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Fresh tint and spray wash, 15% all around

Car had been in limp mode for a week now. Pulled the codes today and got a maf code. Replaced it with my spare, hopefully that solves it. Goin to krispy kremes later so ill see how it does. Check wiring tomorrow for sure tho.

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I pulled the EJ22 out of my '99 Legacy for the third time in a month; had to put a new style oil separator plate on and put the engine back in.
Everything went very well and hopefully the oil leak is fixed now. Took me a total of about 3 hours start to finish.

First time engine out: Bad clutch, replacement installed.
Second time engine out: Friend put clutch disk in backwards, d'oh.
Third time engine out: Original separator plate started leaking badly so replaced with new one.

Pulled the plastic cover off filler neck, lot of shit in there and some rust spots but doesn't appear to be leaking from this location. Sanded down and put a few coats of paint on/replaced that hose section because well.. Might as well. I'm pretty sure I have to drop my gas tank to really get to the leak. Suck.

& yeah, my fuel pump access cover area has been checked, all connections are good & no sign of leak.

Over the last week or so I've swapped most of my interior (dash, all the trim) from the ugly grey/brown in my 91 SS to the dark grey from the 92+ Looks 100x better and just as good as black imo. Only missing a few small pieces now.

Got my 05 LGT back on the road today, just turned 34,100 miles.

thought u were guttin it???

the 93 is not ready to swap yet, so i wanna keep the 05 Built Engine running so it doesnt just sit till im ready to swap into the 93ss.
the 92tw is on hold till i figure out what i wanna do engine wise.
the 91ss will be for sale once i swap the 93ss engine into it. (which will be in the next few weeks if my plans work out)

All kinds of shit

-Messed with the IAC all day, trying to get my car to idle correctly.

-Joe

About to say fuxks it and when the shit breaks it breaks.
Running out of money.......

You just don't have the luck with these do you dillon?

preppin for removal. went to the movies to see Iron Man 3 with the wife tonight, so ill do some more prep tomrw. then its getting removed Saturday and going in the 91ss.

^^ That looks familiar. I remember it all too well. What year is that motor? The engine and body plugs changed in 92. I found that out when putting the 94 motor in my 91. The solution to that issue stumped me for far too long. Then I found the 91 engine harness and it all plugged right in. A half hour fix took me 2 months to figure out. I didn't know I had the harness in my shed the whole time. Oh well, now I know about the differences.


Anyway, what I did today was pick up this heavy crate. A big thanks goes out to beatersubi for his help and logistics. I'll post more when the time comes to do a build thread.

its coming out of my 93ss. yes, i already have the entire intake manifold from the 91ss ready to go on top of this engine.

Car had started sputtering and going crazy rich under high boost this past week. Read plugs to confirm is was going stupid rich, and spent a good 6 hours pondering which sensor would cause it to happen only over 11psi regardless of load/rpm. After concluding it makes no sense, I checked my charge pipe to find it slipped almost completely off the turbo/intercooler and was leaking like a siv under high boost.

Venting metered air to atmosphere, that'll do it. Good find.

more prep work today, removed hubs/axles/suspension, 4pt brace bar, sti control arms with whiteline ALK's.

sti control arms and ALK kit are going on the black knight.
custom control arms and ALK will be replaced on the 93 along with custom subframes as well as 07 5x114 hubs/axles...going with inverted BC coilovers for now till i get an airbag suspension setup.

Bought a Forester. My 3rd 98 lol.

-Replaced my IAC.

-Joe

bought some interior A,B,C pillar trim panels and a sedan sunroof track to replace my wagon track in my SS.

-Washed the car by hand for the first time since last year.


-Joe

Been neglecting my t-leg with all the focus on my impreza . She started running a bit ruff(poor idle, sluggish, choking out with full throttle).
After work today I pulled the MAF and cleaned it, that helped a little but didn't fully fix it.
I next pulled all the injectors and did a mild home brew cleaning. This helped alot, almost perfect.
I finished it by running some srafoam thru, wow did a lot of shit cough out!
Running like a champ again!

Found out why my TPS wasn't working. Had the plug wires backwards from when I restored it. Car runs without issue now.

I finished up my trans wiring and got the engine bay put back together (minus the battery). I HATE putting that damn AWIC back in!! In the past I had to put the AWIC and the TB on together and then try and fight to put the bolts on for the TB. I ended up getting the AWIC back in without taking off the TB....that saved a lot of swearing....there was still some though.

Now I just need to put the dash back in and finish up some miscellaneous wiring. It's getting close!