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THanka for that heartless. I’m sure ppl know the difference between fognsnd driving lights. The problem with “fog” lights is the everyone runs them ALL THE TIME with their headlights on. They’re typically glary and if they were true fog lights they would be yellow to pearce though the white cloud. White light reflects back, so why are fog lights typically white or so close to it that they’re not really fog lights. Lights are one of my pet hates on cars. HID lights are another one manufacturers slipped through. Crap light, glary colour (cool white). They should never let them on the road. If you had uber smooth roads that didn’t make the suspension bounce that could make life with oncoming HIDs easier to live with. I wrapped my driving lights when living in the snow because that’s what I had. They were awesome and worked way better than I ever expected. The local constabulary didn’t have an issue with yellow lights across the front of my car during that time. Cheers Bennie

Fog lights shouldn’t be used for throwing light down the road. They’re too low to start with and they’ll blind on-coming drivers. Really they shouldn’t be used unless IN fog. It’s a big issue over here in Oz, many use them all the time and as an oncoming driver they’re not great to work with. Dunno why they’re called fog lights anyway, they should be full yellow for good fog penetration! I did a snow season over here and wrapped my lights in yellow cellophane, including my driving lights. Worked mint when we were covered in clouds. Cheers Bennie

Some programs allow you to resize image by pixels. If this is an option, resize to 800x600 (aspect ratio box checked it’ll do automatically adjust the other box). If it’s portrait, do 600x800 Cheers Bennie

@JSIMONIS97 - if the key barrel is locked up and you can’t turn the key but you can pull the key in and out: make sure there is no weight on the steering wheel. If there’s tension in the steering held against the ignition barrel lock you’ll never be able to turn your key. Simply hold the steering wheel with the tension against your hand (pulling/pushing on the wheel) while you operate the key with your other hand. If this isn’t the case, your barrel is definitelty rooted. Search eBay for an aftermarket replacement Cheers Bennie

A what? All the aftermarket Y pipe needs is a pipe welded to the RHS exhaust that drops from the header pipe. This pipe only needs to have two decent tack welds to hold it on. Heat will transfer very easily to the intake air charge. This system is only used a low revs, so it’s not like it needs to be sucking pure hot air at a great rate of knots, nor would you want it to be once the engine is at full operating temp. Cheers Bennie

Any chance you can get us a pic of what you’re looking at down the dipstick tube? Phone cameras are good for these types of pics. Cheers Bennie

I didn’t know this was an elusive “item”. All Australian delivered DL’s have the single in-dash speaker (povo pack) “stereo system”. I’ve since put speakers in the doors on mine - pretty much the first mid I did over a decade ago! Cheers Bennie

There you go, I thought this was considered a two piece shaft because it is flexible in the middle, regardless of flanges etc. Cheers Bennie

@SUBARU3 try here. This thread is a double post. Cheers Bennie

Sorry mate I don’t. And I can’t find one on google. Mine is missing and not really necessary in Oz most of the time. Cheers Bennie

There’s a pipe that it slips onto and it’s clamped in place by a tensioned wire ring, same as what’s under the intake tract of the air cleaner housing at the other end of this pipe. Cheers Bennie

I’ve been told that waxing the headlights helps to avoid the hazing that occurs. I’m yet to start this practice myself though... Cheers Bennie

Nice score! Very much like our $550 special on a Gen3 RX “Basil” Lights and rims were added. Prop shaft is two piece. Knocking/thudding sound could also be dead front struts. The oil leak is most likely the driver’s side head gasket leaking oil from the no-pressure oil return gallery. Look up GD’s recommendations for HG replacement to solve this issue. Also remove the cam retainer plate when torquing heads down, then clean up, apply high torque sealant and replace. Nice colour by the way Cheers Bennie

Unrelated. It’ll be the resistance pack used for the fan settings. I don’t know if it’s the same as the older Subaru’s that have it in the air ducting before the AC evaporator. One or more might be broken, or the plug has detached from the resistor pack. Cheers Bennie

It’s the heater core. There might be an air bubble in the system. In the old L series this gurgling like sound would happen if the heater hoses were put on the wrong way. I doubt that’s an issue in the Foz though. Cheers Bennie

How did the gears fair after that experience? Cheers Bennie

Wow, these are totally NOT an option over here, nor had I heard of them from the JDM models either. A setup like that would be sweet. I was going to adapt another vehicle’s power mirror mechanism to the brumby side mirrors but never got around to it. Cheers Bennie

Which diff - front or rear? Rear diff will use the same seals as any other r160 diff with stub axles. Front diff could be MY specific so you’d have to look into part numbers etc. Cheers Bennie

I agree with Imdew. This coolant may have caused a short in that spark plug circuit, this dropping that cylinder or producting a weak spark at best. Cheers Bennie

No way is there a broken piston rod in there! You’d hear all sorts of nasty noises and ther should be some sort of hole in the block! If one cylinder is down, it will show up by piling spark plugs one at a time (and replacing them before moving onto the next spark plug). Cheers Bennie

Same as L series and BRAT. I hammer them out with a mallet and a piece of hard wood. Cheers Bennie

EA82sare non interference so it wouldn’t be a valve issue unless it was major, in which case it’d be making more nasty noises than that (if it would run at all). Check your tensioners are still locked in place, it sounds like one is loose. Or you have a big end issue. I’m hoping tensioner Cheers Bennie

Further to Dave’s question - did you ever have a full dipstick to begin with? Cheers Bennie

I haven’t personally. Many have though. Do a search for Anderson in the member’s sub forum and see what comes up. If that doesn’t work try a google search with “site: www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum” on the end of it Cheers Bennie

Auto, you should be able to pull the speedo drive gear and swap from what I understand of auto boxes. The sensor will be on the front diff housing as opposed to the manual box that has it midway down the side of the gearbox on the front half case. There might be an easy fix to this after all. Got the old box to pull the speedo drive cable from? Also - have you confirmed that this box is the same diff ratio as your old one? If there’s a ratio swap you’ll need to swap the rear diff too! Cheers Bennie