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Everything posted by 1 Lucky Texan
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you could carefully compare temps of the hubs and rotors after a highway run. Best to use an infrared therm but touching quickly may work OK. Only a coupla things would heat-up one hub more than the others, bad wheel bearing or dragging caliper. Most likely front wheel (on side toward the 'pulling'). Less likely rear wheel. http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Lasergrip-Temperature-Non-contact-Thermometer/dp/B00DMI632G/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1432699881&sr=1-3&keywords=infrared+thermometer
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does anyone regularly refill the tank and "top-off" by rounding up to the nearest dollar or until fuel comes out the filler? if so, charcoal canister may be saturated. does the car ever sit for days/weeks? valves can get gummed-up or creatures plug the Drain valve in the evap system. (Mazda has had multiple problems with the Yellow Sack Spider in their evap systems)
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volts with no load won't really tell you if the circuit is free from resistance. maybe look for where the FP is grounded and make sure the ground is good? the ECU has the FP on a timer when you first turn the key ON so, there is pump voltage from the ECU. maybe the other voltage yor'er reading is for the sender unit? I'm kinda out of my knowledge/experience zone here so , I'll let fairtax and others carry-on.
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^^^ triple check final drive of trans and rear diff. older 4eat clutchplates have a drive drum that gets 'grooves' i think, can cause clutch plates to hang-up. maybe just got unlucky with the trans swap? might just try another trans or, swap just the tailshaft part - if someone can confirm it will fit, try to get a 98 tailshaft or newer - coupla improvements after 97 1/2 from what i read.
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good point here! If you do not hear anything - could be an inhibitor/neutral safety-type problem. Try starting in neutral or shifting in/out/in/out/in from park and neutral. 'pop' the brake pedal with 2-3 quick taps when stepping on it. if 5 spd, 'pop' the clutch pedal. at least, i think a 2000 will have the system in place that checks the pedals? anyone?
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You really need to pin-down where the problem is. maybe get a soob-experienced mechanic to test drive it? http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/99-do-yourself-illustrated-guides/27878-4eat-tail-section-rebuild-without-removing-transmission.html the solenoid and clutches are in trans fluid. The drive part can become grooved and the clutches can bind-up. Also, i have read that after about n97 1/2 , the valve was changed. maybe a tailshaft from a 98 or newer in the junkyard would fix your car?
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u-joint, carrier bearing also possible culprits. when you read of binding being worse when warm, those are usually the 5 spd transmissions. Cneter diff in them is a lot different than the wet clutch pack in the auto - and they have no FWD fuse. But, pretty sure a 94 has the 'bad' aluminum sleeve problem that cause the clutch plates to bind. and, I'm not certain how it might behave with temp. Could need a tail-shaft rebuild or, maybe someone knows if a newer style trans will swap in?