What did you do to your subaru today?

new wiper blades on the sti for the snow!

i can see again!!

 

Just got done tearin' up Opus!

 

^SSHHhhhh! do not mention that place.

 

Fresh transmission/differential fluid...a little Extra-S for my a.. Planning an oil change tomorrow morning.

 

That's my rear tow hook. The fronts are in fact welded on.

 

Dang! I had hope that I could have pulled my fronts out. I guess I will have to come up with something else.

I put a transmission in today, mostly. Had some huge issues with the roll pin in the shift linkage now my finger is all busted up.... going to slow progress.

 

Had a coolant flush done, replaced heater, upper and lower radiator hoses.

 

pulled out the raidiator and tore the front of the motor down to replace a damaged light weight crank pully and crank keyway key. the bolt on the crank pully came loose causing the pully 2 work its way out and break the key and the keyway on the crank pully. now in the market for a new lightened crank pully

 

If you need something to start with I have 2 factory tow hooks laying around. I'm sure we could come up with a way to mount them up front.

 

I have known a few people with this issue, and never have quite figured it out. I think I have a stock 2002 WRX pulley laying around somewhere if you want an OEM piece.

My hooks were cut off. so I have part of them there but not the actual loop part. I wonder if welding the loop back on would hold up, or just come flying off. Might need to involve some engineers in the process.

 

thanks dyna i wanna stick with a lightened one if i can. i orderd a underdrive one by accident today but im hoping to get one ordered here in the next day or 2. reason it came off is i dont think that my freind and i got it tight enough after we finished the timing belt change.

 

i got bored and i did this(painted rims)

 

Paid off my car. Booyah!

 

Now that is cool!

 

Gotcha. Was it hard to replace that key in the crank?

You should lift it ;-)

Congrats!

 

Thanks guys! Its a really good feeling.

 

i do have 02 or 03 wrx suspension in it and from what i gather that is 3/4-1 in lift. if i wanted to go high(which i dont) i would have done the forester suspension and go 2 inches.

 

forester struts and some scorpion lift springs could get you 4 ;-)

 

and then some jackson rally 2" tophat spacers for 6" :laugh:

 

no im good with where i am at lol

 

I'm obviously not... got stuck at my apt the other day... Do you need to get an alignment if u put on forester struts/springs? And does it hurt ur cv shafts at all?

 

Proper welds are stronger than the steel they hold together.

 

I installed a new blower motor, pass side headlamp, and screwed the driverside fender to the body (1/4 self tappers, NICE DIY body repair!)

 

Blew the trans in the 97 Leggy GT today, sounds like parts rolling around when in gear, FML now looking at an 02 Forester with 112xxx, for bout 9g

 

Degreased/washed the engine.... and also had a title transfer processed.

 

Zip tied the crap outa my inner fender liner, since it decided to fall off and smash into pieces on my way home on xmas... sorta like new, lol... cept a few little missing chunks, bit it's one big piece again..

 

crossed 100k miles. She's in the garage at 100,001 right now.

 

Since you will be having the front struts off you will most likely need an alignment since the front camber is controlled by one of the lower strut bolts. If you were using the same struts and bolts you could mark them and re-align them. The rear alignment should not change. Although there is a chance that by raising the car you will shift some of the pivot points which could change your alignment. For example the rear trailing arm will have more of an angle on it which could lead to some more rear caster. stuff like that.

I am not sure of the flexibility of the CVs and DOJs on the EJ stuff. I know that running a 4" lift on the older style Subarus is doable (GLs, Brat, Ect..) it does increase your axle angle which will put some more stress on those components. However how long they last will depend on how hard you are on them. I recall Chux exploded a CV on a trail up at gilbert, but that was involving lifting wheels and such.

I am picking up more part at the dealership today . I am hoping to have my car running tonight/tomorrow.

 

So this evening I decided to do the air filter in my Legacy. What a friggin production. I'm not sure if it's just the filter I got (wix) or if the airbox is normally that tight. I had to remove it from the car and squeeze the crap out of it just to snap down the clips.

Far and away the most difficult air filter I've ever done, but at least I know there's NO WAY unfiltered air is getting in there.

 

had some more slow progress. got the hubs on, ebrakes re-installed and set, calipers back on, driveshaft in, attempted to un-mangle the front support dealie, tore down and cleaned a rear axle for new boots. Tomorrow is going to be a long rough day, but I am hoping I can finish.

 

I'm not sure what the legacy air box looks like but on the wrx if you slide the end without clips in to place then open the other end just far enough to slip the filter in it's alot easier. That was the only way I could find to easily get my k&n filter in.

 

Picked up some new wiper blades. My OEM wiper blades decided to cut the glass (in a few places) on my car during my trip to/from STL. LAME!

 

put in a new duralast gold battery in the subie, hardwired the radar detector in, painted my winter wheels with red caliper paint (looks good and mild), and washed it

 

There was no easy way to do this! the airbox has plastic clips on the bottom and metal snap clips on top and sides, but the gasket on the air filter was just too damn thick to close easily. Thing's tight as a drum now.

 

well it wasn't today, but Wednesday I put in 2 pioneer speakers in the back, fixed the front right speaker, and added a subwoofer :eek3:
I would almost be willing to say that I may have the slowest, and now loudest 94 wagon on here :laugh:

 

washed my car by hand at one of those diy jobbers, their air blower was "broken" so my windows froze. So I drove around for 10 min with the heat cranked, bingo. I love having a perfectly clean car before the temps go subzero, it stays so nice and clean with everything frozen solid.

 

Valve adjustment inspection, new valve cover gaskets, oil change. Despite the butt-cold temps outside, the Mr. Heater did a sweet job of keepin the 3-car garage comfortable.

SOHC WIN. Nothin like quick valve adjustments with no shims.

 

Replaced the Air filter & gave it a wash

 

I cut 18 lbs of unnecessary steel off the car today. It's getting pretty hard to find weight savings in that car.

 

not today, but I have been ordering lots of things for it...

hids
fog kit
weather tech floor mats
stuff to install after market stero

 

Un-installed mudflaps (sorry tony not my style) and installed primitive racing skid plate, and drove around some!

 

Installed my Perrin downpipe!

 

Installed my boost gauge today in the air vent. Looks good, but I need to fix the illumination wiring. No big thing... :biggrin:

 

Installed a custom air/oil separator...just waiting to see how much oil it'll clear out of the system now...