Roundeye

I'm still in shock. I can't believe it every time I look at that page. I just sent them another letter congratulating them on their professionalism. The best thing everyone here can do is the same. Send them a letter or e-mail and let them know how many of us are out here and how cool that was of them to show a Subaru in their magazine. Better yet, request a 4 Wheel Drive Hardware catalog and support them. Many Cherokee parts can be made to fit a Subaru and lots of accessories like lights, winches, recovery gear and tires can be used on Subies. I think I got our foot in the door, now we need to break it down and get an article. An excellent way to do that is to attend a trail ride where they will be. The off-road scene sucks around here so I can't do much in that department, but if anyone lives near Moab, Badlands, Rubicon, Tellico or the like should hit those trails and be seen! Let people know that these are NOT your Father's Subarus!

Now THAT would be cool. Most mags that cater to big truck and Jeeps would have added a mindless comment then brag about how loud their V8 is......ORA is different. They focus on OFF-ROADING. Not tire size or number of cylinders. Off Road Adventures is owned by 4WD Hardware, a major off-road vehicle parts suppier/modifier. Notice they published the fact that I used OZified lift and Toyota rims. None of which they sell. They do not offer parts for Subarus. Yet they printed my letter and showed my wagon. THAT is true class. I have ordered alot of Jeep parts from them in the past and will likely order some Cherokee parts from them in the near future. I did some measurements and found out that a Cherokee is almost the same size as a Subie wagon. Aftermarket bumpers, roof racks and some body armor for Cherokees can be made to fit a Subaru. I want a Rockcrusher front bumper with stinger and winch mount, winch and roof rack. Cherokee parts will fit the bill.

O.K., so it's my car and it's just in the "letters and stuff" section, but hey....it's a Subaru in an off-road mag! And no dumb comments follow it. Hats off to Off Road Adventures.http://www.4wheelpartsadventures.com/pastIssues/0508-issue/050817d-letters.html

That is too cool. You don't have a sister, do you?

I'd tell them I like lesbians! Hell, I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's body:grin:

I have not been with those guys since I modded my Subie. I used to have a couple of Jeeps before my eyes were opened to world of 4WD Subarus, now you see what I drive. Most of those guys have been stationed away from here. I do ride my Wagon with several Jeeps and trucks around here now. I love the "WTF?" looks. So far I have pulled out a 4x4 Cherokee (twice) that got stuck trying to follow me. I watched a 4x4 Nissan truck (with lift and 32"s) get high-centered where I just went and watched a Ford FX4 and a Chevy Z71 dry-hump a hill my Subie just walked up. That was cool. The guy with the Ford had his girl with him and watched me go up it no problem. She was giving him hell because his "big truck" could not make it. If I knew all of that was going to happen, I would have put a bunch of groceries in the back of the wagon for effect:drunk: I love these damn things.

A Subie in the Jeeps and trucks. http://www.heavyliftoffroad.com/members.html

That's what the Deputy told me when my guitar was stolen out of my house years ago. "We can't get any prints from that door knob". BS! If there was a dead body in there, they would not only get prints, they would find a pube that fell off the criminal during the crime. Bottom line: they really don't care. If I had caught the POS in the act, there would have been a body there. "Mr. D, why did you shoot the thief 750 times?" "I ran out of bullets!":drunk:

Like I posted in another thread: Make fliers and describe in detail everything that was taken. List model and serial numbers (if you have them) and post the fliers at every pawnshop and car audio store around. Make those items WORTHLESS. That's how I found one of my guitars that was stolen years ago. I printed fliers and distributed them. I got a call from a music store aver 100 miles away that had it! The police didn't do a damn thing before I found it. Most importantly: Don't leave anything of value in plain sight! Only use detachable-face dash units and take the face WITH YOU when you leave. Do things like mount the amp in the storage area and hide the wires. Throw an old ratty cardboard box over your subwoofer. Don't drive into your complex jamming loudly....that makes you a sure target. We already have an advantage driving older imports that don't look like they would have alot of expensive gear in them. Confirm this when they look inside and see nothing.....move along to the next car. Most importantly: If you see someone breaking into your car or someone else's....shoot em in the face so they can see it coming.

