Fast_Freddie's new heap... daily project
Mar 31, 2015, 08:23 AM
#18
Update...
Installed new front wheel hub and cat and took it to get inspected! Car is now legal to drive and I have been trying to enjoy it, but with my work schedule and working on the black evo tht hasn't left much time..
Car has a small tranny/tcase leak, more than likely the two oring that separate the two... so need to get that taken care of as well...
Also have an electrical issue, the parking lights come on as soon as the ignition key is switched to the on position, been trying to track that down, but haven't had much time to mess with it... I did solder all the wires together in the driver foot well, but no luck with that... it is like a relay is stuck and causing the issue, I took out the 12V 40A fuse and it worked so I have some work to do...
Anyway on to the updated pics!
Installed new front wheel hub and cat and took it to get inspected! Car is now legal to drive and I have been trying to enjoy it, but with my work schedule and working on the black evo tht hasn't left much time..
Car has a small tranny/tcase leak, more than likely the two oring that separate the two... so need to get that taken care of as well...
Also have an electrical issue, the parking lights come on as soon as the ignition key is switched to the on position, been trying to track that down, but haven't had much time to mess with it... I did solder all the wires together in the driver foot well, but no luck with that... it is like a relay is stuck and causing the issue, I took out the 12V 40A fuse and it worked so I have some work to do...
Anyway on to the updated pics!
Last edited by Fast_Freddie; Mar 31, 2015 at 08:40 AM.
Mar 31, 2015, 09:02 PM
#21
That is the main reason I got this one, the first one was built and has 65k on the build and is in dire need of a refresh... needed something else to drive while it is down looked at a bunch of other cars but nothing tickled my fancy quite like the evo...
Apr 1, 2015, 03:40 PM
#25
Small update for today... Fixed my electrical gremlin issue...I turned the ignition to on and started to pull fuses, and as soon as I pull up the radio fuse the parking lights went out... took the radio out and noticed whoever installed the aftermarket radio in the car spliced the illumination wire to the switched 12V power wire for the radio... This caused a ton of issues and I was even more worried last night because after I started up the car and let it warm up a bit I turned on the lights and the car died... it started back up, but still knew something had a bad current draw... Anyway, disconnected the illumination wire and all is well... while I was doing that I noticed that someone had vampire spliced into the ignition harness for the turbo timer that I ripped out of the car the first day I was working on it. I don't know how I didn't notice it before, but I had to depin that connector and put heat shrink over the wires as well to prevent arcing and sparking
Last thing on the list will be my least favorite... removing the t-case to install new O-rings and seal to fix the leak between the tranny and t-case...
Last thing on the list will be my least favorite... removing the t-case to install new O-rings and seal to fix the leak between the tranny and t-case...
Apr 1, 2015, 03:55 PM
#26
Will look for more updates, Freddie.
Apr 2, 2015, 07:47 AM
#27
I almost did get another! However, I needed something with a bit more cargo/towing capability, so I ended up with an 07 Forester Sports XT (5sp, 2.5 with a TD04). So it was a bit of a compromise but I can't say I regretted it. Oh, and its STOCK!
Will look for more updates, Freddie.
Will look for more updates, Freddie.
