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I seem to be having the same problem right now. I purchased a junkyard tranny to replace my blown 4EAT. My TC wouldn't drop in that few mm. I tried pulling the oil pump shaft out but it wasn't budging. It won't rotate or slide in or out at all. I eventually propped the tranny up on its output shaft ...

Wow, your car looks exactly like mine but its in much better shape. Those skirts look great.

Pete

Where can I find a rebuild kit for it? I'm assuming that the cheapest place would be an online vendor. So far $200 is the cheapest price I've seen estimated. Someone mentioned band adjustments. I have a WRX service manual and its not mentioned in that, so I'm guessing that they don't have the same a...

I don't have reverse in my Legacy either.
I was just browsing to see if anyone had a solution (other than rebuilding)

Pete

Birdwalk: What year is your scirocco? 8v or 16v? got any pics :D Birdwalk? Do you mean me? I've got a Scirocco. Its an 8V. Its painted Audi S4 Nogaro Blue, has Sparco Evo seats and other complementing Sparco items, a rebuilt head (3 angle valves, port & polish, big cams, TT adjustable cam gear)...

It will be 30K miles before I have to replace the WRX plugs again. And thats another $5-10 that I would have to spend. I'm just going to throw these in.

I'm curious about how the other plugs look. Its too cold and dark to try and pull out the other three now.

Pete

How the hell does it go through the spark plug? Defective plugs? Under torqued?

Pete

http://uploads.offtopic.com/files/Spark%20Plugs.jpg This plug is out of my newly aquired Legacy. It looks like its in very rough shape. Where is all that oil from? I pulled it from the number 1 cylinder so its not oil that dripped down the filler tube. Could it be from a bad valve cover gasket? Or ...