My first Subaru! 1996 impreza wagon (project car) - Page 2

Scoobie Roo · 12-03-2012, 05:33 PM

Cool project car! Excited to see it come along... Good luck!

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wotsvx · 12-03-2012, 05:35 PM

Nice price but it does look like you'll have your hands busy in getting it back up to speed! Congrats!

Qwikyking · 12-06-2012, 06:18 PM

all season tires vs winter tires....no competition

my trash flaps...

14" from top to bottom
there will be approx 3-4" of ground clearance made from "LDPE" garbage cans

DelSol_Racer · 12-06-2012, 06:30 PM

$450 for that? thats one helluva deal. usually people in SA are asking $800-$1000 not running! great find. looks like a fun project

Qwikyking · 12-10-2012, 09:14 PM

hate doing struts..... also if anyone can tell me how to re-install the brake lines onto the struts without too much hassle it would be mucho apreciated!

cmk82600 · 12-11-2012, 08:27 AM

Zipties

Qwikyking · 12-15-2012, 02:22 PM

well F*&%*CK while putting the new struts in the hub assembly was dangling and didn't think too much of it.... well one side went together good... now the other side the CV came apart!??! i can feel a splined shaft through the boot closest to the wheel isn't the CV supposed to be held in with a circlip? any help would be great! not sure if i should try and put it back together and carry on or if i should take even more stuff apart?

Qwikyking · 12-19-2012, 04:57 PM

fixed the cv joint with a cut up popcan and zipties... WOO
finally finished the front of the car, struts belt and wipers all put together

the condition of the old belt

FCmaniac · 12-19-2012, 05:25 PM

nice!

Qwikyking · 12-19-2012, 08:49 PM

onto the rear! jacked it up, took off the rims, and decided to try and look at the brake shoes.... bad idea.. small side project!

the rear drums are on there pretty damn hard, the shoes are coming out with the drum, thats bad right??

could there be a build up of rust behind where the shoes rotate?

Qwikyking · 01-06-2013, 09:08 PM

if tophat orientation doesn't matter on the rear struts (which i have been reading) THEN IM DONEEE!!! ... well except soldering,getting rear brake parts i broke, getting a safety and insuring it...

Qwikyking · 01-07-2013, 07:46 PM

well.... i tried pulling my car out of the garage... and i turn the key, NO POWER

tried charging it

but it was 90% empty, and i'm pretty sure i fried it... i'll see tommorow...

over the last month ive had this plugged in, it has a few led's on it, could this thing ever draw enough power to drain my battery in a month?

if my battery ends up fubar, what is a good replacement? optima redtop? or just another standard battery

one step forward, two steps back......

Qwikyking · 01-08-2013, 02:10 PM

the new battery works great, and makes the enginebay look much nicer, doesn't make the dash look any nicer....

oil light and a P0141 code (02 sensor bank1 sensor2 heater circuit)

pauli133 · 01-08-2013, 09:08 PM

No tach! Oh, how that takes me back...

Qwikyking · 01-22-2013, 10:50 PM

so i got the car back into the garage to do the finishing touches on it,
cleaned and oiled the hoodlatch (would rarely work)
broke the grill mounts

...more junkyard adventures?
fixed all the pinched wires and hose for the hatch
installed the front trash flaps.

i was going to clean the IACV untill i couldn't find it... i looked for a tutorial on how to clean it... but i cant find it!! i guess because i've got the ej18 intake? anyways i know this isn't a thread for finding out answers but HEY whatever

which is the IACV?

looks way better with the winter tires and trashflaps.

tmoftw · 01-23-2013, 12:34 AM

top one should be you iacv..bottom should be your tps. also, i have one of those bluetooth odb II adaptors and i always unplug it at night, the ecu is still giving it power with the car off so if your battery isnt so great that does contribute drainage.
you can get self heating o2 sensors super cheap online, also if yours is a manual trans id get a tach, obd adapter does it but its nice having a real guage..
p.s. love the homemade flaps i may just do that myself

Crusaider510 · 01-23-2013, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tmoftw

top one should be you iacv..bottom should be your tps. also, i have one of those bluetooth odb II adaptors and i always unplug it at night, the ecu is still giving it power with the car off so if your battery isnt so great that does contribute drainage.
you can get self heating o2 sensors super cheap online, also if yours is a manual trans id get a tach, obd adapter does it but its nice having a real guage..
p.s. love the homemade flaps i may just do that myself

He's right about location, just did this on my ej18, lowered my rpms below 1000

Qwikyking · 01-24-2013, 11:54 AM

well holy crap! didn't think parts on the intake side of things could get so damn dirty!!
pre and post carb cleaner.. havn't turned it on yet, i will report on how well the cleaning did in a few days

tmoftw · 01-25-2013, 03:01 AM

no air filter is perfect lol

Qwikyking · 01-26-2013, 04:32 PM

well i brought the car out of the garage and around the block to my front yard again today and found this.
the idle now sits higher than before and more frequent (im going to reclean the IACV and then clean the Maf sensor and throttle body and all parts associated)

the low oil pressure light slowly illuminates (opposite of dimming) but never fully came on and was after the car ran for a few minutes out of a heated garage (opperating temp)

oh and next time i'll get a video of all this... keep forgeting

on the bright side!
trash flaps work great,
wiring is almost done
rear brake hardware is all installed (i broke a piece earlier)

