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Not a big fan of FB but there’s a “Subaru Mechanics” group that might offer a wider base of knowledge than this aging message board. Apologies if you’re already aware. Wish I could contribute. Right now I’m a little gun shy of the whole 2005 to present engines.

Not super important. If you were dead bent on a dealer new part I’d say try a west coast dealer. And if you’re in the rust zone ask your dealer to use the west coast distributors. 26 years old it’s not likely any dealer will have one. So junkyard or one of us. I probably have those in a box. I parted out a couple of those wagons. I’ll check as I can but it’s killer cold here now. Name of the part? Buffer - according to the hatch on a 95-99 so I assume it’s the same name through the generations.

Winter freeze bump. Temps at the bottom so it’ll gradually be warmer each coming weekend. I think it’s a good deal as shown. Show up and I’ll likely donate more.

Sounds like a fresh reseal of the oil pump will help the ticking. Get all settled for timing, front seals, and when you’ve got that pump resealed rev the piss out of it to get the oil to fill that last hydraulic lifter in the line. That’s the backyard method. It works. No need to be scared just watch the redline. Hold it pegged for a few seconds or more and it’ll quiet down. Use a nice light oil too like 5w30. I know some new lifters are still out there. I just sold some and have a few more I’m pretty sure, and I did see others selling them as well. But you’re not at that point. If you’re going to gather parts keep in mind you often get a factory Subaru part in an older Beck Arnley box for many bearings and such. Paraut and Atsugi are also helpful names you won’t go wrong with. They supplies Subaru with clutches and pumps. Enjoy it !

They just don’t kit like they used to. I’m unaware of kits but maybe I haven’t looked hard enough. You could ask for the urethane in black. I did that for my 70s wagons. If it’s handy can you please post that list? Or send it to me, please. We have a small fleet of those third gen Legacys and one Outback wagon.

2026 we’re scraping and scrounging. Couple of hints. Old school Beck Arnley parts are often a genuine Subaru part in their wrapper. But not B/A made the last couple of decades. If you hunt eBay look close and be try to be sure it’s not made these last 20 years or so. I mean those probably aren’t really bad but certainly they begin to play the no name deal with bearings etc. Atsugi and Paraut pumps and clutches you can’t go wrong. They were also suppliers to Subaru. Match up any old dealers still in existence with your old dealer locator manual included with the owners manual packet from the 70s / 80s. Call after saying a prayer. Akebono - brake parts Tokico - suspension sometimes those will yield some hits and they are also factory suppliers.

Great to see you back. Enjoy your time. Lost count of how many times I’ve typed “save the dual range fivespeed” In exclamation. Good luck. I think you’ll score. Those cars mentioned, kind of parallels our own at one time. We just sold our 2006 OBW seems either you get a good one or one that’s constantly having issues. These days my daily addiction is the 2000-04 Legacy/OBW but yet to own the 2004 with the fly by wire. Having that in the 06 scared this old dinosaur. The vehicles that are fly by wire these days are many and I’m just taking a while to accept that.

Sure I can agree with most of that. But I’ve also lived the vintage Subaru life for decades now and I’ve made that extra effort and was maybe lucky enough to find the older gentleman still working their last years who actually did help me. Yes, odds are drawing thin. The bigger issue as I’ve mentioned before is once you hit the 80s and SOA flexes muscle on dealers they’re all scared and scrap old inventory even breaking parts or making them unusable. Clean the old bolts super clean and chase the threads in the block blow them out, use solvent, blow them out, and try your bolts by hand before you even hang a head. Good luck.

What’s part no.11 - Head Plug ? p/n 11051AA010 Do I see three of those needed on the drivers (left) side only? That’s what I see in this FPC Been ages and also never had to bother doing headgaskets on an EA82 since I had a million of them cheap as dirt. It was a different world not that long ago.

Nevada’s numbers are 100% correct as verified, and the parts catalog I had is a 1985 and YES the dimensions are mentioned and OP is correct, So now you face the limited supply issue. Get what you can. One tip has been offered. If our good old buddy Numbchux has time or if you can have your local dealer’s parts counter person do the same. Too many these days want to blow you off but hopefully you’ll catch them at a good moment. West coast suppliers - KEY - I’ve had my local dealer check western distribution and get parts to me way up here in New England. One other place to check. We have a killer retail place here called the Nutty Company. Seriously check them out. Not that you’re going to use this option for this application but I have bought length of threaded rod for our exhaust to head applications. They would be the first people I would check with. Good luck. I can’t add a link but it’s nutty.com and the absolutely ship too.

I don’t see anything for A/C in what I do have. Hang in there. If you’ve got a local dealer with an older technician ask that guy.

Bump into the wind.

Well at least I saw my box with my service manuals inside. I was way busy and did not take the box down and open it. But we have some warm weather tomorrow so I’ll check as I get back there. I kind of thought that link wouldn’t have the A/C from my foggy memory. I think folks who upload these get a little tired and figure “hey I’ve got the engine section, that ought to keep folks happy” and that’s the end of the upload. But with new technology maybe folks will fill in more.

They’re fairly great. I have a small fleet of them now. 2002,2003,2003,2003 all Legacy or Legacy Outback. In 2004 and after you’ll get the fly by wire deal so no more throttle cable. And if you do an engine swap there’s a little work around for the EGR is swapping against the 2000-02 with a 2003 or 2004. You might never need that info since they generally run pretty well. Oh the piston slap in one of ours. Mostly when cold then quiets down. That’s the “new” lifter noise. Lifters aren’t as loud as the EA engines. Worse problem with driving these is just the usual - other drivers.

I might have the paper version at storage. Will check as I can. But yeah I think the online downloads are mostly engine and if you’re lucky body too. But finding A/C might be tough online.