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I'm going to defend the Front Transfer Case on this one. If the guy you are talkig to is an auto writer, the insurance claim form (his end) may have a seperate check box for transmission, and nother for transfer case, instead of an AWD check box. I have seen it before. Its just thier way of notating the transmission and/or AWD unit is bad. If they are going to use subaru parts to fix everything, try not to smile too much, as you are getting basically a entire driveline. I have seena few tribecas on other boards have tranny issues (like three) and needed new trannies around 120K. I would assume that Subaru did not use a legacy Auto for a heavy car like a tribecca, but you never know.

i don't think that would rub out

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Rule 1 about snow, it gets everywhere Rule 2 about snow If there is a pathway someplace it will find it Rule 3 SLush follows rules 1 and 2. Cold metal parts, 20 miles exposed to water mist, it will and does happen and happens often. If you have a weak linkage or mount, this can just ne enough to throw things off. As your moving any heat soaking these parts get from anything does not occur, so they freeze. Not uncommon. It happens on other cars too at times. The stuff will also accumilate in wheel wells and non-steallie wheels. This stuff sinks boats all the time, so a car is nothing to it.

How is your tone ring?

What does it physically look like? is it eroded?

i got so excited to see the Justy, odd how they showed that as a Subaru, and not a typical flat four. But Motorweek LOVED them the Justy

So no one wants to suggest the transmission or motor mount. This sounds like it is linkage related, which could be a bad mount throwing the linkage out of wack

Beldin wires really arent that great, i used to test them against OE, they failed quickly. If that was the issue they would fail a water mist test. Check your knock sensor, it sounds like it can cause this.

Can just be a bad relay on the ABS pump itself, another common but rare failure.

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A day, a week, a month, a year? Mostly I have heard not working. A HG is a very complicated system. It has to deal with compression forces of 18000 psi, oil pressure (10-60psig), coolant (14 psi), Heat of combustion, cold, I wouldn t even use it on a car I didnt like.

depends are you looking for a temp fix or a real fix. Personally it is a good way to make a repairable engine scrap if it doesnt work.

Does it happen hot cold or whenever. This does sound a bit more disty then coily. Old coils usually get buggy when they heat up or if mounted sideways on turns.

Can you describe the problem first? Coils can be a bit difficult to diagnose directly so you tend to rule everything else out first since the failure can be temp or related to direction.

its this fancy shmantzy dual exhuast thing

i am starting to think it may be mechanical in source. Weather will be sour for a while before i can investigate it some more

It is more ghostly then mechanical in sound.

No owels once the car has warmed up either. When it is cold, and you shift into neutral the owls silence too when backing out of the driveway. They are also are there in drive. i am leaning towards a vacume source, but not much back there behind me except the EVAP system

Fpr the record, at your milegae, thats not high miles, it is just broken in

I'm still waiting for someone to go wheelin with one of these

http://www.cars101.com has the maint schedual. Wow i think there is only one other tribecca on here. FSM, maybe on ebay, maybe on the net as a torrent.

At that mileage, price another engine. That kind of miles, you do the HG job you have a high probability of having blow by, unless you can live with that possibility. Personally I would look for a lower mile engine as the 2.2 is robust.

no owls at highway speeds. i think i have two, one in the dash and one in the back of the car.