Recent content by chris.j

What I thought might make sense was for you to give a ballpark and I can say yes or no, based on the price and effort to remove the motor and all. If we are close enough, you can come and inspect the motor in the vehicle, then we could negotiate a specific price. Does that sound fair? If you...

Not certain, approximately 160k. I have not looked at it closely, my guess is it needs to be resealed but that should be easy with the motor on a stand!

I have a EJ22 in my 1998 Forester that I installed after a head gasket failure on the stock EJ251. It is currently in the car and running fine, but the car has gotten too rusty for inspection. What sort of budget do you have for the motor itself? If the price was right, you could come see the...

Some friends and I went offroading the other day, just must share this pic of his Brat http://gallery.mainelyoffroad.com/v/Scratchin/patrickJune/CIMG0080.JPG.html

Subaru term, used all over the manual....

CEL MIL, whatever you kids call it these days Check Engine Light / Malfunction Indicator Light

no MIL?

Because the WRX is very affordable, and that means there are a lot of damn fools doing all wheel peelouts after watching WRC... The bottom line is that your in Subaru land here, and so yeah, your gonna get some push back when you say Subies are junk. Any car that's been beaten is junk...

There are only a few typical reasons why *any* MT fails. I know and admit why mine failed, now admit yours... lol I'm sure you had/have a number of hairline fissures in your gears, suggesting the same failure reason as mine. Too many drag races, donuts, peeling out in dirt only to hit pavement...

its called enforced maintainence, and you will notice it in the wheelwells of your cars soon. I had to rebuild the tranny for probably the same reason you did, high rev shifts, clutch drops, etc.

I'm sure you can fill in the blank with any manufacturer and have your statment be true to someone. I have a WRX with 177,000 someodd miles, on a tranny I rebuilt myself 10,000 miles ago. A 2.0l turbo engine with 177k, yeah sounds like Subaru is complete bunk to me... YMMV, all the usual...

WRX Service Manual: http://www.mainelyoffroad.com/downloads/

Too bad its too late, as I could have helped you rebuild the tranny. Speaking from personal experience, DIY tranny rebuilds are not that hard at all. 2.5 hrs - tranny removal and reinstallation 3 hrs - tranny case breakdown and bearing pressing 1.5 hrs - dicking around in the garage an...

Gritty's Black Fly Stout or Guinness!!

These are the times when you need to have a valve core tool in your pocket...