moosens

Yeah , and I had that thought AFTER I began surgery. My loss of time , my gain of pain. Double Story of my life .... My brother's legacy , or his daughters , soon to be ours. Probably going to flip it come fall. Also , this pan has a gasket! But of course the dealer shows it doesn't , so I'm using the old one which came out pretty good. Will goop it up some too.

Bridgeporter here ....don't be afraid. LOL Welcome! Cheers! Friend off Rt.67 , now has an older Legacy low miles ride. Haven't seen it yet. He also was a Forester guy until a low miles Honda came his way. He's got the luck lately for old folk cars.

Lovely ...... thanks

Sounds too good to be true , but I'll buy that !!

I'll dig out some manuals and let you know what I have that helps you. I have some Haynes too. Always used to keep one of those in my vehicle. But since I have doubles of certain factory manuals I now keep one of those inside. My Haynes are somewhere with the lot of maunals in storage. As the weather breaks I plan on blowing stuff out like crazy this year. I'm sure I have '77-79 covered. I'll throw in a Chiltons for free. Probably right around $20-25 grand total shipped for my package of the FSM for your year and a Haynes and Chiltons. If you score before I can hook you up , not a problem. there's plenty out there and occasionally you see them super dirt cheap,

Thanks. That's another good idea. First thing we thought of here was a huge wire tie. Looks shouldn't matter. They just need to plug in the OBD and have no codes at all. The original problem was the speed sensor. I'm hoping this isn't that sensor. Having to drop the pan for all the electrical connectors is a pain in itself while working at ground level. This ordeal just adds more "pleasure" to it all.

Yes , I know , thanks. The quest is to hold that sensor in place well enough to at least get thru emissions test. I will try the best I can and probably add a wedge of pine to be sure it doesn't back out and fail. Once past emmisions I could care less as long as it doesn't affect anything for driving. I still haven't researched what that particular sensor's function is. It's the rearmost lower. Neutral? Reverse?

Thanks Gary , I might try that or a small strap with two small screws tapped in. Mostly need to get through emissions and I'll be all set. We won't have this car for more than the two years emissions , I'm pretty sure. Looks like I'll be dropping that tranny way down now.Going to turn into one of those extreme headache jobs I can tell.

Geez , so many people calling me pSyChOtIc .... LOL , that's just a silly sub title thing the board allows. "moosens" is the name here and Paul in real life - whatever that is. Here's what I sent to "mikesbikes" Just a start to what I'd really wanted to ask. Any holes in the bed over the wheels?

Yeah , don't sweat it. When I get to my computer I'll get those questions I asked to you. And , more importantly we'll help you get you new baby back up in value. Be thankful you have a career , or ??? which allowed you to throw yourself into this. As you've done , others are doing the same. Buying with their heart. Well intended. Talk to you soon, Paul

I think there's at least four of us looking for that mythical excellent condition blue driver's seat like you are. Danny W is always asking me to send the one he saw in my storage but I always tell him its not so great , and I could use it too. You can swap that passenger side over but will have the hole from the release handle ( or is it the pivot?) , but that's so low maybe it wouldn't bother you. Can always do a patch job and again , being so low nobody should notice. Danny - "drivesubies" here , and "dannybreadman" on eBay does have a lot of factory parts and some seat covers on ebay. Maybe we'll all get lucky , since he hasn't gotten to all his stock last I knew , that just maybe he'll one day open a box and find a few driver's seats in blue. Best of luck to you!! Also keep in mind I started this thread to help folks by getting people to print it out before they hit a junkyard or source of any kind. The list is old and some folks may have fallen off of it . But items mentioned here are pretty much sure bets. If the person who posted an item finally got theres and didn't clear it out from the post you can count on the next guy needing it.

Also , there was no room or lack of patience to get a vice grip on it , etc. Thinking back of course I'd rather have been more patient and bought a narrow vice grip etc etc etc ,,,, but let's not discuss that matter please. So , you think one of those JB's will hold that bolt in? I guess they have several types now. Any one best for that alloy?? those tranny cases are made of? Thanks for any help.

