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2.2 liter, MT, 119,000 miles. No codes. It will run great for a day and now and then cut out intermittently. I borrowed a MAF sensor from a parts car and it did not solve the problem. I remember hearing that a Legacy fuel pump is prone to failure. Feels like sudden lack of fuel or suddenly no spark in all four cylinders. It’s my daughter’s car. It seems like it never or seldom happens at highway speeds.
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I don’t think I’ll pull our Forester engine to put in this car. Our Forester is an S model with 16” rims and the Outback has 15” rims. So I don’t think we can use our Forester rims and tires on the Outback. We have two sets of tires and rims for the Forester (summer and winter tires) so it makes more economical sense to just keep using the Forester. We just got a new set of studless tires last autumn. They are asking $400 for the Outback and it has a decent set of rims and tires. It would be nice to get an engine into this Outback since the rest of the car looks nice.
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It is 98 with DOHC. The Forester has 288,000 on the body. We have had it since 103,000 miles. A previous owner had it setup for towing behind an RV and it was reported to us that about 50,000 miles of 103,000 were towing miles. If that is true the engine only has about 235,000 miles. A year ago the radiator got a big hole in it and the engine overheated. But 10,000 miles later the engine is still going strong. So the 98 Forester is a manual transmission. And it will still work in the 99 outback with the automatic transmission?
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1992 Loyale in need of clutch
Ravenwoods replied to Ravenwoods's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Here in Interior Alaska salt isn’t often used on the roads. They say it isn’t very effective under our conditions. So it depends how long it’s been here. Our 98 Forester has been here since about 2002-2003 with little Rust. My daughter’s 96 Legacy is even better. My youngest daughter’s 95 Legacy has been here ten years and was driven up from Minnesota and it does have some rust problems. So Interior Alaska can be a great place to get older Subarus. I’m not likely to get the Loyale after all. One can see some rust on the body. I’m looking more for a Legacy wagon with the EJ22. -
I’m looking for a 90s Subaru in need of maintenance or repair and saw this one on Craigslist: ”burned clutch, engine runs fine, but does not drive1992 Subaru loyale manual 232k miles4wd with 2wd switch on the shifterVery well maintained, Service history availableHas studded tires onComes with a set of summer tires and 2 sparesReconstructed title(rear end damage).” This would be my first time pulling an engine, but I’ve done timing belts on the EJ18, EJ22, and EJ25, as well as struts and CV shafts. I am just wondering if it’s worth it. I’m guessing he will take much less than he is asking as it has been advertised for quite a while. Someone indicated this has the EA82 engine which is inferior to the EA81.
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I’m curious about possible buying something like this available on Craigslist: ”burned clutch, engine runs fine, but does not drive1992 Subaru loyale manual 232k miles 4wd with 2wd switch on the shifterVery well maintained, Service history availableHas studded tires onComes with a set of summer tires and 2 sparesReconstructed title(rear end damage)” He is asking $699 and it has been on Craigslist for a long time. I’m assuming pulling this engine would be straight forward. But I’ve never pulled an engine before or done a clutch. Any advice on if there is any thing I should beware of? I may get him to come down on the price since it has been advertised so long.
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Thanks for all the great advice. The seller is a miserable communicator. The advert says the title is missing and he hasn’t responded to requests for the VIN and why the title is missing. His last email was that he would accept $150 and said I can come and get it, but did not give an address. Maybe the vehicle is stolen.
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There is a 92 Legacy for sale here in Alaska for $300. This is what the owner says: “1992 Subaru Legacy Wagon w/260k miles 5spd Manual transmission. All lights work.Has studded winter tires with lots of tread. Starts right up, sounds and idles great, but currently doesn’t drive. I believe it’s the clutch. Will take trades of all sorts.. or any offer is welcome.” My daughters have 95 and 96 Legacies. Maybe we should pick this one up as a parts car?
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I inspected the neutral safety/inhibitor switch and the two holes lined up pretty good but I loosened up all three screws and turned it counterclockwise as far as it goes. It was almost there anyway. Holes are perhaps even better aligned now. My daughter is working on getting her drivers license so we took the car out for a 2 hour drive and had no issues with the shifter getting stuck in park or the starter motor not working. So hopefully this solved the problem.
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My 18 year old daughter bought a 95 Legacy as her first car (175,000 miles). Sometimes it won’t come out of park. I saw some videos on YouTube about how one can remove the shifter cover and use a screw driver to depress a button to get out of park. So far we have just rocked the car back and forth and that works great. Also sometimes the starter doesn’t turn over as if the battery connection is bad. But normally one hears a click or something if that is the case. But the car is silent. I did service the battery connection too just to be sure. Usually rocking the car back and forth solves that problem too, or slamming the hood down. So I’m guessing there must be some switch somewhere that needs replacing. Any suggestions where to start?