sirtokesalot

well im at about 1,500 miles no check engine light but catlyst and evap monitors are still not ready. should i presume that i have one of those cars that will just never ready those systems and that i should pass emissions?

more afraid now i checked out what i have vs the new wheel and the air bad connectors are different. now will there be any harm if i were to cut the connectors off and solder them to the airbag that fits the new wheel? would the newer airbag work in the older model?

yep cam and crank sprockets were different swapped them over and it fired right up.

today i help a friend of mine pull an engine from a 2001 outback and put the engine from a 2000 outback in its place. we had to swap the intake manifolds due to differences in the throttle body and electronics. everything is together but it will not start. the engine cranks over but does not fire. engine ran in the other car before the swap what are we missing? the 2001 engine ran but had a bad head gasket and was driven on over heating for about 20 minutes and the 2000 engine that went in was running fine in the old car 2 motnhs ago when it drove 25 minutes to the house.

anyone know? the only thing im really curious about is the airbag. i dont want to plug the newer airbag in and have it go off when i reconnect the battery or set the light on the dash. the only reason i want to change the wheel is to have that nice looking wood wheel. the 98 wheel is ugly.

will the steering wheel from a 2003 ll bean outback fit and work in my 1998 outback? i know i can swap the cruise stalk so that connector will be correct and i can wire the horn to work but will the air bag from that year work with my system?

i dont think its a 1996 ecu. i used the ecu that was in the car originally and i did have to replace with a used one of the same model due to cooling fans not running but not sure what year it came from. i have the next 2 days off but im not sure if the rains going to let up for that time might have to wait a while as rain is forcasted for the next week.

(1) i do have the cats and 02 sensors from the 95 legacy that the engine came from they never gave any p0420 codes in that car. the 95 always passed emissions. (2) when i did the engine swap i moved the charcoal canister and the 2 sensors from the strut tower with the 95's engine as i did not want to unplug them and risk not hooking them up the same way. im guessing im going to have to stop by a junk yard and get those 2 sensors from the strut tower from a 1998 car i think they were a little different and again figured the ones from the 95 engine would work. (3) what size hoses and how much of it would i need to replace all the rubber lines in the evap system? (4) thats interesting so i could disable the obd2 port and they would test the old way huh. id rather fix it right but if all els fails...

not likely. my old car had a new filler tube and i saved it and installed it on this car last year due to the filler tube being rusted throgh when i got the car. i also have the old cars gas cap on this car.

the catylist one not clearing does that mean it needs a new cat converter? i have the ones from the 95 car still and the o2 sensors from that car they never gave any codes should i put these on the car for that issue? i feel like the evap might be hooked up wrong but im not sure. the 95 engine had a charcoal canister in front that the 98 did not have and when i put the engine in i did not know how to bypass it so i just moved it with the engine was this the wrong thing to do? i have 280 miles since the check engine reset currently and it shows the systems not ready still. check engine light should click on in the next 100 miles from the way its been going.

im having issues trying to get my car though emissions. i haven't brought it in yet because my code reader of awesomeness is telling me the catylist monitor and the evap monitor are not ready and they wont ready before a check engine appears for p0440 and sometimes p0420. this is on a 1998 outback with the ej22 from a 1995 legacy in it. the car has a newer filler neck in it with no rust what do i have to do to get these systems to be ready so i can get the emissions tested?

update i put the tires on today they get really close to the mud flaps and i think might rub the passenger one under the right circumstances witch i think i could fix if i just put an extra screw in it because that mud flap is loose. but they fit. heres a few pictures of how it looks now with the bigger tires. downside is the speedo is off 5 mph when the gauge says 50 its really doing 55 on gps. these are the 215 65 r16 and heres a before with 205 55 r16

1998 outback i would think it is controlled by the ecu.

i had a similar issue with my fans and found a pinout of the ecu then checked with a volt meter if the ecu was sending the signal to the fan relay. in my case my ecu was not commanding the fans on.

can anyone verify if this is correct conversion of the wiring for the alterntor? http://bbs.22b.com/forums/showthread.php?31949-Alternator-Question-2-pin-to-3pin

back at this again never did it before need to get it done now. my current alternator is making some really crazy squealing sounds most likely a bearing. i have a newer style 3 wire alternator but my car uses the 2 wire setup. what way do the 2 wires on the car need to connect to the 3 wires on the newer style alternator?

rust head gaskets stupid drivers that keep driving them when major parts are failing.

i think it could get expensive there's a bunch of other computers that live under that water line im pretty sure the air bag computer is in there somewhere a bunch of wire connections power seats was it salt water fresh water lots of things to think about.

this is how 205 55 r16's fit i think there's too big of a gap in the wheel well.

i cant seem to figure that page out. i got the tires last night but i dident do as i had planned. i was going to take the wheels off my car and switch them but i dont know what car to put them on now as i have 2 cars with 16 inch wheels. so i ended up grabbing 4 junk tires from my local tire shop and put those on the van to go to scrap and took the good ones. probly wont try to mount them until summer comes along as i have winter tires on now and dont want to take those off yet.

Yes I have the 15s on it now with winter tires I put the 16s on in the summer

Well I have 205 55 r16 now and they look really small in the wheel well. The 16 inch rim fits I'm worried if the tires would rub.

Will 215 65 r16 fit 1998 outback? I can get 5 free 215 65 r16 in really good shape would hate to see the tires go to the junk yard and would rather send my bad tires to the junk yard and put these good tires on.

remove the airbag lamp?

how can i bypass the switch so it can start in any gear? im not stupid i know not to start it in gear i just dont want to keep having to putting it in neutral to start it or worst yet have it not start in either park or neutral