Had to drive the Subaru this week due to the cold. Now I can't thanks to my hood latch failing in the middle of traffic. FML.
Took my WRX to Morrie's Brooklyn Park for a check engine light and flashing cruise control symbol that started up today. Pulled into the service bay with 35,997 miles on the odo. Hopefully whatever is the matter with it is not related to the few mods I have, nor will they try to weasel a way to make it out of warranty.
Nearly shat my pants when it happened. The scariest part was almost rear-ending a trooper and almost causing a pile up because my brakes locked up. I need to fix my ABS...
It's an old Legacy. It's gone through 4 engine swaps, 2 harness merges, and a full set of doors. It's had a long life lol.
Think I might need a new battery...when it was -28, car wouldn't start. Wouldn't start again the next day, try starting it, and just get the clicking. Hopefully it's just the battery and not the starter. I'll try it again when it gets a little warmer outside today.
It's probably the original battery. I tried starting it today, it acutally turned over. Then I shut it off and tried again and wouldn't turn over. Gives me a reason to go out and buy a new Interstate battery! My old car had a Optima, but for what I used it for, wasn't worth the extra money for it. And I've heard that their quality control has gone down the toilet (and replies from auto parts store employees saying that the return and exchange for Optimas is the highest out of any battery they sell. Think about 140 for the one that I'm thinking. I'd try to jump it with the wife's car, but she has a Acadia, and they put the stupid battery in the floorboard on the passenger side between the first and second row of seats.
Got mine stuck for the first time yesterday . Had to be pulled out backwards. The little tow loop held it's own. Good times.
Pretty simple really. I was "acting as" a young boy would riding his noble steed on his lunch break and decided to hit this unplowed parking lot. FAIL. Co-worker came to pull me out. It was the humiliation of the day. Used Subaru: $5k Snow Tires: $400 Stuck on your lunch break: Priceless I'll never learn.
I got stuck across the road from my driveway on Saturday after test drive with new ball joint with my lifted forester, gets the best of us. snow drift had blown out of field into the road and I figured id swing wide and climb the snow before pulling into the driveway... yup the firm packed snow just pulled me right in and planted me there.... at least it was a short walk to my shovel
Got the windshield out, sandblasted the roof metal after taking a grinder to it, then filled with all-metal, primed, and the new windshield was put in this morning. The rust was worse than pictured. After sandblasting I managed to open up 3 more holes.
So my winter car finally crapped out on me Saturday....I had to get some winter tires for the Subie (never been driven in the winter...). So shoutout to Ron @ Discount Tires in IGH (a fellow forum member also) for getting me back on the road!
Today the Forester ran out of wiper fluid so I ran to the adv auto I use to work at and ended up getting oil and a filter for cheap. Perks of working with some kick ass guys. It was still nice out so I ended up changing the oil on the sti and took it out for the first time since September(?). Now it's 10pm and I just remembered I didn't put wiper fluid in the Forester. The only reason I left in the first place.
I would wait for summer sets too. These are everyday joe shoes that can handle anything. It's Minnesnowta, I expect more snow. Plus it's a Subaru. Not worried!
Starting vinyl wrapping the ol wagon today. Pita to do but compliments the rpf1s really well in my opinion
Decided to tackle changing timing belt last weekend. It isn't so bad, but I decided to replace cam seals as well. Probably wasn't necessary and cost more in new parts than the Aisin timing kit from Rock Auto. That kit seems legit as the components are virtually the same as what I took off and the one that I had to get from the dealer. I followed the idea on https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/replace-crank-cam-seals-222936.html to replace the cam seals, but it is more of a pain with an ej257. All 4 cams gears use a pin that you cannot see and need to go by feel and can rotate the cams till there is some pressure. If you can spin the cam gear with no resistance, take it off and try to line up the pin again. Since each cam gear is different, my guess is that either the Subaru engineers had a great sense of humor or they had an intern (or German) design the cam gears. If you look closely, the air conditioner pulley has a nice flat part before the pulley. That makes it very easy to get the stretch belt on using a screwdriver -- I couldn't find a way to use a zip tie. The belt then slides easily into place by pushing it towards the engine while rotating the crank. I tried the strap belt idea to hold the gears. On this engine, I couldn't find an easy way to get the belt between the two LH pulleys. I rotated them to about the middle of "no lift" region, wrap the belt around both, and slowly crack one bolt loose. Worked OK, but I was using a C-clamp that rotated into the "gear" pulley. The pulley looked like it might damage the timing belt. Local dealer was north of $100 for that one pulley + $50 for cracking a rear timing belt cover. For some reason, the timing belt cover doesn't come with the foam seals; I had to make some myself as the dealer didn't have them in stock. Note to self: put old pulleys back on if using the strap method to hold the cam gears. I didn't pay enough attention while putting the RH exhaust cam gear on and missed the pin. I noticed that it took too long to torque down to ~30 ft-lbs. If the cam pin and the gears are aligned, it takes very little rotation to get to ~ 30 ft-lbs once the cam bolt is finger tight. Was about $200 for a new cam gear. Guess it was an expensive learning experience. The car seems to run at least as well as before and the timing marks lined up fairly well. It was nice that the new timing belt had correct timing marks (I counted the teeth to be sure). The old belt looked OK, but at least half the pulleys were worn out and the belt tensioner was leaking a lot of oil. Cam pin: New RH exhaust pulley versus mangled one
Not the same mistake but a smiliar lesson.. The gr dual avcs exhaust cams are made of 3 main parts There is a tiny dowel pin between the surface that the cam gear bolts down on and the mating surface of the cam itself (the part you dickered). This tiny pin will shear off/break if you don't hold all 3 parts just right during disassembly and reassembly. Moral of the story is exhaust cam gears are expensive and I learned they're definitely not BOGO.
I'm in the same boat! Just got new Firehawk Indy 500s mounted to a new set of summer wheels and have been itching to swap them out. I think I might chance it and change them out on Friday...
finished this up last weekend -Blacked out headlights -Retrofitted new projector lenses w/ H1 bulbs (Retrofit source) -LED Switchback C-light
It was snow tire day! Took off the ones on the legacy, lubricated the brake slides, put anti-seize on the hub And then proceeded to unload from the car four new snow tires (Blizzaks) that my son had just bought at Costco. $100 off a set of 4 215 /70/16. Tomorrow they come off the WRX.
You're probably right. Our other car is on all seasons during the summer so worst case I just leave the BRZ parked for a few days if it snows again.
Picked up a new one from Chilson in Eau Claire today, a '19 Crosstrek Premium. Not really mine though, got it as a company fleet vehicle to replace my old Cruze. Definitely feels like a step up.
