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I just bought a kenwood from Crutchfield and it's hard to beat thier customer service. I was working on it about 6 pm CA time and called customer service and there was a guy there who imeadiately had the answer to my problem. I didn't know Kenwoods cut the power to the antenna wire when you switch to cd, so I had no souund on cd. Hooking my amp to the right wire did wonders.
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H6 Swap...
cookie replied to BruceyWV's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
did you really say an H6 for $150? sound slike a steal. I would not bother with headgaskets on an H6 as nobody has had a problem with them. -
The only electrical bits I've replaced on my 130,000 mile Forester are a few light bulbs and the timed out oxegen sensor. By this time on the older cars I would have been through a few alternators or generators and a bunch of points and condensors. I agree with you that the modern stuff is much better.
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Our current busses use 12 computers if I recall correctly. I only see the setup when I am a judge at our yearly maintence competition. When I was a mechanic we had no computers and everthing was mechanical relays. It is quite amazing just how complicated these things are getting. We have an ECU, a tranny control unit for automatics, probably a seperate computer for the ABS system, the airbags SRS system I'm sure has a computer, and much is linked by speed signals at the least. Even the bloody speedometer is complicated. Now I know that my dash lights are chip controlled???
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Our current busses use 12 computers if I recall correctly. I only see the setup when I am a judge at our yearly maintence competition. When I was a mechanic we had no computers and everthing was mechanical relays. It is quite amazing just how complicated these things are getting. We have an ECU, a tranny control unit for automatics, probably a seperate computer for the ABS system, the airbags SRS system I'm sure has a computer, and much is linked by speed signals at the least. Even the bloody speedometer is complicated. Now I know that my dash lights are chip controlled???
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So it sounds to me that you get on the horn to CCR for advice, change the incorrect parts and you are good to go. Nothing should have been hurt and this will be a winner yet. If it's any consolation this not just a Subaru problem. I've had it with Ford trucks, dodge trucks, even common Chevy stuff. With Fords it was paricualrly bad becuse they used many combinations, two types of balance systems as well as two crank snout sizes.
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H6 Swap...
cookie replied to BruceyWV's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
As a person who has done several swaps I reccomend you buy the entire wrecked car. You can sell the remainder on Ebay to cuty costs. This would ease the job tremendously. I think Josh has a typical tranny swap on his site that will give you an idea of how many times a guy has nto go back to the junkyard for parts. It's amazing how much stuff is just a tiny bit different. -
It is true that the 2.5s have had more head gasket failures than the 2.2 and it has taken several years for Subaru to get a pretty good fix. They did sell a heck of a lot of 2.5s though because they were at the peak of thier popularity right then. Great advertising, rally success, and for a while Subaru offered the only car based 4WD sedan and wagon for folks who needed traction. Nobody really knows what percentage of head gaskets failed on 2.5s but if enough had there would have been a forced recall. In parts of the world where conditions are really tough Subaru has offered models that would just meet the standards a lot of us have. My Kiwi relatives have dual range trannys and 2.2s in Legacies. Subaru thinks the North American market wants engine power and few care for the dual range. Unfortunately they are right, If nobody bought the 2.5 with no dual range they would sell us 2.0s and 2.2s with the option.