backwoodsboy

we're not worthy! we're not worthy!

Are you sure about that? (I would love to take him off your hands if ever you wanted to......what with his "new lease on life" and all)

...welding fixes everything! It is the proverbial fountain of youth for rusty subies

There was a car like yours I passed up buying becasue of rust like that. I thought it was un-fixable. The guys over in the next holler bought it, and JUMP it in the fields!!! Those unibodys are stronger than I thought!

......Shoulda waited, it blew a DOJ boot on the way home. Now its all greasy too!

allright..... Matt, can I get a mod. edit here?!

Wish you could be here. Love to meet some of you folks from the west coast! (bring a rust-free ea81 if you DO come!)

Sounds like hotdogs!!

Partypooper

:slobber: ....Tell me more! Is it too late to order me one?!

.........you know youre loved WHEN

Bun-length baby! ........OK Ill stop. This is getting bad

ouch ouch ouch! ...now I have this AND watermelons to fear! :-\ (although REACHING would not be a problem) oops! was that out loud?

Its actually a funny story at this point. I will have to tell y'all on saturday:grin:

Im gonna hafta pass on the melon. .....I have post-traumatic stress issues with watermelon :-\

You just get ready for saturday ......Ill take care of Bucky

The wires appear to be original OE. I dont know what it has for plugs, though I would assume OE as well..... seeing as it was the Subaru stealership that did the engine work. I appreciate the help and quick replies BTW!

No codes pulled yet..... that is the next item of business. Ive been so much an "old school" ea81 man lately (if "this" is the symptom, then "this" is your problem kindof thing) ...that I tend to think that way about new-gen stuff. I have to dig out service records and see if it had a tune up back at 60K or not. Is it Autozone that pulls codes for free I think?

There was a deer hit incident at about 60,000 miles, where the front end (incl. timing belt) was all re-done professionally. (1000.00 in engine work alone) It idles nice, but the sluggishness is pretty constant, and if you feather the gas pedal, there are little "sweet spots" where it will surge for a second......then right back to slug-city. There appear, and sound to be NO vacuum leaks. I just dont wanna thow parts at it if I can help it .....just priced MAF sensors *OUCH* Could it BE a bad knock sensor? We used to sell them by the dozen when I worked for Subaru!

Pedal to the metal .... -er, pedal to the RUST I mean Yeah, were gonna try and be there around 10:30 or 11:00

Ok boys and girls, Ive never been a forester man per-se, but my cousins wife owns one, and is having some troubles. It acts sluggish, and there is poor throttle response. (acts like cat. is partially plugged) I suspect perhaps a MAF sensor? Anybody else have this trouble? -1999 Forester (runs at normal temp) -108,000 miles -A/T -Does NOT have check engine light on. -Air filter is CLEAN -No cracks or leaks in either air box or in the intake.

.....and Im GOOD!

An EJ22 is a reliable subaru engine.....but not really a powerhouse by any stretch of the imagination. Unless your timing is off, and gets corrected with a belt replacement...... you wont notice any more power. The belt SHOULD be changed at about 100k A few people on here (myself included) have run these belts to the 200,000 mile mark without them breaking. If it breaks..... you WILL notice much less power

Dont worry about us hillbillys .....we'll be there with bells on

**music starts** " I see a rusty spot and want it painted black No rust here anymore I want it to turn black " (with apologies to the Rolling Stones) :lol: