Subieguy

Ok the owner called me back this morning and gave me a little more info on the car. It has 180,000 miles. He told me he knows nothing about cars too. He was driving it at the time and said the tranny was working fine. He says that once in a while when he tries to start it it just clicks. He replaced the battery. So I was thinking starter? Ignition module possibly? Any thoughts? I am going to go check it out this afternoon. i am probably going to buy it anyway just because of the low price. come on it's a Subaru. How hard could it be to fix?

Yeah I was thinking that. The guy thought he had a bad tranny but he found out that he needed a new battery instead. Makes me wonder if anything is actually wrong at all. Don't know what the mileage is yet either. Says the interior is perfect too.

The guy says it runs fine. He is only getting rid of it because he needs a bigger car for his family.

Is this a deal at $750? Guy says the tranny is starting to slip. It is a auto. It also has a dent on the right front bumper. Should I get it? What is this thing really worth?

Just trying to help out a another California Brat lover:)

Two phillips head screws are all that hold my factory mounted mirrors on. As for the gas pedal, I have not seen anybody using aftermarket ones. When they break off you usually are just left with using the metal arm to use. Or find a replacement and re-rivet it to the floor.

I guess this is the closest I will probably ever get to owning one:lol:

Or the fan motor resistor could be bad. It is real easy to check too. On the side of the blower motor there are 2 phillips screws with 2 wires coming out of it. Take it out and have a look at it. It is what controls the speed of your blower motor. If it is damaged you will be able to tell. They are a few little metal coils. If one or more is broken or burnt you have found your problem. If that is the case I may have a extra for you. If you don't want to go that route you may still be able to get them new from Subaru still. If that does not turn out to be your problem you may have the fan motor going bad. Again still easily fixable. I have 2 extras of those sitting around. Again, you may be able to still get one new though.

Just want to make sure that you know that the blower only works on the 2 center vents. The other 2 are just air being forced in through the cowl. That is the metal vent in front of the windshield. They are fresh air vents only. That may change with a A/c car though.

http://s147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/subieguy/ Just look at the first picture and tell me what Subaru this is for. It is the only one I have and it came it a box of junk that was in one of my parts Brats. I have never seen one before.

Did it used to look something like this? http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r281/subieguy/100_0836.jpg This one is a 76 though.

How much did you pick it up for?

Man that thing is SWEET! If you need any parts I might have a few things. I parted out a 76 DL sedan about 6 months ago. I might have something you need.

This is for the 79 wagon right? How are you going to get it to pass smog with the weber? If its a smog legal carb I would love to go that route on my 78 Brat.

I think you should do the engine swap. I would say EA-71 but parts are becoming more scarce all the time. Go with the EA-81. Too bad you can't change the tranny out too and replace those strange inboard drum brakes with some good disc brakes out where they belong. Well, I suppose anything is possible if you have the right tools and time right? Hey it's your car. I agree with the other guys that it is your do what you want. It's not like it will ever be a real valuable car to anybody but us Subie lovers anyway.

Hey Paul, Can you tell what all that stuff is for?

What are you going to do with the wagon? Any pictures?

Wasn't sure if he had other stuff for a FF-1. I just looked at his sellers list and he had 35 NOS Subaru parts for sale.

You better get over to ebay. There is a guy selling NOS parts and I saw at least 1 turn signal lens for that car there. It was a front one though. Guy has 35 things for sale. I imagine Paul could probably identify the part number as to what they got to. I will just give you a link instead:http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Subaru-68-69-70-71-72-Amber-Marker-Lens-NOS-NEW-Star_W0QQitemZ180165140679QQihZ008QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Man that is going to be a tough one to find parts for. Good luck!

Looks like a great start to a great car! Good luck with it!

All I have to say is this could be one of the best finds on the board ever! Congrats! Can't wait to see pics of when you get it running again!

Stock will be just fine. These are still great vehicles with the EA-71 in it.

Part number?

Nice! And in the state too! Way to many problems right now with being laid off from my job to even think about going after it though:mad: