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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:19 pm
by rtcb65
riksta wrote:Nice one Rick.
I know you wont know yourself, You have just done what I did allmost six years ago, I went from my old Green MY83 wagon to a gen3 RX Liberty wagon, Its a big change and a hole lot more room and a whole lot nicer to drive.
I allways liked the gen 2 outbacks in blue, and I would think twice about swapping the auto, I did not like mine at first but have changed my mind now, after seeing how far offroad it will go.
Rik.
Thanks Rik, The drive home Showed the the big change as you spoke about. They are nothing alike. The main reason for swapping out the auto to manual is the auto has no 3rd gear and i still have the gearbox that A.P. put together for me , that i was going to put in the M.Y. I dont wish to waste all the good work he put in to it . LOL.
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:29 pm
by rtcb65
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:02 pm
by AlpineRaven
gee you guys are fast workers!
Cheers
AP
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:40 am
by FROG
I think it would look good in blue with a dark silver/gunmetal grey lower half and garnishes ! PAINT IT BLUE
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:36 pm
by rtcb65
El_Freddo wrote:Sweet! Sounds like you boys are onto something good up there! What an upgrade.
Will there be a change of wardrobe to go with the upgrade in vehicles? Sounds like you won't know yourselves!
Cheers
Bennie
Hey Bennie,
No change of wardrobe , we are still Rednecks. Just in new model cars. LOL.
FROG wrote:I think it would look good in blue with a dark silver/gunmetal grey lower half and garnishes ! PAINT IT BLUE
Hey Andy,
I like the idea of the blue and gunmetal . Once i get it on the road and drive it around for a while , to get the budget back in line to where i like it. I think i will do the colour change.
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:56 pm
by Alex
rtcb65 wrote:What is your reason for not painting it blue or is blue just not one of the colours you don't like ? The reasons why i was thinking of paint it blue is , 1: blue seems to be our trade mark colour, 2: the colour that is on it is the rusty brown red. I am not that fussed on it.
blue might look good on the older subis and wrxs, but on an outback i reckon it would look very tacky.
but hey thats just my opinion
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 3:27 pm
by d_generate
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:31 pm
by RSR 555
Blue manual only for me
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:36 pm
by rtcb65
Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:49 pm
by spike
once you got all these going you need to update your subie boys logo
looking good, cant wait to see it go extreme
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 12:50 pm
by rtcb65
I am chasing a diagram of the auto wiring plug ( car side of auto gearbox plug ) so i can adapt it to the gen 1 gearbox wiring plug . Basically make a adapter to join between the to. If anyone can help , i would be great full.
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:36 pm
by rtcb65
Gearbox is in and brake pedal has been changed out.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:48 pm
by rtcb65
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:29 pm
by Point
so you're using a G1 box in a G2 then? I was wondering about the cable clutch. you should be able to get a speed sensor to just plug into the G1 box. I did it the other way, and took the speed sensor off my 98 forrie box and put the G1 cable straight on. I will be watching what you do with the wiring as I have to convert my G1 Lib to manual soon.
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:56 pm
by Captain Obvious
you may want to take that foot rest out, it will be a auto one which are bigger the the manual ones and every time you put you foot on the clutch you will hit the rest!!! other than that top work!!!
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:18 pm
by AlpineRaven
Point wrote:so you're using a G1 box in a G2 then? I was wondering about the cable clutch. you should be able to get a speed sensor to just plug into the G1 box. I did it the other way, and took the speed sensor off my 98 forrie box and put the G1 cable straight on. I will be watching what you do with the wiring as I have to convert my G1 Lib to manual soon.
yep Gen 1 Lib box behind Gen 2 EJ25 outback engine - no problems.
That box did have cable sensor, pulled it out and you can install electric one - no problems.
Cheers
AP
Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:52 pm
by rtcb65
AlpineRaven wrote:yep Gen 1 Lib box behind Gen 2 EJ25 outback engine - no problems.
That box did have cable sensor, pulled it out and you can install electric one - no problems.
Cheers
AP
Hey AP ,
Got the box wiring sorted out today. What a nightmare. Steve , myself , Ross and pages upon pages of wiring diagrams. But it done. Now to make up a new plenum mount , exhaust bracket , change diff ratio and find a second/tail part of a tail shaft that is 900 mm long and it should be close to being ready for rego. Fingers crossed.
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:27 pm
by d_generate
You can trim the footrest down easy enough, worked on mine.
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:39 pm
by rtcb65
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:02 pm
by chridk
Hey Rick lookin good, did you sort the shifter linkage problem ?
Cheers Chridk