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But they are quiet without anti squeal. Time will tell, but this car is one Gnuman and I have been fixing up for sale so I may never know. I have never cared for the rear drums on my Forester and I found the rear discs on this Legacy really neat to work on.

If it was mine I would check codes first for hints. Then I would also look at ignition and sensors. It seems strange that you can push start it so if you find the answer be sure to tell us. I would have suspected coolant temp sensor too if the ignition system was fine.

Clean the pistons before you use a C clamp to push them back in. There is often dust and rust on the part that is sticking out. I get them as clean as I can before push back. Also make sure you keep an eye on brake fluid level as pushing back can make it spill over. I was looking for a sticking brake on a 93 Legacy today and found that someone had used the red silicon like anti squeal stuff in such quantity that the pistons were prevented from retracting. I have never seen this before. I also tried the ceramics on this car.

I have head of tire repair in a can doing that if you put it in and park the car. That makes a big out of balance condition. This should go as a lesson in what not to do for us. The average person has not had much experience adding the goop from Subaru so thanks for the info.

and they seem to treated you honorably.

I'm sure you will be very happy with it when you finish.

I have only used it once to scan and reset when my car tossed a code last winter because of extreme rin conditions. Easy to use and worked fine. You don't learn a lot with one use though. I bought it at Autozone and the saleswoman reccomeded the pocket scan as a newer and slightly easier to use model. That was the one the store here uses to read codes for people.

Sometimes they are defective or the mount bends enough that they no longer make contact.

But my guess is an old Legacy automatic.I would add the external filter kit and flush and leave that part alone. If you have to get down to chiseling the bolts or drilling them out the pain may not be worth the results.

do any of those Subes you have been working on have decent struts? It is very esy to change them if you do the whole assembly and don't have to mess with the spring. By the way I may be in the East Bay tomorrow, if I am I'll call you and see if we can meet up.

cold weather with coolant and fuel. Often a turn on the hose clamps will fix it, but if it is a seal or mechanical leak the usual rules apply. the reason there is a full level line on the overflow tank is that is where the level should be in it. Often there is a line for cold engines and one for hot engines.

But I think the Legacy is best cruiser. I have driven the Outbacks and Legacys on trips to New Zealand and have come to love the Legacy for a long drive. If I lived in Maine I would get an Outback for the ground clearance. Since I live in SF area I have a Forester for ease of parking and turning in my yead. There are enough Subarus in enough models to get just what you need or like.

most likely would be an air pocket. Next could be defective new bits such as water pump or thermostat. Last would be that the timeing belt was off a tooth or two. If it does not get fixed soon it could lead to a head gasket problem. That model is not as likely to have one, but heat it up a few times....

If the clutch is down and you have a squeak it can also be the pilot bearing and that is a heck of a lot cheaper than a gearbox.

are the 5 speed Legacy wagons that were in the early 90s. Before they did the phase 2 2.2s. It seems that they really had the bugs worked out with these cars. I have a 93 Legacy wagon in the yard now and if it had been around when I was looking for my Forester (they never are when you want one) I would be driving that now. The early 90s Legacy costs less than I put in my Forester for maintence the first year I bought it, and will probably be running when the Forester is dead. If you can't find one with little rust this coud be a problem, but I love those cars. If you break a cam belt so what? They are non interference and you just put one on. Parts are cheap and they are a DIY car. One problem over here is that you can't find a Legacy in a junkyard. The suckers are all on the road.

I would tend to agree with the dealer from what you say here. I would also try Seafoam and do a compression test before I tore it down.

that was the time to inspect and replace the clutch, throw out bearing and pilot bearing. It will chatter on for a while but the tranny should be removed and the thing repaired now. I just went through a simlar episode where they failed to change my pilot bearing on a clutch job. It cost me big bucks even with the dealer's screw up discount and I left that dealer over it.

I will give it a try.

were my first tries. I will keep trying Ebay as you never know when somebody will post one. Thanks.

to buy a right tailight for a 93 Legacy wagon? Does anybody make reproductions or are we doomed to buy from a dealer or junkyard? Gnu has just put a clutch in this clean old wagon and it just needs a few details to be ready for a new owner. The cost at the local dealer sounded like a Porsche down payment.

A Subaru should have the same on front and rear.

I usually install those on my cars for easy flushing the first time I do a coolant change. They are pretty handy.

You should be good to go. I run the post 03s and the goop offered by Subaru. I think I am at about 112,000 miles now and plan to keep it another few years.

in the Pacific NW.

Put the cars in the garage without the heater. I bet they start right up. It would not take all that much to throw off a current lean burning FI engine.