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Old 09-03-2002, 05:21 AM
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My mechanic & the SVX

My mechanic is a good guy and competant, plus VERY reasonable on $$, but I think he fears working on my SVX. What sort of things on this car should just about any mechanic be capable of doing? For instance, how different/difficult is it to have the rotors ground or pads changed? Or things like CV boots/joints? What about shocks, struts? Would he need a manual? Special tools?

The mechanic I bought it from seem very able to work on this car -- in its prior history they did almost everything, including putting a new fuel rail and Subaru tranny, but they are very expensive, though less than a dealer would be...

Thanks for your insight.
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Old 09-03-2002, 09:23 AM
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Any decent mechanic should be able to do proper work on the braking system. Others can chime in on anything else.

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Old 09-03-2002, 10:30 AM
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A good mechanic should be able to do most anything on the SVX, barring transmission rebuilding. Simply replacing seals and friction in the tranny is straightforward, but determing and repairing other problems inside it can require someone with particular experience.
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Old 09-03-2002, 11:11 AM
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Rear bearings

If you are having anyone, dealer or otherwise, replace rear bearings the two things to make them aware of are the need for them to be greased prior to installation and the danger in over torqueing the axle nuts. I don't even want to get into what I went through with the dealer to finally get mine working correctly. Other than that the car is pretty straight forward although cramped in some mechanical areas.


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Old 09-03-2002, 12:26 PM
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yea every thing is straight forward on our svxes there just damm weird LOL

not to mention where they put the pcv valve at and a all day spark plug change
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