Crusaider510 · 01-28-2013, 03:10 AM

If the idle is higher, you need a new iacv, cleaning it won't do much of anything

Qwikyking · 01-29-2013, 01:33 PM

well, i decided to go the cheap route and buy some MAF cleaner aswell as some TB cleaner first. the intake and filter are fairly clean, only a little dusty, as i got to the giant ugly plenum lookin thing, it got a little more dirty, by the time the throttle body was off things looked pretty gross... heres what i found

intake side, fairly clean

engine side, not so much

inside the intake. i'm pretty sure the coolant came from me disconecting the hoses from the TB.

---
i'm wondering if thats even the right gasket for the TB, it probably is, but its kinda weird how that cut-out area on the top isn't routed for better air flow, also howcome there are water jackets around the TB??!?!? cars are weird compared to motorcycles

---

.

tmoftw · 01-30-2013, 01:44 AM

not sure about the water jackets or coolant, but the gasket that bolts to the itake manifold is a little goofy, i just noticed that the other night. mine has the proper bolt holes and seal area but seems too big, a large tab sticks up. but i do have the 2.2 and you have the 1.8 so that could be different. if you havent, you should get a shop manual like haynes or chilton. i paid $25 for mine and the time and money ive saved is probably 10 times that.

FCmaniac · 01-30-2013, 05:30 AM

Coolant is routed through the TB to heat it up quicker and keep it from sticking in cold weather. That's the theory anyway...

Qwikyking · 01-30-2013, 09:02 PM

well ITS FIXED! no low oil pressure light, no hanging idle!
i took the intake apart up to the throttle body and cleaned it, also replaced the oil pressure sending unit.

the plug was only hand tight, ALSO this oil pressure unit fits a 27mm PERFECTLY, just happend to have one from the axles on my yamaha

01-23-2013, 12:34 AM	#41
tmoftw Scooby Newbie Member#: 327339 Join Date: Jul 2012 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Marinette, WI Vehicle: 1996 Impreza Outback Forest Green	top one should be you iacv..bottom should be your tps. also, i have one of those bluetooth odb II adaptors and i always unplug it at night, the ecu is still giving it power with the car off so if your battery isnt so great that does contribute drainage. you can get self heating o2 sensors super cheap online, also if yours is a manual trans id get a tach, obd adapter does it but its nice having a real guage.. p.s. love the homemade flaps i may just do that myself Last edited by tmoftw; 01-23-2013 at 02:34 AM.

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12-03-2012, 05:33 PM	#26
Scoobie Roo Scooby Newbie Member#: 330144 Join Date: Aug 2012 Chapter/Region: TXIC Location: Lufkin, TX	Cool project car! Excited to see it come along... Good luck! * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

12-03-2012, 05:35 PM	#27
wotsvx Scooby Newbie Member#: 338755 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Vehicle: 1994 Subaru SVX LE Laguna Blue	Nice price but it does look like you'll have your hands busy in getting it back up to speed! Congrats!

12-06-2012, 06:18 PM	#28
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	all season tires vs winter tires....no competition my trash flaps... 14" from top to bottom there will be approx 3-4" of ground clearance made from "LDPE" garbage cans

12-06-2012, 06:30 PM	#29
DelSol_Racer Scooby Newbie Member#: 339729 Join Date: Dec 2012 Chapter/Region: TXIC Location: San Antonio Vehicle: 2002 Impreza WRX WR Blue Mica	$450 for that? thats one helluva deal. usually people in SA are asking $800-$1000 not running! great find. looks like a fun project

12-10-2012, 09:14 PM	#30
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	hate doing struts..... also if anyone can tell me how to re-install the brake lines onto the struts without too much hassle it would be mucho apreciated!

12-11-2012, 08:27 AM	#31
cmk82600 Scooby Newbie Member#: 248305 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Minnesota Vehicle: 97 OBS my custom mixed silver	Zipties

12-15-2012, 02:22 PM	#32
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well F&%CK while putting the new struts in the hub assembly was dangling and didn't think too much of it.... well one side went together good... now the other side the CV came apart!??! i can feel a splined shaft through the boot closest to the wheel isn't the CV supposed to be held in with a circlip? any help would be great! not sure if i should try and put it back together and carry on or if i should take even more stuff apart?

12-19-2012, 04:57 PM	#33
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	fixed the cv joint with a cut up popcan and zipties... WOO finally finished the front of the car, struts belt and wipers all put together the condition of the old belt

12-19-2012, 05:25 PM	#34
FCmaniac Scooby Specialist Member#: 142029 Join Date: Feb 2007 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Vehicle: 2013 Fozz 2004 STi, 1991 Miata BRG	nice!

12-19-2012, 08:49 PM	#35
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	onto the rear! jacked it up, took off the rims, and decided to try and look at the brake shoes.... bad idea.. small side project! the rear drums are on there pretty damn hard, the shoes are coming out with the drum, thats bad right?? could there be a build up of rust behind where the shoes rotate?

