pheebs314

Guess who got their car running?? Had a bit of a scare when the hood popped open on the hwy but it runs and drives. Leaks coolant too. Still some stuff to figure out and it looks like crap, but its mobile!

Oh that's so different than every other number I've seen haha I knew at least one of the other answers was way too low though.

I've got a friend that's going to loan me a torque wrench. Does anybody know the right amount of torque?

We just used a wrench. I'm hoping it just wasn't tight enough. The impact wrench wouldn't fit in after the radiator was in.

Well... its all on right and turns on, but the crank shaft pulley doesn't stay tight. Getting some locktite. Any other suggestions if that doesn't work?

So true haha. The camry was a temporary issue. I'll pose some pics soon. Even have headlights again. Held on with zipties

Well. I got everything in and started it up yesterday. It was fantastic. For about 30 seconds and then it shut off and became clear we'd missed a hose for the radiator. Transmission fluids poured out and we're back to the drawing board. I ended up having to get to work, but it seems like as soon as I get it properly hooked up, it'll run.

Hmm. I'll give it a shot. There's really no down side as it clearly isn't fitting.

No. The fan on the front of the water pump.

Its all about function but we can't get it all the way in. It sits on the fan now instead of in front of it. I'm not above some rattling but it just won't fit.

Well... Its come down to the end. All the new parts are in except the radiator and it won't go because the front of the frame is tweaked JUST ENOUGH. I need a new frame to put my parts in :/ or a suggestion that doesn't involve a frame machine...

My covers are already cracked from the accident. Nothing damaged behind them from what I can see but that might be doable.

I looked at it again and it looks like one belt is a little worn. I might as well change it while I have the damn thing apart.

Okay... wish me luck.

She's an oddity, even among older Subarus

Sue is a 2wd, with a 3sp automatic transmission.

I don't have 4wd.

All the belts look fine. But there's only like 3 of them from what I can see. 2 timing belts and one other.

I watched a video of someone replacing theirs and it just came out when the fan was off. My fan is off and there's timing belt stuff all up in that water pump.

Idk. The timing belt system was replaced in November. Not sure about the other belts.

I have to take the timing belts off entirely? F**********CK.

One step further today. I officially have all the new parts. But we couldn't get the water pump off? It looks like the plastic cover for the timing belts is covering the bolts for the water pump. It got dark and we had to call it a day. Does anyone have any tips?

So far I can't find any other nuts. Any other ideas? Also, it looks like my water pump is okay and just the fan and radiator need replacing but the pulleys might be shifted. How can I fix that?

Well actually, I only have 3 nuts that we took off it. I wonder if we missed one.

We took those nuts off and it won't budge...