Self introduction

[Jimmyowensfan20]

Hey all, This is my second Subaru. The first was a 1986 GL-10 tubo wagon that i bought for $200 and tried and tried to get it right and finally found a 1988 dl 2wheel drive with a single port motor bad trans for $100 and man o man what a job I got into. Changed wiring harnesses, dashes,had to rewire entire chassis, but I put that single port motor in place of that turbo piece of junk. All in all I ended up with a little over $800 bucks in it and drove it over 200,000 niles before the axle broke and drove it home in 3 wheel drive LOL. Gave it to my friend and it is still running today.

I went from that to a 1974 Super beetle. Big Mistake!

 

Now I am back to Subaru. It's like I have some kind of obsession for cars that don't run."my says that anyway". Last week i purchased a 1996 Legacy outback Wagon that I had seen sitting in the same place for months. i stopped and talked to the guy and he said" It gets hot no matter what i do. It's got a new water pump,radiator,thermostat and I am tired of fooling with it.

I put water in it...started it without the rad cap on and sure enough...compression in the coolant system. I knew imediatly what it was. "head gasket" I kind of feel bad for not telling the guy this but he had 2 really nice cars in the drive way. So I offered him a grand for it and he said no and I left him my number.... A week later sure enough he called and told me to come get it out of his way.

 

So here it gets interesting. I happened to see a 1993 legacy wrecked in the paper so I had called and got that car for $200 bucks 112,000 miles smashed in side.

 

Took the 2.5 liter with blown head gasket out of Outback, played with 2.2 a little before putting it in, Head gaskets,timing belt,water pump,thermostat,cam seals,front main oil pump seal kit,new "U" hose from water pump to pipe, valve cover gaskets, timing belts cover gaskets, tuned it up, I also now have lucas 80w90 in both diffs, I put the GM limited slip additive in auto trans"recomended by local subaru dealer" when changing fluid, New brakes all the way around, blead out all old break fluid, cleaned the intake while it was off,new rad hoses, heater hoses, gatorback drive belts, 10 dirty finger nails, 4 busted knuckles, and a 14 millimeter across the bridge of the nose that sliped off engine mount nut. And I have driven 1000 miles so far tickled to death.

 

1996 Legacy Outback AWD Auto, Cold air, all these new parts, $1500..

 

It does have 264,000 on chassis but I really like the 2.2L I put in it much more than the 2.5L.

 

Did I really get that good of a deal? Or am i just dreaming? Either way I love this car it drives awesome compared to the BUG I'm coming out of.

 

Anybody interested in 74 super beetle? All Stock.

 

Anyway... The Site rules. The info is abundant. The people from what I've read are pretty cool. Nipper seems to be the smartest Subaru guy I've ever come in contact with.

 

Come meat me at a dirt track, golf course, or lake in TN.

 

jimmyowensfan20

[northguy]

Welcome to the board. If you like your new ride, it was a good buy.

[porcupine73]

Indeed welcome! Sounds like quite a project you had there. Doesn't sound like too bad of a deal overall and maybe even some fun in the process! The limited slip add is something Subaru suggested at one point for AT AWD clutch pack bind. Say there's a beetle on pimp my ride right now!