pginter96 Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Its always hard to move on from your first car, be it financially or emotionally, or in my case both. However, there is always that time. That time came for me last week with a tempting ad on craigslist for a 98 Outback. My (at the time) current car was a 97 that I had put an EJ22E in, and had grown very attached to. Lots of fun in high school, many lessons on fixing cars, and great memories with my girlfriend of two and a half years, who, being part of an army family, recently moved from out part of western New York to Fairbanks, Alaska. sentimental value always conflicts with finances, so it seems. With the New York state inspection quickly approaching, I wasn't ready to put $800 of state mandated 50 state catalytic converters and an evap canister into something that had a pretty decent wrist pin noise/piston slap. I went to go check out this 98, which actually turned out to be pretty clean despite the rust and mileage. so, for $1,000, this bucket of magnificence was mine. my parents ended up buying the Action Wagon from me, since they had to use it a few times over the winters and fell in love with it. Glad its staying in the family! After putting the new car up on a lift, I was pleasantly surprised to see it didn't need much. An axle shaft and ball joint on the left front, and rear brakes/parking brakes. Not to mention some serious bondo and maybe a few doors... Not bad for 234,460 miles! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pginter96 Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 What she looks like now! After a bit of maintenance (brakes, spark plugs, wires, and a coil), replaced 3 doors, a fender, and a little bit of bondo. 16' Forester steelies painted black, WRX seats, a muffler, Outback Limited leather door inserts and backseat. JDM projector headlights with LED running light/low beam conversion. A paint job and maybe a swap is in the plans. current mileage: 237,546 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pginter96 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Gertie's getting a motor! (amongst other things) dropped compression on cyl 2, misfires on idle and low RPM. Found an EJ25D that runs and drives. Intend to pull, do head gaskets and timing components since I already have everything I'd need for them, new clutch and swap in within the next month or so. current milage: 239,560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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