MR_Loyale
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Driver side outer pad: Inner pad: Rotor:
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Well I got the driver side wheel off, removed the caliper took out the pads. They look almost new. Rotors are smooth as a baby bottom. Not really much for me to do I guess. But I do get a squeal from the brakes. That is what made me think I needed them fixed. Is this just a glaze I should remove with some light sanding?
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They are predicting 80% chance of snow Friday night 1-2 inches. I am not going to risk it in my FWD car. Sorry I am out.
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- september
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What are the torque numbers?
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I am planning on doing a brake job on the front discs. I bought pads and rotors, some brake cleaner and lubricant for the pins. Is there anything else I will need? Do I need the bearing seals? It looks like you remove the castle nut and then the hub with the rotor. Or am I reading it wrong? On all the youtube vids I saw on this the rotor appeared to be in front of the hub. I am looking at the Haynes diagram on this. I hate getting into the middle of a job and having to stop to go get parts. I have never done a brake job before so that is why I am asking so many stupid questions.
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I think the biggest point is to religiously change the oil. I do it every 3000 miles or three months and will until the day I die. All the consumer reporting places that tell you to wait longer are full of it. Oil is cheap, engines ar expensive. You can take the oil can from my cold dead fingers. Now about that slick 50...
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I work with a bunch of developers from India, they could also make some foods for you that would do that if you like. They are always bringing in that stuff and trying to get me to eat it.
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I like your idea. Just brainstorming for October. What is October known for other than Halloween? A Soob-toberFest trip to Leavenworth perhaps?
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You are probably right. I have never driven that without the detour so I don't know. Google maps predicted we would take 1 hour 28 minutes to get to Cougar Rock from the Tacoma Mall Krispy Kreme. One of the guys even had a GPS talkie turner gadget that kept telling us to do a U-Turn when we turned onto the detour route. Over and over all it would say is "take a U turn". It sure seemed like we ended up taking at least an extra 30-40 minutes to get there. May not have anything to do with the detour though. Also there was construction in certain places that may have added to the time.
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Google Maps had no clue about the State Route 7 detour. It added about an hour to our trip. Yes I do love doing pre-trips and my Dodge Ram needed to have its legs stretched as it has been sitting for months. Was a fun drive, the gas bill, not so fun. If I can get 16mpg in it I do a victory dance.
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Don't worry. Eventually everything is "Old School". We would love to see your Baja as well as have someone from outside Washington join us. That would help for planning trips into your neck of the woods. I personally think a trip to McMinnville would be really cool. You can sleep once you get to the campsite (easy for me to say right?). Anyway, hope you make it.
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For the frequent meetings like monthly, I like the ideas of a meetup and short cruise to restaurant. Perhaps a longer trip once every quarter or so. That way there is lots of lead time for planning vacation time etc. There is a car club in Philly on youtube that has frequent "Cars and Coffee" events in which they simply show up near a coffee joint, grab a cup of their favorite, walk around looking and talking cars an then a short cruise off to some place for lunch. I think we could do something similar. Long cruises in the winter wet nasty months are going to be hard to get anyone to do. But I bet we could almost always get at least a small group at say a Krispy Kreme or some other coffee joint. Anyway, these details can be discussion at the cougar Rock gathering. It is a wonderful place with lots of trails and great scenic view points. I might end up going early since I have Thursday off.
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Since I have never been to Rainier, I decided to take a pre-trip run up there to get a lay of the land. As my Subie is FWD, I wanted to know the condition of the roads and such as there is no way my FWD would handle heavy snow. Met a couple of friends at Krispy Kreme and they rode with me in the Dodge. Ironically in the very same lot that security accused us of using to sell cars when we were meeting for the WCSS trip, was a car sale by Bruce Titus. HWY 7 has a detour which delays the time to get there. We made it to Cougar Rock to check it out and there were plenty of campsites open. Next weekend is the last weekend of the season.
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A Loyale. Sweeet.
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Start the engine, open the hood and rev the engine by grabbing the throttle cable. Watch for any squirts. My guess is either a radiator hose or the small thermostat to block hose.
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It warms my heart to see a sedan out there doing the mudpit.
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We will have a 6ft Subaru flag. Should be easy to spot. Hopefully the Park Ranger won't come and ask us if we are selling cars.
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You definitely hold the record! Sorry I missed you at the show.
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You were there? Orange crosstrek?
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Well if you never wipe the dust off your instrument cluster, the top of the steering column, the dash and generally keeping your hands away from the steering wheel area you got nothing to worry about.
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Ah yes THAT switch.
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MR_Loyale replied to Faloana's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVXI once had a similar thing happen with a 72 Dodge Dart. The starter relay contacts had fused themselves together and even though the key was out the car kept trying to start itself. In your case the ignition switch may be shorting out.
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Lately I have been noticing my heater lacked any heat. In the summer it wasn't an issue, but for these cold mornings with condensation on the windows it is becoming necessary. And with fall around the corner, it will be a must. So tonight I decided to tackle this annoyance. Basically I did the reverse flow trick but instead of pulling the thermostat and reversing the hoses (and pushing the crud into the radiator or block), I took off the hoses where the pipes come from the engine and meet the rubber hoses. Then I fashioned an adapter out of clear tubing. One end onto my air gun nozzle and the other into the return line (firewall to engine). I put an empty gallon jug over the other line to contain the crud that came out. Then I gave a blast of air until all the liquid was out. Filled with water twice and blew it out until clear. No toxic chemicals necessary. It now gets hot like it is supposed to. Originally got the idea from eric the Car Guy: