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does anyone know if the 16 inch wheels from the 2000-2004 outbacks will fit and clear everything without rubbing on a 98 outback?

started working on the new car at 9 this morning had the engine out by noon and new one in and running by 4pm i call that a good days work. just the interior bits need to be swapped out now. old one coming out new one going in all together running dont mind my blue coil pack i had suspected it of having a crack and arking and coated it with a tube of silicon because i had no money at the time and it was not even the issue so its just blue now.

i dont mind pulling the parts engines already out once i have the new car running im also pulling the trans and diff from it just in case im also swapping most of the interior and if i can get the windshield out im also taking that because the new one has a cracked windshield and the old car will go to the scrap yard when finished.

got the 2.2 out took 3 hours. the new car from its bad side the rust was allready cut out u can see the hole around the rear wheel the other side has no rust.

thank you everyone that responded the car is at my uncles now and i do not have service there so i wont be able to update until later tonite.right now from what im reading the engine is sitting there attached by the corrosion and thats it. this whole processes went alot smoother and faster than i first thought it would only took 2 and a half hours to get to here and i only broke the stupid bolt for the a/c belt shield.

i had a rear one that the bolts were so bad i just went to the scrap yard pulled the bracket from another car then took a grinder with a cut off wheel to the stuck caliper bracket and hacked it off replaced it with the new used one.

ok i have the 2 bolts and nuts out i also have the 4 torque converter bolts out is it safe to assume that i can pull away?

i spent the last few hours at my uncles house starting the job of pulling the 2.2 motor from the 95 legacy i currently have jus about everything off and would like to know if there is more than 4 bolts that hold the engine to the trans? i have removed the starter and the nut lower down on the drivers side as well as the bolt near the top and lower down nut on the passenger side i cannot see any other bolts but would like to confirm this before i attach a hoist and start trying to pull the motor out.

do you know if the 14 inch wheels i have now will fit the 98 outback? i have a set of snow tires for the 14 inch wheels

i know went from the cross member to a whole car. i left out the details about mine that the rear half of the body is also full of rust and if i replace the cross member ill probly only buy it another 3 or 4 years the new cars body should last alot longer and at the price of 200 bucks i cant pass it up.

how future mad did i just make myself? i just got back from looking at a 98 outback with bad head gaskets and my plan is going to pull the engine from my 95 and put it into the 98. both cars are auto will the 2.2 motor swap into the 98 outback? the outback has the 2.5 motor will the transmission bolt in? will i need to swap wiring harnesses and computers? how much aggravation did i just put upon myself?

It is awd

Does anyone in Connecticut have one they might be willing to part with?

my 95 legacy l wagon is close to loosing a wheel the cross member so so rotted its scary. my parents have a 2002 outback in Vermont and im in Connecticut so i can not just check it out. the question is would the rear cross member on that car be able to be used in my car?

ive seen those on ebay i was curious if anyone had ever used them or know of one that will match the factory look.

does anyone know of a wood grain decal sticker source that matches the original wood finish that i could put on the left and right vents

so i have been slowly collecting wood trim bits and making a full set for my 95 legacy wagon so far have the 4 window trims the center vent trim the radio trim and the shiftier trim. i have not yet found the wood trim ash tray and the question i have is are there even side vents with the wood trim available? i have been searching for almost 2 years to acquire the parts i have now not that i haven't seen these parts before just that i haven't found a set until this morning that was not broken form someone ripping them off in the yard. but i have never seen the left and right vent trim parts with the wood on them so do they even exist?

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this but i dont know about the lucas. i tried lucas in mine but did so before the 3 drain and fills and my trans did not like the lucas and shifted weird with it in there i was afraid of the drain and fill because of not knowing how long its been but my fluid was clean and people here told me the transmissions respond very well to drain and fills so i did and did not add a lucas when finished. im happy with the results.

ill tell ya what if your afraid of it take it out and send it to me ill burn that gas i have no problem burning 1 year old gas in my car ive used gas older than this before without issues. i bought my first car after sitting for 4 years and drove it away on the gas that was in it. when i bought my subaru it had a half tank of year and a half old gas in it witch i ran through till empty before refilling it.sure it wont be as efficient it wont make as much power as fresh gas but the likelihood of it ruining something is not very high on the scale. like i said if you dont want it bring it here and dump it in my car ill gladly use it up.

i see the problem now. unplug the green wire that is attached to it currently and then plug that loose green wire in where the other one was. i dont know why subaru did that but that green wire thats with the black wire does not go to anything it ends at the plug. the loose green wire is the actual power for the lighter.

drive it. it may not have the most power it can have but it will run fine on it. put fresh gas in with it it will get better run it down more fresh gas and its fine.

mine has alot more rust than that i think it would be fine for years to come even if left alone. i dont care too much about mine as it was a 300 dollar car 2 years ago and hasent needed any real work i plan to drive it till it falls apart.

i rotated the tires and it changed nothing if the belt shifted the shake should have followed to the rear but it did not. same with a bent wheel shouldent the shake have followed to the rear if this was the case? the shake is not much more like a light vibration in the steering wheel it starts around 65 mph and doesent really get worst going faster

so ive had a bad inner tie rod for some time now i always figured it was the cause of my wheel shaking at highway speeds. today i changed the inner tie rod and re aligned the car but the shaking is still there just not as bad as it was before. i cannot find any other bad ball joints or bushings in the front end and i balanced the tires myself at my brothers shop on the machine all tires balanced out to 0. what can be causing this? i have a 95 legacy l wagon