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Lets hope for low oil in the front diff.Or a wheel bearing. Rear diff is less bolts, but where deadeye lives is rust country. Changing out the tranny could be easy compared to breaking free large rusty bolts , robot tightened 22 years ago... Here's an idea !!! Installing a teenage sound system could drown out the other noises. Sadly your adult brain might implode or something listening to ear drum rattling bass. OR MAYBE that bass will loosen those diff bolts...
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Vibration, pull the heat shield and inspect the drive line. I predict u joints Howlly growlly sounds like rear wheel bearings. My 94 was making a similar noise... I didn't even notice. We took some friends out to dinner and they rode in the back seat... we hadn't gone a mile before they pointed it out ... Bearing wasn't loose , didn't have a lack of grease, water had made it in and it sat long enough to rough up the race! Would have driven thousands of miles yet. After changing it out it was amazing how quiet it was... Did the other side the next week just because...
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You don't have to do the job for years if you can keep the oil and coolant topped off. Soon though you will start to smell anti freeze as it drips on the exhaust... same with oil stinky but nothing you can't live with. Your car has 83,000 it can easily make 100,000 before you tire of the smell. Should it be fixed ? Yes, but with this engine its not critical to do instantly. Plan it out ,save the $ then fix it.
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That switch is installed for the Europe market but they install on them all. Apparently on tiny cobblestone streets , you pull as far to the side as you can... flip the switch on the column , flip on your turn signal so only the light,s that protrudes into said tiny street will illuminate. This helps keep your car from getting crashed... Europe... their different...
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Larry ; I don't think that trick would work and I'm not convinced that you need a clutch...Of course you won't know till the disk is in hand. I'm wondering what they did to that transmission? I'm thinking they may have broke the shaft inside. Your friend might be needing a transmission not a clutch (lets hope not) Besides to pull back the trans that far you will have disconnected the drive line and the mounting bracket. About the only things left are some wires and the c/v axles . Why bust your knuckles... just finish the job and bring that tranny to the ground .
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ball joint pickle forks get bent out over time. I have had luck sliding a piece of slotted metal under the fork to make it tighter.
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You can make a tool to pull the ball joint from the knuckle , cheap cheap. few pipe fittings some threaded rod a lug nut a tack of welding and your good to go! Look on YouTube for subaru ball joint tool. It Works . They do sell this tool thru amazon but its like $80 +
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Replace the MAF with a known original good one. Do not buy a knockoff. Cleaning rarely works. Borrow a buddy's or hit up a wrecking yard . Replace the pcv with original equipment. Recheck for cracked (but look good vacuum lines) Is the starting issue fixed with bat & alt. ? Is this car OBD 2 ready ? If so any codes? 96 with a 2.2 is one of the most reliable old subi's out there. As long as the body is good then don't give up on her.
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Very good deal there for you guys in the rust belt
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Good Luck, HEAT HEAT HEAT If it snaps anyway then pull the whole knuckle to drill on it ... much easier
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Yes ,they all have a dinger in the US. other markets may have more sense... Whynot; The dinger has absolutely nothing to do with being able to remove the key . You have a remote programming issue. Your fob is bad or your under dash unit is malfunctioning. Or your wiring has been disabled / cut. Find another same year car at the wrecking yard and inspect the system on it.
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It's walmart... with minimum wage workers... I'm sorry but you get what you pay for. Very likely the tech did the damage... oh well.... They won't admit it... Its just a wheel stud ... knock it out yourself and change it. If you let the walmart boys pull that hub to change a stud your in for way bigger issues than a buggered stud.