MorganM

Dude stay focused! Get that wagon lifted so you can go do some real offroading with Arch and I ! You would have wet yourself at the Iron Range offroad park this weekend!

Are those numbers bad or something? Floor it!

Make sure its in front wheel drive, in neutral, and it's fine to tow. It's not full time 4WD and it's not AWD.

I ran into problems trying to mount my Cobra 19 DX III near the radio. The freak'n thing sticks out so far compared to the room thats there to accomidate it. Looking back now I wish I had mounted it on the roof for two rasons. Easy to reach and switch channels or adjust squelch. Also so the speaker is pointing down onto me so I dont have to crank it up so loud just to hear what peole are saying.

If you suspect a timing belt simply pop out the rubber plugs in the plastic timing belt covers and feel if the belts are tight.

Worry less about proving something to them and more about building a Subaru you enjoy offroading. They obviously like full size 'mudder trucks'. Thats fine if you like mud'n. I like trails and hill climbs and I never see any full size rigs out on those becuase they dont fit! Once people start seeing you on the trails in your Subaru the will recongize that you have capable ORV and love offroading just as much as anyone with a full size, jeep, samurai, land cruiser, tube buggy, whatever. Cheap skid plates you are going to have to make yourself. Buy the steel and drill and weld them up as you see fit.

Let there be no mistake about maintanace here. As reliable and capable as both Subaru and Toyota are; you are exceeding recomended uses of these vehicles. They simply were not designed to drive around on trails all day. Expect general maintanace intervals to increase and the ocassional breakage. I would take it upon yourself to do most maintanace and repairs if you want to take your mechanic off speed dial Here's a little budget analysis based on some expenses of mine to give you an idea of cost for an offroad Subaru: Rusted out '88 GL wagon $400 5speed dual range upgrade $100 BYB 3" lift kit $360 Pugeot 15" steel rims $150 All Terrain tires: $215/set of 4 Recovery and saftey gear: $200+ (come-a-long, high lift jack, snatch strap, 2 clevises, fire extinguisher, etc) This of course does not cover all of my expenses thus far. I picked what seemed most applicable to your situation. Expect it to cost more than I've layed out here but these are pretty much the minimum requirments for what I would consider a very capable ORV. For an idea of cost associated with the Tacoma there are a few Toyota msg boards out there. Drop a line there and just ask some simple questions about their offroad capability, minimum requirments for your application, and whatever else. Good luck

OOF Slight miss calc on ground clearence? Did you get hung up on that skid plate 'extension' ?

Yes; I run 235/75 R15

I'm a big fan of full size spare tires also; especially if you upgrade tire sizes. Get something that's the same diameter and width if possible.

When looking at towing anything one should really consider the weight limit of your hitch, reciever, and suggested tow limit on a given vehicle. Then weigh out those factors vs. what application you need a tow vehicle for.

BYB lift + Fuji Heavy Ind lift cranked in; nice! How do you like the feel off them offroad? On road? I think the stock suspension is plenty stiff to begin with for most applications. Maybe the front struts were just worn out? Just some thoughts I had after reading your post. Always fun to see customized suspension

I've raged them at 3 gnarly offroad parks now and they are a great bang for your buck. Made it through quite a bit of mud; only stuck twice in mud. They hold up good against iron ore and shark jagged rocks. Certainly do well in extreme hill climbs. Just rode 4 hours there and home at 80mph most the way; noise is minimal. They are no replacement for real Mud Terrain tires. However for budget wheelers like myself I will stick strong to my 'great bang for your buck' opinion. Proven on and offroad time and time again. They are a good dry trail riding tire for sure and can get you by in some mud.

Gotta get an R/F meter. Simply screw in the antenna jack to the meter. Basicly you zero it out as best you can for even perrformance. Using the tiny allen wrench that came with your antenna you can raise and lower it slightly within the base while you read the meter. You can tweak it for higher or lower frequency bands or for better sending or receiving. I'm no expert with one; had a friend at work who's certified HAM use his. I'm more regergitating a minimal amount of info he divludged as he tuned my antenna. Personaly I didnt care too much about the specifics of antenna theory; I'm not big into CB or HAM radio. Either read the instructions well that come with an R/F meter or have someone who's into radios help you out. Possibly a friend or someone at a real HAM / CB shop.

You'd think he would have come followed us on the core trails atleast. Overall I'd say the majority of people riding out there loved the Subarus! Yes... the pics and videos Wish we had got everything on film but then we would have done a lot less off road'n! T'was a grand old Subaru adventure to say the least. Pretty busy there with the MN4WDA convention and all. Can't wait for the Crawl 4 The Cure event out there in JUL!

I'd start trouble shooting the carb next.

From what I've gatherd hanging out on the BYB forums for 5 years is that 2" is the legal limit before you need an engineer certification clearing your kit legal. For more details you should check out the AuSubaru forums and ask there: http://www.ausubaru.com/ausubaru/html/modules.php?name=Forums

welcome aboard

Add cams to your list

I'm not familiar with the PIN out on any ECU so we have hit my limitation of knowledge there. Archemitis has wired up several Subaru EFI engines and might know exactly where these wires go to on the ECU. What I can tell you for sure is: black/white from ECU to ignitor yellow from ECU to ignitor black/white from ECU to + on coil yellow from ECU to - on coil black/white from ingitor to + on coil blue from ignitor to - on coil So you should have two black/white wires on + at coil Yellow and blue on - at coil You'll figure it out

While getting ready for offroading this weekend up north I rememberd to check out the wiring for you black/white and yellow from ECU to ignitor. black/white from ignitor to + on coil and blue from ignitor to - on coil. black/white from ECU to + on coil. Yellow from ECU to - on coil. Hope that clears it up for ya!

Woot! What a great weekend that was. I'm definatly coming back; just not this year. That place was just too cool!

th Gotta love the Italian tune up Shot of Sea Faom in the crank case and gas tank can bust loose a froze ring also. I'd prolly drive it as is... since it's a $200 car and all Good luck!

Spiffy

This USRM article should get you squared away on retriving codes. Yes it is stored in the ECM for later retrival despite the light going off. You are correct; this just might assist in resolving your issue. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/article.php?a=44 Good luck