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tough decision...
Okay,
so I just heard back from Steve at Suby Specialties. The car needs: i. 4 new struts, complete. Apparently all the salty NJ winters have taken their toll on the car. ii. new a/c compressor bearing. again, yay for salty winters. iii. new air and fuel filters. iv. engine oil and ATF change. v. top-up of a/c coolant. vi. rear axle bearings (wheel bearings). Total cost to fix everything? Approximately 2k. Which is more money than I was really thinking of putting into it. So the tough decision is, should I sell it, part it out, or grit my teeth, dig deep, and fix it? Napa, you might have your car.... kmin. Last edited by kmin; 09-02-2004 at 05:59 PM. |
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How bad are your struts, are they blown? The only expensive part besides the struts is the wheel bearing which should be replaced, but the rest of the stuff seems pretty minor. If you want to keep your car you could keep the struts you have now, and have the guy/gal fix wheel bearing. Then you can always wait to fix the AC sence winter is on the way.
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strut condition
sorry, should have clarified.
the rear strut mounts are gone; the springs are resting on the body now, apparently. steve said that the front struts are on their way there too, another hard knock or two and they'll end up the same. right now i'm leaning towards selling it. i already have another car that's running fine... |
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Re: tough decision...
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I hope you mean compressor bearing. The condenser is a radiator with no moving parts (that I know of). It has no bearings.
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whoops
might be the compressor. the belt rides over it?
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Re: tough decision...
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last-ditch attempt
Well, after looking at all the pics that I took (some of which are in my locker), I've decided that I'm going to try and save Vanessa, unless someone offers to buy her from me. I mean, everything else runs great. The interior's fine, I even fixed the droopy visors (ok, at least the driver's side, I was too lazy to fix the other side since I never sit there), and it still is such a great car.
So I've put up an SOS in the for sale forum, which you can see here: http://www.subaru-svx.net/forum/show...threadid=21071 So if anyone can help me find struts for cheap, or wheel bearings, that would be great. Or if you know of an svx sitting somewhere, that has a compressor bearing (honestly, i don't really know what that is, except that it's what the belt rides on/over) and won't be needing it anytime soon. and dcarrb, if i could do those fluid and filter changes myself, i would. but i don't have the workspace for that, or the tools. wish me luck, everyone! kmin. |
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