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Before you buy anything, figure out what has failed! - Check the T-Belt and pulleys. You have to pull the front covers but you can do that by removing the radiator fans, leaving the radiator installed with no loss of coolant. - Check the Oil Filter for Metal Rule out the simple things first and if you need an engine, get a used 95 2.2 with EGR. It's a plug and play swap for the most part.
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2003 Forester
lmdew replied to KFoxArt's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
You should be good to go. Drive it in tight circles and see if you have any torque bind in the transmission. Yes they last a long time and the Dealer did the essential maintenance already. -
Front Hub: Before you remove the brake rotor, put a large screwdriver into the rotor through the brake caliper to lock it up. Break the axle nut loose and make sure you can put the axle in. There are so many in the yards, it's not worth messing with one that the axle if frozen in with rust. After all it is Colorado. Remove the steering rack nut and smack it, it will come out Remove the bottom nut on the ball joint and put a large hammer on the back side of the lower A-arm and hit the font until the ball joint pops up Then remove the upper strut bolts. Rear is just about the same, but remove the lower knuckle to support arms, long bolt first. Again if it's frozen move on.
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Are you pulling the front half, back half or complete drive shaft? Yes, it's the best access to drop the exhaust. Sometime the exhaust connections are rusted up pretty tight so dropping the complete exhaust may be the best option. O2 Sensor/s disconnected, 6 manifold nuts, support nut aft of the trans and then the rubber supports and drop the complete thing. You have to get the exhaust down far enough to remove the tunnel heat shield so you can remove the mid bearing drive shaft bolts and unbolt the drive shaft.
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My bet would be on the fuel pump itself. The high current draw was most likely making the relay hot. A new relay with new contacts provided the needed voltage to the pump, so it ran well for a bit. If you have an amp meter check the current draw for the pump. I get used Subaru pumps out of the yard, over aftermarket junk.
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Still ran fine, no apparent damage but I have not pulled it apart yet. It only had about a quart of oil in it. (Kid that I got it from, yea I went over my oil change interval and when I was racing another car the Oil light came on) Expensive oil change for him. I pulled the engine yesterday. I don't remember seeing PZEV on the back but it was hit in the rear so the trunk lid may have been changed out when it was repaired.
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hood release
lmdew replied to 86subaru's topic in 1990 to Present Legacy, Impreza, Outback, Forester, Baja, WRX&WrxSTI, SVX
Just replace the plastic part if its broken or just put the cable back in. Make sure you lube the hood latch.