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iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗
You're going to buy another one with a hosed motor and do a full harness swap while spending like negative 30 aussie fun bucks, because gently caress you I want cheap wookie cars too.

:(

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mekilljoydammit
Jan 28, 2016

Me have motors that scream to 10,000rpm. Me have more cars than Pick and Pull
That breaker bar reminds me of my Rotary Flywheel Removal Stick, which is a piece of like, 4-5mm web angle iron with holes drilled in it welded to a 2m long piece of square tube. I love custom tools.

Olympic Mathlete
Feb 25, 2011

:h:

How easy are Subaru motors to work on?

Also what do you use to spruce up your pistons as I've took apart my engine and will need to do the same this week.

Nodoze
Aug 17, 2006

If it's only for a night I can live without you
This thread is amazing, please keep up the crazy

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

quote:

How easy are Subaru motors to work on?

Also what do you use to spruce up your pistons as I've took apart my engine and will need to do the same this week.

Quite easy to work on, degreaser and a light bit of sponge scourer.

And about that I've gone nuts part...

1000km road trip anyone?

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HandlingByJebus
Jun 21, 2009

All of a sudden, I found myself in love with the world, so there was only one thing I could do:
was ding a ding dang, my dang a long racecar.

It's a love affair. Mainly jebus, and my racecar.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Quite easy to work on, degreaser and a light bit of sponge scourer.

And about that I've gone nuts part...

1000km road trip anyone?



:catstare:

...I'll be in my bunk.

:cocaine:

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug
Man I wish JDMs were as cheap here as they seem to be in Australia.

The kids who buy them want to get their "investment" back which means getting $8000 back. Which really means the 'importer' soaked them for $6500 profit on a D-grade used car lot barnacle.

Right now the big thing is asking $8000-10000 for dented 80k (definitely odo rollbacked) 00-01 Forester S/Tbs.

jamal
Apr 15, 2003

I'll set the building on fire
Heh, thinking of all the imported skylines and imprezas I've seen in Lethbridge, they pretty much all were piles of garbage.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Seat Safety Switch posted:

Man I wish JDMs were as cheap here as they seem to be in Australia.

The kids who buy them want to get their "investment" back which means getting $8000 back. Which really means the 'importer' soaked them for $6500 profit on a D-grade used car lot barnacle.

Right now the big thing is asking $8000-10000 for dented 80k (definitely odo rollbacked) 00-01 Forester S/Tbs.

Australia got lucky and all of these GT's and early WRX's were all Aust Domestic. The only GC8's and SF's we didn't get were the STI wagon and STI Forester. We even got 5 22B's as an ADM. Plus they were a very popular car so there's plenty of them still about - at the time Australia was the second biggest market for Subaru and 1 in 6 Imprezas were WRX's.

It seems to me there's a lot of cars about that the owners cant maintain that's forced prices through the floor. That be-winged WRX is 3500 dollars, blown clutch and a bit of panel damage, no rego.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
I'm rather ill right now (the flu this year really is not good to say the least) so all I managed to day was to wheeze my way to the GC8 and to assess what I have to do. Plus I have get the gaskets to put the GT's motor back together

- I got a bunch of spares with the GC8 - including a wiring loom.
- Rear loom, appears complete. Also AC controls of I think a 2000ish WRX or Forester
-Wait is that what I think it is? A HKS sequential BOV? That's worth a bit.
- Enough to redo the lines on the GT as well.
- Grab bag of stuff. Okay
- Dash and engine bay harness, looks fairly unmolested
- I think I will need a later ECU, I dont believe that one is programmable
- I just twigged the door cards dont match the dash. Hmmmmm
- I showed one my cats where chikken comes from. He didnt believe me. And TBH I'm not sure wehre the hell these chickens came from in the first place.

So.... still ugly, but we may have enough to get it started. If it starts or at least kicks over..... the GC8 gets a stay of execution.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
With being more than a bit under the weather (Three different viruses, hayfever AND Bronchitis) all I could do this weekend is to pick up some headstuds and to also try again to start the GC8.

- Nothing, no power UNTIL I twiged the fuse box wasnt powered and connected the red cable.
- Oooooh now I have accesory lights!

Not enough charge to get the starter to work. Buuuuuut.... we have signs of life and hope.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher


Nothing special, but the turbo for the GT. Only a TD04 but it' a nice upgrade from the stock TF035.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
Oh god why do I even what am I doing this isnt supposed to do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKda148K5I

toplitzin
Jun 13, 2003


Can confirm, is tractor.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
I'm shocked it started. We were told it wont turn over, it wouldnt start and was unable to run at all.

Anyway, got a charged batteryinstalled, found a loose wire (fixed that), set it to accessories and did a "does poo poo work" audit. Lights, blinkers, stop lights, fans all worked. Dash lights all as expected. Given the heinous electricals, this was amazing. So I tried my luck and tapped the key forward.... and the starter motor kicked.

At that point I went to grab my phone to help try to diagnose what might go wrong with detirmined start attempt, rather than just kick the starter motor alive. And the above is exactly how long it took for the GC8 to come to life, me to cut it off in surprise and then to frame my thoughts on the subject.

Tomorrow I'll do things like make sure it actually has oil in it and see how well it runs - it looks smooth, also of course def has an exhaust issue. But hey, I really didnt think I would even get it to kick, let alone to actually run.

