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Anyone out there have any experience shipping autos? I need to ship a car from Connecticut to North Carolina. It's not exactly road worthy otherwise I'd drive it.

I'm thunkin' the same way but have never been inside the column. Any explorers out there who know the way?

Thanks for the caution regarding discharge of system. I still need help in diagnosing air bag light staying on as well as what to expect is preventing the steering wheel from staying in the highest tilt position.

In July, I bought my wife a 2005 Outback Legacy 2.5 i Ltd with auto. I got prices as high as 28,200 and eventually bought for 26,800 with free lifetime oil changes. I bought from Dan Perkins Subaru but later heard of deals at least as good at Danbury Subaru both here in Ct.. Shop on the internet or call the above directly

Turns out I was up at Oobnuker's today and the steering column avec airbag was already gone. I will try and deal with the issues on the current 93 Legacy without the benefit of transplant. How do I diagnose an airbag light that is always on? How do I get the steering wheel to stay in the highest tilt position? The good news is that the oobman set me up with door panels (tan) that I installed in anotherwise blue interior (the originals had become a dog chew). The car now has all the charm of a pair of two toned shoes.

For someone who claims to know zip about these cars, you certainly picked a "zippy" car. Lots of luck and safe driving.

How hard is it to swap a steering wheel/column(?) and airbag from a donor car? Both cars are 1993 Legacy L models. The bad one doesn't hold at the highest tilt adjustment position and the airbag light is on all the time. I don't have a manual and am hoping it is intuitive.

Life was certainly simpler before the invention of the Check Engine Light.

Water is not as innocuous as it would seem at first glance... you can drown in that stuff. BTW thanks for alerting me to other potential concerns (Snif, snif..is that engine oil? OH MY LORD, the engine is toast. Hmm, does my car smell warmer today? Does it always make that little clonk noise? Did it take two milliseconds longer to start this morning?) I must become more vigilant! Reminds me of the Mel Gibson movie "Road Worrier".

After I park my 2000 Legacy GT on a sloped driveway (nose down) there is a puff of white "smoke" when I start up and back out of the driveway. This has happened a few times. Is this the result of water condensate backing up into the cat and burning off? I don't know if it is related but I have occasionally smelled glycol while driving under no apparent pattern of driving conditions. I have had the head gasket treatment installed in the coolant system and fear that I may simply have developed a psychosomatic "head"ache, overly concerned about the day that my head blows up.

Andy, I am trained in CPR so if you just make a quick stop and pick up CALEBZ in Texas on the way to Connecticut, we may yet be able to save him... and then put in some time on the Subaru as well. If we can't save him... well then we'll just have more time to work on the cars. I've got dibs on his GL-10 just in case.

As you travel east through Vegas and then on to Texas, make a left turn and head up to Connecticut. Good help is hard to find.

Thanks. I did the handbrake lever adjustment beneath the console and it seems to be adequate for nowl

Hey Vicky, Who said it was a 16 y/o boy. In fact it is a girl, daughter of a friend. We live in a very wealthy community and I am so impressed that she hasn't turned her nose up at the car. I did all the body work today (holes the size of my head) and she's so excited. She doesn't seem to mind the dog chew interior (and smell to boot). I just want her to see that things can be repaired and made useful. One day we may see her on the site complaining about the guy who trashed her car in the parking lot (sound familiar?) and rest assured that repairs are possible. Regards.

93 Legacy L MT The linkage outside the engine from the clutch has an annoying tweet. If I hold the fork steady where the adjusting nut is attached, or if I slightly press on the clutch, the sound stops. The car sat for nearly 6 months before I got it and I'm hoping that spraying some "tweet no more" will remedy it. There is a bunch of rubber boots and rods in the linkage and I'm not sure what to spray. This is my first foray into the land of manual transmission/clutch so I am a stranger in a strange land to anything other than repairs that entail tapping gently with the heel of my shoe.

What's the easiest way to adjust the parking brake on 93 Legacy L? With the lever pulled all the way up it barely "grabs". I think it has disc brakes on all 4 wheels and they were serviced recently but I don't know what was on the innards.

Horn works. Haven't tried the cruise control yet. Can I disable the dummy light?

As the title hints... the air bag light stays on continuously on 93 Legacy. Anything I can check or disable???

Free car came partially digested by animals. Nearly every door panel has been clawed to the foam in various degrees. It's a 93 Legacy with dark blue vinyl. Any suggestions for repair other than what was already there.... light blue painter's tape... would be an improvement. I'm trying to spiffy up this car for a 16 year old who probably has no idea that there is a hole in one fender the size of my head!

Free car came partially digested by animals. Nearly every door panel has been clawed to the foam in various degrees. It's a 93 Legacy with dark blue vinyl. Any suggestions for repair other than what was already there.... light blue painter's tape... would be an improvement. I'm trying to spiffy up this car for a 16 year old who probably has no idea that there is a hole in one fender the size of my head!

doh!!!!!!!! I went over to the owner's house and while I found all the diagnostic suggestions entertaining, I will rely on the fact that there is an AWD emblem on the rear gate. More dumb questions to follow.

How do I determine whether a 93 Legacy L wagon is front or all wheel drive?

I know I saw this issue recently on this board (couldn't find it in the search function) and I believe there may be a check valve somewhere in your system already. Check with your local dealer or call elsewhere (Jason at 1stSubaruParts.com is great with info searches) since the local dealer may have already sold you the washer pump unneccesarily.

My 2000 Legacy GT had a huge collection of road sand collected on both sides just forward of the front doors inside the front fender. Remembering how this area rusted out on previous Subarus as it retained moisture and stayed wet in there, I hosed the area clean until water was again able to flow through the drainage hole. Afterwards, I noticed that there was water dripping from the weep holes further back along the rocker panels. Now I have a persistent musty and moldy smell in the car and was wondering if there is any way to introduce a bleach solution into this area to get rid of the smell. Other than selling them to unsuspecting buyers, how do they deal with cars that have been submerged in floods etc to get rid of these smells?

My 90 Loyale rusted through at these little fuel dampers just outside the tank. They look like miniature "Mallowmars" about the size of a stack of 4 quarters. Anyway, look for something simple before you fret the worst case scenario.