What have you done to your car today?

Electrickals to charge the camper trailer, etc...

The wiring kit arrived today :) so I have something to keep me busy over the long weekend.;)

Will have to resurrect the thread I started about this topic - can't remember where - either under electrickery or else in my journal.
 
Kevin said:
^ 6 is easier :iconwink:
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I've also heard that tyres should not be made to rotate one way then the other as the steel belts wear in one direction. Therefore rotating 6 tyres would be easier than rotating 5 when sticking to this rule.

Cheers

Bennie
 
I decided to do some problem diagnostics this afternoon in preperation for the big weekend and the rece i am doing tomorrow. Basically my car was shuddering when engaging the clutch, the driveline was thuding when changing gears, and there was a knocking when steering and going over some bumps. I figured shudder was maybe an uneven clutch face that i wouldn't worry about, the bang might be a diff hanger bush or something and the steering knock would be a loose steering rack or front end bushes.

First up i thought a loose steering rack would be easy to fix, but no the bolts for that where tight. Then i decided, well maybe check the engine cross member nuts while i'm here since that is what the rack is bolted to. Lo and behold, they were loose! Tightening them immediately solved all of the above problems. I'll add that i mentioned this problem to the mechanics who did my last two services and they came up with nothing.
 
Drove the Miata today :lol:

Wife has now taken control of the lifted Forester and I have a "new" 2002 OBS I will be using for rallycross / winter driving.
 
ea81/ea82 temp sensor

El_Freddo said:
Is this what you used to bring the factory EA dash guage back in line to what it would have been with the EA sender? If so do you know if the sender units between the EA81 and EA82 are the same? I'm guessing they are, and if so this little trick that you'll have to tell me more about will fix my dash guage - I've got an EJ as well and would like the guage to behave as it used to.

Any info you have scooby would be muchly appreciated!

Cheers

Bennie
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The ea82 guage reads about 1/4 vs half as stock. The ea81 is almost dead on...I chk'd with a temp gun at the T-stat housing.
 
battery swap

I parked both of my subes..
Then removed the '03 outbacks Optima D35 yellowtop. I really don't need the optima as I've removed the overhead lights . The optima will go in the '84 hatchie as I have overheads,fogs, winch, Acc...

Next , I removed the Mt-58 Interstate battery from the hatchie.
The Interstate was installed in my outback.

My hatchies alternator is happy now...:biggrin:
 
I picked up the 2nd spare tyre mounted on the 2nd steel wheel I'd bought off Silver last week. Now I have 6 wheels :) Next, I have to buy the roof rack basket u-bolts (to mount the basket to the racks) and spare tyre tie-down strap!
 
Started rust repair on the 2002 OBS yesterday.

RR has an apporixmately "quarter" sized hole in the panel, left rear was caught before it rusted through. Sanded down both to bare metal and primed for now. Will weld in new metal on RR and apply some filler on both panels before repair.
 
Got the bull bar replaced with a new one today, because the original came with a ding in the bar-work. While I was up at TJM getting the bull bar fitted, I decided to buy a J-bar to restrain the 2nd spare tyre to the roof basket (my parents old one) as well as some U bolts to fit the basket to the roof racks (the old ones didn't fit). I also added to my recovery list with a puncture repair kit, and bought a lockable pin for the tow bar.
 
made quick rear swaybar disconnects on the weekend.
They appear to be successful as they haven't snapped after some very hard cornering.
will post up a DIY soon
 
lefty said:
made quick rear swaybar disconnects on the weekend.
They appear to be successful as they haven't snapped after some very hard cornering.
will post up a DIY soon
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Thats something that I could really use, so I'll have to keep an eye out for your DIY.

Regards
Mr Turbo
 
Washed it after getting tired of waiting for "the universe" to clean it as advertised. I guess "the universe" can't handle Georgia clay.
 
Today was spring maintenance time here too.
Oil & filter change, 4EAT and power steering drain & refill, bleed brakes, rotate tires on both Foresters. Judy is going to need front struts soon they are starting to weep after only 12 years of abuse. :lol:
 
Today was not Spring Maintenance here... as it's Autumn here... anyway, today I managed to fit my front diff breathers, which turned out to be pretty easy to do. However, I couldn't fit the rear diff breather, as I couldn't either a) Loosen the nuts connecting the diff to the subframe, nor b) 'pop off' the breather cap.

Regards,

Joel
 
Not today but last Friday - I left it in Bundaberg!

Output shaft seal & bearing for the front RHS.

I'll have to go get it end of this week. (I think it just wants to stay in the home of Bundy)
 
Looked at the mess inside. Got a little depressed :( Parked Ruby Scoo then jumped on here...

Cheers

Bennie
 
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