Looks like a regular old Double Cardan joint. Can be found on the front of many Jeeps, esp. Cherokees. Go to the local J/Y, snag a few front drive shafts from Cherokees, break out the welder and tell us how they do as axles on a Sube.

Sounds like your clutch is slipping. First check the gap on your pulser. Make sure the pickup is not too far away from the 3 targets on the clutch. If the gap is right and it still kicks off, you either have a worn clutch, a compressor that is about to lock up or contaminants in the system that is driving the pressures up high enough to overload the compressor ( the later can be seen on a set of gages ). *Note: This applies to Hitachi systems only.

I would not have locked it. Some POS would have just smashed a window to gain entry. If it's in the middle of nowhere, who would hear it? Too bad you didn't catch them in the act you could have...to quote Ice T, "shoot 'em in the mutherf&%#!ng face!" then throw their useless carcass' under the tires for traction. That would have killed 2 birds with one stone: Done the world a favor and gotten you out of a mud hole.

As if things weren't bad enough, some POS had to steal stuff out of your car! Do this: Print up flyers with good descriptions of what was stolen. Use as much detail as possible. Makes, models, any unique marks, etc. Post them at every pawn shop and car audio shop in the area. Post the same info in local free classified papers....most of them have free ads. Make those stolen items worthless! If you find out who did it, beat them about the head, neck, chest, back, arm, hand, waist, leg and foot areas with a cinder block. Castrate them with a claw hammer so they won't infect the gene pool. (I FU^%!#G hate theives!)

LOL I saw that while flipping channels. The silver one that got stuck in traffic? It looked like a '90's model, perhaps a Legacy Wagon. Sharp looking.

Damn. Looks like you found a bottomless pit. Now go get that 'Roo out and piss off some car wash owner!

LOL!

If it's not fossilized, you can use a heat gun.

well, SOMEBODY has to clear the way for those Jeeps, trucks and other solid -axle users!

All but one in this area still let you look around (free). The one that will not let you pull your own parts or even look around can kiss my white hairy @zz:D I'll push my car into the river before I rely some numbnutz to charge me for pulling what he thinks is the right part for my car. As far as I see it, any J/Y owner that wants to charge admission to look at JUNK cars can crawl into the next one he crushes!

Clean your ground connection. Also clean the connector on the back of the bulb.

LOL!

Every day.

Second that. Needle nose and a long flat-tip screwdriver. 1/4 inch hose.

My '87 S/R GL Wagon was running warm, so I swapped the radiator with a spare and it runs damn cool now. So what to do with the old radiator? There are no radiator repair shops nearby (they are becoming extinct). I figured what do I have to lose? Here is what I did: Removed the 10mm bolts that hold the top and bottom rails on and removed the center straps. Next, gently bent the tabs up on the inlet side (one with the thermo switch and drain), removed the tank. I made a tool out of .032" aluminum sheet metal 33 inches long and 1/4 inch wide. Plugged the lower hose connection on the remaining tank and stuck a water hose in the fill opening. (There were only 3 flues with good flow!) Used the tool to gently push through each flue (you should have seen what came out!). They flowed like new then. Installed the tank and gently bent the tabs back over then cinched them carefully with vice grips. Plugged all openings and plumbed in a fitting to hook up a test fixture (simple air regulator). Filled the radiator with water and applied 12 psi and locked down the air source. 5 min. later it still showed 12 psi. Now for some paint and it's like new. cost: $0.00. Give it a shot if you have a plugged radiator laying around....it's worthless like it is, right? That one was for an auto. Subie. Next, I'm going to do a std. radiator, I'll get some pictures and a tool list and put it in the repair section.