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Everything posted by GeneralDisorder
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Well then two motor cycles and a baby seat on the back of one. Cars won't get far with roads clogged or full of invading forces, etc. Unless you already live in the country. Then basically you just have to get farther out of town. Cars will be useless for city dwellers as there wont be any passable roads. Motorcycles will get through the traffic jams and you could stash a truck at your destination. Regardless the 1980's electronic ignition modules under the steel hood of a similar vintage vehicle are not going to be the least bit damaged by an EMP. Their cicuit density is too low and their circuit paths are large by modern standards. EMP may temporarily cause interference but it couldn't possibly burn one out. Not enough current could be generated via EMP to damage their comparatively enormous circuits. GD
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An EMP is not going to hurt an electronic distributor. For one the engine bay itself, having no windows acts like a big faraday cage. The bigger problem will be having an operable vehicle when the roads are clogged with accidents from stalled cars - most of which will restart after the EMP passes, but many will cause accidents as the stall on the freeway, and panicking citizens trying to flee some perceived threat such as the nuke that created the EMP. Better to keep a dual sport motorcycle wrapped in several layers of tin-foil in the shed if you really need a bug-out solution. GD
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That is the air conditioning condenser core. You may not open it without discharging the system with appropriate refrigerant recovery equipment. It is against federal law. If the system is already empty you can remove it to do the repairs then have a shop recharge after all leaks are fixed. Warning - the shop may have to replace the condenser core and if they do it will be all the work you are doing over again to remove the radiator to get at it. GD
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Right. They didn't fix it till the 2011 Legacy and Impreza models. The Forester went FB so never saw the fix. 11 to 13 EJ non-turbo models got the 770 gasket like the WRX. Solving the oil weeping. The gasket was updated in mid '02 to stop the coolant leakage. It does seem to have worked for the vast majority of the 03+ models that I've seen. I have an '02 Impreza in the shop right now leaking coolant, and an '03 Legacy up next that only leaks oil. Though it's leaking that oil INTO the coolant . GD
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The CEL ie because the ECU is getting the starter signal, but the starter isn't turning. Thus the ECU assumes the crank sensor must be bad and throws a code. The crank sensor is not bad nor has it ever been bad. You are troubleshooting without understanding how any of this works. If the starter was a cheapo from a parts store - that's your problem. If it was a quality starter like dealer new, dealer reman, or a denso reman then you need to install a relay in the crank circuit to apply full battery current to the starter solenoid. GD
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I think they don't understand what's going on when you press the hub in. You support the inner cone/inner race, which pushes on the outer cone's inner race. No more force than is normally encountered when the bearing is fully assembled is put on the rollers as the clearances are set by the dimensions of the two inner races. Sounds to me like they are doing it wrong, and then changed their approach to do it wrong another way instead of learning and understanding the right way to do it. I am doing it the way the factory service manual outlines using the SST made by Kent-Moore. Though I use a Hub Tamer by OTC. Same tool just different branding and 1/10th the price. GD
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Ours are also run by the state. They ripped out the dyno's years ago. The OBD-II lanes are now self service. The sniffer is idle, and 2500 rpm test. I've passed it multiple times with alcohol from the paint store. The powers that be can't prove a thing in a court based on internet forum chat. Besides none of them are even in my name. I register all mine outside the test boundaries. At the end of the day they don't care either. Its just a money grab and anyone that cares to can easily circumvent the test. If not by directly cheating you can simply register the car to an address pulled from google maps that's outside the test boundaries.... which is the VAST majority of land in OR. GD