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{ On the SH forester pulling the ABS fuse (i.e. blowing the glow plug (combined with ABS) fuse on a diesel- go figure that wiring intelligence) disables basically all the ABS, TCS, VDC, etc. systems. This is because (in my opinion) they are all dependent on the ABS wheel sensors to detect wheel spee...

No I never even thought to look at the SH :oops: Putting a EJ22 in it would be nice. First mod will be a lift 2" and some good sized tyres. I took it offroad to see how it would go and it was bottoming out so I will only do beach work until I get the lift counting down the days to tax time lol. I ha...

I ended up buying a 1999 SF Limited the engine is in really good condition for age it has had full-service life and has done 250k km The engine does not use oil so crossing my fingers everything is ok. Only thing I do not like is the size it is a very compact SUV compared to the outback. So I instal...

Thanks for the help guys.

Pitty I was of the impression that they were OBD2 and was looking forward to using my phone to check error codes. But oh well the my outback had the old OBD1 system so time to start counting flashes

I have recently purchased a 1999 Subaru Forester, And just when the car starts I get a check angine light come on for a minute or so then goes away. So I thought just to be safe I would buy a OBD2 bluetooth ELM32 from memory that uses an app on your phone and I could not get it to connect to the pho...

Well if benny says go for the forester I'm sold

AndrewT wrote:With that budget you can get a decent SG Forester (2003 to 2007) and have enough leftover for a brand-new off-the-shelf lift kit for it.

Yeah I am leaning that way myself just wondering how the forester goes offroad. The old L series I had was very capable for what it was.

Hi Everyone, A bit of history to how got to where I am. I owned an MY series and ended up several years ago doing up an old L-series 2" Strut and 2" body lift, unfortunately, the car was stolen and torched and silly me did not have it insured. So I got a 1998 Subaru Outback that has cost me thousand...

I am no expert but the kings springs will add 1" lift plus 2" strut spacers will make 3" but if you do 2" body lift spacers your cv's will only be 1" from stock angle. Elfredo is the best bloke for info on this.

Hi Guys, I got my outback back today with a used but good engine. I have been getting an intermittent check engine light that comes and goes normally about 2 mins after I start driving and then goes off a few minutes latter. I also have noticed that both fans are not working but the temp gauge has n...

They went really well the corrogations from what I read took there toll on some of the cars and a rim cracked but they did one hell of a job doing it hats off to all of them

Will keep an eye out for one in hobart

I agree with Bennie way easier to pull the engine then doing it in the engine bay.

Nice very nice

Yeah I will be taking quite a few photos lol

Thanks Bantum, That is exactly what I will be doing.

That must be the best EA81 engine I have ever seen nice very nice

Well an update on how things are travelling, I got a quote for $2200 for a second hand engine and installation with out the instalation the engine would still cost $1850 by itself. And another wreckers is wanting $1100 for just an engine. I have puled out plenty of EA81's and EA82's engines and from...

I did a 2" lift both strut spacers and body spacers. It took me about 3 hours to do the rear and a day and a half to do the front, This was by myself with no one to help me. If you could get a mate to help you it would be done in a day. It is not that hard to do by yourself would save you alot of mo...