wotboy said he'd replace the timing belt in my '93 Legacy for me just so long as I stood there drinking beer and talking at him while he did it. He didn't mention if I'd have to buy him beer also but I think he assumed it so I'll be sure to buy extra tall cans of Old Milwaukee to ply him with. Thanks to 3rik and Wall of TVs I have secured a timing belt for use in the process but Mr. Wotboy is in need of instructions to go about the process because he only knows about cars from the 21st century. I found a link to a bunch of Subaru Factory Service Manuals: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=8399&highlight=service+manual There are links in there to 1992 Legacy data - will that work for changing this part on a '93? Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe my '93 Legacy has the EJ20 engine in it (I apologize for my lack of knowledge but I'm super dumb about cars and that's why I post questions here). Help a brother out with the data I need to provide to wotboy to allow him to make this swap. I'm looking at you, phi11. - samh
93 Legacy will be the EJ22E engine. Changing the timing belt on these SOHC's is a piece of cake. Nothing has changed from any current t-belt except the tensioner assembly which changed in ~98. If you aren't replacing the tensioner, use a vice/press to SLOWLY compress the rod in. Then use an allen key/hardened pin to retain it until you have installed the belt. That service manual will be correct for a 93 as 1st gen legacys are 89-94.
Thank you for the info - particularly the bit about the 1st gen Legacy's being from '89 - '94. I think Mike knows how to do the swap, the service manual will just be necessary to get the actual timing right. I haven't looked in the box I received from the dealership with the belt to know if it came with a tensioner or not. We'll swap out as much or as little as is needed - I'll leave that decision up to wotboy.
