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Lady's and Gents I find myself in a bit of a pickle. I recently had the brake line recall done to my car and the dash replaced. I picked the car up from the dealership and it ran perfect as it always has. We made multiple stops with shut offs and start and now nothing. I have checked the fuel pump and it is pumping fuel I pulled feed and return ( separately) to make sure. I have checked crank pos just in case and made sure all connectors are connected. An I missing something stupid here??

On 2/28/2021 at 4:44 PM, mra32 said:

I am doing a few more rear subframe bushings and found out the following regarding a these bushings.

 

The bushings that mount the rear subframe to the body of the car seem to be a little hard to find, and ultimately I went with Powerflex for these and the rear diff rearward bushings.

 

Powerflex will tell you the subframe to body bushings will not fir the BL/BP but they do fit and they are listed on the BL/BP webpage even though its not on the diagram. Use these at your own peril

 

Powerflex Body to Rear Subframe Bushings: PFR69-417

elgin.owens had a few helpful posts regarding this bushing in this application here: https://legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php/rear-subframe-bushings-254353p2.html

 

 

I also found after the fact that energy suspension offers polyurethane bushings for this application as well: 19.4102G for black and 19.4102R for red.

 

These are cheaper and if you are averse to the color purple or want to deal with a company from the US (this comes up in a minute, bear with me). I happen to like purple and these are probably the most hidden bushings on the car, so color isnt a big deal.

 

For the Rear Diff Rearward bushings, I got the Powerflex PFR69-416, which is actually listed for the car, but I cannot recommend these bushings at the moment. These bushings, with the inner sleeve installed are about 0.010" too small on the OD. I called Powerflex here in the states and they have to forward this to the parent company in the UK before i get a response. Since all these bushings are cast, I would think that all of these, at least from the last run are the same size.

 

I tried the subframe to body bushing in this hole since subaru designed this bushing with the common 59.50mm housing and that one fit great, and those bushings with the sleeve installed measured 59.65 to 59.80mm

 

Again I am waiting to hear back from Powerflex but I would be pretty upset about this if I wasn't doing this on a spare subframe and had to get the car back together to go to work or drive my kid to daycare.

 

 

Also, quick tip for rear subframe bushings:

I used a modified version of my tried and true method to get bushings out when not using a press. The way that usually works for me is holesaw the center out from both sides, sawzall through the shell, hit the shell out. Most suspension bushings will take about 5 min each this way and use pretty normal tools.

 

Since the subframe bushing is so long and the center sleeve is so large, a holesaw isnt really useful. You can heat up the inside of the sleeve until the rubber starts to sizzle, push the center tube through the now slick rubber, then cut through the shell and hit it out.

So I am trying to figure out some alternative bushings for the sub to body. Im assuming your measurements are the length so what is the with of the opening?

This list is amazing thankyou for that. I was looking to replace the bushings in the subframe that go to the body hopefully with the group N. Do we know if they are available or if there are ones that are the same off of one of the other model cars?