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Old 12-16-2004, 05:25 PM
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VTD my foot.

So I pulled into my parking spot as usual. Got stuck going forward.
No suprise there.
I poke my head out the door to look at the rear wheel. See if it's movin'.
Nope.
Expected.
I try to coax it to move by calling it foul names aloud.
Nothing.
I stand up to look at the front wheel, and hit a little gas.

...
Nothing.
It's not moving at all.
WTH?
It's sitting in drive and I can hear a humming noise.
Hmm...
I get out and walk around, the front right wheel is spinning, not even touching the ground/ice/whatever.
Actually I can't tell, even thought the strut isn't extended all the way. The wheel looks like it's floating.

It's at this point I'm reminded of that Swedish Subaru vs Volvo video. I'm wondering why this one wheel isn't having the power jerked from it and put to the wheels that have traction.

I get back in and the ABS light is on. That doesn't make sense so I shut the car off and on again. It goes away.

I've been thinking for a while my TCM/TCU is malfunctioning.
I don't really know, and evertime I want to bring my car into Subaru they need a freaking reservation and an entire day to look at things at $85 an hour.

Here's what I got:
No Variable Torque Distribution, and what appears to be a permanent 90/10 front/rear split.
TC will not lock.
Tranny cooler installed, isolated.
Nearly bald all-seasons.
An under 4k mile overhauled tranny.

I seem to remember reading something about the TC not locking if it's too cool?
I read in another thread Sol C fixed someones AWD problem.
I'm going to check with the tranny guys I use to see if they touched anything electrical.

Suggestions?
Theories?
Ideas?

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