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my girl freind bought a nother car because we where tiered of replacing motors in the 98 outback its burning a qt of oil every 100 miles or so even with ring seal so i get to do what ever i want to it so plan is to strip it down to almost nothing i have a extra set of scout axles and a few transfercases and transmissions laying around so ether slap it on some kind of frame or build a sub frame and 4 link it front and rear it will never see the road again and will just be a toy i hope to have it going in time for the 2016 hammers but that migh not be realistic it will be a long slow build ill post up the leftover parts as i remove them the car is mostly in good shape and i wont be using anything but the dash and unibody and front engine crossmember pics coming soon

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and slight body reshaping from a slight kiss of dirt se bent lift blocks ill add more if i find them

i was serching around and found a very old pics thread of parts broken offroad u thought since this section of the forum is so slow i think its time for a new carnage / trail fix thread alittle who when where and why would be cool to side wall banger nothin a few tire plugs couldent fix bent rim nothin a bfh cant handle amazingly enuff it held air after i straitend it all happend at the carnagie ohv park i riped my bumper apart pulling a stuck jeep out of the sand i just bent it back the best i could and straped it up till i got home then i reinforced it heres the vidieo of me breaking the bumper there are of course the many many broken axels but we all know what they look like

at some point in time some one rewired my check engin light to my alternator light i was woundering why there was a funky wire draped from one harness to the other im guessing it was the shaddy dealer my girlfreind got the car from but im not gona mess with it the car came that way its gona stay that way its also a odb1 system i dont think it would work for a odb2 system and i remeber hering that the ecus have the vin programed in to them and can mess with smog if you swap them but a ref could take care of it im sure becuse people swap ecus all the time i know the ecu can also be programed to do what ever you need it to we did it with a lt1 383 stroker swaped impalla ss to get it to pass smog it wasnt cheap though

i know that diferent manufacturers use different size and splined shafts i have a pile of old cvs and there are atleast 3 diferent sizes shapes and setups all for the front on a ea82 these where both the wheel side of the axle one was factory and the other was aftermarket the shafts where diferent sizes and diferent spline count i just cant find the pic.right now

we will most likely buy new struts front and rear we already have the springs from the 05 this car will never be used off road just driven on back roads that are poorly maintained atleast twice a day and the extra ground clearance would save the under belly

right on any known issues with running the rear 2" overstock

we are giving up on our outback wagon needs to much work to make.it reliably do a 120 mile comute every day so we are looking at a 04 lego my question is can i use the bodylift componites from the 98 on the 04 im sure all the spacers will work but what about the trailing arm brackets i havent been able to get the 2 side by side to check for my self if not how imterchangable are the 04s and the 05 i.have a freind who slamed his outback xt will his old struts and springs work on the 04 and since he slamed it it dosent need a body lift kit will that fit then 04 lego i would rather use the parts off of the 98 though because its more than likely going to be parted out anyway

i was woundering about this to as its time to build a car up for my daughter i was thinking build my extra loyale but i dont trust the electric seat belts what year did they start using the boron steal i also have a 98 outback with another poped 2.5 i could build up for her but i might just pick up a newer one if there that much stronger

i had the same problem with after market fans i have no problem with the oem fans i dont think my aftermarket fans where big enuff now im runing both factory fans and a aftermarket one set up as a pusher

and put heat to the spider gears inside the diff

when i did my ea81 clutch about 10 years ago i just reached in and grabed the motor set it off to the side and did the clutch just a simple socket set no hoist no jack stands no laying in the dirt the hardest part was finding the right pilot bearing i do use the cherry picker for the ea82s and ej2.2/2.5s more because im geting old and my back dosent like lifting motors anymore if i remeber the ea81 will just sit in the engine bay kinda sideways and give you more than enuff room to work on the clutch with out disconecting the wire or fuel lines or accesories still have to pull the radiator and drop the exaust though if your carfull with the oil pan u can use a floor jack to lift and move the motor around kinda like a vw but then again trannys are easy enuff to r and r ether way a hell of alot cheaper and less labor intensive than swaping to a auto you would need a few.more parts than just a trans and even at pick and pull the parts would get pricy

if there is anything sticking out smack it with a hammer a few times should losen it and come right out with vice grips

i dont have the trim pannel on my hatch there is a rod from the handle to the latch thats easy enuff to get to and open the hatch from the inside i dont see any reason for a handle on the inside but shouldent be hard to fab up a simple ring on a string sticking out the top of the pannel would work well to i think

i use a univeral reese tow bar with modded end pieces that mount to the lower tow hook/tie down points aswell also have used the vw tow bars hooked on to the sway bar alittle sketchy though but in a emergancy it works the universal tow bars dont look that strong but are used alot ive had many of them and never had one fail a custom tow bar would probly be stronger cheaper but would only work for the car it was made for the universal can be made to work on most any rig from vws to full sized ford trucks

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Punctuation? no no punctuation this trip but i got a pic of my last puncture from my last wheelin trip 3 plugs and im still running the tire no leaks it is way off balance and i dont think i can get any shop to balance it like this some day ill get a new tire and new rim

tube fender bent in alittle

not to bad i think the blocks bending saved something else

after i took this pic i floped it on its side blew the bead on the front passenger side tire bent 2 of my lift blocks and exploded the rear axle geting out of the crack i just wish i had more energy to fix it and wheel the rest of the day but wasent gona happen i dident get to ride ether but it was still a fun trip im loving not having the back windows i dont have to worry about braking them out throwing stuff around in the back or nocking them out wheelin or efin around the shop im thinking it needs some small porthole windows in the back that open or make the back hatch window open that would be cool but might be abit much work but i could fit my surf board inside and i do have a extra hatch i could play with maybe down the road

ive done alittle more work on my rig i ended up welding the back doors shut the bondo was cracking and was more noticable than i had hoped for i welded up my spare diff and installed it replaced my front springs only to crush them again and decided to add 2 more inches of lift and because every puddle i went through the air filter got wet i added a snorkle and put the first coat of paint on and did the rear disk convertion i just wish i had some more time to rest before i went to test it

the engine and trans package is so small and light i personally think its easyer to do them together i did my swap like that on my 91 loyale i did it by myself in and out no problems ive done it both ways seems to take twice as long to do them seperately on a side note i also did my scout like that and never again the 6.5 td with 700r4 and tcase is quite a large package for one person to handle but i did it