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Timing chains have draw backs. they are noisey, they have many many moving parts, are expensive, and they are heavy. Subaru went to a chain on the H-6 becuase chains are stonger, and they are much smaller then belts. They did pay a price for BHP using one. BMW timing chain interval is around 200,000 miles. i sort of einvision a subaru being around 160,000 (gut feeling). It could be worse. VW timing chain the w6 i think is between the engine and tranny. http://www.reesphotos.com/VW/ nipper

Big Brother isnt the goverment, its Google !

It works the same way, its just there is a square wave generator inside the sensor. nipper

How did you manage to dent the oil pan? nipper

Did i read that right? Somone used a rubber high pressure hose with just hose clamps?!?!?! this will cause you to loose your house if you are ever in an accident that has an injury. At the very very least use clamps made for high pressure hydraulics. Just splice a metal brake line in there or a regular brake line. nipper

"We have clear Pa. title, but due to the city taking it, it will probably show as salvage on Car Fax" Thats not really clear. It could be he is selling it for the city as an agent, or he bought it from the city and is reselling it. nipper

So would I nipper

He was stating if the wires were backwards, would the spedometer run backwards. The VSS sesensors pick up a square wave from the final drive. that turns into a pulse which goes to the TCU. The TCU feeds that signal (a pulse) to the ECU and the spedo head. The electronics then do with the data what i needs to, in the case of the spedo, to move the needle and the odometer. nipper

I dont get what your saying? All belts have a specific life to them. the 105, 000 miles is due to the initial emission regulations of 100,000 miles. The car had to hold timing for 100,000 miles in order to meet emmssion regulations. I dont see planned obsolesence here, just a design protocol. nipper

Yes. tis is NOT a part you want to double guess subaru on. http://endwrench.com/images/pdfs/TBeltEWWin05.pdf Rubber ages with time as well as mileage. Ozone from pollution, stresses from starting and sutting off the engine, Temperiture extreems, all affect rubber. nipper

What he said. With age some of these connectors need replacement. They can come apart and you can tighten the connector. nipper

Actually it the ratio of the surface tred to the tire channel. The old rule of thumb was Motorcycles, Bicycles and tractor trailers with good tires dont hydroplane. With the wider motorcycle tires, that may have changed. http://www.safemotorist.com/articles/Hydroplaning_Basics.aspx Cars have very small channels in the treads to reduce noise. If you use that formula you can see mathmatically why the average motorcycle, bicycle (cant go fast enough) and semi's usually wont hydroplane. Air planes will hydroplane, but they land at a high rate of speed. More math 7.95 * √(Tire Pressure) * (contact patch width/contact patch length) = safe speed. All best are off when we are talking about slush. SImple rule of thumb, slow down in the rain. Keep away from edges of the raod that tend to collect water. nipper

Haynes manual is from 1990-1998. Yes you need the metal cover. Usually with the oil pump, if the housing checks out, all you need are the gears. This should be explained in the Haynes manual. Look at the two thermostats. The subaru is bigger for much more effecient coolant flow, and it has what is called a jiggle valve on it, to help get rid of air in the engine. nipper

But man cars were complicated back then, no wonder you had to know all that math. Though i didnt think anything back then went fast enough to hydroplane. nipper

of for any of us nipper

Cute, but tiny little rust buckets that were underpowered? (having owned three of them). nipper

The spedometer reads pulses from the computer. Also the connector on the back of the dash only goes on one way (but we all know a hammer can cure that). The actual workings of the spedo head is what moves the needle, the logic board decides what the pulses mean. nipper

Looks more like half a bell housing. I see that fine subaru automatic anti-rust system is working well nipper

Which leads to the question, why didnt the owner feel like he was obligated to pay the parking tickets, instead of breaking the law? Thats no excuse. Alos it was stolen it was impounded. Finally Baltimore doesnt impounfd a car for parking tickets unless there are quite a few of them on the car. Its not like Baltimore is like NYC where parking is impossible, there is quite a lot of it available. Do you like it when someone gets pissed off at you at work for thier mistake? nipper

And I deal with the city of Blatimore alot, they arent really bad people, (now if it was in my home county, I'ld do the same thing). nipper

They sometimes can be unbolted from the transmission itself, but not always. n/p. nipper

They come in different combinations. A few of them have two halves (other makes) but generally yes its attached to the transmission. nipper

Its the big "bell" shaped thing between the engine and trany. the engine bolts to it. It houses the flywheel and clutch or torque converter. The starter also bolts to the bell housing. nipper

Get yourself a haynes manual and get familair with it. A valve job is extreemly important. May as well stop now if your not doing one. Also you need the cylinder head machined to get a nise flat surface. Oil pump is checked before the timing belt is on, and while assemblying the engine. Its on the front of the engine. Thermostat is one of those thigs that have to be subaru part, porcupine will be more then happy to show you why . No you cant live with the plastic seperator plate, as it will be a source of a HUGE oil leak with time. Ring seal? nipper

Sort of, depending upon the situation. With any car tires are a major part of it. With HP (im not typing it out anymore) on a 2wd car, you get the HP tire loosing traction and spinning. That can cause the car to drift towards the source of the water (lets do a puddle). With Awd, you still have three tires pulling (two depending upon the axle) pushing the car forward in a straight line. It minimizes it. Now on a wet road, It all comes down to the tires. Once the tires lift up off the road way, its as bad as ice. nipper