RENEWED plan of attack -

a) Reassemble 2litre engine. Put on a TD04 (Gotta be better than a TF035!) and a better intercooler. Back into the GT
b) Continue parting out black car
c) Work out what the hell we are going to do witht he GC8 WRX now the thing actually runs, gets gears and has working brakes
d) Red Forester driveline switch
e) Service 2.5 litre motor and switch turbos to a VF34, STI 2008 intercooler, Killer B pickup and windage ray
f) Wallet recovery
g) Red Forester sleeper mode.

I'd say I'm waiting for my luck to change but I think that's been well and truly offset by how foully ill I've been.

Kaptainballistik
Nov 2, 2005

Why ask me ? I cant understand me either!
So on the other side of the garage....

https://www.facebook.com/kaptainballistik/videos/10153912368203723/

I think the new 11mm Spec C oil pump works...

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
I......

Oh God why do I even WHAT AM I DOING?????

Sadly, I'm not joking. And nor is the seller when he said his turbo was stolen

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Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug
I've replaced a lot of turbos on Subarus, that's a pretty involved thief.

Wrar
Sep 9, 2002


Soiled Meat

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I've replaced a lot of turbos on Subarus, that's a pretty involved thief.
I dunno, maybe if you cut the uppipe and fluid lines.

th vwls hv scpd
Jul 12, 2006

Developing Smarter Mechanics.
Since 1989.
This thread is true Automotive Insanity.

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

Wrar posted:

I dunno, maybe if you cut the uppipe and fluid lines.

It gets better. It was stolen by an apprentice mechanic while another issue was being looked at.

jamal
Apr 15, 2003

I'll set the building on fire

Wrar posted:

I dunno, maybe if you cut the uppipe and fluid lines.

With the downpipe and IC out of the way it's 3 nuts and a few hose clamps to pull the turbo off. Trying to cut off the up-pipe would be difficult and wouldn't accomplish anything because the mounting brackets would still be in the way.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

It gets better. It was stolen by an apprentice mechanic while another issue was being looked at.

Hahahaha this is amazing.

Beverly Cleavage
Jun 22, 2004

I am a pretty pretty princess, watch me do my pretty princess dance....
So... are you feeling a bit manic? :ohdear:

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

ssjonizuka posted:

So... are you feeling a bit manic? :ohdear:

Maaaaaaaybe. Got a Subaru you want to sell?

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!
Y'all got any more of them Subaroos?

Seat Safety Switch
May 27, 2008

MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.

Pillbug

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Maaaaaaaybe. Got a Subaru you want to sell?

Ship me some bushings.

Don Dongington
Sep 27, 2005

#ideasboom
College Slice
Australia - still a nation populated by thieves, where "Bolted Down" means very little.

:australia:

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher
Well a few things stalled but a update coming esp on the GC8, working out how to reliably start it. And where I'm up to with the GT.... waiting for parts to begin the engine rebuild.

And finding the last bits for the 99 Forester. Getting there.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


So out of sheer curiosity, how many cars do you have, and what's the status of them?

DJ Commie
Feb 29, 2004

Stupid drivers always breaking car, Gronk fix car...

iospace posted:

So out of sheer curiosity, how many cars do you have, and what's the status of them?

Prepare for some of CAT's Vogon Poetry...

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


DJ Commie posted:

Prepare for some of CAT's Vogon Poetry...

Is this a good thing?

CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

iospace posted:

So out of sheer curiosity, how many cars do you have, and what's the status of them?

Oh maaan this might take a while.....

My06 WRX... just finished rear end to headlight restore currently being run in by the father parental unit
VE SSV Commodore Daily driver
MY07 WRX... literal driven to shops only
MY99 Forester daily driver but needs a diff and rear wheels bearings badly. Christmas rip it apart and turn into a sleeper project.
MY00 WRX scrapping for parts
MY99 Forester almost scrapped about to dispose of remains
MY00 Forester GT resurrecting.
MY96 WRX wagon deciding to have a fight with it and get working
1981 RX7 works currently in garage in storage

KB has......

2005 Holden Adventura DD and worked
1975 RX2 that.... is worked off its absoluye tits not a single thing on its is stock
1990 VR4 in rally trim
2007 WRC Subaru Spec C

gently caress thats a lot of cars

cursedshitbox
May 20, 2012

Your rear-end wont survive my hammering.



Fun Shoe
carry on you insane motherfucker. :D

shy boy from chess club
Jun 11, 2008

It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

Yea we dont judge here

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

Fart Pipe posted:

Yea we dont judge here

Unless you're a racist restoring a Mustang.

shy boy from chess club
Jun 11, 2008

It wasnt that bad, after you left I got to help put out the fire!

Rhyno posted:

Unless you're a racist restoring a Mustang.

True, but gently caress that guy

iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

Rhyno posted:

Unless you're a racist restoring a Mustang.

Or a racist with a hyundai.

Rhyno
Mar 22, 2003
Probation
Can't post for 10 years!

iwentdoodie posted:

Or a racist with a hyundai.

Does driving through puddles and smoking weed make you a racist?

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iwentdoodie
Apr 29, 2005

🤗YOU'RE WELCOME🤗

Rhyno posted:

Does driving through puddles and smoking weed make you a racist?

Voting for trump and bitching about Puerto Ricans does.

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