ABS Help

[mid atlantic]

I found the leak in my brake system. Its coming from the abs unit. I am having a heck of a time finding a replacement unit or rebuild kit. Looking for some help from the fellow members here on what to do. ie. a source for these components, or should i eliminate the abs and make some type of distribution block. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

96 Legacy 2.2

[Fairtax4me]

It's coming from the actual unit? Not leaking from one of the lines or fittings that thread into the unit?

 

The best way would be to replace the unit with a used one, but there were a few different types used in those years (for disc or drum brakes, or with TCS) so you really need to check what you have, and make sure the car you get the unit from matches, to get the correct replacement.

[mid atlantic]

Definitely the unit. used is the only way to go ? Has anyone eliminated the abs? I know, I know its unsafe. But I have been driving and racing for years with cars that do not have abs.  

[Fairtax4me]

I kind of feel these cars are safer without the ABS. The ABS really sucks when you really need to stop in the snow or in wet weather.

 

You can get rid of it, but to do it properly you need to swap the Master cylinder to a non-ABS one, and run some new lines to it.

The ABS MC has only two lines coming out, one front one rear. The left/right split is done at the ABS unit.

If you don't have ABS, to be legal you have to have the 2 lines for the front (one for left one for right) coming direct from the MC. The rear can have one line that runs back and splits at the rear axle (how most trucks are done), But since the Subaru system isn't designed that way you'll have to run two lines for the rear.

It's easier than it sounds though. The rear lines only have to run to the proportioning block on the passenger strut tower.

For the front lines you just have to run one to the right, and one short one to the left.