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Stopped by my neighbor's house.

He was laughing so hard he had tears in his eyes

I asked him what was so funny

He said "I just told myself a joke.

I said, are you crazy, what's wrong with you, you're the only one here?

He said, I know, but it was the first time I'd heard it and just couldn't stop laughing."

Cannot imagine this both 2 and 4 pistons. That has got to be a valve/cam issue...unless it's the Bank 2 HG

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No, you can't use a Koni insert in a Bilstein strut. The bore is much bigger and the spacing top the bottom is different.

Justhave them rebuilt. Bilstein has a rebuilding shop in Poway California, and they can rebuild them and revalve them to whatever setting you want price is really reasonable compared to buying new and you get essentially a completely rebuilt strut. Shocks for the rear are replacement items.

Bill Stein will only build restore the internals so if your router's are rusted and corroded all to heck, then you might want to look at replacing them.

Mike drop

We saw a lot of that in SoCal after the housing crash. All loaded to the stops and southbound.

Max -link doesn't work

The process to get the subframe out is pretty straight forward though rudt and corrosion makes it a lot less tenable as a DIY project. Then it's just the filler neck, electrical connections on top, and the few vacuum lines, remove the straps and the tank should slide out. Obviously best if done on a lift. The two drain plugs on the two tanks make getting the gas out easier. Cautionis warranted when draining.

I had an awesome machine shop down on the coast that I took the Spec B arms (F/R) to, along with the replacement WL bushes, and for $20.00/bush, pressed them all out and pressed the new bits back in. They dressed the 6MT flywheel for $50.00. I was OTD for less than $200.00 even with the tip I gave the guy. Since I was installing everything myself, it just made more sense to go this route.

 

I've heard there's some good machine shops local to me, but haven't investigated or inquired yet. On the to-do list though.

MrSubaru1387 is a member on here. His vids are about as thorough as any you will find.

Do you pull the trigger to release the NAWZ?

Will say with the great weather we're having here in CT, the wagon feels like it has 20 more whp lately..

 

68F in the UpState and here on the Gulf Coast it's 96F in the shade with RF of 103F

 

 

The tires are getting a little old, but they seem to break loose when I go to WOT in 1st gear and break loose again on the shift into 2nd.

 

 

 

You say that like it's a bad thing.

While doing some logging on e85 the boost gauge hose manage to come off the nipple. Double zip tied it, definitely not coming off anytime soon.

 

 

 

 

Spray some hair spray on the nipple and in the hose end, then stuff the hose on and zip tie it. Not only will it not blow/work off, but the HS will seal it as well.

Vaca-ing, so Subewagen patiently rests for the moment.

Also installed a new water pump (Aisin TKF-008 kit). 3-4 of the 6 bolts seemed like the holes are stripped, probably from PO or previous shop over-torquing the bolts. I stopped tightening before they started spinning free, but I have no idea if they're good enough to hold. I guess I'll find out Bugs came out and light was disappearing, so I finished the night by installing the set of KSTech air-pump block-off plates.

 

 

Heli-coil with some thread paste.

Long - good to see this is still around.

 

 

 

Per the FS rules, put this in the CFS, load your RFS people can, and put the CFS link here.

 

 

GLWYS.

 

 

Bug-out vehicle

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Got the STI genome mated to my 3inch exhaust. Sounds glorious except the numb nuts at the exhaust shop installed the mufflers upside down, rather the side with the STI genome label is on the wrong side and facing the wrong way. Shop is closed until Monday which is when they will be receiving a nice message about my opinion on their services. Didn’t see the mistake until I parked at home.

 

 

Well that certainly sucks! How could they possibly get that wrong?

When I was starting Subenwagen's rebuild, the local Navy and AF bases both had bays with the lifts, alignment racks, tire remover and balancers, hydraulic presses, specialty tools, including cutting torches. Bays and tool rentals, together, were $5.00/hr, so you could start at 0800 and work until 2100. You could get alot done for $55 and 11 straight hours of uninterrupted bliss.

 

One of the reasons the rebuild has lagged so long is I packed it all on a trailer and moved everything 200 miles from an easily accessible lift.

Which Mfr and model. BK?

When you're too cheap to mount proper side steps Giddyup

Awesome

Looks great and really holds the arse end down on my supercharged Toyota Camry. Looking for suggestions for paint colors