Johley8

Always! Heck I seal the paint every 6 months! Been driving a ton more but we are heading to Grand Junction to get a yellow top in the A.M. Good times! Many thanks to all!

Ok update here on the issue, sorry it is so late! got a tender for it after driving to Grand Junction, so that should have charged it and after hooking the tender up maybe once twice a week, bingo, no more issues! But I was wanting to get the yellowtop:slobber:, but wife said no:( bummer But many thanks again!

:-\So doyou guys think maybe charging it fully then getting a tender may help. Granted after having it tested.......again. Guy at Carquest(sucks), tested it and said it was dead then said here let me put a new one in, after he hooked up the tester backwards the first time........

Yep garage is heated, lowest it gets if 40 or so at night. Also not in Maine but Colorado on the western slope. Temps have been really cold at night but since it is in the garage that should not be an issue.

yep, did one hell of a cleaning job on it. good times, I hate working on batteries!

Thanks f or the help I have cleaned the battery up pretty good, using hte baking soda method as there was a large amount of cor. on the pos term, then scrubbed the connection and terms with a wire brush.

well it is not 9 years old, 2007 and I bought the car with the same battery in it from the dealer so say two years. Now just wondering if the same thing will happen with a new battery? butnow tha tI have more time I have been able to drive it more to trail heads and such but it is still doing the same thing.

Was thinking of going that direction. You would think that the charge would last longer though. After grabbing the little man it does start right up though.

Same battery it came with, I work from home and only drive it to go and pick up my son from the babby sitters about 1 mile away on town roads, So it is in the garage the rest of the time. but when I go to start it it grumbles a bit but starts and all the settings are gone. Very annoying, but thinking the battery may be on its last legs or I just do not drive it enought to "charge" it???? any thoughts??

Kind of a stupid question but i am looking for some snows and found some good deals in this size 225/45QR17, Problem is i do not want to go through the pain of getting new wheels, TPMS and tires.

Great shots! we live in the area, (newCastle) and ride the same road on the mtn bikes and in the winter ski up there. great to see a subie up there!

Dude that is nice! and i assume by your plates you are a carver! even better! ever make it out for the Expression Session?

Right on that is what i wanted. the truth! thanks!

Anybody knowof a kit or one that works? it is a 2.5I, no turbo. Thanks!

Exactly how i have it installed. the aera where it seems to hit is above the grill, where you take out the plastic clips/plugs and replace them with the white plugs with the grooves, which i might add were a pain to put in as they spinned. I ended up putting two washers ont eh hood latch to lower the latching point. My dad used to work in a body shop then went on to restore classic cars, 1939 or less was classic to them anythine else was not a classic go figure! So after doing this all the hood lines are perfect and line up and it latches better. i think the white plugs/mounting screws may be the issue. thoughts? Now it closes with pressure ont he hood, not the sheild. Thaks for the imput and more would be appreciated:headbang:

So i putthe deflector on just like they say too (i did the same thing on my 01 and on my older Trooper) Hood will not close took off the front grill, still will not close, was thinking it was the rubber gasket hitting the top of the grill, ajusted the two rubber height adjusters on each side of the body, closes fine, put grill back on still will not close:eek: . out of ideas now. HELP!!!!!!

Yep have ben changing it out every 2. The main source/location was in the baffles themselves and not what i would call magor cloging inside. I used to do alot of dirty, dusty driving and the build up in the a/c then radiator just clogged up. Bummer!

So the final outcome was tha that rad was very clogged bolth in and out, the bottom 1/4 was so clogged that you could not see thlrough it at all:mad: so the new one is in and all problems solved. My mech also said it is pretty common to see this since the rad is sandwhiched beween the ac and hte at coolers.

Yep did that too:Flame: and that is how it felt, DAM HOT! and did not really drop the temp.

It does have the AT cooler and the ac is in front of the radiator and the at cooler behind. I have an apptment with the local GOOD mechanic on thur to have a look at it. Temps her have been 90+ like toaday it is 96 and i just ran home from work and it was fine with the A/C on and such at highway speeds, granted the drive is only 15min.

there is some blockage from Bugs/stones and there are a set of driving lights on the lower "intakes" onthe bumper.

Yep it is full and looked "clear" of buildup before it was filled back when they did the Pump and the Pump came fron a dealer up here. So i would hope it is OEM but the dealer up here is pretty bad too so who knows:confused:

Granted it has been real hot on the Western slope here in Colorado but seeing the Temp guage go right up to the upper white line just befor the "danger Zone":eek: makes me nervous as i do alot of traveling to races and such on the eastern side of the divide so the engine is doing alot of work going over passes. So my question(s) is this, Is this pretty normal? it does back off rather fast when decellerating. Is there anything i can do to prevent it? I have a 01 outback with a 2.5 with 135K on it, the therm and pump were replaced at the usual 105K Any thoughts would be great! Thanks!

Auto high RPMS under load car floored. lower gears(2,3) any weather wheels straight or turned 109,000 new beltsTiming and such a/c off or on

Anybody figure this noise out, i have a 01 that is doing the same thing.