nipper

I do beleive the dash is totally different from 2005 to 2006. Best thing you could do is get an aftermarket system. nipper

First we are going to assume all the motor mounts are in good shape. While the car is in drive, parking brake on, someone in the car with thier foot on the brake. Shutting down one cylinder at a time to see if there is any change in the idle condition of the engine. If you hit a cylinder that does not change the rounghness to a great degree, it may be an ignition/fuel issue on the one cylinder (plug or dirty injector). The one that has an issue will change the least. nipper

sheesh no reason to get testy ... nipper

You have a manual with torquebind? nipper

Have you tried the dissconnnecting the plug thing to see what happens? nipper

From my 97 OBW manual (just an fyi) MT model towing without brakes - 1000# with trailer brakes 2000# AT model Towing without brakes - 1000# with trailer brakes 2000# Towing continously up a hill of 5 miles with an outsdie temp of 104F 1000# (odd how they came up with that one) Now that is trailer plus load, not just trailer. The key thing here is trailer brakes and tongue weight of the trailer. nipper

oo i LIKE him .... has the money and time for the conversion .... take good notes so i can learn from your mistakes Something i want to do at some time thorw a turbo in the outback nipper

On the bright side, there arent many places for it to leak. Rust will be obvious. Gasket leaks there should be discolloring. If its loud start looking at the cylinder head ports. Wear saftey glasses ..rust is nasty in your eyes. nipper

Cam timing has alot to do with exhaust note. Designers cant really fiddle with when TDC is, as it is always in the same spot. The can fiddle with calve lift, tming, duartion, and overlap/. As far as engine internals on ANY boxer engine, since cboxers arte flat equal and opposit forces cancel each other out so there is usually almost no mwear on the pistons, connecting rids, and crank. Boxer engines tend to breath pretty well due to design. The intake runners are of equal length. SUbaru exhauts systems are already fairly well free flowing (hence the lack of alot of headers on the market). THis goes for almost any boxer except VW as they used the exhaust for a source of passenger heat. nipper

This cant be right either. ONE INCH too short is dramatic in a car where sometning 5mm too short will self destruct. Yes i can understand the factory shafts being better (i have often said buy subaru shafts, anything else would be taking a chabce) but ONE INCH comeone is on drugs. I can think that the shafts being too short, theyre would be no freeplay in them. No freeplay means that every little vibration from the engine is being transmitted to the chassis like having solid mototmounts. Now that being said, i woud go to NAPA and DEMAND that that is put in writing, because that lack of slack could possibly damaged the transaxle or wheelbearings. I would be pissed ..... nipper

The pad with the telltale goes on the outside. nipper

its more then weight, its a higher center of gravity. nipper

get yourself a really cheap mechanical gauge. It can be the sender, it can be stuck check valve. Somone here probably knows the resistance values. nipper

hrmm its not the computer i thought it was... Oh well, just learn that 66mph = 100kph nipper

remove all the cables clean and reinstall. Hot wire to the starter using a jumper cable and makesure the starter is good nippper

Man if you have a ruptured radiator that would be a huge blessing www.radiator.com has good prices, thats where i buy them from. Flush the tranny Flush the cooling system. New thermostate and radiator cap. nipper

Down hill, a sail, and a tail wind. Outback is a heavier car, so i havent seen anything that is legit yet, I have been looking. nipper

This does not sound good. It almost sounds like a rod knock. Has the car ever been overheated? You can try this. when the car is warm and running, dissconnect one spark plug wire at a time. If the sound changes pitch, you found its location. If it doesnt go away we can rule out rod knock. nipper

i would fix the clutch. You knwo the car. The work you have done in the past will just have to be done to another subaru. i would suggest doing a compression test on the engine. If the numbers are good, go for it. If you like the car, go for it. The money you are putting into the car are just normal wear items. i dont see anything unreasonable. nipper

I may be wrong but i dont think anyone does a class one anymore. Didnt class ones just bolt to the back bumper? If so bumpers are no longer weight bearing structures. They are made for impact absorbtion and fairly flimsy when it comes to that duty. nipper

You know there are times that you should let things go and stop over analyzing. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm The failure mode for a LSD is that the tires will squeel around turns. If you dont have this issue, and if both wheels turn in the same direction when the car is off the ground its working fine. If it reallly bothers you i would gladly loan you my open differntial and take a long time to investigate your differential in great detail , it may take a few years to do it. Now does the lightbulb really go off when you clsoe the fridge door? nipper

There are kits to mount the sooby engine on a VW tranaxle... the vanagon people do it all the time. nipper

yes i agree...... nipper

oooooo if the make one for the 2.5 i want one. Was trying to figure out how to add more oil capacity to my OBW. nipper

cool ...way cool for the record my OBW gets 19-23 (im happy with it) around town ...havent done a highway run yet as i cant sit in the car more then an hour. nipper