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You just have to watch the shipping prices, as they are a series of warehouses.

I am going with the driveshaft on this one, easy enough to find out.

I am using them in the JUsty (beck/arnley) and have no issues.

I am confused. This is an automatic and you added gear lube to the AWD? What exactly did you add where, as the AWD is built into the auto tranny and usses that fluid. Now if you did what i suspect you did, you did something that made the deals swell for now. For now .... Once you loose Reverse it is a huge indication impending doom.

Also drop the plan with as much care as one would use to install a cylinder head. You dont want to bend the lip of the pan. After you remove the pan take a straight edge and make sure the sealing surfaces are still flat. Something that seems as simple as a tranny pan can cause more leaks if not done right. Are you completly sure it is the pan gasket as they seldom leak.

You can also get replacement sliding pins. If the calipers are cleaned, lubed, and the boots replaced if broken, there really isnt a reason they should seize for quite some time, if at all.

Sometimes it just pays to bite the bullet and take it to a shop. the cost of refrigerant to refill the system fomr an autoparts store, it may just be cheaper for a shop to do it. A good shop recycles the refrigerant and tops it off as opposed to using those little cans.

Gearing, especially on small engines, is not as simple as adding taller gears. There is limited power, and ideally you want to be right on the edge of the performance curves, if not actually into them a bit. If you wander much from this, you can actually ruin highway performance by makingg the need to downshift more. You are not hurting the engine, especially if you reduce your oil change intervals from 7500 miles to 5000 miles on a trip like this.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/alternative-fuel/news/the-science-behind-yokohamas-orange-oil-tires-8146348 So if you could peel out it would be lemon scented?

Always the difficult child ...

IN all my years of doing these on small displacemnt engines I have always put them before. I have also always installed them with temp gauges too. NOw if you live someplace hot it wont matter that much, but places with real winters it would. Handy chart http://www.txchange.com/heatchrt.htm Sort of why subaru recomends 36000 mile fluid changes. With a cooler My temp sensor is in the hotest spot, the feed to the cooler. My driving (NYC stop and go) I have seen it as high as 100 over ambient, but that is peak summer). Anything over 275 is bad, 200 is on the lower end of high, and 175 is just right on average). If you live in a hot climate all year round then I would go after.

From being a motorcycle rider and life long bicyclist, that doesn't really bothers me.

http://jalopnik.com/5949767/you-need-subarus-versatile-little-sambar-pickup-the-jalopnik-review

Really? on a 2006?

But you are in coal (coughcoughchristmasiscomingcough) country and fairly temperate. Running it through my head, without the t-stat still just 4 clamps and two hoses.

I would hjave to look it up. There is always such a thing as too cool. All liquids have an optimal operaiting temp. When they are cold, they are thick. This means everything has to work harder as they are resistant to being pumped. The tranny also will hold gears longer when cold to aid in the warmup of the transmission. If you live in a very cold climate I would suggest a Thermostat on the line. IN all honesty off hand I forget which is which I would have to look it up

I would go as a secondary, placing it between the tranny and the raditor. Keep in mind that the heat exchanger in the radiator serves two purposes. Not only does it help cool the transmission, but it also helps it warm up faster. If you put it after the radiator you may be keeping the tranny too cool.

Test drive. #1 thing to look for is torque bind. Go out to a flat level parking lot at the end of the test drive and drive in a tight circle. The ar should be able to pull smoothly through this with almost no throttle and no kickback through the steering wheel. This is a 6yo car and should be looked at as such, not a car with 12,000 miles on it. I would expect it wil need tires due to age and sitting. Would recomend getting the fluids changed, otherwise sounds fine. Is carfax showing one owner?

Which show as BBCA is a network

He owes you a pizza for doing him the favor of showing him his battery was bad when the weather was nize as opposed to the middle of a blizzard

Sounds like a dying battery. What you did is what he would have done on a zero degree morning after the car sitting all night.

No more tribeca's. Subaru's niche is being an AWD car mfg, otherwise they may not be able to compete with other cars in the same class.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1062762_subaru-confirms-three-new-models-hybrid-for-2013 http://green.autoblog.com/2011/07/07/confirmed-subaru-to-launch-first-ever-hybrid-vehicle-in-2013/ http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2011/09/subaru-hybrid-on-sale-in-2014-wont-use-toyota-tech.html

I would replace the ground cable too as it is just as worn.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=119224 one of these!