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G'Day Guys, by way of introduction, my name is Terry, and I live in Melbourne, Australia. I've always had an interest in Subaru's, but being a motorcycle enthusiast with a company supplied truck, I've never needed to own my own car. Recently though, my wife loaned her "spare" car (Hyundai) to our oldest son, so I decided that I need a car to drive to the store on a wet weekend or to visit my elderly parents in the country, and decided that a cheap Subaru would be ideal. After scouring our version of Craigslist all weekend, I came upon an ad for a 1995 Liberty (Legacy in the US, I think?) sedan in pretty clean condition with 168,000 miles and registered, for only $450.00. Bargain. I drove over and liked the car, so I bought it. The seller said that she'd had new belts fitted to the EJ22 engine on Friday (I've learned a lot here today....) and now the car won't start. The "mechanic" who did the belts at her place told her first that it was flooded, then that the crank angle sensor was shot, took his money and drove off. The engine turns over fine (well it did until she flattened the battery) but now it won't start. Coming from a motorcycle background (Interference engines) I assumed that the valve timing must be correct or else the pistons would be smacking into the valves, but having just learned (from this site) that the EJ22 in my Liberty is a "Non Interference" engine, it could well be that the "mechanic" stuffed up the valve timing when he replaced the belts, but just to cover all bases for when I drive the 50 miles back to the sellers house where the Liberty is still parked, I bought a new, genuine crank angle sensor for the princely sum of $115.00. Soooo, my intent is to ride over to her house next Saturday armed with a jump start pack, a new crank angle sensor, information on correctly setting the valve timing, and some tools. Apart from beer, what else should I take with me to get this thing to fire up? She told me (and I believe her) that the car ran really well before the belts, she only had them changed on the mechanics advice because there was an oil leak from a seal (cam seal?) behind the belts, and he suggested replacing the belts whilst he was at it. I know, it's a lengthy post and I apologise for that, I did check the FAQ's and I found some threads with similar questions, but I wasn't 100% sure that the symptoms were the same as mine. Any help from the collective genius of this forum would be appreciated, I'd really like to drive this car home, not tow it. Cheers, Terry.