halyva

Thank you for a great link. I fixed my clock within 15 minutes. The problem was a small crack on one side of the resistor connection, exactly as it was pointed in this thread. Thanks for great pictures and help to fix a problem.

Thank you for all your ideas. I will try this weekend. This is what weekends are for........

I don't get any error codes... but have not done tuneup for a while... Likely it's time. I will start with injector cleaner and sparkplugs.... Thank you.

Thanks nipper for VC advise. I have 93,000 miles

Forester 2001 5 speed MT does one misfiring sometimes when an engine goes from high rpm to idle. For instance when I accelerate and then put on neutral an engine produces a single misfiring. It does it very seldom. Any ideas how to resolve this issue?

Thanks to everyone. Nipper you are right about VC and I am impressed how you instantly spotted a problem. I ordered central dif. from Jason at Auburn Subaru (He has the best price (almost $200 less than what a local dealer could offer)) and found local guys how can put it in. Now everything drives just like it should. The cost to repair was $419 part + $8.75 for shipping. I paid $400 to put it in. The total I paid $828. It's hard to find a Subaru transmission shop here in Atlanta except stealerships. They quoted me from $3,500 down to $1,200 for this kind of job including a part. The only way to replace a VC is to replace a whole Central Differential where Viscous Coupling is built in. So $430 for a new central dif was not a bad deal at all. Thanks everyone for referring to Auburn Subaru. If anyone needs a car mechanic who knows Subaru (I saw some people were looking for one in Atlanta area) I would call first JDS Brazuka Auto at 770-428-2300 and speak to Judson. These guys do not charge arm and a leg like other local mechanics in Atlanta area. Thanks again, Halyva

Thank you all. A car has been in Alabama all its life and there is no rust issues at all but I will definitely check engine and tranny mounts . Thanks again.

When brakes applied I can feel a slight move of a shifter forward. Feels like a whole tranny pulls a shifter forward. I only noticed it when I was standing down hill and slowly released and pushed brakes again. There are no noises or sounds… but I can see that a shifter moves maybe ¼ inch forward. I have 5 speed manual 2001 Forester. Any ideas?

I checked transmission oil. It was almost twice above FULL mark. I am going to drain some out today. Can symptoms I described earlier caused by overfilled oil. I am getting more more confident that it relates somehow to oil temperature. A car behaves as I described only after driving minimum 6-7 miles on highway and not when I did 25 minutes of slow circle turns on the parking lot next to my house. Any opinion? Thank you, Dmitry

Thank you all for your inputs. Last night I checked a tie pressure. It was at 34 psi on all wheels. I drove back to the parking lot and made few circles listening a car by bending down and looking under a car. I believe I was able to determine a source of the sound. On the driver side I was coming from a front wheel and on the passenger side from a front wheel too. The sound was similar when we all drive on the concrete payment and car shakes when we pass thermal cut. Sounded like whom whom whom…. My guess this is a ball bearing… Does anybody know the easiest way to check it out? Thanks, Dmitry

Thank you all for your inputs. I have a manual 5 speed Forester.

Do you have any ideas what could it be? Here is a problem. When I turn left or right closer to a dead point a car shakes like somebody is pushing it. I went to the parking lot near by and made at least a dozen circles left right, front and in reverse but nothing happened. Than I drove to the store (about 6) miles and than on a sharp turn a car started to shake again. After that it happened again on every very sharp turn. I checked CV boots they all look ok and axels did not shake except on the rear left axel had a slight shake. I appreciate all your inputs and thought you may have. I have a manual 5 Speed Subaru Forester 2001. Thanks, Dmitry