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Ok, the clear memory connectors are accually the read memory connectors. To clear the memory, you connect both the D-check and read memory connectors. I don't remember seeing that connector on the harness out of the 88 I swiped, but I dont think you will need that one. Was that harness out of an automatic? Could be somthing to talk to the tranny. Not real sure, though. That 6 prong connector is for the Dealer only - some sort of diag tool they can use. You can ignore that connector, also. Hope this helps. Ted

Well, my brother finnally got that bolt off, found a siezed idler pulley. Humm... that would do it!

I just figured out the milage: 3693 miles! I now have 223K miles on me suby. Only "broke part" I aquired was a separated tire and I think I might have a CV going since I have a vibration while on the throttle. Going through Gila Bend, Suby topped out at 230 deg on the temp scale while climbing, otherwise she hung out between 200 and 215. My roo did much better this year and Becky's car was perfect. One thing I noticed on this trip: I have far more power at the ORV park than I do down here in AZ. I wonder why? Yes, well worth the 3693 mile round trip! Good job guys! Rennasance Man: Sure, just give us a holler if your down here.

Yes, it was the EJ wagon. I don't think it's Nevada, I think it's the summer heat. We could go all the way down I5, but that would put us in the Death Valley area from basicly LA to Needles. That's hotter than Vegas.:-\ However, we are home now Rolled in at 10:30 last noght.

Yes, another excellent job to eveyone that helped out.:clap: That has got to be the best location, yet. Excelent choice! A many thanks to the FlingPu guys for helping me get the muffler back where it belongs after I lost it in the RallyCross. Also, thanks Qman for helping my sister get her roo turned around on that trail. PNW mud is far different than Arizona sand and rocks. Thank you, Zap for yanking me up that same trail, your 'yota rocks! It was great talking to you guys in person again: NV Zeno, Suberdave, Subieman, Jibs, and CrazyD. NV Zeno: another great drive with you, great fun! Now, on to the bad news: no, we didn't quite make it home. David lost a t-belt about a mile from Beatty, NV, towed it to town. There's no parts place for about 60 miles and the crank pully wont come off. Thankfully, help is on it's way and we are currently sitting in the Stagecoach Hotel. So, we have shelter, food, and TV to keep us busy while we wait.

On our way home from WCSS, We got all the way to Beatty Nevada and, AGAIN, killed a roo. ManyAik's suby lost a t-belt in his car: somthing siezed cause all the cogs on the belt are gone AND the crank pully refueses to come off. We're about 60 miles from Vegas, but with 4th of July holiday there are no parts stores open. Thankfully, Dad is comming up to pick up the dead roo so we can get home. So, we should be able to get home late wed or thur. We'll see. On a positive note, At least, we are indoors and have internet instead of being out in the middle of noware. sigh....

Ahhh......good reason, that is. Yes..... Mean looking rig! I like it!

Just out of curiosity, why is the rad up there? Keep it out of trouble while romping? EJ or ER swap? Inquring mind wants to know! Great off road rig, too.

Wow, I figured there would be more body damage. But it accually looks reasonbly good. Is that fluid oil, washer fluid, coolant, or gas? Very impressed, Subarus' engineers did they're homework!

Pics?

Wow. Good looking Roo!!! I do need to do somthing about the wheels. Black steelies is just plain boring.

Now what did I do with that flux capacitor............. Here's a pic of me Suby next to the purple computer monster eater: Now, what to do about wheels........Hummmmm Oh, prolly should put somthing on to quiet things down a little. Straight pipe would prolly be a little loud for 1600 miles. I get to drive my suby again. I get to drive my suby again. I get to drive my suby again. I get to drive my suby again. La la la la la la Ok, I'm alright now.:-p

That happend in Tucson??? Dude, that's too close to home. Better tie the spark coil to the chassis.

Whoo Hooo!!!!!!:banana::banana::banana: After nearly 2 years sitting, waiting for an engine transplant, she runs again! My bother and I swapped out the engine in his roo with a 2.2, then took the old 1.8 (that still is running strong) and dropped it into my roo. After some rewireing, another tranny (the original one went into my brother's roo when he blew up 2nd, but that's another story), a ton of cleaning, put the weber carby on (the efi went into my sister's roo), charged the batt, cranked for a few, then vroomm!!! WCSS9 here we come!!!! :banana::banana:

So, that's what they call wrapped around a tree. Ouch.

They're together! I cleaned out the splines, put a little grease on it, and with a little twist of the crank it slid right in! Now, off to put everything back on. Then struts, brakes, and there was something else............. Thanks guys!

I understand. My bad.

Yes, I did use a clutch alignment tool when I put it together. I'm useing the existing clutch because it was done about 3 months ago. I have lifted the tranny with a jack so, the engine mounts clear the crossmember. I'll try putting the tranny in grear, cleaning up the imput shaft again and add a little grease and see how that works. Thanks guys!

It is a micro SUV. But, with a body on frame construction, a truck tranny and transfer case, it's built very solid. Alot of people don't like them cause they're slow and quarky. MY Suby was quarky too. In fact, all six of the roos in our family are quarky. THe only sane one in the bunch is BillyBob (the outback) and the two Fords. Well, not if you count the trouble getting BillyBob's heart transplant finished; but, that's a differnet thread. The Sportage is a very capable off-roader. It takes the daily driver/weekend worrior field very well. As far as getting stuck: sure, they get stuck. So do subarus. But, tires make a world of difference. When I switched from street tires to all terrains, that allowed me to go much farther in two wheel drive. Like I said, Subarus are awesome cars and they have they're place. And I still love 'em, but in this part of the country, the Sportage does much better.

