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Do the dealer bulbs come with the condoms?

Ah I see where those bulbs are. Shouldn't be too hard. It will be interesting to find out if these were burned out from age or from careless spills, as Kudd mentioned. I know my wife has aleady managed to spill soda in there, making the a/c switch stick a bit . Thx folks!

Hi, I recently acquired a 98 OBW. I can't remember if my old 94 Legacy had this issue or not, but the HVAC controls are impossible to read at night because the only lighting they have is the little lights below each button for the mode controls, and I don't think the fan or temp controls light up either. Is this normal or do I have a bad hvac control module? Does it have replaceable bulbs? Thanks folks.

I have to say that I concur with your experience with a worstened 3-4 shift. I put Redline in my WRX after about 5k miles as part of a general upgrade to the shift quality of the vehicle (shifter bushings and fluid). I found after a while that if I revved 3rd gear past 4k rpm it would crunch going into 4th. This winter the Redline has been exceptional, but I will try the Valvoline Synpower stuff this summer. The never-ending oil battle... -Ringe

The OBW has marginally better ground clearance IIRC, but if you have good snow tires, like NoahDL88 said, you can make it through some rough stuff. I had my 94 leg in snow deeper than the actual ground clearance of the car, and with my Blizzaks I just churned right through it.

The SVX is a car that I love, but I just was not impressed when I finally had a chance to drive one. It was a 96 with AWD, 96,000mi and in great condition, but I guess I expected more from the engine, and it was just so sluggish compared with V6 engines I was used to. I suppose the weight of the car with the tall final drive and the four speed auto basically defeat the engine. It handles fine, nothing extraordinary, but very competent. I still want one someday to slap a turbo or supercharger on and some mild suspension work. THEN it would be a quick machine.

Takes ages to load, and I have cable.:-\

So basically no more BG QuickClean huh?

I just want to add that I used the BG tranny cleaner and additive during my last tranny flush a year ago and it seems to have helped a bit with the transfer clutch bind issue I have been dealing with for a while, and my AWD doesn't balk before engaging any longer like it did before the flush. It could be I was wildly overdue, but the fluid was still red when I flushed it out.

Don't clean the MAF. Whatever you use is not a good idea, and the manufacturers certainly don't recommend it.

Sorry, I mean to say that only part of getting the car down the road belongs to the engine. The transmission has to get it there, so what if we consider that the transmission is the issue.

You check it the same way you check any macpherson strut setup. Jack the car, not the control arm, and do as Ninjaben said. A prybar helps with this.

Oh. Then maybe we should take a look at the transmixer, eh?

For what it's worth Trogdor, I am experiencing the same thing on wicked cold days. I mean 0F, usually in the morning. I am guessing this is normal...wouldn't wicked cold air have a huge impact on driveability?

I changed the timing belt on my 94 leg at 130k miles and about 5k miles afterward experienced a loud screeching from the engine at every engine speed. I discovered later when my front main seal was leaking that one of the bolts holding the hydraulic tensioner piston onto the front of the block had backed all the way out and had scored a gouge in the cam pulley on the left side and gouged the belt as well...still running the belt and pulley, lol. Probably will replace them at 200k when I do timing belt again.