Could not get the 10mm headed bolt to come out because the head was well weathered. Thought I'd try the cold chisel method but whacked too bluntly after thinking I'd just seen it turn a hair outward. The area I'm talking about is the rear-most sensor on a '99 Legacy 4EAT. This is in an effort to swap out the dreaded speed sensor harness which has a total of 4 harnesses in one. Three are metal cylinder type and this is one of them. If you are unfamiliar with what I'm talking about it's just a small raised part of the case to accept the bolt which holds the sensor in. It's located on the drivers side as the entire harness goes to 4 points on that side. The sensor is still in but freed up now. Just have to drop the tranny some to get it out because it's so damn tight inside the tunnel. Looks like the sensor seat is not affected. My day got wet , dark , and frustrating real fast so I can't say I took the best of looks at it but I really think I might be able to salvage this. I saved the small chunk that blew out.

Would you like to see the questions I asked? Or just want to take it in and evaluate ? I realize you once owned one but several of us on this board have had our noses in these vintage Subarus for the last couple of decades. You might want to hear a bit of our observations of these vehicles as they are most often found 20 , 30 years down the road. Best of luck. I just hope the seller's very limited pictures weren't the indicator I suspect. FYI - Danny W. known as "drivesubies" on this board and "dannybreadman" on eBay can be a really great source for New Old Stock. The one thing I'll say here at this time is that I told the seller that it looks like all he did for it was drive by a cheapy autoparts store for the recent attention he claims to have given it. Hoping for a good outcome for you ! Paul

You spent $5K for it? Great that you are able to do that. But I presented a list of questions to the owner/seller and did not get a reply. Needless to say , he didn't post my questions either. I sure hope it works out for you. Good luck!

Was this the brat that just ended on eBay?

Any truth that they insist on it being garaged? My friend has had his little Lotus on classic Insurance for years and pays so little it'll make you cry. But he says (that they say) it HAS to be garaged. Of course , I've never seen insurance people physically check to see that the cars are garaged. I believe he has Hagerty too.

You might want to seek a York compressor system. When I asked around for the Sanden there were many more Yorks it seemed. Different mounting brackets. Don't just accept some parts from one type and some from the other.

Those are rebuilds, not factory new. About as good as the average owner can expect. I'm really surprised you didn't bid higher on those. Now look at the cost you're looking at. You young folks often seem to think because they are old Subarus you're going to have parts land on your lap for dirt. Try Danny W. who is "drivesubies" here and "dannybreadman" on eBay. He has tons of new old stock from real Subaru stock, not a close out of an auto parts store. Or give me some time to dig. It's bitter cold lately and I have very little to no time at storage.

'92 Legacy wagon here ....Welcome ! Just curious , do you have a front wheel drive or all wheel drive? Cheers!

Fuel cells are usually a good idea for many older vehicles. Check suppliers like SummitRacing ,etc..... http://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/fuel-cells/usage/road-race?SortBy=Default&SortOrder=Default&mbid=SRE102652

http://www.ebay.com/itm/subaru-1600-cylinder-heads-/221355224029?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3389ccabdd&vxp=mtr Set on eBay starting cheap and on the west coast. I really have little to zero time lately for my storage so if you need them quick I won't cry in you don't get mine. Good luck. If you don't win them I'll still be trying to get mine out this weekend , I hope.

And now my wife's Impreza crapped the tranny so I'm having to look for a car....but I'll do my best.Rain today with a mess on the horizon which'll ruin the afternoon for storage , but tomorrow looks to be better for the weather. I sure do want to blow out LOTS of items that I'm paying to store that I probably won't ever need now with my limited time for cars. LOTs of NOS 70's stuff too. Don't get excited , its just lots of small items some of which are for automatics and generally things that people won't go gah gah for. I have to find out if there's a buyer for these things or face the truth and make space via the dumpster.

OK I'll hopefully be going at it tomorrow. Actually getting some warmer weather coming in !!

If Ivan takes care of you I'm cool with that. Otherwise I'm not working this weekend so I'll do my best to dig mine out. Either way they'll sell soon , so do what's best for you. Cheers!