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New AWD lexus RC should have been the first BRZ

And the remaining ones just went up in value. People will always want them so the more get crushed, the more the remaining ones are worth

This is normal for ej22 operation.

The four way you speak of is really just 2 T in one block. Still diagonal. Ea and all newer are dual diagonal. You may be correct about ea81 also having t for non-HH circuit. Some of their masters have 2 ports out of that circuit while other have only one then T at block.

No the hill holder is the T in manuals. You would find a proper T on a auto trans vehicle or an 81 or earlier model which did not have HH Or just buy a t fitting with 10mm female flare.

Looks more like Toyota gear not rover. Land Cruiser mayb?

Brats are unique. Wagons not so much. You can't compare. Wagon will be near worthless eventually, brats will go up and up. Just the way it is I think the price is too high but if it's got an Aircraft spec engine it's not insane. And guys. As a community shouldn't we suppoort and commend people valuing our "collectables" at higher rates? I wild like to get more money for my restoration projects. Wouldn't you?

It's actually a tip IvansImports has brought forward. Good trick.

You only want about 30/40 percent of the cavity packed or it will pop the the boots off from heat/compression

Subafreak. In CT http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/106113-monster-wagon-vr2-monster-sedan-build-thread/page-3?hl=subafreak Lots of fab but it is possible

Add a brass washer on the idler shaft thick enough to stop the idler from kicking forward too far Center diff....yeah it S usually the spider not the V LSD that fails Repair sleeve that comes with some clutches.

They switched to framed doors to reduce wind noise. That's it.

Manual trans do not have a Nuetral "safety" switch. There is a switch, on ether left side of trans, that tells the ECU when the car is in a gear, or in Nuetral. However this has nothing to do with starting the car and is not a "safety" feature. It is merely to help the ECU control idle and fuel cut during off throttle coasting.

It could easily be done by using making a forward offset to the front blocks in addition to the forward push of the front subframe. Would have to push the radius rod or arm rear pivot forward too. I used an Isuzu frame and front suspension for my t-case build...but the centerline of he the front wheels is 3 inches forward of he the stock location relative to the body. Also I believe also that the big legacy sedan done by a board member in Conneticut has it's front suspension pushed forward. A few inches

Heavy duty latex glove and a rubber band in addition to liberal Dielectric grease

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I've also seen the lower caliper bolt that goes through the lower slider come out.....then the caliper rotates slightly "out" on the rotor especially after big bump could have dislodged it.

Harrisburg is aabout 2-1/2 hours away.h I've done that. All fuses check out. All wires connectors plugged in. I checked all the simple/obvious

Thanks all for the support. This thread may become evidence in the lawsuit.

I am not touching it anymore. I don't want to give them any reason to say I screwed it up. We are possibly going to take it to another, more experienced dealership and have them try to properly reflash the TCU. Or at least test Line Pressures, TCU I/O voltages, and solenoids resistance to rule out that rediculous assertion by the first dealer. However....I am concerned the second will "circle the wagons" and simply say "oh yeah it needs that work". Falsely confirming the first dealership's BS. Then we will have a 2 against one scenario. I want to trust this second dealer but I don't know for sure whether I can. I hate this. It's making me physically ill. Waiting on doing anything today until the lawyer gets back to me. I may just buy a new or reman TCU and wash my hands this dealership. They are losing valuable customers. and If I have to do that I will release the dealership's name and post it all over the net so it will be unavoidable to search subaru sales or repair in this area without it coming up. BTW, this is not an Oregon dealership........I am far away from home (and my scan tools) in another state. Clue....it starts with a "P" and ends in an "vania"

Subaru has procedures for testing TCU output signals and Solenoid operation. Such as Voltage output at TCU pins, Resistance values of solenoids, and hydraulic line pressure at the test ports on trans in various states. To my knowledge......Non of these tests were performed to try to determine exactly which components are supposedly bad. They mearly claimed the TCU "can't read" the valve body so both need replaced.

