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nm posted:
I had two different dealers offer to source and install a used transmission in my '02.
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Not bad. I do my own work, so under $300 is great. It looks like if I wanted to travel to another state i can pick up a ~80k 2005 for $10k. Otherwise this 110k 05 is the best deal locally.
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Nov 11, 2012 23:03
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Seat Safety Switch posted:The front bottom one on both my Imprezas is a camber bolt, not a regular bolt like the top one. Other way around. Top bolt is camber adjustment lower is just a standard M14 bolt. Front lower bolt is 20540AA100 Nut is 20550AA010 Big nut for rear shock is 20550PA000
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Nov 12, 2012 00:00
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That's right (top one has more "leverage"). Sorry, I wrote that in a hurry.
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Nov 12, 2012 00:02
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I'm doing my legacy struts all around next weekend and am worried about those rear bolts. Thank god for air tools and oxy/ace
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Nov 12, 2012 00:11
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Amandyke posted:No, the 05's are still the 2.0l so you don't even chance the piston issues. Just make sure the timing belt was changed (very recently) and keep oil in it. Yeah. If it has been well maintained, you're good. The vast majority of 2.0 turbo issues just have to do with oil issues that can be avoided by checking your oil every fillup.
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Nov 12, 2012 00:52
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nm posted:Yeah. If it has been well maintained, you're good. The vast majority of oil issues can be avoided by checking your oil every fillup. Someways it feels like I own a 2.5L rotary with the oil level checking I do. Mine sips a bit on long drives, so I have to keep my Rotella handy.
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Nov 12, 2012 01:29
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Sockington posted:Someways it feels like I own a 2.5L rotary with the oil level checking I do. Mine sips a bit on long drives, so I have to keep my Rotella handy. Ditto. Though I think mine might be from the turbo's bearings (not that I've checked, but I'm hoping it's that). I should probably just stop being so drat lazy and pop off the silicone tube between the intake manifold and the intercooler to see how much oil is there from blow by.
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Nov 12, 2012 02:03
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jamal posted:Other way around. Top bolt is camber adjustment lower is just a standard M14 bolt. Thanks for this. I really hoped I could reuse the existing ones, but after a few solid weeks of soaking them in PB and using every hand and air tool at my disposal, they're coming off the hard way now. Slow is Fast posted:I'm doing my legacy struts all around next weekend and am worried about those rear bolts. Thank god for air tools and oxy/ace Let me know how it goes for you. It has been very frustrating for me, but you have way more experience/knowledge/balls than I do, so I'd like to see someone else's shot at it. I'm looking forward to seeing you work on your Legacy, since it's basically the same as mine (though it is a GT).
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Nov 12, 2012 05:04
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ah sheeeit I think my '13 STi is coming into port right now. Excited.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:17
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Amandyke posted:Ditto. Though I think mine might be from the turbo's bearings (not that I've checked, but I'm hoping it's that). I should probably just stop being so drat lazy and pop off the silicone tube between the intake manifold and the intercooler to see how much oil is there from blow by. I'm at 120k mi now and the hoses on the top of the engine have started leaking. Fix one, another goes. I should just figure out what it costs to do em all.
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Nov 12, 2012 06:55
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Jamal, any news on the super s gear oil?
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Nov 12, 2012 07:50
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Extra-S. Most dealerships will sell you the 20L pail for ~$160. That works out to $8/L. It's hard to beat that once you factor in shipping the smaller bottles to your door. Plus you have a spare fluid change for X miles down the road or selling it locally to other Subaru dudes.
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Nov 12, 2012 12:08
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Sockington posted:Extra-S. That's a pretty good price per L. That's about what it costs buying generic stuff at the parts store.
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Nov 12, 2012 14:45
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I'm probably going to buy a bucket and sell some.
