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It's a direct mechanical drive. I'd spin it by hand first to make sure it's free. Have someone in the car to look and listen. You may have pulled it loose from the back of the dash when you did the engine change. It's tight, but if you drop the kick panel you can worm your hand up to the back of the cluster and push the spedo cable in to seat it.

Sping the speedo cable at the transmission end and see if the speedometer goes. Lots of times they will become disconnected behind the dash. It just plugs in. IAC cleaning is always a good start.

Great car. Mileage will be less then the Honda. Subaru AWD eats some of that mileage. It's a trade. I had a 98 OBS 325K on it when I sold it and it's still going. I have a 2001 OBS now. Both were lifted with Forester struts. Great cars, easy to work on. Ask if and when the timing belt was replaced and hopefully they did all the idlers and cam and crank seals as well.

Best of Luck

Might go with a stock one that has the mount. Pretty easy to get. www.car-part.com

They are very easy to crossthread. Loosen or remove the small bracket between the lines. The B-Nut should thread on by hand a good way. If you need lines let me know, I have some. What year and model are you working on?

Hit the local junk yards. I'm sure you will find many. Pull all the parts you need. End Links Swaybar Bushings Bushing brackets. www.car-part.com is also a good source, but you need everything.

Yes most can be machined and returned flat and true. Reseal the breather plate on the back of the block.

Lots of selfserve lots in CO. Littleton is good as are the UPAP. www.car-part.com is also good.

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Amsoil ships free over $100. Get 2 oil changes and filters and you are set for 2 years.

Get it evacuated. Change the compressor and Evap o-rings and then service the system. A good AC Shop will pull a vacuume and then properly service it. Worth the money. I have pulled a slight vaccume with my hand pump and then serviced the system based on the specified amount of coolant. It works.

selfserve Junk yards are always a good place to practice removals! The oring may just be hard.

A local yard may have one as well.

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A friend had a like problem. I recommended a transmission shop check and they found a bad speed sensor. He went to the yard and pulled it, put it in. Problem fixed. Trans shop will have a scanner that will pull the data.

A friend had a like problem. I recommended a transmission shop check and they found a bad speed sensor. He went to the yard and pulled it, put it in. Problem fixed.

I have a few good fans. $20 shipped.

Might pull a complete valve body out of a yard and swap it in. If it does not work, return it.

Yes that will do it. There's like an 1/8" between the bottom of the pan and the pickup.

Sounds like you have a short somewhere providing complete circuit for power. Has any work been accomplished lately? Any previous damage to the car? Main relays are up under the drivers side dash. They are way up there under the kick panel. Next time it happens I'd try pulling the relays. Do you have an aftermarket security or remote start system installed?

It's a bunch of work to go from FWD to AWD. Most likely cheaper and much less time to buy an AWD. If you really want to do the upgrade, buy the complete parts car and keep it until you are done and have your's on the road.

My 2000 OBS does pretty much the same thing. It's fine unless I'm in the mountains pushing itl When the temp gauge starts to increase, if I turn off the AC it helps. If needed I turn the heat to high and open the windows. As soon as the load is removed it's fine. I've replaced the radiator with a full metal aluminum one. It helped some but did not correct he problem. I've changed the thermostat, no change (Subaru thermostats). Otherwise fine. I have not pulled the water pump as to me it's just not worth the time right now.

Yep, not much more than scrap price. Sad