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So the 5 speed in my legacy used to shift wonderfully and fast without any grinds ever. It was a very nice transmission. Now though ... It's been acting weird. I haven't done anything different to it. Sometimes it will grind going into 4th gear up-shifting, sometimes not. It's random. But today after a long highway drive on a very hot day it started shifting very slowly. It just won't go between the gears easily and requires me to force the shifter a little bit, whereas it used to just slide nicely into gear. If I try to make it shift as fast as it should, it grinds a bit and clunks really hard into gear. I checked the clutch, it isn't dragging, fully disengaging. I can tell because 1. when shifting it very slowly into reverse I don't get any clicking of the gears like you would if the clutch was dragging, and I adjusted the clutch cable way in just to make sure. So I went to check the oil level. AND.... It's all frothy on the dip stick!! What could that possibly mean? I tried searching all over the net and couldn't find much

Thanks for all the input guys! And I just realized this was moved to the USRM area! Cool!! Thanks to whomever made that happen

The wheels are not overly common around here, no. I'd like to get some vids an action shots, but I'm alway out alone. Now I'm away from home, but I'll be home in two weeks time. Hopefully some more pics then!

So I realized I haven't posted my pics of this car on here yet. I bought the car from bratman, so there are most likely already pics of it on here, here's some more! Stuff that was done before I bought it: ea81 swapped into the 82's spfi 2" lift 14" pugs fwd 3at swapped out for a 5mt d/r other stuff I've probably forgotten. Stuff I've done to it since buying it from bratman: replaced cap and rotor. runs MUCH better replaced rear wheel bearings replaced a front axle. Yay for lifetime warranty! rear disk brake swap new thermostat probably some things I'm forgetting Things I plan on doing when I get back in state: mud angled lift blocks to fix camber mud new front tires off roading with bratman and his brat fix things that I break PICS! fixed a huge rust hole! both my cars

Grab ahold of the wheel and shake it side to side, it shouldn't be loose! Front or rear bearings? I wrote a guide for 4wd rear bearings, and somewhere on here there's a guide for fronts. Not overly hard. Just a little time consuming, especially your first time doing it.

that's sad. That's hard to see. Sorry. Moment of silence for the RX.

What a painful thing to see! :'( what happened?

A friend and I did my clutch in one day. As long as nothing goes horribly wrong it isn't a bad job pulling the engine.

Bad diodes will ruin a VR. So if the diodes are bad it isn't surprising at all that you blew two VRs in a row.

Did it run fine before winter? Good chance your gas has gone bad. Try adding some fuel conditioner and see if the situation improves.

Could be the diodes. But you're beating a dead horse. Just get a new alt.

If you think there's water in the bottom of your oil pan, DON'T RUN IT! Drain the oil and put fresh oil in. You should after sitting for 12 months anyway.

You can rent 4x4's in Iceland, yes.

That would be really cool!

That would be really cool!

I had to drive my legacy quite a ways with a snapped clutch cable, just be smart about when you do it. Obviously rush hour is a bad time... I don't know if you'll be driving on back roads, highways, through cities, or whatever. But if it's generally really busy 3am is always a good time when not many people are out... And about what happens if your TOB grenades, it causes a mess. It can do anywhere from just seize up to buggering up the input shaft, messing up the transmission, etc. TOB is something you really don't want to have break. I've seen some pretty catastrophic pictures of the damage.

Pictures please! I've wanted to build a hovecraft with an ej22 for YEARS!

Thanks! I'd do it again. Now that I know what I'm doing it wouldn't be so bad.

Thanks! I'd do it again. Now that I know what I'm doing it wouldn't be so bad.

Cool! thanks for the link!

Cool! thanks for the link!

I don't plan on doing more ... I'd rather not But if I do end up doing more I may grab one. It would make that step a lot easier. And about how much grease to put in the bearings, I wasn't entirely sure. So I did some searching around. I found answers ranging from what you said to pack the as tight as possible to avoid water getting in. I went somewhere in the middle, I got a lot of grease in the bearings themselves, but I did leave some air space in the assembly for expansion and contraction. We'll see how it goes ... I'd really rather not have to open them back up though.

I don't plan on doing more ... I'd rather not But if I do end up doing more I may grab one. It would make that step a lot easier. And about how much grease to put in the bearings, I wasn't entirely sure. So I did some searching around. I found answers ranging from what you said to pack the as tight as possible to avoid water getting in. I went somewhere in the middle, I got a lot of grease in the bearings themselves, but I did leave some air space in the assembly for expansion and contraction. We'll see how it goes ... I'd really rather not have to open them back up though.

Thanks Jason! I really appreciated the help. Both coming over and setting me in the right direction on getting suspension apart, and via text message! I almost asked for help when I got to dealing with brakes and the bearings... But I got it all figured out in the end. Overall, it wasn't to bad. Knowing what I know now I could do it a heck of a lot quicker!!!!

Thanks Jason! I really appreciated the help. Both coming over and setting me in the right direction on getting suspension apart, and via text message! I almost asked for help when I got to dealing with brakes and the bearings... But I got it all figured out in the end. Overall, it wasn't to bad. Knowing what I know now I could do it a heck of a lot quicker!!!!