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Well, the car is done... ...and not in a good way. I changed the rear driver's strut two nights ago. I had a hell of a time lining the strut and rear wheel carrier up for reinstallation, but otherwise, the job went fairly smoothly. After dinner last night, I decided to do the passenger side. It didn...

Your 95 outback sits on basically the same suspension as and 95-99 legacy wagon. Should make it easier to find parts, only the 96-99 outback were lifted versions. I've seen the rear struts rust out before down here in VA, caused the same thing as you're describing. But I've seen some nasty rust fro...

for this rustbucket. ^This. When I saw that AND you're from the NE, U may find a rusted out suspension piece that may be the end of your OB's life. :-( I've seen too many of these - not just Subies- over the years. GL, TD Yeah. In this case, I think age and rust toasted the strut itself. I have the...

I just got the strut out. Hard to be 100% sure without taking it apart (and I'd need to borrow a spring compressor to do that), but I'm almost certain the strut on this side is the problem. Will see if I can source some used ones and if that'll clear things up). If nothing else, I was able to determ...

I just cut the bracket, but am pretty much out of time for the day (I think...) Strut should come out tomorrow. But. I compared against the passenger side rear strut, and the passenger side lower spring seat seems to sit higher on the strut body. Current working theory - I have a bad rear strut. Wil...

What are you calling the "suspension carrier"? Is the side of the tire touching the body of the strut or is the tire hitting the strut perch? http://home.comcast.net/~r.files/WRX/rear_end.jpg The black subframe piece - in the photo above - underneath the rear drive axles and rear differen...

Hello, all... I need to pick your brain. I have a 1995 Legacy L Outback AWD wagon. Stock struts on all four corners. 2nd generation, but should be the same as a first generation car for purposes of this problem. Over the past few days, I noticed a rubbing sound at low speed. Today, I finally noticed...

Thanks for the reply. Actually, I was able to fix it this past weekend. With the rear subframe and gas tank in the way, I couldn't see a way to route the lines as original, so I rerouted the new lines as out of the way as I could (being careful, of course, to stay away from the exhaust and anything ...

Sorry to bring an old topic back from the dead, but this is relevant to my latest problem. A couple of weeks ago I bought a '95 Legcacy L wagon (2nd generation, I know, but I think that shouldn't make a difference for my question) to replace the VW Jetta I bought in November which in turn had replac...

Sweet! Welcome back. Thanks. The new car is registered, but I have to fix the muffler and likely a CV axle before I can drive it and take it in for an inspection. That was a fear of mine - I wanted an older VW diesel for the mileage but at this stage they're so, so old, and my 90's VW wasn't all th...

Double epilogue... I'm back. :D Three months of intermittent drivability (it was broken as often as it was running) and the Jetta diesel pretty much shook itself to pieces. Sold it on Saturday (actually got almost all my money back, including parts). Went out Sunday and bought a 1995 Legacy Brighton...

Epilogue - the Legacy is now sold. Posted it up on Craigslist on Saturday. Pretty much asked for book value (adjusted for mileage and condition). Detailed every bump, nick and quirk on the car, so there would not be any surprises. Got a VERY close offer from the first person to see it and let it go....

Glad you got it working but I'm sad it has to go. Who knows... fate may conspire in a way that I keep the Subaru. But, for now I'm low on money and I need the parking space. My cars, my wife's car and my tenant's car need to be off the street during snowfall. As of now, I have one car too many. Rig...

Got home from Thanksgiving with the wife's family yesterday. I got my timing belt kit before the trip but didn't have time to install it. Opened it up and checked it out - Koyo idlers and a Gates timing belt. The old stuff was in pretty bad shape. Here's a shot of the old pulleys: http://i8.photobuc...

Update - Legcay is running. Will post a more detailed update later.

I just replaced the pullys in my Outback, and holy crap those things are expensive! I hear you on the TDI, I saw one for around bluebook (they usually go for double bluebook here), but the thing had motor problems - smoking while driving, and absolutely no power off boost, etc, so I didn't go for i...

Update - found a smoking gun. I checked everything electronic that I could - no change in condition. A co-worker suggested a week or two ago that I check the timing. So, since I finally had the time and weather today, I cracked the timing covers. Much to my surprise, the timing marks were off. It on...

I leave open the possibility of a headgasket leak. My dad has an '02 Forester which sprung a head gasket leak from the driver's side rear, so I know what to look for... or at least I think I do. It was obvious on that car - leaked visibly out of the seam. While poking around my engine, I did notice ...

There is no MAP sensor on the non-turbo cars, so that's not likely the problem. The problem could be the ECU, but I would keep looking at some other possibilities before replacing it. Yeah, I was talking to one of my coworkers at lunch, who IS a trained diagnostician. He advised I check for a jumpe...

I did try unplugging the MAF - no change in behavior. Behaved like this with three different crank position sensors (four if you count the one I broke trying to extract it). Wanted to try unplugging the coolant temp sensor a few days ago, but I couldn't budge the connector. I'll have to remove the i...

Good to know. Come to think of it, the sound is similar to a sound I had with an intermittent bad starter years back on my Vanagon. Upgraded the starter and the noise never came back.

Worst case scenario, if I fix the car, I did save the starter from my parts car last year.

Any chance you could take a video of the noise? Ask, and ye shall receive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKxewDXwojk Advance apologies for the length of the video. I ramble on a bit explaining my situation before I actually start the car. Includes one start from inside the car and one from ourside...

Still haven't bought the car, and may or may not look at it this weekend (it's off a distance). Drained/refilled on my '94 twice since I owned it, so can do. So, metal shavings are the indicator of a bad diff? Seller claimed a clunking, which actually suggested a CV axle to me, but said their mechan...

Legacy777 wrote:Any chance you could take a video of the noise?

Absolutely, but likely not until the weekend. Will try and remember to do so.

Didn't work out with the other car last night (1981 Mercedes 240D with a 300D nonturbo motor swap). Got home and tried to disconnect coolant temp sensor. Found it but it was dark and too much was in the way. Absolutely could not disconnect it. It was raining, and 9:00 PM, so I didn't feel like takin...