01-06-2013, 09:08 PM	#36
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	if tophat orientation doesn't matter on the rear struts (which i have been reading) THEN IM DONEEE!!! ... well except soldering,getting rear brake parts i broke, getting a safety and insuring it...

01-07-2013, 07:46 PM	#37
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well.... i tried pulling my car out of the garage... and i turn the key, NO POWER tried charging it but it was 90% empty, and i'm pretty sure i fried it... i'll see tommorow... over the last month ive had this plugged in, it has a few led's on it, could this thing ever draw enough power to drain my battery in a month? if my battery ends up fubar, what is a good replacement? optima redtop? or just another standard battery one step forward, two steps back......

01-08-2013, 02:10 PM	#38
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	the new battery works great, and makes the enginebay look much nicer, doesn't make the dash look any nicer.... oil light and a P0141 code (02 sensor bank1 sensor2 heater circuit)

01-08-2013, 09:08 PM	#39
pauli133 NASIOC Supporter Member#: 233261 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Herndon, VA, USA Vehicle: 2005 Outback XT Silver	No tach! Oh, how that takes me back...

01-22-2013, 10:50 PM	#40
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	so i got the car back into the garage to do the finishing touches on it, cleaned and oiled the hoodlatch (would rarely work) broke the grill mounts ...more junkyard adventures? fixed all the pinched wires and hose for the hatch installed the front trash flaps. i was going to clean the IACV untill i couldn't find it... i looked for a tutorial on how to clean it... but i cant find it!! i guess because i've got the ej18 intake? anyways i know this isn't a thread for finding out answers but HEY whatever which is the IACV? looks way better with the winter tires and trashflaps.

01-24-2013, 11:54 AM	#43
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well holy crap! didn't think parts on the intake side of things could get so damn dirty!! pre and post carb cleaner.. havn't turned it on yet, i will report on how well the cleaning did in a few days

01-25-2013, 03:01 AM	#44
tmoftw Scooby Newbie Member#: 327339 Join Date: Jul 2012 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Marinette, WI Vehicle: 1996 Impreza Outback Forest Green	no air filter is perfect lol

01-26-2013, 04:32 PM	#45
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well i brought the car out of the garage and around the block to my front yard again today and found this. the idle now sits higher than before and more frequent (im going to reclean the IACV and then clean the Maf sensor and throttle body and all parts associated) the low oil pressure light slowly illuminates (opposite of dimming) but never fully came on and was after the car ran for a few minutes out of a heated garage (opperating temp) oh and next time i'll get a video of all this... keep forgeting on the bright side! trash flaps work great, wiring is almost done rear brake hardware is all installed (i broke a piece earlier)

01-28-2013, 03:10 AM	#46
Crusaider510 Scooby Newbie Member#: 273896 Join Date: Feb 2011 Chapter/Region: BAIC Vehicle: 93 Impreza Forest Green	If the idle is higher, you need a new iacv, cleaning it won't do much of anything

01-29-2013, 01:33 PM	#47
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well, i decided to go the cheap route and buy some MAF cleaner aswell as some TB cleaner first. the intake and filter are fairly clean, only a little dusty, as i got to the giant ugly plenum lookin thing, it got a little more dirty, by the time the throttle body was off things looked pretty gross... heres what i found intake side, fairly clean engine side, not so much inside the intake. i'm pretty sure the coolant came from me disconecting the hoses from the TB. --- i'm wondering if thats even the right gasket for the TB, it probably is, but its kinda weird how that cut-out area on the top isn't routed for better air flow, also howcome there are water jackets around the TB??!?!? cars are weird compared to motorcycles --- .

01-30-2013, 01:44 AM	#48
tmoftw Scooby Newbie Member#: 327339 Join Date: Jul 2012 Chapter/Region: MWSOC Location: Marinette, WI Vehicle: 1996 Impreza Outback Forest Green	not sure about the water jackets or coolant, but the gasket that bolts to the itake manifold is a little goofy, i just noticed that the other night. mine has the proper bolt holes and seal area but seems too big, a large tab sticks up. but i do have the 2.2 and you have the 1.8 so that could be different. if you havent, you should get a shop manual like haynes or chilton. i paid $25 for mine and the time and money ive saved is probably 10 times that.

01-30-2013, 05:30 AM	#49
FCmaniac Scooby Specialist Member#: 142029 Join Date: Feb 2007 Chapter/Region: Tri-State Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Vehicle: 2013 Fozz 2004 STi, 1991 Miata BRG	Coolant is routed through the TB to heat it up quicker and keep it from sticking in cold weather. That's the theory anyway...

01-30-2013, 09:02 PM	#50
Qwikyking Scooby Newbie Member#: 336666 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: CANADA Vehicle: 1997 impreza wagon teal/barf	well ITS FIXED! no low oil pressure light, no hanging idle! i took the intake apart up to the throttle body and cleaned it, also replaced the oil pressure sending unit. the plug was only hand tight, ALSO this oil pressure unit fits a 27mm PERFECTLY, just happend to have one from the axles on my yamaha