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Thanks for the tips - it worked like a chimp. They look great. One lesson I learned from this: make sure the seat belts clip fits before you bolt the seats in. The seat belt clip is different in that new one was narrower but the original one can be made to work. I drilled the hole a bit larger. The rear seats won't fit because this is a station wagon and the seats came out of a sedan. So if anyone needs 'okay'* black rear seats, let me know. (* they need cleaning and have a slight tear on one side)

Great! Thanks. I care more about the fronts.

I'm in need of seats for a 93 impreza. Does anyone know whether 2005 WRX seats will fit this car without too much monkeying around? Tnx.

Oops. I guess that one fell through. It was said to be in working order but the transfer case was missing a shaft to drive the drive shaft. Guess I'm back to hunting for a transmission.

Okay, I found an exact match - a 93 AT AWD, pulled from an Impreza. Thanks for all the help, guys.

Thank you! That's great info. And the computer will be compatible with those years' transmissions as well?

This one is AWD. How can one tell what the diff's ratio is? Is it noted somewhere? And what computers are compatible?

Google tells me that the first generation Impreza ranged from 1992–2001. Are all transmissions in those years compatible as well? I'm looking for a replacement transmission for a 93 impreza and would prefer to cast as wide a net as possible.

I first got a Lincoln but found the view too narrow. It also sometimes wouldn't dim if I was looking not right at the work. I tried a Miller and loved it. It has wider view and has four sensors instead of two so it will always dim.

I just never seen the blue-ing before - of course, I've only only ever replaced three sensors in my lifetime. Thanks for all the input, quys.

My daughter's Forester threw the P0130 code so thought I'd replace the front oxygen sensor. The replacement sensor the dealer sold me looks like it has been used in that it is blue and it has anti seize on the thread. Is this how they come now? ^That looks used to me but it is said to be brand new..

Thanks guys -- it certainly seems like the coolant comes out of the top of the engine and goes in to the bottom. The top hose is warm while the bottom is lukewarm. The last comment about it usually going out of of where the thermostat is what had I always thought as well -- that's actually what caused me to ask this question. If someone has orginal hoses with arrows (one post mentions they had them) on them, could you please clarify the flow issue? I replaced the radiator cap. My cap have been bad because it now does seem to build up pressure where it certainly did not before. In fact, found a tiny weep hole in the radiator that was hiding before. I'm replacing the radiator. Thanks, all.

Thanks, guys! That clarifies a lot. So the coolant enters the radiator at the top and leaves at the bottom. Overheating is maybe the wrong term: I see coolant trickling out the radiator cap. When it first happened, I didn't want to take any kind of risk so have not driven the car until fixed. For diagnostics purposes, I might run it for 10-15 minutes but not long. It just occurred to me that maybe it is the radiator cap? I did not notice the overflow reservoir filling..

I have a 94 Impreza and it is overheating. The thermostat looks fine. I've replaced the pump last year when I replaced the timing belt. The fans do not come on. I've can fake the system out and turn the fans on by putting a variable resistor in the place of the thermosensor. I've replaced the thermosensor but no joy. So now I am wondering whether the fans don't come on because they may need coolant flowing by them so feeling around I noticed that the bottom radiator hose appears to not get very hot at all. I always thought that the the coolant flow on a Subary is reverse to most cars, coming into the radiator from the bottom and comes out the top. My service manual mentions that this is a "down flow" type radiator. Someone knows for sure? On a down flow, one would imagine a blocked radiator could cause this. But if this design is reverse, it is probably less likely, right? TIA.