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I wonder if you could find a late model tranny that blew up something else? I bet the clutch packs are interchangeable. When I was a broke kid in school I used to sponge parts from shop cores. The mechanics would ften let me have blown up motors and trannys and I would mix and match parts. For example one engine might have main bearings that were like new and anther might have good pistons. I loved the fact that transmissions were often much the same internally over several different brands. I often used International truck bits to make Ford and Chevy trannies because they were cheap and unwanted and the only different parts were mainshaft and tailshaft. Anyway, with some research I bet Subaru and a couple of other Japanese companies use this tranny. A bit of research might show you what fits what or maybe you can get your hands on some subaru cores. Just for example my BMW and Corvettes, several other GM HP cars, Ford, Mercedes and Audi use ZF trannies that share internal parts. I know this because BMW does not sell the parts alone and I thought I might need to source ones later.

If you ground the engine you pretty much have done the tranny. Remember you can run a ground wire from nearly anywhere convienient and there is no need to remove the old ones.

I understand a certain amount of US bits is necessary to call the car US made not just assembled. My BMW is the same way.

Chef is getting to be an expert here wether he wants to or not.

Take it in to your dealer, Subaru has been pretty good to phase 2 owners.

Yeah all we probably win is info on the ground anyway.

I usually put a block of wood between the door and door frame and push in. Be careful not to break the window.

Sure, no harm no foul. Syn is probably a wasted expense for you though as the only way to normally recover the expense is with extended drain intervals. Odds are you would add so much oil between long changes it would not pay.

Often don't get a code with coolant sensor. The engine just thinks its hot.

I have a 99 that was giving me PO420. I changed the front ox sensor a couple months ago and lost the code. I imagine the cats are a bit tired too but changing the ox sensor was pretty cheap and took me about 10 minutes. The ox sensor should really be changed at around 100,000 miles so what have you got to lose?

I vote for the vac line from the air cleaner.

most usual thing is heat shields. Get under and pound them and see if you find a loose one.

On Nasioc there was a guy whose dad owned a shop in Palm Springs. I can't seem to copy the link over here.

I'm sure you checked to see if there was any play in the steering anyway right? That joint on the shaft is famous. Good luck big guy!

Wet?

My BMW had synthetic from the factory and it has broken in fine, so has my friend Doug's Corvette.

I keep mine on the car because I go off road occasionally. At least two Subarus have been the culprit in major fires.

A good local place will know what is needed. Nobody here is running with the same road crown as you are except perhaps for some Canadians nearby. Don't go to an idiot. This may just be a waste of money.

look at the cylinder wall support on a non turbo 2.5. Now tell me its not a wonder they ever work.

Check to see that the radiator hose is tight also. They can shrink a bit.

Maybe you need to bleed the heater.

Try this, Jamie is a frequent contributor here and gives a nice discount and good service. Jamie Thomas email: Jamie at chaplins.com www.subarugenuineparts.com

I'm running stock and so are most of the folks here. There is one other common item that should be changed at some point and that is the front oxegen sensor. Sometimes they fail earlier but reccomendations are at 100,000 miles. This can cause hesitation, bucking, and poor gas mileage. I just ran mine to 120,000 but for the past year I was starting to get some symptoms incuding code PO420 which has not returned since changing it. When you are looking for a problem I was taught to do the basic tune up stuff first and most of the time that fixes it. Sometimes it does not, but at least you caught up on your maintence.

Isn't it due for plugs and wires at 90,000? Has this been done?

These cars are a long way from a prototype. At this point the phase 2 has been around since 1999 in Foresters and Imps and since 2000 in the other models. Since they came along after the 2.2 it might be like being the comedian following Groucho Marx on the bill.