"Desu-San-Desu" (Desu-San-Desu)
02/19/2015 at 09:34 • Filed to: None
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"Desu-San-Desu" (Desu-San-Desu)
02/19/2015 at 09:34 • Filed to: None | 2
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$3,000 for a clean, low-mileage SVX?
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SOMEONE SAVE IT!
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Wait, what's this? ANOTHER clean SVX for right at $3,000? And this one's red? SAVE BOTH OF THEM!
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 09:41 |
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That passenger side fender/hood line looks suspect, probably crashed, hence the low price. If it was not crashed it looks like a keeper to me.
As Du Volant
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 09:44 |
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NP as long as the transmissions aren't fucked.
Moenica
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 09:48 |
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I love these cars!
They are sexy. Have you ever driven one?
WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 10:12 |
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NP
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 13:38 |
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Check these things:
A: transmission. records of re-build and fluid changes. The torquey EG33 cooks the ATF, and it needs to be changed regularly, and the transmission may have been re-built due to the torque input and cooked fluid causing heat damage to the bands.
B: wheel bearings. the car isn't a light-weight, and heavier than most Subarus, so the wheel-bearing specification is a bit on the small side, and they tend to start howling if they need to be changed.
C: McPherson struts on all 4 corners. They do well, but if they need to be changed, they can be expensive, and there are stories of OE replacements sitting on shelves in the wrong orientation and too long, where the replacement parts fail in short order after being installed. It is rarer to find, but more preferable to see Koni strut inserts installed into cut and gutted lower strut casings to fit the suspension, if the work has been done properly.
D: records of timing belt replacement. EG33 is a variant of the EJ flat-4 family, with a timing belt, rather than FA/FB/EZ newer Subaru engines having a timing chain. Unlike EJ, though, EG33 has only one cam pulley per cylinder head, exhaust-side IIRC, and the intake cam is driven by a gear from the exhaust cam.
E: signs of engine seal leakage, or misfires from aging coil-on-plug packs, or plugs that haven't been changed. It is a bear to change them.
F: reliable starting... there is a 5-prong relay WAY up under the dash that can sometimes cause the ignition to be intermittent, at least on the earlier cars.
G: window regulator and sunroof mechanisms that work. some of the parts are plastic, and can break, causing the window regulators to fail, or the sunroof to jam in it's track when closing.
H: the alternator is passable but not strong. If it goes, the battery will discharge. The alternator wiring harness gets cooked by the engine's heat, and sometimes needs to be re-wired. I did so with 4 gauge fine-strand welding cable, and a re-built upgraded Renegade alternator, and a new megafuse from the alternator output to the battery positive terminal, which helped significantly.
95/96/97 cars are OBD-II, and have standard seat belts, and a passenger airbag, as might some later 94 models. 92-early 94 model years have automatic shoulder belts, and no passenger airbag.... the automatic belts should be in working order. If you want to swap to a manual gearbox, the OBD-II cars will throw a code for not having the transmission control unit installed, earlier OBD-I cars don't have that particular issue with trans swap to a manual gearbox.
BTW, almost ALL of the driver's side sun visors sag, and don't stay stowed against the headliner on their own. The great visibility due to the big expanses of glass are great, but the sun tends to cook the interior through those big, curved windows, if the windows aren't more significantly tinted, and the car is left outside. (BTW, some early Claret cars have bronze-tinted glass, and IR-rejecting windshields. Most of the rest have green tinted glass. the green glass replacements are rare... bronze glass replacements are pretty much gone, unless taken from a donor car. The glass can easily be the most valuable salvage parts on one of those cars.)
SVX World Network is a good forum, with lots of information, but was getting less and less frequented as of a year or two ago. All sorts of information about everything on that car.
If it has been cared for, and in good condition, it is a great car, a hidden gem, and mostly built like a FREAKIN' TANK compared to modern Subarus... and they stand up as well as any 20+ year old car with some plastic parts can. Better screwed together than my '05 Legacy GT was... my 92 SVX LS-L just hadn't been up-kept, and was significantly sun-damaged in California by the owner previous to me.
I wish I hadn't been financially pressed to sell it, but the financial pressure also meant I had no money available to up-keep it as it deserved, as it needed wheel bearings, a window regulator, and eventually a paint job and interior re-fit from the sun damage.
Damn, I miss that car. Smooth as butter, powerful, sleek, an effortless, graceful, swift cruiser. The epitome of an AWD grand touring coupe, in a sleek italian designer suit. A continent-conquerer in just about any drivable weather.
I have wanted a new replacement for that car for MANY years... and very few new cars anywhere near affordable come anywhere close to the way SVX was special.
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Desu-San-Desu
> BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
02/19/2015 at 14:49 |
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Oh, I have NO interest in buying one, lol. I just want someone else to save them and give them a good home, haha.
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BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
> Desu-San-Desu
02/19/2015 at 15:03 |
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I hope some people do give those cars good homes as well... and they can use the info above to check out those SVXs.