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I just wanted to say hi and stuff...
I just bought a 92 svx with about 85k miles last month. has a decently stranght body besides a huge gash in the hood from something like a sledge hammer.. it had a busted windshield, from the same incident. I'm just gonna ramble for a few minutes here.... So I found a windshield at a junk yard, for 300 bucks, so that was pretty cool considering its a thousand dollar part from subaru. Had a tranny problem, but that was fixed inexpensively as well. Its in pretty decent condition, just needs some minor body work, lots of scratches and scuffs. Its sad to see a car like this taken care of so ****ily. But at the same time I'm enjoying fixing it up because I know its worth it. I've wanted one of these cars for a fairly long time. The radio was crapped out, so I had that replaced. Best buy did some pretty decent work. They hard wired since there was no harness available, but they only charged me 25 bucks for like 3 hours worth of work. That's pretty much it. I have some questions about the car though.
The manual button.. What does it do exactly? Also, the switch next to the parking lights on the dash, towards the bottom, looks like an a/c switch. I feel so stupid asking these questions, but I really can't figure out the functionality of either. When I push the a/c looking switch, it doesn't light up or anything, but half the lights on the dash aren't functioning, as well as the lights on the interior light buttons on the roof. Oh yeah, and one problem I've been having with it is the drivers side door sensor... Always flickering the interior lights. That's getting very annoying. Is there any way to fix this? I'm sure I'll have more questions, but right now these are the things that are most baffling me |
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Welcome to the site. There is a search button on the top of the page. You can get many answers to your questions that have been posted in the past. If you still have questions, or have problems finding the answers, let us know. May you and your newly aquired car have many care free miles.
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Welcome to the site dude. I'm guessing you have the touring package and the AC looking botton should be the side mirror heater switch, you shouldn't need that till winter. The manual botton basiclly allows you to take off in second gear if your in slippery conditions, pretty useless in an AWD car. I'm not sure about the door switch, with only 85k miles on the car it shouldn't be worn out already. Has the car been in an accident? It may not be adjusted right.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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manual button on the shifter keeps the tranny from downshifting, avoiding trouble on slippery suffaces. overkill on an AWD car?....you decide.
the "AC" switch you are referring to is probably either the power mirror controls (to the left of the parking/fog light switches, or the "wiper park" rocker switch, lower down under the dash (parks wipers higher up on the window so they don't get frozen to the cowl area). door sensor - hit it with contact cleaner, replace if that don't help? hope that helps, but do a search for more info. good luck getting it "back to new", and welcome!
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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If you have an owners manual, read it. I didn't know half of the stuff that was on the car until I did that. It really helps to get familiar with the car. If you don't have one, I can tell you where you can get one. Have fun!
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. Earl .... ... .... ><SVX(*> Subaru Ambassador [COLOR=”silver”]1992 Tri Color L[/COLOR] ~45K (06/91) #2430 1992 Dark Teal LS-L ~184K (05/91) #0739 1992 Claret LS-L ~196K (05/91) #0831 1992 Pearl LS-L ~103K (06/91) #1680 1992 Pearl LS-L ~151K (06/91) #2229 1992 Dark Teal LS ~150K (07/91) #3098 (parts car) 1992 White LS-L ~139K (08/92) #6913 1993 25th AE ~98K (02/93) #164 1993 25th AE ~58K (02/93) #176 1993 25th AE ~107K (02/93) #215 1993 25th AE ~162K (02/93) #223 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~124K (1/94) #2408 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~144K (10/93) #1484 1994 Laguna Blue Pearl LSi ~68K (10/93) #1525 1994 Barcelona Red LSi ~46K (02/94) #2624 1994 Pearl LSi ~41K (12/93) #1961 1995 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~70K (02/95) #855 1996 Polo Green LSi ~95K (03/96) #872 1997 Bordeaux Pearl LSi ~55K (08/96) #097 2003 Brilliant Red LS1 Convertible ~29K (04/03) #8951 1999 Magnetic Red LS1 Coupe ~33K (04/99) #6420 My Email | Old Locker | New Locker | Picture of 15 of the 19 |
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yeah of course i don't have one.... if i did, i wouldn't feel like such an idiot for asking <in a southern hick voice> "whats that switch do?"
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I disagree Landshark.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) |
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Our contradicting first posts. How does a power mirror switch look like an AC switch? Why would a bad contact at the door switch make the interior lites flicker whet driving down the road? I think you might be wrong about the manual button but I'm not 100%.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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if the door switch was loose or faulty, it could think the door was open and turn on the interior lights, intermittantly. the glove compartment light switch on my old car used to do this until i fixed it - nice light show coming from the glove box while i drove down the road. the manual button does prevent downshifts (from 2nd to 1st only, i think) to prevent slipping under heavy throttle. i think some police cars even have this feature, but then again, most of them don't have AWD.
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Alan 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 1997 SVX LSi (Ebony) SOLD! 2005 Legacy GT (Silver) [Cobb Stg 2+] SOLD! 1987 928 S4 (Black) SOLD! 2005 Forester XT Premium (Crystal Gray Metallic) SOLD! 2008 Lancer Evolution X MR (Apex Silver) [Cobb Stg 1+] 2015 Outlander Sport 2.4GT AWD (Mercury Gray) 2013 G37xS (Obsidian Black) Last edited by Landshark; 06-22-2003 at 07:29 PM. |
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Understood. BTW. My 90 Legacy had a loose door switch that would turn on every light inside the car whenever you took right turns or hit a bump, talk about a light show.
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92 SVX #772 140k 6speed, ECU Tune stage II, Koni/Ground control, 3,270lbs. 91 Legacy Turbo 5spd. FMIC, crappy stock turbo, ACT clutch. 78 BRAT (New toy) (Soon to be EJ22T powered) 90 240 SX. RB25 powered!! DRIFT!!!111!!! (GF's car) To many cars to spend time on teh web! |
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SubaFreak...
How would a right turn or a bump cause a light snow.... oh....
Nevermind...... (proof that you should not drink and type.... ) Oh... and Hi there ou2mame welcome aboard...
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I guess this should do it http://www.subaru.com/contact/contact/middle.jsp nik
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