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Hi all Just about to become an XT Turbo coupe owner for the second time after owning one in the early nineties. Back then parts were scarce and I'm guessing it hasn't got much better 30 yrs on . Wondering if there are any other XT owners on here? Car should be arriving tomorrow hopefully so it will be over the pit and given a full assessment then.

somewhat of a scramble to get Medicare going to avoid lapse in med coverage. Still working thru a few issues with that but mostly trying to determine how to satisfy different agencies' requirements.....wife takes a very expensive drug (she has CIDP ,psoriasis, etc.) that was mostly comped by a manufacturer's program, but now she has to switch to a different program or - it's like $800/month!!! my wife (wisely in retrospect) got her mom out of her snr apt about a week before the first shutdown and she's been here since. Our house is less handi-capable than where she was, but, we have been able to limit her exposure to potential infection quite a bit. Plus, several folks at her (and other similar facilities around here) have gotten Covid, and one died (that we know of - we get second and 3rd hand info from her acquaintances still there). She has cong. heart failure, COPD, is overweight,etc. If she got covid it would kill her. Being unemployed now actually reduces everyone's risk at our house. But she misses her cat, she has different rules/schedules living here, space is a little tight-ish, plans my wife and I had are on hold ..... but there's going to be a 'far side' to all this - we're going to make it in some form or other.

Flat rate for a manual rack is 2.3 hours says Chiltons. I did my power rack many moons ago.

Oh man that’s awesome you’re providing for her, that is no easy task usually. Well done. sorry to hear about the job upheaval What a mess. If you need Subaru help from thousands of miles away (I realize that’s not actually helpful at all), hit me up any time.

Not necessarily. If they just set and forget there could be many underlying issues that come into play once you drive off and things start moving as the suspension does its thing. Cheers Bennie

It doesn’t matter which cam is at 12 and 6 o’clock, so long as both aren’t at the same and the crank lines up each revolution. Cheers Bennie

I have had good luck with the highest level water pumps from NAPA. They came with the o ring and a gasket.

I had a little time yesterday to mess around with it, so I used the broken timing belt as a strap wrench with a vise grip. Worked great! My index hole on the DRIVER side is now at 6:00. I took the radiator out beforehand because it needs a new one and the clearance I then had was what I needed. The crank pulley is also off after I took off the "pitching rod" to use the Subaru flywheel tool I have, which worked pretty good. I'm pretty sure the leak I have is from the pipe going into the water pump, not the pump itself. I'm as cheap as the next guy, but I'm strongly considering a new pump since this one has around 70K on it, and it's not OEM. I would assume all new pumps come with a new O-ring? So...I'm going with the above quote. DRIVER side alignment hole @ 6:00 and is now aligned with the top notch (checked with a straight edge), and of course I put the PASSENGER side at 12:00 before I take that belt off so I can go from there. This is basically the same but vice versa as in the Miles video, right? I appreciate all the tips, they've really helped. I like the water/rock tips and the idea of backing off a little on the camshaft mark to get it to align when the new belt is on.

Swapped out the left front axle with a spare. No more clunking in turns! Wheel bearing was ok. Just because, I greased the pins of the left front brake, pads looked ok. Nothing obvious was loose. Axle goes back to rebuilder for another go.

Oil pressure wouldn't affect the main and cam seals. Subaru's run high oil pressure anyway. GD

For my timing belt tension, I used a 2-pin spanner into the cam gear holes. Mine is 1 foot long. Left side you will pull from the underside outwards, right side from the top outwards. Using a luggage scale and a ratchet strap tied to a tree or other solid object you can pull at a right angle to the spanner to pull the proper tension on the cam sprockets. I didn't have a luggage scale, so I just put 17-19lb of water or rocks in a bucket over a pulley. Voilla- 19 lbs at 1 foot with no special tools. I initially did the Miles "close enough" hand tensions but I don't trust that, belt was flapping around too loose for my liking. Also, after checking my spark timing it was off, so I realized I was off 1 tooth on the crank sprocket. Because of the 1:2 ratio, it can be hard to notice that small difference. Re-check the spark timing because old stretched belts can cause it to be off compared to new belts and tensioners. Another mistake I made was to replace the 2 crank pulleys inverted which made the LH belt track too far inboard. Pushed the inner flange off the oil pump sprocket. JB weld has held so far. They're tough to tell the difference. +1 for open covers, I would have not been able to make these adjustments after the fact with them on. Timing belt is part of my normal weekly maintenance check now.

Car is back together, runs like a top. 12 degrees ignition advance, pulling decent vacuum, not so stable but still works good. Installed accuspark rev limiter Video of a short rip down the field, lost power steering pulley.