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El_Freddo wrote:mate, you were bloody lucky.

Bennie

what really scared me when i saw the pics was that having been a professional firefighter/spotter for nearly 8 years is that ive seen people killed in far less severe accidents

heres a couple of the pics

AndrewT wrote:Factory lift kit? That's a new one......please explain?
Could u mean the air-adjustable struts some imports have?

as i havent had a chance to inspect it personally as yet im not sure but the lift is certificated as being fitted by Subaru at the time of purchase

It's not Subaru, but an ex cabbie that I know did 1 million km's on the original 308 in his Commodore and at last count from him the car has around 3.7 million k's on it on about another 4 engines since the original, and he's still using it as his daily driver to work!! Still, 700 k k's on a EA81 i...

well on the upside i might be recieving another suby, a '92 EFI wagon with the factory lift kit

AndrewT wrote:Ouch! The collarbone must be painful, makes me cringe thinking about it.
Any photos of the damage to your car?

there were a couple taken, im just waiting for the email, from what i recall the drivers side front had a major renovation...

Not a good thing to happen to anyone this time of year, glad that your allright mite be spending some time in front of the box by the sound of it. Sorry about the Suby, RIP..... You will have time time to suff the net now to find you next Suby now. minimum 6 weeks in front of the box, as getting to...

she does, still waiting to see what happens there.

89rsturbo wrote:unlucky mate no good at all, what is your suby, my mean you can go on to better suby's now??

was an '89 l series wagon, full service history, 215,000klms immaculate cond.

Thalass wrote:**** man... That sucks. What caused the accident?

RIP Suby

blind corner on a dirt road, we saw each other when we were about 8 metres apart, enogh time to crap yerself....just

my Suby ihas gone the way of Monty Python's parrot, ie shuffled of this mortal coil...........it f**kin snuffed it i got head-onned this morning by a 4x4 on the way to work, although i got out of it with only a broken collarbone the suby wasnt as fortunate an is minus a large portion of its front en...

agree with above sentiments, also try working on the front of a wildfire, anyone who says thats not the hottest crappiest job on earth has never been there

I have had much the same problem with my Sube running too hot, to get to where i work i have to travel 8 ish k's up a reasonable inclined dirt road, it was overheating like a bastard so as a temp fix i fitted an air-con condenser from a VC Commodore and plumbed it in from the heater tubes, Result: h...

kiwi_subaru wrote:you could try undoing the select rod that goes to the low range and try and see if you can move it?

shall try that

Name: Marc
Residence: Yarra Valley
Subaru Car/s: 1989 L series Wagon, proud to say it has a full service history for its entire life, 1971 HQ sedan, ZZ502 BB Chev in it

any fuel eco benefits upgrading to a 2 in cat back system?

Not normally, but you rear tyres will wear a lot quicker, they will scrub a little to release the bind. You'd certainly feel it on tight turning. Also (unlikely) is the box the same gear ratio as the rear diff, and are all the tyres the same size? Really does sound like a selector issue here. no id...

ah well, underneath we go!

i hate to say it but it sounds to me as if youve gotten something wrong when you rebuilt it, could be the sound of something coming loose

the 4wd lever will not move as in it seems to be pretty rigidly stuck there, is it possible for the spanner monkey who put the box in to have buggered up the re fitment of the linkage and jammed it?