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RacerX69

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  • Birthday August 29

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  • Location
    The Great Pacific Northwet
  • Car
    05 Legacy 2.5i, 01 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually
  • Interests
    Cars, road racing, women, cars, skiing, cars, hiking, cars, photography, did I mention cars?
  • Occupation
    Retired mechanic, automotive, diesel trucks, heavy equipment, mobile hydraulics. Airplane builder.

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  1. I put a Stahlbus valve on all my vehicles. Put one on my 05 Legacy when I did the first oil change. Never need a wrench to drain the oil. Comes with a cap, and the drain hose.
  2. Heat it up with an oxy/acetylene torch. Turn the nuts while they are still hot.
  3. Today I wept. I wept for thousands of souls I never knew. 20 years. WTC towers 1 and 2. Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The Pentagon. Take a moment today to remember those who perished. Never forget. Weep for them with me.
  4. I welded a bung in the side of the oil pan on my racecar to place the oil temp probe. Saved having to adapt it elsewhere.
  5. Got the heads off stripped down and checked. I'm gonna try and get away with all new valves, clean up the seats and lap on the new valves. The heads and block deck are clean and flat, a 0.001" feeler gauge wouldn't slip under the straight edge anywhere. There are some marks where the head gasket rings work against the block deck and head, but I can't feel anything with my thumbnail, so I'll clean it all up, replace all the seals and gaskets and put it all back together. New coolant and fuel hoses, new thermostat, water pump, cam drive pulleys, etc and try for another 200,000 miles.
  6. An extensive list. But. All your photos are upside down. Oh, and if this is a for sale post, you're in the wrong neighborhood.
  7. I didn't pull it apart to replace the clutch. The timing belt broke. This car is my daily driver, since I bought it new. At 100,000 miles I replaced the timing belt and spark plugs. The car was five years old. At around 110,000 one of the wheel bearings started getting noisy. I bought all four and replaced them. It has taken another 11 years to get to the second hundred thousand miles. I was gathering all the usual stuff, plugs, new accessory drive belts, coolant flush, and the timing kit. I overlooked one small detail. The belt interval is 105,000 miles, or 105 months. I was 27 months overdue. So I'll likely just get a clutch disc and pressure plate at Rock Auto, and grind the surface of the flywheel on my brake lathe. I should have the heads off in an hour or so, then I will know what needs repaired. I have a NeWay seat cutter, so if it isn't too bad I might be able to recut the seats and lap in some new valves.
  8. I vanquished the Subaru Corrosion Dragon. Win! by Racer, on Flickr Win! by Racer, on Flickr The original flywheel, clutch disc and pressure plate. Win! by Racer, on Flickr Win! by Racer, on Flickr 190,030 miles. Probably good for another couple hundred thousand miles, but I will grind the flywheel, and replace the disc, cover, throwout bearing and pilot bearing.
  9. Some of the fasteners I have removed had red thread locker on them. They felt like the threads were pulling out with the bolt. Gonna be a lot of thread cleaning to do.
  10. Oh yeah. The only thing holding this thing together is corrosion. Cut my oak 2x4 down past the split and got medieval on it. I'm winning. Winning . . . . by Racer, on Flickr Graduated from tin can shims to putty knives. Winning . . . . by Racer, on Flickr The right side is pretty much free. The left still has about 3/16" to go. Gonna let it soak and go fix lunch.
  11. Yeah, all of that. I've alternated between the bear hug and rasslin' method, then pulling up on the engine with the lift, stood underneath with the engine hanging free and the tranny suspended in the sling on the bridge, and pried on the only place possible at this stage, the opening where the clutch inspection cover is. The gap I've managed to open is pretty small, and it came at a high price. I have an oak 2x4 that I've used in my shop for 30 years or more, to support stuff, form metal over, and at times to beat on things I don't want to break. I managed to beat the cases apart this tiny amount hitting the few places available, but that old oak friend has splintered to bits. Maybe I need another oak 2x4. I can't get anything thicker than about a five thou feeler gage at the moment, but when the gap is large enough I'll start trying prybars and other prying objects.
  12. Thanks. As I mentioned, the front of the tranny is supported by a bridge that sits on the strut towers. Same as a jackstand, only better. I can raise or lower the car on the lift at will, and it won't fall off of the jackstand. I can wrestle the hell out of the engine and it won't fall off of the stand. I did fail to mention that I had the whole thing about 2 inches higher than it needs to be to clear the motor mount studs, sorry, eh? I just made some shims from soup cans and slipped them in above the dowel pins. Gonna try and wrestle it some more after another soak in penetrating oil.
  13. So I'm pulling the engine in my 05 2.5i goon. I want to leave the tranny in the car, have everything unfastened and removed that needs to be done. The tranny is hanging on a bridge from the strut towers and still connected to the rear mount. I have the engin loose, it wiggles up and down, and can measure about a 0.005" gap. I've soaked the entire mating surface with penetrating oil. The two studs at the lower attachment points appear to be free, I tried to remove them, but no room for a stud puller, and double nutting resulted in no joy. It appears that the two dowel pins about halfway up each side are where it is hanging up. When I speak the area with penetrating oil, then wiggle the engine up and down, it looks like some schmutz is working out, but I've been working on this since last Sunday. There is no place to pry the cases apart, so it has me stumped. Ideas anyone? Subaru Engine Removal by Racer, on Flickr Subaru Engine Removal by Racer, on Flickr
  14. Looks like the reman engine is a no go. Eight weeks lead time. Eight weeks? In eight weeks the engine could be rebuilt eight times. Sheesh! I'm gonna pull the engine and open it up, see what I have. Just need to find a machine shop that knows how to deal with the uniqueness of a boxer.
  15. Looking at remanufactured longblock assemblies. Saw this: https://www.enginesus.com/product/ej2-5-sohc-165-hp-rebuilt-engine-with-upgraded-head-gaskets-for-00-04-subaru-legacy/ Anyone ever hear of them?
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