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I had the same problem when I did the front brakes on our Loyale. No matter how much I tried to get it to turn, it wouldn't turn more than like 1/8th of a rotation and with the new brake pads there wasn't enough clearance to get the caliper back on. I wound up getting a new caliper. Might not have had to but it didn't seem like it was going to budge at all. A pair of sturdy needle nose pliers you should be able to get the tips in the grooves on the piston.

What bolts exactly did you loosen/remove on the strut tower under the hood. Was it the three outer bolts Or just the one in the center? It sounds like you removed the three that hold the whole upper assembly of the strut in place. If that's the case you'd be able to move the strut around like the one in this picture is off center. If that's the problem, and you can't get the bolts to line back up, it might be because of limited travel of the whole wheel assembly (can't push it down far enough to get the strut's top hat in position to have the three bolts pass through the body of the car and back into the mount) Elaborate a little more on your situation if you can. If this is the problem you're having you might have to unbolt and pop out the tie rod end so you can push the whole assembly down far enough. Hard to give advice without a few more details though if you can.

Looks good! Can definitely spot the difference in the amount of light being reflected off the bumper. Looks like they should be providing pretty awesome visibility now.

Good to hear! I honestly and absolutely *love* driving. All those miles I logged across the country, I never once didn't want to be driving anymore. Could use some more comfortable seats though hahaha. Our cars are exploration vehicles, they're reliable, cheap to run, and with 4wd will take us basically anywhere (so long as we don't high center them..) I envy you guys on the west coast with the lifted rigs, I'd be ALL over the place lol

This. I know that's not too possible right now what with your trailer being invisible lol but personally I've found that the mirrors are a kinda difficult habit to gain, but very useful; I'm the type of driver that doesn't really trust the mirrors. With the high visibility in our cars, on a freeway or something when I switch lanes, I look at the mirror, and then I do the over the shoulder glance too to ensure there's nothing over there. Also when reversing, I'm always looking behind me, not at the mirrors. Then I got a job driving a cargo van:-p lol, long story short it was a bit awkward for a-while using the mirrors for everything, passing, reversing, and checking blind spots in them, but after a month or so I started to get the hang of it and I can now comfortably back a full sized cargo van through a tunnel and into a tight parking spot if I had to. Things you'll be able to do too after awhile with the trailer, though I'd imagine that's even more difficult with all the opposite steering input and whatnot! Also about the high mounted lights, might want to check out DOT regulations for having lights that high. I remember reading once before something about passenger cars and/or their trailers not being able to have any lights over a certain height. Just a thought.

I kinda meant like bragging rights for the longest haul on a single trip. Pretty much matched your 8,500 haul last year across the country and back. And your 24,000 miles in dozens of trips, I've done almost that many miles in just 2 trips. But I was never really trying to be all like I WIN in any serious sense anyway so sorry if anybody took it that way. I was kinda just joking around, but it's always hard to discern somebody's context when reading something online so for that, my bad. I'm sure there's plenty of people who've logged many more miles than I have in one shot. There was somebody in the my rides section that had just bought a hatchback and had to take it on quite a journey just to get it home. He didn't haul too far but sometimes it's more interesting about the story than the distance. And the Mexico thing reminded me! I forgot to mention that our 3AT Loyale brought us to Toronto and back 2 years ago too. That was a cool 1,000 miles at 65 mph! haha

LOL! You know what's funny? I had it typed in there about the fox-body mustangs I heard that ran ATF but I took it out because I couldn't remember the specifics. I do know that a couple people I know personally had those mustangs with ATF in the gearbox from the factory (It shifts so smooth!) but the trannys all wound up grenading. hahaha

Your location says New York New York. Are you in the city? I'm right across the river and would love to give a look-over if you're nearby. Does it seem to be leaking a lot? Obvious puddles on the ground where it was parked? The gearing, 42k @ 65, that's normal. What isn't normal is topping out at 65 though. Click my user-name and you'll see a picture of a Loyale with the same transmission doing 100. (At 6,000 rpm:headbang:) Overheating could be a nonfunctional fan or a clogged radiator/heater-core. If it's leaking small amounts of oil from the front of the engine, it's probably the cam seals. If you need to do the timing belts, the came seals should be done at the same time. Like others have said, it depends on what YOU feel it would be worth. Please know that if you decide it is NOT worth it to you and you decide to get rid of the car, I would be very interested. Also like others have said, most of the times these vehicles are worth the trouble, especially if you can do some work yourself (incredibly easy to work on these cars) If the body is straight, and the rust is minimal, it's definitely worth it. How many miles are on this vehicle?

Do you want to go by what the Autozone website is telling you what to put in your Subaru or do you want to go by what the company that manufactured the vehicle is telling you to put in your vehicle? Gear oil goes in manual transmissions.

For visibility purpose how about attaching those swaying reflective things at each rear corner of the trailer? I don't know what they're called Something like this so when you look back you can see the position of your trailer.

