"DrZ" (dzehner2)
04/19/2016 at 22:19 • Filed to: FML, Subaru, Engine swap
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"DrZ" (dzehner2)
04/19/2016 at 22:19 • Filed to: FML, Subaru, Engine swap | 1
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UPDATE:
The new clutch kit fits!! Hooray! Supposedly the car will be done Monday. Which probably means a huge disaster will happen sometime tomorrow.
Welp. Apparently the kind sales rep at TH Motorsports was not as expert in ways of weird Subaru MY/Engine combos as I thought he was and I bought the wrong clutch for the combination of the 06 STI flywheel and 05 LGT transmission. However, Dewey at TH IS a Subaru expert, and he set me straight this evening after my mechanic called and told me my clutch wouldn’t fit. No swearing was involved, thankfully. Dewey, you rock, and I hope you read this.
So.... now I have myself a new Competition Stage 2 kit coming with a new clutch and flywheel. Another 2 day delay, and some extra $. Hooray.
d15b
> DrZ
04/19/2016 at 22:23 |
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You can’t return the clutch?
BeaterGT
> DrZ
04/19/2016 at 22:26 |
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I believe only non-STI clutches will work. I just put a 2007 LGT clutch assembly in my 2005 LGT, but I know the 2006 WRX and up would have worked as well.
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DrZ
> BeaterGT
04/19/2016 at 22:57 |
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That’s the funny thing... I bought a 2006 WRX clutch, but stuck with the 06 STI flywheel (led to believe that would work... should have done more research). The mechanic said it didn’t fit the throwout bearing or clutch fork.
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DrZ
> d15b
04/19/2016 at 22:58 |
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Oh yes, it’s being returned. They were super helpful with that. Just annoying that I got the wrong one specced out and wasted 2 more days waiting for the car, plus a couple mechanic hours (not cheap!).
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d15b
> DrZ
04/19/2016 at 23:01 |
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The mechanic hours should be refunded if you went off their advice, I would think.
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DrZ
> d15b
04/20/2016 at 08:28 |
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Yeah, I sure hope so. I’ll be calling them when they open to talk to their customer service folks about that... Stay tuned! They’ve been really helpful since the mixup, so I would think they’d understand and give me a refund for those hours.
uofime-2
> DrZ
04/20/2016 at 11:11 |
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Dewey is indeed awesome.
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DrZ
> uofime-2
04/20/2016 at 13:14 |
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I’m gonna owe him a six pack by the time this car is together...
The Stig's former college room mate
> DrZ
04/21/2016 at 10:29 |
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Whenever a Subaru guy uses the abbreviation LGT, my mind sees that as LGBT