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Vacume leak, either from under the hood, the resivoir, or at the control switch. This is typical of a vac leak in the HVAC system. nipper

In new york there used to be a law stating how high ones vehical can be. Now all I can find is the NYS inspection regulation stating that headlamps lamps have to be 24-52" off the ground, and tail lamps 15-72" off the ground. There is a max height of 13 1/2 feet in NYS (after that your an oversized vehical). We have a few pickup trucks lifted that high (surf fisihing) I would think that WA would be more liberal.

The clips arent usually part of the kit, check that before you start. Murphies usually extra busy this time of year with the holiday rush, maybe he will overlook you. nipper

Not if you dont have heated seats, you dont have the heater coils. Some soobies are already wired for it. some arent. Go to soobymods.com (i think thats it) they have a complete write-up on how to do it. Unheated leather seats, how barbaric. nipper

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not leaks, its the automatic anti-rust system. nipper

and DO NOT reuse the two clips that holds on that bearing. nipper (we are now up to 4 cents)

oh god here we go again nothing to see here i imagine ..... keep moving on

cabke or hydraulic? If its hydraulic, other will say you can adjust it a we bit, but i would say it may be clutch time. How many miles on it? nipper

Well there are a few issues. First this is not a lab test, but was done in a dealership. the "torque steer" was from the tire tred pattern, and not from torque steer. Even the subaru did it to some extent. aggressive tire pattern will make the tires walk. Subaru doesnt decide when to send power to the front wheels (forester part) as they are by default front wheel drive. AWd systems being secret http://corporate.honda.com/press/article.aspx?id=3653 (complete with a drawing) The AWD systme on the toyota comes from a sienna seems to have a center diff with some sort of torque control . VW http://media.vw.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=9754 Its a shame, otherwise its an interesting video. Alos VW has a halidex system, http://www.haldex-xwd.com/ that doesnt seem to secretive to me. I wonder why they didnt test more cars..... nipper

Forgot about that one, usually i am the one to mention it But the poor running has me leaning towards a bad valve. nipper

Or the ever popular dead mouse.. nipper

Well snow is freeze dried water :-p nipper

Hate to tell you this, but i went 1400 miles on a rod knock ( a mysterious one that roamed) before it ended in a rather spectacular moment, so never say never nipper

heating coils are in the seat bottom and seat back. nipper

yes dont run the waterpump on a frozen engine. Its muchsafer to warm the engine up so all the ice melts. Its possible to get a steam pocket in the engine, and have a serious situation. nipper

NAH that issue has been around a whils, and some mfgs (harley is one, rover is another) has a problem with sleeves shifting. SUbaru only gets that if you drive a few miles with car temp pegged. nipper

NO Jap engines unless you know what your doing. Go to CCR or find a used engine to swap in. You have rod knock, I suspect its not piston slap, as rod knock may sound fine on a cold engine, then once it warms up it gets louder. Piston slap is the reverse. It is rebuildable, But much more easier to get a used engine and put it in, or a rebuilt engine from CCR. nipper

YOu may have done some real damage. As it thaws out, check for puddles. There arent that many freeze out plugs. There was another post on here last year about the same thing, and he ruined the engine. Th radiator may not be in good shape either. Once the engine has thawed out, If you cant pressure check the cooling system, check the water and oil level. Make sure no water has gotten in the crancase. Next top off with water, and start the engine up and se how it behaves. Let it build up pressure. If all seems well and no leaks, removes the water and refill with coolant. You may get lucky.

Wow, thats a hot car *snicker* nipper

Am I the only one that has two little words that strike fear in me? Head Gasket nipper

I thought this topic sounded familar. I was wondering why my response didnt post, now i know why (it's too early for me) nipper

Try a radiator cap first. nipper

SOunds like a bad cap to me. nipper

At that age it wouldnt be surprising to have the clutch pack tired. First thing to do is change the fuid. If that doesnt work I would look for a used tranny, its just easier and faster to deal with the rebuilding the clutch pack. nipper