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rsmoove

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    Columbus, Ohio
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    2005 Legacy GT 5EAT
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    Electronic Technician

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  1. I didn't notice any change. But my plugs weren't that bad when I took them out. Just normal wear.
  2. I'm thinking that they were the factory installed plugs. I changed the plugs out of my friend's WRX yesterday, and they were no where near as tight.
  3. Just got done with mine, and when I was trying to unplug the electrical connection for that driver's rear coil pack, the damn tab broke off. So currently the connector is locked on the pack. I imagine I could get it off with a small enough flat head screwdriver if I needed to. But a little further to the rear, there is a zip tie mount for that wire harness. So I just undid that to get the slack I needed to do the 180 rotation to get it off. Not even sure why that zip tie mount is there. It doesn't seem like theres enough slack on that harness to get somewhere it's not supposed to be. Oh well. BTW, do everyone's plugs seem ridiculously hard to get out, or did the bastard who did the plugs before I owned it not put any anti seize on the plugs (Or the factory)? I thought I was about to break something getting those out. Overall the job went smoothly though. Took me about 2 hours. Thanks to everyone for all the info.
  4. Did mine today. 93,000 miles and my filter barely had anything in it. A few specks but that's all. Man! The nut and bolt for that bracket was no joke getting off. God bless liquid wrench. I got a new banjo bolt with filter and washers from the dealer and put them in. No leaks, so I guess it's mission accomplished!
  5. You will need a 10mm hex for the back 2 differential plugs. A T-70 torx bit for the front differential plug. and a 8mm hex bit for the ATF drain plug. Spray some penetrating oil on the bolts the night before to make your life easier. The rear diff is pretty straight forward, unbolt the fill plug, then the drain plug. Once it's all drained, bolt up the drain plug. Both had crush washers on mine, so get those from the dealer if you want. I used the old ones though and they're not leaking. But if I knew they were there, I would've got new ones. Use a pump to fill the rear diff until its overflowing. Then bolt up the fill plug and that's done. For the front diff, use the T-70 torx to open the drain plug, and for this one you're gonna want to measure what comes out. I used a cheap bucket I found at walmart that has measurement lines by the quart on the side, and dumped the drain pan into the bucket to see how much. After it's drained, plug it back up. This bolt had a crush washer on it as well. Put in as much new diff oil as what you took out through the diff oil dipstick tube. I used the Mobil 1 synthetic 75W90 and it took like 2.6 quarts for the front and back. For the ATF, use your 8mm hex to unbolt that and drain with the same procedure as the front diff. Measure what comes out, and put the plug back in. I did have a new crush washer for this one, because I knew one was there. Put new ATF fluid in the ATF dipstick tube, however much you took out. When I did mine, a little over 4 quarts came out. I'm going to do the ATF again this week and next week, and I figure if around the same comes out both times then most of the fluid should be replaced by the third time. I used the Subaru ATF-HP as the fluid for this. Let me think what else The car should be level for filling, and for draining I just manipulated the height of the corners to help drain out whatever I was draining at the time. Fluids should be warm when draining. So I drove around some before doing the differentials. Then I drove it around again before doing the ATF. Get you some latex or whatever gloves, and shop towels. A long flexible funnel works good for filling the dipstick tubes. I guess that's all I can think of, but you can ask whatever, because we have the same car, and I just did mine last weekend.
  6. I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who put any info on this tread. I changed my differential oil and trans fluid yesterday and everything went smooth as silk! Thanks to all the posts, I had everything I needed to get everything done without having to go back to the store once. I sprayed liquid wrench on all the bolts the night before, and when it came time to take them off, they all came off easy as pie. So thank you everyone!
  7. I was going to change my AT fluid and differential oil this weekend. Anyone have a preference on brand of differential oil? Subaru Extra-S or something else? Or is it not a big deal as long as its 75W90 GL-5? I know the MT guys like the Subaru Extra-S, but I would imagine they have a bit more reason to be picky about it since they depend on it for shifting as well.
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