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Nov 12, 2012 15:45
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Sockington posted:Extra-S. That'd work out great if I had 3 or so manual subaru's. But as I have 1 and I doubt I'd change the gear oil more than 3 more times in it I don't see a reason to have a 20L bucket of gear oil in my garage for the next several years. I'd rather pay $10 a litre and have exactly as much as I need for 1 oil change. Amandyke fucked around with this message at 16:15 on Nov 12, 2012 |
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Nov 12, 2012 16:04
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Amandyke posted:That'd work out great if I had 3 or so manual subaru's. But as I have 1 and I doubt I'd change the gear oil more than 3 more times in it I don't see a reason to have a 20L bucket of gear oil in my garage for the next several years. I'd rather pay $10 a litre and have exactly as much as I need for 1 oil change. I wasn't telling you that you had to get the 20L pail, but was just presenting the economics of the situation. You could also put up a regional Subaru post to see if anyone locally wants to go in on a pail with you.
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Nov 12, 2012 17:06
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Amandyke posted:That'd work out great if I had 3 or so manual subaru's. But as I have 1 and I doubt I'd change the gear oil more than 3 more times in it I don't see a reason to have a 20L bucket of gear oil in my garage for the next several years. I'd rather pay $10 a litre and have exactly as much as I need for 1 oil change. That's what I thought when I bought my pail of extra-s. Then I figured since I had so much, I'd use my first change to flush the old crap out. Then I started having some bearing noise, so I changed it out again 7 months later. Then my gearbox got rebuilt under warranty and now I have just enough to replace the crap from the dealer left. 18 months and 20l just about gone. As an added bonus, the pail it comes in is pretty neat looking. It's worth keeping around as a shop garbage can.
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Nov 12, 2012 19:16
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This is a timely discussion! I was going to post to ask what fluids I need to be able to do the transmission and diffs in my STi. Just a shitload of Extra-S? Same for a 2010 OBS? (5spd)
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Nov 13, 2012 00:09
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I got this 2004 Impreza 2.5TS about a week ago, since then I have fixed an exhaust leak, had the car MVI'd and today I vacuumed all the dog hair left in it by the PO and washed it. Because I'm stupid and didn't take a picture of it outside in the daylight, have this dark cell phone picture of my car in my poorly lit parking garage! Click for bigger.  Next weekend's project: Headlight polishing, and maybe a transmission fluid change if I pick up some oil.
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Nov 13, 2012 01:27
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Going to look at the elusive 05 Legacy GT Limited wagon 5MT for sale nearby tomorrow. Anything I should check out specifically? 120k miles.
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Nov 13, 2012 03:25
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DreamOn13 posted:Going to look at the elusive 05 Legacy GT Limited wagon 5MT for sale nearby tomorrow. Anything I should check out specifically? 120k miles. Oil change interval records. If its been 7k + id be worried. Compression test and leak down. PPI. Buy it and make me sad and miss mine
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Nov 13, 2012 03:46
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THE BLACK NINJA posted:This is a timely discussion! You would want proper LSD gear oil for the rear diff.
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Nov 13, 2012 05:00
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Amandyke posted:You would want proper LSD gear oil for the rear diff. Not in a subaru, they use a sealed viscus unit for the LSD. The gear oil doesn't actually touch the LSD bits. Now, if you have an 80's rx turbo that has an LSD, that has a clutch type one that needs special gear oil. But that's not what we're talking about.
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Nov 13, 2012 05:10
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STIs aren't viscous in the rear, they're helical (I think Torsen and clutch type in some models as well). They absolutely need LSD oil. http://www.subarugenuineparts.com/product_info.php?products_id=1063 Check what the manual says to use. Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Nov 13, 2012 |
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Nov 13, 2012 05:15
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In the US, the 04-06 STi has a plated rear diff so using the OEM LSD oil is a good idea. 07+ is Torsen so what you use in them isn't as important. For a non-sti use whatever (the extra-s works fine if you're buying it anyway). jamal fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Nov 13, 2012 |
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Nov 13, 2012 07:09
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DreamOn13 posted:Going to look at the elusive 05 Legacy GT Limited wagon 5MT for sale nearby tomorrow. Anything I should check out specifically? 120k miles. Beyond the leakdown, which is vital. Any weird turbo issues. Some of these cars had wonky turbos. I'm at 120k mu myself and min is fine though. Boost leaks. They can be fairly minor but annoying. The expensive one is if the TMIC lets go. Look for oil where blow-by has come out. Make sure the transmission feels ok. Now, subaru 5 speeds don't feel ok by default, but it shouldn't grid. There is a bit more whine than you might be used to and it does feel like shifting in rocks. The inner CV boots, particularly the one on the passenger side. Wheel bearings. There is supposedly a problem with the rear ones, but the only rear one I've replaced was due to the abs sensor dying (it is attached). The front ones have died twice each though. Tires need to actually match. Coolant leak from radiator. Intake hose can be pretty brittle. Oil leaks from the hoses on top of th engine. These are getting to be the bane of my existence. You need new shocks. I recommend RCEs  (Not, but at 120k, the shocks will be blown)
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Nov 13, 2012 08:21
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Car was thrashed. Rust in front of the rear wheel, interior smelled terrible and all surfaces were scratched and messed up (spots all over the console, dunno wtf that was but looked like it stained it), shift boot and ebrake boot ripped, scratches all over the outside, all 4 wheels curbed, and it was smoking through the hood scoop when stopped and smelled like burning oil. It seemed like it was coming from near the top front but the engine cover blocked my view. Turbo made quite a bit of noise which I wasn't expecting, not sure if it was going bad (smoke?) or if that was normal (most stock turbo cars aren't that loud) It just looked like somebody's beater. 