I check that first thing. The Remote Start Unit and RF interlock unit were secured, as per instructions to the TCU......I say were because that's how I installed it excaclty as described in subaru instructions. After recieving the car back, the Remote start unit and interlock were not secured as they were, but were dangling under the dash next to the TCU......TCU looked disturbed, but was in fact plugged in. (2 large connectors) CCR, to be clear, they did not acutaly do anything to the Valve body yet. They suggested it needed repalced but had not actually opened the trans. I don't think. One though I had last night is why would the ENTIRE valve body need replaced. Even if one or two solenoids were bad, the trans would not be in full mechanical limp mode. It would throw codes and shift oddly, but still would shift. Trans currently operates as if the TCU was entirely disconnected from the Trans......although all wiring is intact and inplace. This just cannot be the case that the entire valve body needs replaced. Another note.....Upon inspection of their "estimate" to fix valve body......the labor rate seems very low.....and there is no listed charge for gaskets and seals that would be needed for such a job. They estimated $1700 for the TCU and VB, but only $220 labor and $30 fluids. Pretty low for such major work. It's as if they know they screwed up but don't know what.......so they want to replace everything....and they tried to make the "estimate" as low as possible so that maybe we would just say "okay do it" to cover their rump roast.

I did look at thier work. Nothing unplugged. SOA called me today in the early afternoon and said sorry we won't do anything. I said then you will have a lawsuit and a web page devoted to is that I will make sure comes up first thing on Google, bing, yahoo, and ask. I reiterated that by the dealers own admission, there was no problem until the work they performed. They claimed " it was going bad and the new software made it recognize the problem. BS. Conversely, they are also admitting the car had no problem when it went in. I told them This was there last chance to get a new dealer that was poorly representing their product and company to "make it right". And I reminded them of the vastly increased competition in the crossover market, and that we may, for the first time in 15 years NOT purchase a Subaru. (This particular branch of fam has purchased 3 brand new subies, CASH, in the last 7 years from the dealer that these guys bought out and absorbed) They called back a few hours later. Said to take the car to another dealer a bit further away, but they have been selling/servicing Subaru for 30 years. Of course it will be on our own dime for now, and depending on what they find SOA. Might help. At least it's a step. But we have still consulted a lawyer and will wait for his advise before agreeing to that plan.

there are posts and reinforcement inside the stock rails that would prevent inserting tubing inside them.

Okay, still no word fropm SOA or the dealership.....But you all raised some of the same thoughts I had....so I will add a bit more info. John. This is an electroncially controlled trans....there are 8 or 9 solenoids in the trans that do control shifting.....but the possibility of the car working fine on Friday and the Vavle body being bad on Wednesday is unlikely. They routinely go 200k+ miles without failure.....this car has 64k. Subaru's instructions for mounting hte Remote start box include velcro and a Ziptie and specify to secure the box to the TCU. Just Physically....no electronic intreraction but you do have to "touch" the TCU to install it. I did this excactly per instructions. And again the car was fine for 1 week before dropping off at dealer. CrazyEights. Yes!!! this is the issue. No "updates" requested. They didn't call and ask us to do it. And curiously they did NOT note this supposed "update" on the service reciept given. Only a $2000 dollar estimate to "Fix" their mistake. And a note the the "front antenna" was not installed correct for the remote start kit. This is crap. They didn't move the antenna at all. And the key fobs were interacting with the remote start box normally for all of the instructions. When you pressed the buttons the car would enter "run" mode, doors locked like it was gonna start, but because of the interlock the engine would not actually start. after 30 secs the system would turn back off after sensing no start. This is all as described in the instructons and performing normally. Nip....I don't know about green connectors in this year. Thought it all done through the OBDII port with SSMIII. But I did pull the lower panel to see if perhapss they left the TCU unplugged. Everything was normall except the had Cut the Ziptie installed by me, securing the Remote start box and interlock box to the TCU. They left the Remote start box dangling under the dash. Not a good sign of work quality. One more note. I told my cousin, who is the actual owner of the car and the one who dropped it off to dealer, to give them the Installation instructions that came with the kit, and circled the proceedure on the last page about programming the RF code into the interlock. They told her "we don't need it". This is strange to me. This particular dealership just began selling subarus last year. They bought out the previous dealer, and moved all the business to the next town over. They were and still are primarily a Chevy/Caddilac/GMC dealer. They did not retain the subaru techs. So this likely would be the first time the tech had performed the RF programming on a 2008 model. And he tried to do it without instructions. I feel this may be part of the problem. More details to come if I don't here from SOA today.