What did you do to your subaru today?

Did you find the pot of gold at the end?

 

I'm pretty sure there was a happy ending involved if he found the gold

 

If gold is what I left in my pants around the clover leaf... then yes.

 

i had a "fun" time installing my HID's this morning but finally got them to work... Subaru wiring diagrams make me :???:

 

try looking at a 92 saab 900 wiring diagram, bl and y both represent a blue wire. Subaru made nice wiring diagrams.

 

Or an E30 diagram. Central grounding for the stereo system. Four wires become Two wires become one wire, then back to two and four again. Each time they change color. Then they enter the amp and are completely different colors than they were previously as they run to the speakers. These have to be traced, matched and the amp bypassed if you want to use a normal stereo. Freaking Europeans are nuts.

 

Can you install a catback if you don't have cats? Installed a real aftermarket center pipe and muffler instead of my leak out of every flange, sound like **** gutted stock twin tip pos. And replaced my hazard switch with a phone mount (don't worry I have way better aftermarket hazard lights on a different switch).

 

worked on my boost gauge and a custom fiberglass box for my sub, should be done tomorrow!

 

i ordered some parts for my subaru... exhaust gasket and fog light covers.

 

100k on the sti...many miles are many

 

beat the **** out of it, put it back on the trailer and came home.

 

Got sick of my shift knob so I removed it...... more to come along with pics.

 

picked her up from dustin and drove her 2 the cities. 6 speed is in now all i need is a 6speed shift knob and shift boot as well as to hook up the dccd and the 6speed swap will be done. after sitting so long my driver side brake pins are sticky and the brake on that side is grinding so i need 2 lube them up as well as see whats the deal with the drive shaft as under light load in 4-5-6 it makes a wiring whining noise that is veryyyy annoying.

 

Nearly complete on installing my new shift knob in the RS, boy does my back hurt

 

T-boned it into the side of an Eclipse GT in the middle of an intersection. Front bumper replacement time!

 

^ sh1tty

Changed my oil while I was under the car changing the clutch and flywheel. Wrapped my dp and painted the tbe flat black for some stealth.

 

flogged it good, and did a little drifting whit it in the rain.

 

fixed my annoying brake grind managed to brake my ac tensioner and drove it with passion for the 1st time in months.

 

Got pulled over in it on the way to work, might be time to pull the window tint.

 

Attempted to fix my punctured CV boot so there is at least some grease in there until I can get a replacement boot from Subaru. Funny thing about the boot, my car is an 09 Impreza and there is no way to get just the front outer boot without having to order a whole front axle........Go figure

 

Adjusted my non-functional handbrake from the rear. Passenger side works great now, but found that the components are all missing on the driver's side. :ugh:

 

Ripped a rattling exhaust shield off the Legacy and inspected the CV boots.

 

Pulled the transmission out of the '6 today. took about 2 hours (driveshaft, linkage, and crossmembers already out). Carried it downstairs. took it apart....yep, rear bearing on the output shaft seized. ugh.

tore apart this RS transmission I got from Izzy (thanks man!). boy is this thing clean! looked up the number, definitely 4.111, newer style center diff (good?), and shorter 2-4 gears. could be interesting.....


started assembling the final product. turns out the RS trans has a larger speedo gear (same as the XT6) than the 1.8 impreza that previously gave up it's internals for this setup.

the plastic "feet" on the 5th shift fork were pretty screwed up, apparently the center diff housing was the first to loose fluid. So I swapped the fork over as well, excellent, perfect fit. Then I started testing things, ran it through the gears, everything was working well. Then reverse, turned the input shaft, and got a noise, like the gears weren't meshing correctly. Well, I remember seeing that the ratio was different on the RS setup, so maybe the idler gear is different. pulled them back apart, yep, the RS idler is larger. put that in the XT6 case, everything lined up, tested again, won't engage.

Tried a few things, and if the input shaft is fully seated, reverse will not engage. if I lift up slightly on the input shaft, it will engage, but it is noticeably resting on the gear, not the bearings. Only thing I can think of, is that the shaft for the idler is a hair further away from the main shaft on the newer transmission than the older ones. But I don't have a measuring tool accurate enough to confirm it. Looking through some online tranny charts, it looks like 2.2 imprezas in '97 started getting the 3.333 reverse gear, and everything else in '99. before that, they were all 3.416.

 

fixed my alternator and ac belt tensioners as well as did a little engine bay clean up with all the dust it wont look that good for long..

 

bought a digital caliper. yep, the idler shaft is .04" further from the main shaft on the '01 case than it is on the '88 or '93. and it appears that the teeth on the reverse gear on the input shaft are larger on the RS. so even if I use the smaller reverse gear, I still have .015" less clearance than stock. I'm tempted to run them across the grinder for a moment.....what could go wrong? :hsugh:

 

Dude, don't use a grinder. Do it the proper way... with a dremel and aluminum tape.

 

yea, literally grinding it would have been overkill. didn't have any aluminum tape.....so got out the dremel with a sanding drum on it.....and just finished. measured the depth between every tooth, and they all measured between 0.169 and 0.171 (used to be 0.186, old one was 0.170). Did a dry run. reverse engages, and I can spin the input shaft without any noise or binding. definitely an improvement.....I think I'll rock it and see how it works out.

 

I picked up the new motor for my 2.5rs and got it mounted on the engine stand. Time to swap a dew things from my usdm motor onto this jdm motor. I would have loved to start gettin dirty but I spent most of the day searching for my keys which I just so happened to lose yesterday Fml

 

recharged the ac and put in a different amp for my speakers sounds so much crisper then before

 

Pumped my leaking CV boot full of grease so I can drive the car while I wait for the replacement to arrive.

 

Mmm, yummy cv grease.

 

washes her even though it only lasted for about 2 hrs till i hit the dirt on the way home.

 

off came the 13mm rear sway and on went the 17!

 

Posted my black '07 impreza wagon on craigslist since only one person came to look at it when I was in Phoenix. I wish I didn't have to sell it

 

This morning got stuck in the BP car wash because the door was broke to exit. Had to call them and have someone hold it up while i exited... fun times.


Drove out to MAP and picked up a GRIMMSPEED Boost Controller and a Walbro Fuel Pump. Now i just need to wait for the injectors and I am set.

 

Put on the new plates! :hsdance:

 

Removed the jdm intake mani and other accessories. I also sealed up the valve covers kittle better to be sure there are no leaks. Had to quit because I need need new intake mani gaskets for my usdm mani

 

played with a corvette

 

How did that go for you?

 

Drove it for the first time since the shift knob swap, gotta say I love it! Also registered/insured #3 in my Subaru fleet!

 

Yesterday had a dealer come look at my '07 wagon. I don't even know why he came when I told him I couldn't sell it for what he was offering. Good to know he was interested though!

 

Started it up!!! I swapped in a jdm ej25d in this weekend and she purrs like a kitten. I've been without my suby for I don't even know how long, but now it's back and ready to be driven!

 

Congrats!

 

nice! glad you were able to get it up and running and didn't sell it.

new (proper) 20mm whiteline bushings, replacing 17mm bushings on 20mm bar due to bracket differences between years.

 

thanks guys, I'm glad I was able to get it runnin and didn't sell it as well. Time to hit the autox course!