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Couldn't upload a pic for some reason so I posted it to my Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Bakerman11 Ken

I dont have a vin :/

I sold a Brat a few years ago, and I want to try and buy it back I have a license plate and I know he lives in my area, but I have no idea where to go from there...I have gone to the dmv...no luck. Any ideas? Thanks Ken

Still works, did it just now...I changed the search tools from 24hours to 1 week and that worked for me. It was the first link on the list

I did do a search with no luck. Wanted to see if anyone has installed a license plate backup camera in a Subaru Baja? I have one and am really curious what would be the best way to route the wires and where to get the power from. Let me know if you have done this. Thanks Ken

Trying to figure out how to change out the bulbs in my fog lights. Can someone point me in the right direction maybe with pics? Thank you Ken

Awesome! Thank you for the direction. That worked great and is a useful link Ken

Im looking at this 03 Subaru Baja and wante to know if anything is listed. Heres the Vin# 4S4BT61C736102050 It would greatly appreciated. Thanks Ken

Thanks a lot! I have a text into the owners :/ probably gonna be a pass. Thanks again. Ken

Can anyone check this vin for me? 4s4bt62c836114531 its an 03 Baja Thanks Ken

Can someone check this one for me 4S4BT62C836114531 Ken

My problem was the carter throttle cable. It is shorter than the hitachi one. Picked a new throttle cable and all is good Ken

Lol very true. I have 82 Subaru Brat. I can check the wires and see if there is an issue there. Ken

I had a mechanic fix my heater valve on my heater. When I got it back every once in awhile while I'm driving my fasten seatbelt light will come on for about 10 secs and then go off. I talked to my mechanic and he said he didn't touch anything that would effect that. What might cause this issue? Thanks for the help Ken

I originally had a carter carb and went to a junk yard yesterday, pulled off a hitachi intake off a 84? Wagon. Got a redline ea81 weber kit. Put everything together today, I have the electric choke in the front, linkage on pass side and fuel inlet facing rear off car on drivers side. It started right up and sounds really good, a lot better than the carter. Problem I'm having is my throttle cable isn't long enough to reach my linkage??? Was the carter carb linkage shorter than the hitachi? What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. Ken

Can you post these links to the weber instal threads. I have been searching with no luck. Trying to figure out how to hook up the throttle linkage Ken

How do I tell if it's a carter or hitachi? Ken

Lame, I was thinking that may be the case. How do I tell that it's a hitachi intake and what years did they come on? Thanks Ken

I have an 82 GL Brat with a stock Carter carb. I want to switch to a weber but all the ones from redline on eBay talk about them being a replacement for the hitachi? Will this work or do I need something different? Ken

Is it possible that I need to adjust the valves on my 05 baja turbo? I have one low cylinder compression wise(120) and it leaks by 40%. I would love it if thats all it needed. Let me know, thanks Ken

Where do I get auto-rx and what is it? Does it go in the fuel tank? Thanks for all the info, I love having this forum, it seems as if I get more info from here than a lot of mechanics Ken

by the way, I didnt for the turbo and unfortunately they didnt leave the new one in either They actually did well in the aspect of not even charging me for the rental car, which was a 2009 forester turbo. very fun to drive I ended up paying $200 which I thought was fair considering all the work they put into it. Ken

Well, picked up the Baja from the dealer and it seems to run a little rougher than it did when I brought it to them But they did show me the read out from the diagnosis and cylindar #4 has something wrong in there with 120psi and 40% leakedge compared to the other cylinders at 170 psi and 7-10% leakedge. I talked to another mechanic and it seems as if theres really not much I can do other than pulling the motor apart. My thoughts are to drive it how it is until it wont drive anymore and then rebuild it...whats your thoughts? Ken

New developements...as for some of the questions that people had, they checked the exhaust side, thats what I saw anyways...they put in the new turbo and unfortuantely that didnt change anything They ran some more tests and what they came up with was one of the four cylinders having 120psi compression and the rest having 170ish and that same cylinder in a leak down test losing about 40% compared to 7-10% in the others. they also put a camera down in the cylinder and didnt see any problems. My problem with this is the car runs and idles great, like really good until you get into about 5500-6000 rpm and then you get that noise. If I had a cylinder that was that bad wouldnt that be noticeable at idle or regular driving? And also when they did a computer diagnosis it showed that all cylindars were running within specs????? There theroy is that maybe I have a bad ring or valve but wouldnt I get smoke out the tailpipe or have a crappy running engine? What are your guys thoughts... Thanks Ken

I have a 2005 Baja turbo(129k) that I just bought. It is a great car/truck. One owner, all services done at subaru by the original owner...I am second owner. Decided to really get on it to see what it could do and it didnt really feel like it pulled hard like a turbo should and when the tach reached around 5500 I heard a sound like a playing card in the spokes of a bicycle wheel. There was also hesitation when I was getting up there with the rpm's. I let off of the gas and it went away, tried it again, and same thing. Took it to subaru and they heard the noise and decided to pull the exhaust to look into the turbo. What they found was the impellar fan on the turbo can move back and forth about a quarter of an inch. They said that that was the problem for the noise and the turbo not producing the power that it should? What do you guys think? They are saying that its $1700 for a new turbo and need to know what you think...Thanks Ken :-\