porcupine73

Ah ok that's possible I guess I was just thinking that because I have rear drums but it's a brighton. Are the master cylinders different? Seems like there would be some factor for proportion.

I might just be noticing it because I'm using tires for '00obw on the red '96, which there is quite a difference in the overall diameter.

I think it will just bolt on. I bought the stuff to do this on my '96 but never did it. It sounds like you are upgrading the wheels too, which you probably would need to do of course to clear the larger brakes. The rear should also be upgraded, otherwise it is going to have much more front bias than it already has. Why are the Outback brakes larger? I think it is because the wheels and tires are larger diameter, so larger diameter rotors gives it more mechanical advantage in stopping. I run Outback wheels on my '96 legacy in the winter, and the brakes still work fine, but you kind of realy have to step on them moreso than with the smaller tires.

No, 2000 plus Legacy and Outback will _not_ work. You have regular mcpherson rear suspension, starting in 2000 was multilink rear suspension which is completely different.

Sometimes whistle is idle air control valve or one of the vacuum lines unhooked. I have an '00obw and I will tell you from experiments with the knock sensor that it can nearly make the engine stall at times and give it nearly no power.

Hm..the green eh I think I might have used some of that on some of mine so I better recheck them. From the factory I think they come with the red niglube, which also comes in the caliper reseal kits.

I've wondered too; my guess is it is to help prevent chatter in the pins when stopping. i.e. the prescribed order is the best for smooth braking.

'99 Legacy speedo heads are known to have this issue.

What year and model soob do you have? That pic is for the dohc.

Yes that is a good question.......I wouldn't put it past some dealers out there to just sell the closest size o-ring from a harbor freight bulk pack.

Sometimes I use just a little of that gasket adhesive stuff to hold the o-ring in the block recess so it doesn't fall out. The first time I did it, the o-ring fell out of the recess but I pulled the oil pump back off to double check something and noticed it phew!. o-ring part # varies sometimes for different years

well I gave my o-rings acai berry for a couple weeks before installing them. just kidding. I can't remember if that is the old o-ring or the new o-ring on there. Does your o-ring size match up?

Interesting.....I also have a '96 Legacy Brighton I got in '03 and it has always had a kind of harsh 1-2 shift as well. Here are the links LINK LINK for some reason is prepended usmb.org onto the front of the ones up last post ^^^

As already mentioned, vacuum leaks. Did you replace or check the air filter or anything just before this problem started?

I haven't seen it posted too much lately, but there used to be some saying that if the line pressure solenoid dropping resistor on that bracket at the RH strut tower burned out, it could cause harder shifting?

I have done it both ways; doesn't seem to make much difference either way. If you do it before, maybe grease the cam a little bit to help the seal slide over it without getting nicked.

haha yes the 'special tools'. I have many scraps of wood and stuff that have been turned into special tools so I always write 'NOT SCRAP' with a a sharpie hoping it will stand a chance. This my 1-1/4" brutus tool in action: nope she wouldn't budge: Ah that's more like it:

Maybe you have a bad connection somewhere along the path.

hehe yes that sounds about right. I put a light coat of antisieze on there so next time maybe she won't be so stubborn.

Maybe your fuel pump relay is flaky. I think some ECU's from that era but maybe earlier the transistor driving the fuel pump relay got cold solder joints and needed reflowing.

First get good penetrating oil on the shaft so it can get in there, you probalby have a little rust in there. It makes it almost impossible to get off then. After that a puller of some sort might help.

Someplace such as Ace Hardware. It's just a metric bolt with standard thread pitch in its size, proobably M6 iirc or possibly M8.

It's mostly in Japanese...but http://www.oranpage.com/product/196171 Here's some place that has it, looks like Honda used it also. However price is in euros so don't know where they're out of http://www.cmsnl.com/products/greaseshell-6459_52102hn2p00/