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roojen

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  1. Update: Yep, broken timing belt on driver's side. Got everything out but busted one of the plastic covers in the process, one of the bolts won't come out. Hopefully can find another at U-Pull-It. Used the "prybar and Friend" method to get the crankshaft pulley bolt off - no problem.

     

    Hope to throw the new belts on this weekend and have her running again!

  2. I found this site listed after doing a search but it doesn't work:

     

    here is some reading on the timing belt procedure(with pics)

    http://www.warpthree.com/milesfox/s.../timingbelt.htm

     

    Does anyone know of anywhere else I could get some info and pics on replacing the timing belt? We have Haynes and "How to Keep Your Subi Alive" (not much help). How many hours are we looking at do you think? Never done one before...

  3. I am in Portland, find a time when I am free and I will help you out, its just hard for me to find time. Maybe Saturday evening after I get off work or sometime between monday-thursday in the evening... all my days off are occupied right now though :banghead:

     

    Thanks, Flowmaster. Tonite and tomorrow morning we'll check out the above mentioned suggestions and take it from there. Lots of great advice!

  4. My wagon has a horrible fuel smell in the cockpit (when it is running, which it isn't right now) and it's worse when the fan is blowing. No leaks in the lines on visual inspection. Carb is damp all around it and has always been a problem. Had one mechnic tell me it was cracked. But the carb has been like this for years but the fuel smell is recent, like just this winter. Is the carb the problem or could it be something else?

  5. My wagon has been in the garage with it's hood up for two weeks after dying on the road. It turns over and is getting spark but it still won't go. My husband, the erstwhile mechanic, is frustrated. He's checked all the obvious things and he says that the next step would be to check electric relays which he doesn't think will solve the problem. And so it sits.

     

    Can any of you provide some ideas for what else might be wrong, or questions I should ask him? Is diagnosing an electrical problem hard?

     

    Also, I'm looking to buy a 96 Outback 5 speed and having no luck in my area. Any tips on tracking one down (I look on craigslist, the newspaper and autotrader every day)?

     

    Meanwhile, I'm walking to work.

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