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so this thing leaks massive amounts of fluids. might have to actually replace a couple more gaskets lol. when we built it the only parts that got replaced were the head gaskets and the torque converter seal. every other gasket got re used.

This car has paid off now a few times. Its hauled a bunch of wood and it became a plow this morning and plowed throgh a foot of snow

not a farm no just have a bunch of woods behind the house and some trails with a bunch of downed trees that need to get back up the hill to the house. ended up using the cooler in the radiator i repaired.

Got the beast running yesterday ended up not able to use the radiator I planned to and gorilla glued the crack on the other radiator. Its holding for now

Im building a yard car to haul firewood up to the house using all the junk parts from around the house. The radiator i have has a leaky trans cooler but holds coolant fine. Im not planning to put ac on this car can i use the condenser as a transmission cooler? Would there be any downside to this or would it just work

well the rear end was alot more alive than its felt in a long time i do believe it is working now and not just kind of working like before

well you were right there about an axle. i never noticed it until today while i was under there starting the process of swapping the diff because i thought i had an open diff and i noticed the axle not seated fully got it re set in place and found out i already have a lsd rear diff. guess ill find out if awd is fixed tomarrow

and yet at the same time it seems to be working more than it was because if i back the car into a snow bank in the driveway then go forward the rears do spin a bit but the front definetly gets way more power than the rear

Well I'm kind of at a loss of why it doesn't work right to me I just swapped the entire rear housing over from another transmission that had a bad front diff and While on Jack stands and the emergency brake set the all wheel drive will engage and overcome the emergency brake and spin the rear wheels spinning Fast too but if it's on the ground the front wheels just break free and spin the rear wheels just seem to follow along I'm confused and lost

i have a plan going. i still have another transmission here with a bad front diff. im going to pull it apart tomarrow after work and check the basket in it. if that one is good im going to use that transmissions basket and use the clutch pack from my original transmission that did work with new seals on it. im gonna pick up the seals and another gasket monday

I saw a picture of that on the transmission side basket. I dident think to look at mine while it was apart. Its just odd to me that it engages with the car on jack stands but not on the ground. Dealer dident have the ring seals so probly gonna have to order those online

well im going to get another gasket set and the ring seals and hope thats what it is. seems to be the only logical thing it could be.

update. removing the yellow/green stripe wire from the tcu yields no change definitely not getting torque bind ither with the duty c disconnected. according tot he wiring diagram for 2001 outback the yellow/green stripe wire should be the duty c solenoid. what els can fail in this system? could the clutches be compromised somehow even though they look in great shape? how likely could the 2 seals on the shaft fail that direct the fluid into the clutch pack?

Well i dont know now. On jack stands it will engage the rear and spin them up but on the ground in snow this morning it seems like the rear aren't doing much of anything under load.

i bought the gasket from the dealer today and pulled it apart the clutch pack was still in great shape so i left it and only swapped the duty c solenoid. i believe the problem is fixed as it is refusing to spin the tires now form a stop when i punch it where before it would have just roasted the tire away until i got up to speed. talk about waiting for the last minute to fix it too were getting that big snow storm tomorrow afternoon and it would have been a crappy drive home from work with fwd

Can i use rtv there? I have the duty c solenoid from the original transmission as well

Oh i know where the date code is supposed to be but it just wasent there. Possibly might be on the other side of the tire? I swapped the tires from my buddys car last night witch are less than a year old and it is still spinning tje front off unless i baby it when taking off from a stop. Will fluid come out if i remove the rear section to change those clutches? How much fluid would i need to buy if i change those clutches?

well im not 100% sure how old the tires are i cannot find the date code on any of the 4 there all the same brand. it honestly seems like the awd is becoming less and less as i go todays ride home i went to pull out into a main road and the front right just lit up under light throttle and slowly crept forward until the tire quit spinning before it took off and accelerated normally. i do have a spare tail section with clutch pack and a solenoid. i had kept the entire rear section of the trans housing with the clutches and solenoid. does fluid need to be drained to pull that section off? im going to put another set of tires on it tomarrow.

it spins the front up prety fast for a few seconds it varies how much depending on the situation. always on dry pavement there snow tires about half worn. it can happen from a dead stop or if im rolling slowly then floor it and it is able to downshift to first will lose some traction in the front and can feel it walking left and right. usually happens most if theres any kind of turn involved. i notice it most when taking off from a dead stop tho sometimes will spin just a second or 2 and sometimes will spin across an intersection if i dont back out. the rear seems to be spinning as well if im on ice but if its dry its mostly front spin from a stop if i push to hard on the pedal

Is it normal for an automatic awd outback to have front wheel spin when accelerating hard?

ive come to the conclusion that the keyless module does not control the delay. i determined this by unplugging the keyless module in my friends car and when i did the lights faded off as soon as the keyless module was unplugged. some other module controls it. id like to use the factory option if possible vs buying somthing aftermarket to run it.

yes thats the one. the feature where when u get in or out of the car the light stays on then fades off after a few seconds or fades off when u start the car. in my car its always just shut off the light after a few seconds and does not fade out. i have another part car at my house right now that did have the feature in it. what would i need to swap over to make mine have it.

ive tried looking into this once before and did not figure it out. what module controls the interior light and how it will fade off after a few seconds? mine does not fade out rather just shuts off and would like to change that so it fades off like everyone elses subaru does. this is in a 2001 subaru outback.

well i wound up pulling the new seal and checking the drain hole anyway for piece of mind. it was clear put another new genuine seal in and power washed the engine bay. im going to put the engine back in tomorrow.

i dont really wanna loctite it in place as id be the one to do it again if it needed to be done again. im also prety sure the block is fully together i did torque it to spec according to the service manual. i read a bunch of stuff about the oil drain could be plugged with rtv causing the oil pressure to push it out how likely could that be seeing as it took 9 months to push out the first time? i should have researched it before putting the new seal in i feel like i should buy another seal and pull it back out and check those oil drains at the rear main seal before i put the engine back in.