Sorry for a book of a response but I call bragging rights. Over 10,000 miles. On trip A 5,000 + miles. Trip B 8,000 + As you know from your comments on the GL's thread in the my rides section, my GL has taken me on some epic journeys. Across the country from New Jersey to the west coast (Reno, NV) and back. Twice. The first time was literally right after I bought the car. Didn't do a damn thing to it. She sat for YEARS barely used, 1987 GL that I got 2 years ago with only 46k on the ODO. So she sat for years until I got her, and I literally just drove it across the country. Didn't do a damn thing to it. Bought it, tagged it, loaded it, and set off. Was hauling a good amount of stuff too. Two bikes, a trunk so full of luggage it had to be slammed shut, a luggage rack with more luggage tied to it, a car with four grown adults in it and the rest of our stuff that wouldn't fit in the trunk/on the trunk we carried in the car. + a toolset. Over 1,000 pounds (200+ pounds over the weight limit of the car) Way too much weight. The rear struts were fully compressed for the entire trip. Even small bumps made a bone crunching noise through the body of the car. Big bumps sounded like explosions. This car endured 5,000 + miles of this and only suffered a nearly ruptured tire, and a bent rim. Front tires were barely touching the ground. Long story short she made the drive out to NV going non-stop without incident. Averaged about 23 mpg with a high of 31 and a low of 15 in Wyoming over the mountains (could barely hold 35 in 3rd gear.) Then she did it again for me last year, to Burning Man in Nevada. This time it was just 3 people and a lot less stuff in the car. I'd also given her a full tune-up and new water-pump and had a lot of spare parts with me for this trip. It was even longer this time starting in NJ non-stop to Colorado. Hit the Bonneville salt flats in Utah, saw some sights in Wyoming, hit our destination in NV. After the event brought her down to RT. 66 in Arizona through to NM back north up to Colorado and then back out east home to Jersey. This time she did close to 9,000 miles on this trip, bested the mpg at 36 IIRC and still struggled over the mountains but not as bad. Salt Flats; After Burning Man in NV. After two epic journeys across the country I'm still only up to 71,000 miles haha And back to the original reason for this thread, anything I've learned over these two trips allow me to share If you're road-tripping on a budget, keep your payload to a MINIMUM. Your car does not have any ponies to spare under that hood. If you want the best bang for your buck MPG-wise, keep it light and keep it around 70. I'm sure if I had less people in the car for my trips I'd have saved over $300-400 in gas. 40 mpg is possible if you drive right and the conditions are right. As mentioned in previous posts (and just a basic duh) Carry spare parts Highly recommended is a full sized spare, which I had for the second trip. Jumper cables, an alternator, a decent tool-set, belts, timing belts, dist-cap, rotor, wires, I even had a spare oil pump with me. JUST IN CASE. Make sure your radio works well The head-unit that came with my car was an aftermarket JVC. It conked out somewhere after Colorado and I was stuck with hundreds upon hundreds of tuneless miles. That was until I coincidentally happened upon a GL wagon at a tourist stop in Arizona half sunk into weeds picked to pieces. Got a radio Check your cooling system BEFORE you leave I made this mistake and discovered my radiator was clogged while highway driving in ambient temps of 95 + As a result I had to keep it around 65 - 70 mpg during the day to maintain proper temps. Quick after-thought: On the mountains, don't be scared to keep your car in 3rd gear. Our little boxer engines won't bat an eye at holding 5,000 RPM all day long, so 5 minutes to maintain speed over a big hill won't harm anything except your fuel economy a bit I guess my post is long enough as is so I'll leave it off here, but one more thing Take pictures of your ride at various cool spots along your trip We all like pictures of our EA's doing what they do; taking us places and keeping us smiling all the while. Looking forward to seeing the DF in some nice places!!

Did you get that brief overwhelming feeling of triumph when it came off? I usually do. I'll hit it once more after something comes loose just to be like Yeah! B'ya**. Maybe that's just me.

I retract my previous statements. Your car is a pile of ****. Disgusting. JK lol Go Flyers! I agree! They're playing the Rangers right now, so that's about the only time you'll hear me say that. And don't be mad about the beat-down the Devils gave Philly in the playoffs last year. Hahaha, good fun. Seriously though. MOAR PICS!

Just don't give up. It'll come off, eventually. Gets pretty frustrating.

The sooner to replace an overcharging alt the better. Glad you were able to get one. If you have or know anybody with jumper cables, might want to carry them around for a couple of days till you're sure your battery survived the ordeal. As I stated previously, I've had a battery explode once...not fun lol so good you got the alt changed!

I had a 93 altima that had some sort of charging issue. It would fry alternator after alternator and overcharge the battery and blow out the headlights routinely. Blew up a battery once, too. That was a fun car. :-\

That thing is beautiful! Loving all the new threads popping up in the My Rides section lately! Gotta get more pics of that thing! Gorgeous.

Change your alternator before you start frying things!

I do! But I'll have to dig them up. I'll try and post a few gems after re-sizing them.

I like how in every photograph they are never actually IN the vehicle. They're always walking in front, behind, or along-side it lol Also, not to thread jack from the OP, but just curious; Has anybody ever even seen an ea82 ski wagon?

Nice wagon! Liking the progress coming along, including what you did with the door cards. Looks good. How did you get the window crank handles off?

That's pretty awesome! What kind of light did you put in there?

EJ IT!!! wait..n/m.

haha!! I just think it's great that a Subaru that baked and had it's paint oxidized in the hot Florida sun is going to be a daily in Alaska now. Oh the adventures of cars.