February 25, 201115 yr Author Get one with a blown engine and do a swap. Makes for nice cheap cars! I would BUT... around the time I need to get the car I'd need to on the road a few days later more so if I do the last week in April.. After April the next trip will be a 325 mile drive to N.C. 2 months later.
February 25, 201115 yr I would BUT... around the time I need to get the car I'd need to on the road a few days later more so if I do the last week in April.. After April the next trip will be a 325 mile drive to N.C. 2 months later. I bought a Legacy with a blown engine and had it running within three days of getting it home...
February 25, 201115 yr Author I bought a Legacy with a blown engine and had it running within three days of getting it home... I'd need to get a engine lift.. lack of yard space.. and then finding a motor..
February 25, 201115 yr I'd need to get a engine lift.. lack of yard space.. and then finding a motor.. What's this engine lift you speak of?
February 25, 201115 yr Author LOL I saw that pic in the other thread I just now noticed no lift haha that wont work for me since it's outside in a driveway.. a rather small one at that.
February 25, 201115 yr LOL I saw that pic in the other thread I just now noticed no lift haha that wont work for me since it's outside in a driveway.. a rather small one at that. I wish I had a pic of pulling the engine out of my friend's chevy... We did it at his house and didn't have a garage. I used 4x4s to make a frame type deal over the front of the car all tied together with rope. Hauled that sucker right out.
February 25, 201115 yr Come on man you gotta have a tree out back, or in front, or in your neighbors yard.
February 25, 201115 yr Ok serious time.. What year did they move to hydraulic clutches? The 96 Legacy and Impreza had cables, and I've seen some 97 cars with, and some without. So it seems 97 was the transition year.
February 25, 201115 yr The 97 outbacks I have had, had Hydraulic clutches, I'm not sure about the other legacy models of that vintage.
February 25, 201115 yr Author It's been a while but how does it feel over a cable one? crazy question I know... I should of did this sooner but going to be getting rid of cable tv since I only watch maybe 1 hour or less a month it's pointless to keep paying $162 a month for it. Just quicker for me to reach my target date
February 25, 201115 yr They feel pretty good. I never noticed much of a difference really. When I five speed swapped my svx, I use a cable the first round, and a hydraulic when I killed the first trans. It felt about the same and I never had an issue with it.
February 25, 201115 yr Author lets see if I can remember stuff to check for the 2nd gens more so anything with a Ej25.. 1.) let car warm up. 2.) look at overflow tank 3.) smell overflow tank 4.) drive in figure 8's 5.) check for rust in the common areas Anything I'm missing? If seller does not know when the timing belt was done just do it myself for piece of mind.
February 26, 201115 yr Ok serious time.. What year did they move to hydraulic clutches? the 97 Leg gt that i'll be getting has a hydralic clutch..myself,it felt weird...push it in so far then it'd drop..in-gauged quickly though..
February 26, 201115 yr the 97 Leg gt that i'll be getting has a hydralic clutch..myself,it felt weird...push it in so far then it'd drop..in-gauged quickly though.. I like your creative spelling of engage... just sayin'...
March 7, 201115 yr Author sometime next month I will be going out to check but for the time being I'm looking at some cars on CL and this is crazy.. a 1999 outback for $1595.. http://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/2248376835.html only thing is the seller says it stalls at lights and needs exhaust work.. hmm sounds like vac leak to me?
March 8, 201115 yr Author question is it possible for a 2000 Legacy to have internal headgasket issues? i've seen two listings so far for 2000 Legacies with the issues but I've just only heard of them having the external issues.
March 8, 201115 yr question is it possible for a 2000 Legacy to have internal headgasket issues? i've seen two listings so far for 2000 Legacies with the issues but I've just only heard of them having the external issues. GENERALLY the phase2 2.5 (SOHC) is an external coolant leak. But as any engine, it can blow a head gasket in any place if you're unlucky.
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