and throwout bearing while your there though.
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Bad injector?
mikaleda replied to 1-3-2-4's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXWell you narowed the problem down to one cylinder so its going to be either an injector, plug, or wire. I would check the plug and wire just in case, but it does sound like the injector is at fault
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What do you think of these engine issues?
mikaleda replied to Thesatelliteguy's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXquote name="Thesatelliteguy" post="1257657" timestamp="1415478014"] i cleaned the TB with B-12 chemtool and the IAC with sea foam. The bypass i am refering to is inside the TB. I dont have a spare ecu but the local junk yard has a few subies right now. Should i get one and if so, what do i look for to get the same ecu? i heard they are very specific. You want another auto ecu From the same year range so the injectors operate properly. And are you referring to the coolant bypass on the throttle body?
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96 legacy pulls to the right and keeps breaking left axles... Help?
mikaleda replied to cymbri's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXWell there isn't much left that you haven't adressed, maybe as rooster said bent unibody? Maybe bent control arm? Going through axles like that is really strange though
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concern about brakes on my 1996 Legacy
mikaleda replied to soobie_newbie67's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXIf the slide pins are seized the caliper piston has to travel farther and that small amount of play will be multiplied at the master cylinder and even more at the pedal. Basicly a 1/16 inch difference of travel at the caliper can be 2 inches difference at the pedal This is basic principles of hydraulics and leverage
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motor swap
mikaleda replied to dp213's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXThe block is most definitely an 02 I have absolutely no doubt about that. The heads must have been swapped if the 02 is sohc.
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motor swap
mikaleda replied to dp213's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXThe oil filter just told me that the wrong engine was in it, I looked up the codes the engine is an 02 in a 97 I'm sure they used the 97 intake the heads I'm not sure about, but I would assume they are matching to the engine not the car. I'm not sure what the 97 had originally but the motor is a dual overhead cam And Subaru used the 1334 filter until 99 then changed to the 1356 filter
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concern about brakes on my 1996 Legacy
mikaleda replied to soobie_newbie67's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXSounds like seized caliper slide pins. Easy enough to figure out, pull your front tires and look at your brake pads. If their worn unevenly than your calipers need to be replaced. If not than there's another problem Did you check the push rod play when you changed the master cylinder? The Booster pushrod might need to be adjusted Could also be a bad proportion valve as well
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Legacy transmission interchange question
mikaleda replied to angerthis's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI have the pics I just have to get to a WiFi spot so I can upload the pics to photbucket and post them on here. One thing you can do just to test it out is just hook the in and the out right at the trans (bypass everything) and see if it helps, that will tell you imediatly if its going to work Or not
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HG leaking again
mikaleda replied to pyropyro's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXDONT DRIVE IT! I can't emphise this enough, continuing to drive it with the head gaskets leaking is going to cause more problems. And stop leak is going to gum up the coolant passages and make the head gasket job way harder to do.
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motor swap
mikaleda replied to dp213's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXNot true my parents have a 97 2.5l with an 02 2.5l I found out when I got a 1334 wix filter and it was wrong. I found out it had a 02 style filter
