Gnuman

On this we agree completely.

Not in magazines either. Same problems as slot loading. . . If it has a paper label, tray load only.

Lesbaru, I apologise if that sounded like it was talking down to you in any way. I was not trying to, it is just that I simply do not what "simple" means to other people. I can look at just about any machine and understand how it works, just by how the bits are put together. Or if they are apart, I can see inately how they must go together. That is a natural trait that I have (and I know that many others do not). What I love about Subarus is thier simplicity, but a lot of professional mechanics seem to find them very complex (judging by thier labor rates). My idea of simple may not mesh with yours. If it does not, have a pro do the work. That pro will likely be found in a locally owned "car audio" type shop.

What is meant by you to be simple? How mechanicly inclined are you? The procedure is to take off the top of the player, look inside for bits of label stuck to things (or whatever else is making the CD's stick), clean those surfaces with a Q-Tip dipped in rubbing alcahol, put everything back together, then reinstall the player. All very simple really, but if those directions are too vague, you will have a lot less stress by taking it to a shop to have it done (and I do not mean the dealership, I mean an audio specialist). On my '92 Legacy there are six screws that hold the side brackets (that hold the tape player and CD player together) into the center console. You then remove the four screws that hold the CD player to the brackets, and unplug the DIN cable and power supply cable from the tape player and power li8ne respectively. Next you find the two slots on the back that allow you to stick a flat bladed screwdriver in and pop off the top cover. Now, you looking in from the top, you can see the entire mechanical assembly of the slot-loading tray and spindle. If there is anything that does not look like it belongs there, remove it. replace the top cover, plug in cables, reattach screws, replace into console, and replace trim. . . That is for a single disk player. I do not have mechanical drawings of a 6 disc changer, but that is the idea, and it should be similar. . . At least the area that you are concerned with, anyway (the area by the loading slot) I have also been doing things like this for many years, and am highly mechanicly inclined, so it is easy for me. If you are not mechanicly inclined (as many people are not), then it is better to have someone do it for you, as there will be a lot less stress. (looking over that post, I suppose you can guess that I'm not "spelling inclined". Sorry for any glaring errors).

Can we guess who said this to you? And did they try to kill you later?

I have never used paper labels on any CD I've burned. I always mark them with a "Sharpie" marker. I also use medium to good quality CD in the first place, that have a place to do this.

Any of the Legacy seats from 90 to 94 should fit, if you are going OEM. . . How exactly are your seats worn out? Bad fabric? or broken down foam/springs?

Heh, my factory indash CD player (for the 92 Legacy) likes them better than some prerecorded CDs. . .

I don't particularly dislike the looks of the B9X, but I do not drive Subarus for the flashy looks (one glance at my car will prove this to you ). Remember this is only the first revision of this lineup of cars. The market segment that this car falls into will determine it's future looks, more than anything else. I, for one, am looking forward to expanding Subaru's offerings. If the driver's seating position is something my wife can handle, I could see this sitting in my driveway easily. (yeah, yeah, I know: That is all it would do is sit. . . .)

Subaru has an additive for the external leaks, IIRC

Heh, *BLANG**BLANG**SHOVE*. . .

Update: I copied the CDs that would not play in thier original form to my computer and burned cpoies of them. The copies play, but the originals do not. . . I guess the CD player just did not like the encoding on the originals. . . (grumblemumble. . . .) Oh, and the display being dim? that was the backlight going out on the display. . . I'll fix that later. . .for now I'm happy I can play CDs. . . (Anyone got a round tuit I can borrow?)

AAAAAAAAAAARRRRUUUUUUUGGH!!!! I hate it when things fix themselves (or were not really broken) with no good explanation as to why it works now. . . . I got froggy, and dropped the CD player back in and reconnected it to power like I had it before, and I popped in a CD. . .Played perfectly (except for a bit of static at first). Tried annother, and it worked too. . . Tried a half a dozen and they all worked, except for three: the two I had been using as test CDs, and one other by the same artist as one that I had been using. . . It seems that the CD player does not like the encoding of those CDs. Now the real test is to rip the contents of the CDs and burn copies from my computer (a computer burnt CD works fine, when three legitimate record label CDs will not. . . . Grrrrrrrrrrrrr)

is your headliner plastic or fabric? if plastic, see previous responses, if fabric, there are a number of upulstry cleaners that spray on and blot off. . .

Go ahead and get the car, but make them replace the head gaskets with the newly redesigned ones from Subaru and make them give you a 100K mile warranty. Other than the head gasket issue, these are fine cars and you will get a lot of good miles out of it. The AWD tranny in a Subaru is built to be very rugged and reliable. The Auto tranny has a problem with the solenoid that shifts power from front to rear, but the manual tranny is rock solid.

The only person that can correctly answer that question is you, in the end. What do you want your outback to look like? What accessories do you want on the car? It maters not one whit what anyone else thinks would be good for your car. It is your car after all. You are the one who will be paying for it, and driving it, and living with it for some time to come. . .

Your 99 Forester is a standard OBD II connection. Autozone will read the codes for free (as we have been told many times).

I did. THat was the way in installed it in the first place. I'm still using the "new" tape head, as all the lights work on it while my old one has a couple burnt out. . . Also the new head has the "Aux" port, while the old one does not. . . I even connected the player directly to the battery, and it was no better. . . I may have to go back to the place I yanked this and see what was attached to the blue wire. . .

I just yanked a CD head off of a 91 Legacy wagon (I'm told that it was playing in the old car, but I did not have a CD with me to be sure) and the unit plugs directly into my tape player (Panasonic 80W, Subaru Factory unit), but has a blue wire seperate from the DIN plug. In the old installation, the display was bright but on the new instal (in my car) the display is dim, if I attach the blue wire to a hot source, if not I get no power at all), and the unit does not seem to be getting enough power to actually play a CD (will load, and eject fine, and *tries* to play, but cannot quite do so). THe CD player is a Clarion, and the tape deck is a Panasonic (both cars have the same head). . . Any ideas? I tried jumping it directly from the battery with no better results.. . . .

Sounds like clasic case of fuel starvation to me. Check the fuel filter, and fuel pump. Are you getting a Check Engine Light (CEL)?

Not without some idea what those places are. . .

Porsche is a German word meaning "Push here". . . That is why they put it on the back of all of thier cars. . .

That thread is directly above this one this morning (at least for me), and you will notice that I'm the last poster there

And my 92 Legacy wagon. . . Actually the Coupes sedans and wagons from 85 to 96 all had a seperate rear washer resivoir, except the Justy). On my Legacy wagon it is on the left hand side under the liftgate, with a cap in the frame to make filling easy. . . 90 to 96 Legacies, you can open the door that hides the jack (on the left side of the cargo area) and you can see the resivoir to check the level.

And I got the car because the clutch was slipping and "something under the car, that will be very expensive to have a mechanic fix, but the parts are cheap" was going out (turned out to be the ball joints). I had the car running like new in about 10 mins. . . . I'll give you just one guess exactly when I fell in love with Subarus. . . .