Maybe it's just the differences in terrain between the PNW and southern arizona, however: The biggest downfall subarus have is lack of gearing and suspension travel. In order to get into offroad tires, you have to either cut up the fenders and/or lift it. The gearing - have you ever been in really soft sand? My suby got bogged down and stuck hundreds of times in that stuff; even after adding the high comp engine with the Webber, then converting to SPFI. Rocks - It's like, driving an auto: bring it up to 2-3K and slip the clutch to get enough power to get over that rock, then when you get to the top, jump on the binders so you don't slam on the under carrage on that same rock. Then there's the lack of suspension travel issue: the only reason I con't get through a trail is not because of getting hung up on the under carrage; it's the wheel can't move far enough to make contact to the ground - opposite corners off the ground. You can discaonnect the anti-sway bar It helps, but not enough. Now, it can be done: The Rubicon run back a few years was proof that the right modded subaru can go through some tough trails with the right driver. Look at QMan's Brat: he's lifted it enough to get a t-case under there and a solid axle in the rear. Why? more flex and gearing. Same thing with lill roo, mod it enough to get the gearing that's so needed in off roading. That's why I switched to my sportage: it's 1st gear is equivelent to 1st+4lo on my Suby. 1.97 LO range, and 4.11s in the diffs. I didn't have to lift it to put 29" all terrain tires on it. The suspension flex is awsome. (On the same trail, where I'm on and off the throtle and clutch in Suby, I just let my sportage idle right through, don't even have to touch the throttle.) It currently has open diffs front and rear, but even with the added LSD in Suby, I'm able to go much farther in my Sportage. It get's the same mileage as my suby did (20-23). It breaks just as often. I did loose some performance, but it gets me through places that I would had to turn around and order a lift and at least 27" tires for Suby. And, it's built like a truck. Suby will see dirt roads to rallycross on, the one snow day we have down here, and the street. Subarus are all weather cars. Subaru built them to last 200K reliable miles, so they're tough. That's why we can beat on them like this and they just keep on puttin along with not even a squeek - they love to play in the dirt. But, when the going get's rough, I'll take my Sportage. That's what it was designed for.

Ok, 97 Legacy Outback - 2.5 and 5MT: I'm swapping the engine and I cannot get the two to get together. They look square, but it just won't go. They were difficult getting apart, but that was just because of one of the pins was stuck. It took quite a bit of finagling to get my 86's engine and tranny together, but it finnally just went. This one is just plain being a pain in the neck. I've been fighting with this for about a month now, and it's driving my crazy! Any ingenious ideas? Billy Bob don't like being stuck in that stuffy and cramped garage. He wants to go buzz buzz! Besides, mom's van just lost a CAT Conv. and now, you can't use no more than half throtle. HAve you ever tried towing a 4horse trailer with a plugged Cat? sllllooooowwwww goin. Anyways.........Back to BillyBob's engine issue.............HELP!

Or Middle March road during a monsoon. That can get intristing. Carr canyon is boring till there's a snow storm. Then, it's fun. Suby had no trouble going up and down that grade in the snow. We'll see how my Sportage does with the all terrain tires on it. Well, whenever we DO see some snow.:-\

Right they are, General Disorder and The Scooby be. Yes....... Belongs in, the EGR does, yes... BUT! If plugging the EGR fixed your exhaust smell in the cabin, then the logcal conclusion would be the EGR system has a leak. THAT, the hesitation, the cause be. As far as your heating issues, what temp t-stat do you have and how old is it? My 86 had practicly no heat with a 180 in it; I put a stock 190 in and replaced the radiator, and I had plenty of heat in 20 deg cold and still kept cool during the summer months. Consider this, you must do. Yes.......

Yeah, we just blew right though Beatty; at about 10 at night. My bother and I are working on gettting the pics up.

Sorry it's so long, but in 3100 miles, alot happens! Many thanks go to Zap, Ken, Corky, and all that helped put on the show! It was great! :clap: WELL worth the trip from Southeast Arizona, car turned over 200K on the way back, too. Car ran good, lost a power steering seal when we rolled into Reno where we met up with Subieman and his wife and NV Neno. Great guys and gal, btw. Kepted an eye on the fluid level the rest of the trip, but it stopped leaking after the mud pit, I wonder why? No other drivablility issues the rest of the trip up there. We caravaned up with them from Reno to a campsite just over the columbia river on the Washington side where we met up with TheSubaruJunkie, Jibs and his cousin (sorry, I forget your name). First time in a tent since I was about 12, lotsa fun! Had a blast at the show, the mud pit was great; however, I didn't get a chance to romp in it, it was still great watching all the roos romping away in the slop. Had my first try at Rallycross, I'm hooked! Incentive to get my roo running again. After lunch, we pulled the rear wheels off and cleaned out the mud on the backside of the wheels to get rid of the shakeoromma at about 55. After we got back on the road, we develuped another vibration; turned out I forgot to tell my brother that I loosened the front lug nuts so he could clean the wheels, but he never got to those. Oops... Tightened them up, and put 3 on each side, an away we went. Thankfully, we didn't loose a wheel. As we continued back home, we had an electrical issue pop up in the middle of the Nevada desert in the middle of the night; the volt meter began climbing and evetuallty pegged out while the aftermarket guage began dropping below 10 volts. Turns out the fuseable link for the charging system is going, I wiggled it abit, and that cleared it up for the rest of the trip. We took a detuor and checked out the Grand Canyon, all I can say is WOW. Pictures don't even come close to seeing it in person. We took I-17 south all the way to I-10 in Phoenix (don't go north on I-17, it's all uphill) then down through Tucson and then south to home, sweet home, in Sierra Vista, AZ at about 2:30 this morning. Lesson lerned from last year: hit the deserts during the evening and midnight hours: it's a whole lot cooler then. Will we be there next year? You bet!