"winterlegacy, here 'till the end" (winterlegacy)
11/02/2020 at 15:29 • Filed to: Subaru
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"winterlegacy, here 'till the end" (winterlegacy)
11/02/2020 at 15:29 • Filed to: Subaru | 3
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Found the problem with my starter. The original starter was definitely dead, but the new starter is fine. The real issue that I had is the fact that the control voltage line is only outputting a measly 6 volts while I should be seeing at least 12 volts. This little trigger is enough to get me around until I stop being lazy and break out the electrical diagram to figure out what the
exact
issue is.
I’m just glad I don’t have to crawl underneath the car again with this hellish combination of extensions.
In the above image is a 1/2" drive wrench, a 3 inch long 1/2" extension, a 1/2" to 3/8" step-down, a 6 inch long 3/8" extension, a 3 inch long 3/8" extension, a 3/ 8" universal joint, and a 14 mm deep socket. All to reach the lower starter bolt. Never again.
Next stop : acquiring, cleaning up, and installing a new oil pan on the engine so I stop leaking oil everywhere.
jminer
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/02/2020 at 15:33 |
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I’ve owned 3 or 4 pre-90 ford full size trucks and on every one of them at some point the key would not trigger the starting solenoid so I wired a switch into the dash to turn over the starter.
functionoverfashion
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/02/2020 at 16:23 |
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I remember reading about the starter replacement on my E46. I think it involved some such combination of extensions and u-joints, plus it was blind. Thankfully I dodged that bullet and never had to do one on either E46 I had.
ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> functionoverfashion
11/02/2020 at 16:34 |
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Step 1: pull motor
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winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> functionoverfashion
11/02/2020 at 16:41 |
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The only way to access the bottom bolt on a Subaru’s starter is to come in from underneath, behind the front left wheel. This necessitates jacking up the car... which would be fine if it was on concrete, but I had to make a stable surface atop gravel, which was... crude and unnerving , to say the least. Then there’s only one way to get there, which is to run it over the transmission filter at a very specific angle, and then you’ll have enough space to wrench.
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functionoverfashion
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/02/2020 at 16:53 |
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Oh that sounds maybe worse. It also sounds a bit like how my co-worker described changing the headlight bulb on his wife’s Legacy.
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functionoverfashion
> ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
11/02/2020 at 16:54 |
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That’s the V10 Touareg you’re thinking of. Starter? Engine out. Oil change? engine out. Changing the radio presets? Engine out.
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winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> functionoverfashion
11/02/2020 at 17:02 |
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If it’s an older Legacy, it’s wicked easy, just like any other car. Reach in, crank the bulb, pop it out, switch bulbs, put it back in, drive off.
If it’s a newer Legacy... I know nothing about 4th gen Legacies onwards.
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ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
> functionoverfashion
11/02/2020 at 17:07 |
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Lol!
RacinBob
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/02/2020 at 18:04 |
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What you need is one of these. With it, if you can get the socket on the bolt, pull the trigger and off (or on) it goes! It is so much better than ratcheting it off 1/16 a turn at a time. It probably saved me 10 minutes last time I pulled and installed the Integra starter.
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winterlegacy, here 'till the end
> RacinBob
11/02/2020 at 18:21 |
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My stepfather said he had one of those, but I dug through every drawer in his garage and couldn’t find it. I suspect it’s in his truck box.
Urambo Tauro
> RacinBob
11/02/2020 at 19:07 |
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If you’re feeling cheap, there’s also a manual version, where twisting the handle turns the socket.
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functionoverfashion
> winterlegacy, here 'till the end
11/02/2020 at 20:06 |
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Oh, I don’t know what year it is but it’s awful I guess. I had to show him my Volvo where the whole headlight assembly just slides out easily...