What have you done to your SVX (or other Subaru) today? - Page 174

svxfiles · #**2596** 01-31-2015, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by NikFu S.

Had my brand-spanking new steering pump installed, the guys said it didn't change the noise much. It seems the previous pumps may have corrupted my steering rack.
Sourced a clockspring.
Still looking into radiators. Want to get a cheap OEM replacement while I figure out if my PWR can be repaired.

Still waiting for Tomfiles to come out of hiding. Anyone heard from him?

A good rad shop SHOULD be able to solder a PWR as long as they clean it first!

Gamesy · #**2597** 02-01-2015, 11:37 AM

parked the svx (due to cracked block from water pump)

swapped the winter tires onto the sti,
fixed the hids and horn relay on the sti

Reign1979 · #**2598** 02-03-2015, 07:54 PM

Put my halo lights in

gwynethh · #**2599** 02-04-2015, 06:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Reign1979

Put my halo lights in

Nice looking!

dannmarr · #**2600** 02-04-2015, 07:16 AM

Removed comment to another thread, sorry.

Reign1979 · #**2601** 02-06-2015, 12:23 AM

Thanks! Wasn't too hard. Went to eBay and $10 later had some

steamer99 · #**2602** 02-15-2015, 08:00 PM

My wife was using it for a driving lesson for my daughter and it blew the low pressure power steering line. Fortunately the one on my parts car was still good, it sure was a lot easier to take it off the car that does not have a transmission

but I got it swapped over so I can still drive it to work tomorrow

Crazy_pilot · #**2603** 02-15-2015, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Reign1979

Put my halo lights in

Looks great! I like the look of halos on the SVX.

92snowmachine · #**2604** 03-11-2015, 12:10 PM

Hit 100k miles on monday.
Tuesday bought an 85 buick t-type regal for the wife to daily drive (she was daily driving the svx) so i could drive it to work every day and start sorting out it's small problems.

dannmarr · #**2605** 03-11-2015, 12:23 PM

Need to replace both front axles. The car was in a trans shop for a year and new axles were installed. I drove it for a few months and the axle boots are torn?
I wonder if they were ever changed. I should have checked. Kicking myself

svxfiles · #**2606** 03-11-2015, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dannmarr

Need to replace both front axles. The car was in a trans shop for a year and new axles were installed. I drove it for a few months and the axle boots are torn?
I wonder if they were ever changed. I should have checked. Kicking myself

If they are green then they are Subaru axles, if they are green and rusty then most likeky they are the originals.
If they are shiney and steel/silver then most likely they were replaced.
T

dannmarr · #**2607** 03-11-2015, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by svxfiles

If they are green then they are Subaru axles, if they are green and rusty then most likeky they are the originals.
If they are shiney and steel/silver then most likely they were replaced.
T

Thanks! unfortunately they were replaced once before, so I dont know if they were replaced now. The trans shop owner is a nice guy but is disabled and his dad, the master mechanic retired. Now he has these young inexperienced guys working in the shop. So, who knows?

theflystyle · #**2608** 03-15-2015, 01:51 PM

Vacuumed the mice droppings from my engine bay

Thankfully there was nothing inside the car from what I could tell. It looks like it/they liked running around on top of the battery as it was connected to a trickle charger and must have been the warm spot.

Side note - I need to find a way to close the gap between the garage door and wall. Some sort of vertical sweep maybe?

gwynethh · #**2609** 03-15-2015, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by theflystyle

Vacuumed the mice droppings from my engine bay

Thankfully there was nothing inside the car from what I could tell. It looks like it/they liked running around on top of the battery as it was connected to a trickle charger and must have been the warm spot.

Side note - I need to find a way to close the gap between the garage door and wall. Some sort of vertical sweep maybe?

We tried one of these during the winter for under the hood
http://rid-a-rat.com/
Should be able to check how well it worked any warmer month now.

We place some organic (ceder?) packages in the car also. As a plus it smells really nice for a long time.

INVADR · #**2610** 03-17-2015, 02:24 PM

I finally got around to installing the MAPvss speed signal converter. Ever since I swapped in an 08 5-speed, I haven't had a working speedometer/odometer. This unit picks up signal from the ABS wheel sensors, and turns it into a pulsed VSS signal. Works awesome!

Still getting an ABS light, though. Might have a loose connection at a splice point. I need to figure out how to read the ABS codes.