nipper

http://www.subaruforester.org/ Look there as they may have the specifics on it. The only Forester manual I have is for a 2007, and I think that is too far removed from your year. nipper

YOu need suck squish bang to get combustion. Right now all you have is what is required for bang. You need to do a compression test first. Without compression you can rebuild the carb all you want and it wont run. Also carb issues slowly appear over time, and dont suddenly occur with a bang. nipper

Blu has 245,000 miles on him and i conside him "middle aged" 125,000 miles your just past break in. Of course there is the flip side that we need everyone who can afford to to buy a new car, but if thats the only reason, your car has plenty of life left in it. nipper

yup, there is also a one for 2000 ish models due to the PS hose. nipper

I tried soaking mine, but I finally got the little 4.99 tool to remove it from the auotparts store and it popped right off. nipper

Well i can do it the old fashioned way, im a nig fan of the postal system.

i cant emali but i can do a file transfer via YIM or AIM.

Clutch cable is going. Dont worry it will get really easy to press soon. Of course it will only go down at that point. nipper

So your telling him to use a peso? nipper

OMG a reasonable time? Do you feel allright?

168 mb for the file, will your mailbox handle that?

i found a pdf sercive manual for 1997-8 does that help?

Espically considering the first one i think was a russian lada the first one scared me to no end

They always blame the innocent dogs nipper

Remove the switch and replace it? Just a thought. Sounds like a loose wire or bad switch. mipper

Re you really sure you checked the timing? The hardest thing to bend is connecting rods, you really really really REALLY have to work at it, and it usually means there is a hole in the block to match it. piston rods are "connecting" rods. There is something else going on here, i bet the low compresssion is just on one side of the engine. Who told you about the connecting rods? nipper

er um, seems like someone bought into thier "marketing" though P.T. Barnum had a better way of saying it. nipper

Well is is much easier to apply window tint on the outside of the windshield (Trust me i know way too many computer geeks, that is thier logic). nipper

check tires, rear end grease, carrier bearing. Sometimes when you cant trace a noise you have toi wait for it to get louder to find it. nipper

Once again an important question, how many miles are on the engine. Also important a compression test to see the overall health of the engine. Years dont matter but mileage does on this decidion. Its always better to go with a known risk then an unknown risk. Also has this engine ever been overheated or cooked? nipper

i agree with him

check the transmission mount and the carrier bearing. Any mysterious high speed (subtle) vibration that comes and goes? nipper

and just as i thought, so far the LISC people are wussing out. nipper

how big is your mailbox?

Its on the ABS pump itself. nipper