What did you do to your subie today?
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That. I had to remove the one between the driveshaft and exhaust yesterday. It was warped from all the snow and what not. It started rubbing on the driveshaft and rattling at certain speeds. There are quite a few heatshields down there that could vibrate.
That. I had to remove the one between the driveshaft and exhaust yesterday. It was warped from all the snow and what not. It started rubbing on the driveshaft and rattling at certain speeds. There are quite a few heatshields down there that could vibrate.
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Pulled out the old head unit today, soldered up my wiring harness. Holy Cow you have to be a contortionist to unhook the A/C hardware and have tiny hands to reach behind the trim pieces to unplug everything! I finally got it all apart though, will finish install in the morning.
^^ Thats no good, what happened? Anything serious?
As for me, I started the tear down yesterday to pull the engine so I can do the clutch, putting in an Exedy.
Found one major issue along the way though, exhaust in the coolant,
uke: :icon_cry:. Funny thing is though there doesn't seem to be any contamination in the oil, no leaking around the outside of the head, and shes been running great, nice and smooth, no overheating, and starts right away everytime, even in the cold weather we have here.
As for me, I started the tear down yesterday to pull the engine so I can do the clutch, putting in an Exedy.
Found one major issue along the way though, exhaust in the coolant,
uke: :icon_cry:. Funny thing is though there doesn't seem to be any contamination in the oil, no leaking around the outside of the head, and shes been running great, nice and smooth, no overheating, and starts right away everytime, even in the cold weather we have here.
I have a 99 SF and i had the same thing, it was bad front break pads. the 99 has two caliper pistons, figured one as pushing harder than the other and that caused the break pads to wear into a wedge, i changed the pads and the vibration was gone. a few days later i noticed it again but this time with a break burning smell. the drivers side caliper is sticking, just finished changing the drivers side caliper, taking a lunch break now, will change passenger next. Iam using the old(new) pads and not cutting or changing rotors this time around. next break job will get rotors and pads. going to bleed the breaks the old fashion way as I ordered a Motive Products Custom Ford Power Bleeder(0107) Ford 3 Tab bleeder last Sunday but its not going to make it here till Tuesday :-(. I will flush all four breaks next weekend
Heated up the garage to about 65 degrees and installed the body side moulding kit. Not exactly a big deal, hardest part was making sure everything was clean and warm enough to do it. Now at least I can have a little peace of mind about door dents even though I park in the middle of nowhere most of the time.
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How hard were they to install and did you do anything special to keep water from being able to get behind them?
Hardest part was getting the vehicle clean and dry and the garage up to 65 degrees it is 32 here today. The install took less than thirty minutes and that is with being extremely picky with the template placement. These install with two sided 3m tape so any water that gets in would be on the rear facing ends that have no tape on them from the factory. I would assume that this is to let any water that does get in out. I would think you would be causing more problems by trying to seal them up than you would fix. I have never seen rust behind this type of moulding and I have been around body shops my whole life.
Interesting thing for me. I replaced this small gray/green/blue hose (I'm color blind) on my XT that goes from the intake tube to a sensor on the inside of the right fender near where the EGT plug is. I had to replace it due to cracking it during maintenance (the old tube was hardened).
I swear it was spooling faster when I drove around today! Felt much quicker by my butt dyno!
I swear it was spooling faster when I drove around today! Felt much quicker by my butt dyno!
At 138,450 miles the tired and worn out factory oxygen sensors were replaced with NTK sensors -- NTK24523 & NTK24578. The NTK sensors are a direct fit -- plug and play. The job took a total of two hours and three Leinenkugel Classic Amber beers. An increase in throttle response and a smoother shifting 4EAT was instantly noticed.
Todays job was remove and replace of the Fuel Filter. Easy to get to but a dam pain to get the hoses off. Nearly broke one trying to get it off the darn filter. The old filter had a manufacture date of 02/2005 so I think it was way over due. Also put a new gas cap on from Adavanced Auto Parts.
Also on the list for next week is to put a moded antifouler plug on the rear 02 sensor to try and get ride of that darn cat code.
Also on the list for next week is to put a moded antifouler plug on the rear 02 sensor to try and get ride of that darn cat code.
How many miles were on the plugs?
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