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Just did to ball joints on a 97 Legacy last week, bolts and ball joints came right out, I love Colorado Cars!

Most likely the Starter. Are the headlights bright? The Starter contacts get pitted and you don't have the voltage going through them. You can search the USMB, Starter Contacts. Larry

Good rust free fill tubes from Colorado available. $40 + shipping. Larry

Nothing to solve the problem other than change it. Do the TBelt early, better than loosing the belt due to a frozen pump.

Yes, pretty much any Subaru Seat will bolt right in 93 and up. You may have to switch the seat belt latch but most of the time they are the same as well. The Forester Seats sit about 1.5" higher.

The large hose coming off the Mass Airflow sensor works great. Grab one from the yard and you have two PVC Hoses, just cut to length.

That's all the damage? I'll give you a $1000 for it and drive it back to CO. Call a couple of yards and see what they will give you for the car. Add a couple of hundred to that price and that's what you should be able to get from a individual. Totally depends on the person's need for parts. Shame not to keep it on the road with the limited damage. Larry

Not like the 96-99 DOHC engines. Pretty rock solid engines as long as they are maintained and not over heated.

Put a helicoil in the trans lower starter bolt hole and they will be good to go!

If you have a used complete hub just bolt it up and go.

If the CV boots are torn suspect the CV. As it's an 05 I would think you still have Subaru Shafts in there. Get the Drive Shaft inspected as I've seen many transmission tail shafts torn out when the U-joint lets go.

That motor looks new! Great pics for the member.

95 2.2 5sp in the near future I hope Glad you are all righ Larryy

Thanks, have some MMO in it now and more visible smoke so it's doing something. Fingers crossed!

Backed it into the garage today and got on the throttle pretty good. Yes it smokes. Replaced the PVC valve and I'm running some MMO with the oil to see if it frees up the rings. Might be a rebuild. Hard to believe it runs so well. It's like I'm driving the old Caravan with the 3.0 smoker in it again. Thanks Larry

154K on the motor. Previous owner had bent all 8 intake valves so I replace the valves and head gaskets. Runs great but using oil like mad. No external leaks, no smoke to speak of. Ran it 300 miles yesterday at 75 or so, down almost 3 quarts. PVC is valve is good Ran Seafoam in the oil for about 30 miles and then changed the oil before my 300 mile trip.

I have a silver combined dash unit $40 + shipping from 80919 if you want it.

Ever get a fix on your oil consumption?

The nylon bushings on the rods that connect the wipers go out. Pull the wiper arms Pull the plastic cover that goes across the bottom of the windshield and under the hood You will see the linkage and rods. You have to buy the complete rod as I have not found replacement bushings. Dealer or Junk yard.

Hope you put NGK copper core plugs in. I've seen may Subaru's with other plugs and they just had issues. Cheap and easy.

The IAC controls the idle speed. It's controlled by the ECU. Try turning on the AC, that should bump the idle some. It could be many things, a good scan will tell you a lot. Is the CEL on? If so get the codes and post back.

When I flush, I pull the radiator trans hose, drain and fill the trans and then start the car. The trans will pump out about 3/4 of a gallon, shut off the car and fill the trans again. Keep doing this until the fluid comes out clean. On the second or third start I hold the brake and shift through the gears a couple of times. Works great, pumps all the old stuff out first.

Yes, the door panels and seats will swap right over as well as the struts. You may have to change the top hats of the rear struts if one is a wagon and the other is a sedan.

If you have spark on 2 it should be firing at least. I have several coil packs if you need one. Larry

Wifes 98 Legacy Outback failed without much noise. Found it when I was doing other maintenance. Used hub and bearing, still going 50K later.