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I just sent them this e-mail: Have you looked into making one for Subaru vehicles? Specifically 80's to early 90's models. These cars are lightweight, long-lasting and inexpensive to obtain making them excellent to tow around. More importantly, alot of these cars are 4WD. There is an increasing number of people who modify and off-road them. Very few after-market suppiers make products for these vehicles. One of the most effective modifications to these is welding the spider gears in the rearend (a "Lincoln Locker") . This modification is permanent and can have serious driveability and reliability issues when driven repeatedly on the street. An axle disconnect like you sell for similar vehicles could be used to "free up" the rearend of a modified Subaru on the street, then locked in for off-road. Myself as well as an increasing number of Subaru enthusiasts would be VERY interested in such a product. Please give this some consideration. It would greatly and safely enhance the off-road capability of 4WD Subarus as well as making both 2WD and 4WD models able to be towed behind motorhomes. Thank You, I'll let you know the response.

Lookie what I found in a RV magazine ad. http://www.remcotowing.com/axle_dtl.asp I don't see one for a Subaru, but enough people request it, it could happen. This would be the perfect solution for running a "Lincoln" locker. I plan to e-mail them about making one.

Yes. Stick a small mirror in the hole and look left. You will see the evap. (and leaves, insulation, pine straw, etc.) Stick just the hose part of a vacuum in there and feed it in that direction. It's tight, but worth the effort.

I replaced the resistor set for my HVAC fan today (imagine that.....one of those going bad:rolleyes: ). While I was there, I pulled the fan to make sure it was clean. DAMN. It was full of leaves, insulation and acorns (damn mice). I stuck an inspection mirror in the fan housing and looked at the A/C evaporator....HOLY S#!T. It was packed with leaves blocking more than 50% of the fins. So I stuck the vacuum hose in there and cleaned it out. It was incredible just how much crap was in there. Now the A/C is crazy cold. I gotta do my others now. I highly recommend you do the same. It made one helluva difference in my A/C.

Cool. Me too. My bass guitar case fits PERFECT in the back seat (just touches the armrests of both doors) and the amp fits nicely in the rear with plenty of room for stand, cords and cooler! Wagons are cool like that.

You didn't chase 'em down and try to get the rims? That is a sad sight. RIP little Subie!

The belly-up one is the XT in the pic right above it. It had a bad trans, high mileage, would not crank, some minor engine parts were missing and the interior looked like a grenade went off in it. I got it for a parts car and stripped it. After pulling the engine, trans and what few goodies were left inside, I wanted the front and rear suspension, exhaust, gas tank and steering. I planned on junking the remains anyway, so why crawl under it? Yank it over and it's a helluva lot easier to work on.

Thanks. Love your avatar. Another Redmeat reader?

Just finished converting my site from Jeep to Subaru. It used to be full of pics of my 2003 Wrangler, but I traded it last weekend for....... well, you'll see. http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/484047 I'm thinking of adding some technical pictures on another page. What would be some things to post pictures of?

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=31391

Where are you planning on going to the beach?

I've had numerous people ask about my tires and rims, so here's the goods: Rims: Toyota 4X4 truck (around '92 model) Tires: 215/75/15. These measure 27.5" on these rims @ 32psi. Very minor fender clearancing needed at front and rear bottom edges of all fenders. BTW: these are mounted on a 1987 GL Wagon with 4" OZified lift. Here is the latest pic:

Three words. Super Missle weld.

A scissors-type jack is highly useful. Use it to lift under the rear hubs while installing the bushings in the front part of the rear subframe (you'll see) Also it can be used between the body and bump stop pad on the rear trailing arms to help align the "horse shoe" for mounting to the body (again....you'll see). A BIG pipe. Used for prying the front control arms down far enough to get the bottoms of the struts back into the steering knuckles (once again....well, you know)