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Nov 13, 2012 18:51
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That sounds like a classic banjo bolt filter getting clogged and hosing the turbo due to lack of attention to oil changes. The rest of it is just sloppy, sloppy maintenance.
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Nov 13, 2012 18:55
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Seat Safety Switch posted:That sounds like a classic banjo bolt filter getting clogged and hosing the turbo due to lack of attention to oil changes. Offer him $5k and swap the turbo.
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Nov 14, 2012 00:37
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Not worth it to me. It was a $6k car (to me) before the smoking started. Now I'm not even interested. If I had a heated garage, sure.
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Nov 14, 2012 05:47
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Amandyke posted:That'd work out great if I had 3 or so manual subaru's. But as I have 1 and I doubt I'd change the gear oil more than 3 more times in it I don't see a reason to have a 20L bucket of gear oil in my garage for the next several years. I'd rather pay $10 a litre and have exactly as much as I need for 1 oil change. No dealership I have been to in the northern Los Angeles area or central valley has any idea what extra-s is, except for one guy who said "we don't do that here." If somebody buys the big drum I will be the first one in line to buy extra-s from you .
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Nov 14, 2012 07:21
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Rontalvos posted:No dealership I have been to in the northern Los Angeles area or central valley has any idea what extra-s is, except for one guy who said "we don't do that here." Yimi-Sport probably has it in stock and I used to buy cans of it from Santa Monica Subaru all the time. As for the group buy thing my local dealer didn't give me good enough pricing so I'm not doing one.
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Nov 14, 2012 07:42
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DreamOn13 posted:Not worth it to me. It was a $6k car (to me) before the smoking started. Now I'm not even interested. If I had a heated garage, sure. The smoking is almost certainly the least of your problem. Any oil leak on the right side will fall onto the exhaust manifold. When mine did, it was a $20 hose. Wasn't even using much oil, but sure did look scary. The rest of the stuff, particularly the turbo seems more scary. The other major cause of smoke is inner CV boot failures on that side, which splash grease on the exhaust.
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Nov 14, 2012 07:59
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jamal posted:Yimi-Sport probably has it in stock and I used to buy cans of it from Santa Monica Subaru all the time. Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have to check both of them out, I've been getting so discouraged as of late and my shifts are slowly getting more difficult. If slow is fast or amandyke buy a barrel, I am ready to paypal them money for enough to do my oil change.
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Nov 14, 2012 08:04
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What's the shelf life of an opened can/jug/barrel (whatever you want to call a 20L container of it) of Extra S?
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nm posted:The other major cause of smoke is inner CV boot failures on that side, which splash grease on the exhaust.
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Nov 14, 2012 14:03
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Faerunner posted:What's the shelf life of an opened can/jug/barrel (whatever you want to call a 20L container of it) of Extra S?
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Nov 14, 2012 15:26
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If it's synthetic I believe you have something long like five or ten years before it breaks down to the point that it's considered bad; I believe natural oil breaks down much faster than synthetic but I can't really say, and this is based on knowledge of chemistry instead of first hand experience, so it could be wrong. Hope this helps!
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The fun answer would be to send a sample to Blackstone Labs and see.
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