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I have the following items for sale- Unless specified, all parts are from or for a '09 OBXT. All parts are off the car and ready to pack/ship. I accept Paypal and Zelle for shipped parts and cash for local sales. Paypal users will be subject to 3% fee. All items are PLUS shipping. Additional pics not a problem, any questions just ask. Posts here and PM's will be responded to at least every evening- more often as time allows. I will ship out within 2 business days after payment received. Sooner if possible.

I feel these prices are pretty reasonable, but if you want to lowball- go ahead and make an offer. I will either ship out UPS or USPS whichever is cheaper.

Only post here if you're interested, including any questions, and make all offers in this thread. I will not respond to questions or offers via PM. PMs will only be used to exchange payment or delivery information.

Available Items-

1.- Mishimoto MMHOSE-SUB-ITB throttle body hose 500mi. Includes hose clamps. Like new unmolested or cut $35 plus shipping

2.- Oem vf46. Seals gone. Needs rebuild. No shaft play. 30k mi. $75 plus shipping

3.- Top feed tgvs w/motors. Working. 180k mi. $30 plus shipping SOLD

4.- Right USDM 09 OBXT headlight w/bulbs. Working. No leaks. See photo for lens chip $50 plus shipping

5.- JDM non turbo automatic non oem radiator. No known info, came on JDM front clip. Seems good condition. Includes radiator overflow, fans, and cap $25 plus shipping

6.- Oem intake air assembly complete minus clamps and filter $20 plus shipping

7.- USDM 09 OBXT driving lights w/Laminx yellow vinyl. Good Condition $35 plus shipping

Sold Items-

TGVs sold to Scooby9835

Deck those heads... what I should have done. Probably could have gotten a few more miles out of the original SB. But Noooooo.

That's the plan.

Bummer and welcome to the motor replacement crew. My stock unit puked around 165K if I remember right. Yep there were some burnt valves. Pick your poison on the short block and find a good shop to setup your heads for the next round. Finding the right shop was a challenge for me but finally won. Been running now for about 6 years.

Fortunately I have other vehicles to drive, so not in a hurry besides just wanting to drive it. Looks like cylinder 2 is the culprit. FSM says you can do head gaskets without pulling motor. That sounds like a horrible idea. I am leaning towards just a set of firelock head gaskets and arp head bolts for now. Ill have the heads gone through while out and probably go ahead and do a clutch as well. Oil analysis was fine. Nothing major showing. Almost the same as when I got the car. A tiny bit of boron and potassium indicating coolant.

Once I get through this 21 day on work schedule I'll probably get started. At least that's the plan for now.

I do have combustion gasses in my coolant. Haven't compression/leak down yet.

50k miles on engine, 185k on chassis. From what I understand oem shortblock replacement happened but with questionable work. Before I got the car the engine was pulled by subaru dealer after burning a valve on cylinder 4. That happened with about 20k on the motor. Valve cover started leaking right after head work and was fixed under warranty by subaru. So more questionable work. I guess some part of me is wanting to just go crazy and get an iag stage 2 or closed deck short block and an fp green. Of course then I would need a 6 speed. The 6 speed was next in the plans anyways.

Blew a head gasket last week. Dash is back burner now. Coming on a 24 day continuous work schedule today too.

Yay!

Appears to be leaking directly above the crossmember on left head. Had some bubbles in the coolant as well. I am off this weekend, so I'll check the coolant for exhaust gasses as well as the aforementioned compression/leak down. I had what sounded like rod knock when I started it to pull it forward Thursday, but it did not repeat when started again 30 min later after jacking it up. Maybe coolant leaking into cylinder over 2 days of sitting. Oil analysis results will be a week out from yesterday.

I just realized I forgot to borrow the nice borescope from work when I left. Dang it. I have been putting off getting a better one for myself. Perhaps this is impetus i needed.

So, did you figure this out?

Head gasket I believe. Ill do a compression and leak down test this weekend.

Definitely a lot. Easily 6-10 drips/sec. No leaks prior. Nothing above/around is wet. Dry around areas you mentioned.

Perplexed. Cracked block? Extra perplexed

Anybody got any ideas? Coolant running around from lip of oil pan. Nothing looks wet or suspect. Probably 10 drips/sec at operating temperatures. No coolant in engine oil.

I appreciate you guys

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Didn't get as much done as I would have liked this weekend. Went hiking with the kid and dog Saturday. A front moved through Sunday and brought rain, so that slowed things down. I should have read the directions on the sticky dash fix kit earlier as I would have realized I needed a small foam roller that was not included in the kit, so that didn't get done. Besides checking fluids and air, I only installed the Whiteline KSB630.

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Good idea.

I wondered for a brief moment if it was either a makeshift slide hammer or you were grabbing a set while working.

Flinkly what's the dumbbell for?

Just curious

Haven't done a thing lately, just work work work.

Going to try to get some stuff done this weekend.

Sticky dash fix, Whiteline front strut tower brace, beatrush rear strut tower brace, trans fluid cocktail, and maybe roll the fenders in preparation for mounting the new wheels that have been sitting in my garage for weeks.

We will see.

Definitely interested to see how this winds up.

Nice job

Thanksgiving was bit busier than I expected with family and what not, so I didn't get the time to give the Stickydashfix a shot. Unfortunately, my next day off is 12/19 so it's going to be a little while.

I will still report back my findings when I get to it.

Plan is to get this done next weekend.

I'll report back.

Tune is finished. Runs really well. Highly recommend Stephen Clark at iaTUNING. Most revisions back within 1 day. Super thorough. He was even nice enough to extend the time till my car was fixed after the wreck. I've just been driving and enjoying it.

I'll get back to the little bits next week.