That is exactly what I do. Buy entire non-running cars from someone for a next to nothing and part them. Only 3 cars in my signature are runners. The rest are donors. In addition to that, I have parted out 3 Subies and have the parts in a storage shed. I'm not hurting for parts but am always looking out for more.....you never can have too many spares. That's why I laughed and walked away from the guy at the JY. No loss to me. A couple of hundred bucks loss for the JY owner. To hell with 'em. I can buy several entire cars for what he wanted for a trans and axle.....that he is about to crush.....and get MAYBE $50 in scrap. I would LOVE for him to crush that car in front of me out of spite. I would stand close to him, pull 2 $100 bills from my pocket and stand them up in my hand. I would then look right at him and as the crusher is going down on the car, I would lower my other hand and "crush" the $100 bills at the same time. Put them in my pocket, tell him to have a nice day and walk off smiling. My money is better spent buying parts cars and putting people like him out of business.

Yea. Your boss really showed that guy. The man looking for the seats simply goes to another JY and will likely NEVER do business with your boss's place ever again. Who REALLY lost out here?

MOUSE MILK!!!

Man, I found a JY today with 14 Subarus in it (rare for this area). One of them was a 87 D/R Wagon sitting on top of another car and had 3 more on top of it. This pile of cars was near the crusher and are all to be crushed for scrap soon. The car had been stripped of the interior, most engine parts and most glass. It had the transaxle and rear end left on it. Now, what is that car worth in scrap metal? Maybe $50? I asked about the trans and rear end.......he said $150 for the rear and $375 for the trans!!! $525. Pure greed. That will just have to get crushed. I guess it would have been different if it was sitting in the yard to donate parts like the rest of them, but this car has already been written off....headed for the crusher. Taking those parts would have lightened the car by maybe $8 to $10. I would have gladly paid $100 to $200 for the parts. 2 to 4 times what he will get for the entire car in scrap. Am I wrong, or is this guy just a greedy A-hole?

I did install it myself. Took me about 8 hours (including smoke breaks:drunk: ) All of the rest of your answers and more are here. http://ozified.com/

Use relays! I have seen switches melt from running high-powered lights. I do not use them with my high beams. That is asking alot from your alternator. Think about worst case: Raining at night in hot weather. Wipers on high, stereo jamming, air conditioner on with fan on high, aux. fan running on radiator, running lights, headlights, dash lights, engine ignition, fuel pump, hitting the power window while pushing in the cig. lighter...........think of how hard the alternator is working.......then add off-road light to THAT. It only takes an instant to fry an alternator. Just my 1 1/2 cents.

Yes. Picked up a set of 5 for $75.00 at a local JY. Perfect offset.

Just finished today. Awsome kit. Very well thought out with high-quality parts and hardware. Superior fabrication and welding. THANKS PATRICK!!!

Very well put. Most people think of oil as just a lubricant. Something to prevent friction. There is a helluvalot more to it than that. Oil is many things. It's a bearing: It fills small voids between critical moving parts. It's a cleanser: As discussed earlier, it traps contaminants. Of the many types that cannot be removed by the filter , they can only be removed within the oil....by draining it. It's a coolant: It extracts heat from internal components and carries the heat to an oil cooler, or an exterior surface where that heat can be extracted. It's a hydraulic fluid: It performs hydraulic functions like PUMPING UP LIFTERS (and we all know about that). These things were brought to my attention years ago in A&P school. I have never looked at engine oils the same since. Bottom line: Changing your oil OFTEN is cheap insurance. In over 15 years as a certificated mechanic, I have NEVER seen an engine fail due to oil-related problems on an engine that was well maintained by having the oil changed in accordance with the maufacturer's current recommendations. The way I see it, I do not want to be stranded on the side of the road in my car any more than I would want to be finding a place to land in a plane with a seized engine. Oil is cheap.

Here is another upside-down XT. It does not look that bad on the ouside, but the interior look like someone set off a hand grenade in it. Dash, trim, seats and carpet were destroyed. Transmission broken, close to 300K on the clock. I stripped it to a shell and sent it to the big parking lot in the sky.

That was a while back. I had 23 back there at one time. I sold all of them, most of them went to Puerto Rico. I gradually got out of VWs and into Subies....though not quite as many.....YET;)