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you'd have arms like a gorilla if you drove it that way! it's so much harder to steer without fluid that it's unsafe for traffic.

and if your trans mounts are bad, then you eat inner CV boots faster.

lower the good one, lift the rusty one? sell its body kit and keep the wing so it still looks RXish. just a thought.

you stoled you a truck! buy your neighbor some beer. a 6pk a day for a year ought to even out the deal a little

nngh, slow. my car's front end is still all apart (excuse: i'm waiting for the lift to arrive so i don't have to take it apart again), and I've done next to nothing on the wiring. I am in the process of getting my flywheel adapted, and I am going to cut out my adapter plate this week Oh, and I need to reinstall my heater core and dash. argh.

aside from changing the sensors and accessories, the japanese use a paraffin based motor oil as they have little to no domestic petroleum resources. you may want to accelerate your oil change schedule at first and run some seafoam and/or MMO to clean out the crankcase.. cleaning and refilling the hydraulic lifters would be a great idea... good luck.

this is a good service to offer. only a few have made their own wheels and i hear it can be a lot of work. they look good too. i have converted my project car to 5-lug wheels, but whenever i get a set of wheels, i like to have a matching 5th for a full size spare. i'm guessing that's $400 for a set of 4 wheels? i think you should list prices for singles too, or a package of 5. maybe offer them non-powdercoated in case someone wants to paint theirs or chrome them...

Q: how do you know if a hippie's been sleeping on your couch? A: he's still there!

YOU SUCK. but only because i'm jealous. thrown rod, huh? I smell an EJ22 conversion pending...

they're supposed to be screwed to the door panel from the back. either the fiberboard in the door panel or the plastic threads in the back of the switch are broken and someone glued them back on. you can probably get switches from a parts yard. If the backing is torn, you'll have to come up with something. perhaps you can patch it somehow.

that restraining order still applies over the internet. stay away!

*hides* I want to go work on my wagon this sunday, and I need to take pics of the GL10 seats for someone.. I'm going to pull n save saturday so i could drop the camera off on the way out, and get it back that evening before/during work downtown?

yeah, try putting in a quart of ATF for a couple of days.

I'm going to check on this tomorrow and I think they're $120 now.

how much did it cost to get them cleaned?

hi and welcome. regarding the heater: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=27537&highlight=heater+core don't forget the bleach BTW I tore my dash out to change the heater core (haven't gotten the new foam yet so it's still apart) and it really is this easy. you may not have to remove the center heater box with the actual core - depending on where the mouse set up shop - but you might anyway just to check out your core. low miles are nice but that doesn't affect the car's overall age.

ha. ha. ha.

DAMN. that is one impressive project. I want your transmission. please send it to me; I'm in 99220. my GL10 wagon is similar in some ways.. it is (slowly) receiving a 2.2 swap and it has a kevlar clutch between that and an RX transmission.. I have a pistol grip shifter from a 4WD XT with the differential lock wired to the pistol grip's button (a little proud of that ) I also have a 4" lift in transit right now, and I have converted the suspension to that of a Legacy so I have larger brakes and the 5-lug bolt pattern. how is the gas mileage in town with those 4.11 gears and on the highway with the forester 5th gear? I am going to be losing sleep at night now thanks to you! we need to track down this subaru savant who built this car!

wow. is there anyone here who wouldn't buy that in a heartbeat "if it was closer?"

wow. well it sounds like you've got it mostly figured out i hope it urns out to be as cool as it sounds. BTW those pics are postage stamp sized.. got bigger ones?

what i'd be more worried about would be all the people who would see what you've done and decide to do it themselves without being as conscientious.

The idea I object(ed) to is the thought of driving a dirty car though the lake. It sounds as if you are taking pains to keep the engine clean and to minimize the amount of exposure between the water and the engine, which is admirable. If you want to do this in a way that serves as an example to others, then I wouldn't really complain. I would go the extra step, if it were my car, to spray off the underside at the car wash before going into the lake. That may still wash the crap into the water, as you are correct to mention that many cities don't prevent such substances from being rinsed into the local waterways. It will at least keep the pollution with the other pollution in the city, and not spread it out by taking it to the lake. That is no worse than washing your car if you *don't* float through the lake afterward, so it really doesn't have any significant impact. One thing that can be done to minimize the impact of urban drainage is to pay attention to when it rains. I.E, don't wash your car right before or during a rain (hehe, no problem there) because the extra water from the rainfall distributes the pollutants further. Not doing laundry or showering during or right after a rain is a similar consideration. Of course you can't do that every time (I don't always..) but it's good to keep in mind.

i'll bet that's the distributor gear on the cam/crankshaft. or from an old distributor. makes you glad someone decided to put a screen on the pickup tube!

i know there are plenty of sketchy vehicles out there that are *designed* to be in the water but that doesn't make it OK. If this were a boating forum I'd say the same thing to the owner of such a craft. I've even mentioned before that I don't feel OK about the idea of driving through rivers and such while on offroading runs. Like it or not, cars and the petroleum economy are slowly on their way out. it is in every auto enthusiast's best interest to consider what they can do to make the hobby more acceptable. that to me means minimizing its impact on the environment and giving its opponents less ammunition. Yes, it is a sacrifice in that rivers and creeks are a fun challenge to drive through, but it is also as easy as consulting a map and planning a 4WD run that doesn't "need" to go through water to complete the route. It's empowering ourselves to preserve the hobby before someone else can use such practices against us. Who wants to go swimming and come out of the lake with oily hair? Imagine the positive reception that we'd get if we could say to everyone, "look: we no longer drive through rivers, and we organize trail cleanups and restorations along with our 4WD events". Pillars of the community and such. Adjustments like these will enable us to insure the longevity of our hobby.

Eric, I hope you're celebrating the same way I am