Oh Bugger!! Now I've Bust It!!!!
11 June 2005, 01:30 PM
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Oh Bugger!! Now I've Bust It!!!!
After 5 years the bloody alarm bracket has snapped - this is a well documented fault with these Sigma units, I know .... but, I thought I had one which was immune!
Apparently not!
While looking at the Boost Solenoid the alarm unit just 'fell off'
Photo here:-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...Picture151.jpg
What has everyone done to this unit to stop it rattling about??
Pete
Apparently not!
While looking at the Boost Solenoid the alarm unit just 'fell off'
Photo here:-
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...Picture151.jpg
What has everyone done to this unit to stop it rattling about??
Pete
11 June 2005, 01:48 PM
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Im pretty sure i have the same one Pete. Im sure mine gets driven alot more unsypathetically than yours (It gets ragged up the strip) and mine doesnt appear loose.
Probably irrelevant, im just surprised yours has come off!!!!!
Probably irrelevant, im just surprised yours has come off!!!!!
11 June 2005, 02:07 PM
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Its a fault that I was aware of when I bought the car ..... I just thought after 5 years it would be ok forever.
Its a stress fracture where the bracket bends - a design fault!!
Anyone fixed it??
Pete
Its a stress fracture where the bracket bends - a design fault!!
Anyone fixed it??
Pete
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11 June 2005, 04:00 PM
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Fixed!! 
Photo to prove:- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...ee/Picture.jpg
Used the old piece of bracket which snapped off, enlarged an exsisting hole in the bracket which holds the Boost Solenoid, drilled 2 more holes in the Alarm U Bracket to move Alarm closer to the U Bend .... so, it would fit in the space Air Cleaner Box to Solenoids. Bolted it all up ..... 20 minute job and alls well
Well, you would think so wouldn't you???
Guess what I found under the Intercooler?? ANOTHER dipstick!!!
Pulled it out, I guess its the gearbox?? Should there be oil on the stick??
Pete (Wishing he hadn't lifted the bloody bonnet this morning!!)
Photo to prove:- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/08...ee/Picture.jpg
Used the old piece of bracket which snapped off, enlarged an exsisting hole in the bracket which holds the Boost Solenoid, drilled 2 more holes in the Alarm U Bracket to move Alarm closer to the U Bend .... so, it would fit in the space Air Cleaner Box to Solenoids. Bolted it all up ..... 20 minute job and alls well
Well, you would think so wouldn't you???
Guess what I found under the Intercooler?? ANOTHER dipstick!!!
Pulled it out, I guess its the gearbox?? Should there be oil on the stick??
Pete (Wishing he hadn't lifted the bloody bonnet this morning!!)
11 June 2005, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by 16vmarc
I didnt know your car was blue! I always thought it was green 
Isnt that transmission fluid?????????
Isnt that transmission fluid?????????
Green!! I bought it NEW - I had a choice!!
Green and MicaPink were OUT ..... Silver was the one really, but I had just had 7 years with a Silver Calibra and 2 years with a Silver PrimeraGT .. so the Blue was the change
Anyway, yes, I think thats where transmission oil should be
Pete
11 June 2005, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Guess what I found under the Intercooler?? A MIRROR, looked into it, a dipstick!!!
11 June 2005, 04:24 PM
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Don't think a 76 year old couldn't go round as fast as you kiddies!!
You would have to be careful as you lifted me aloft as I celebrate the lap record mind you - my bones are brittle!!
Pete
You would have to be careful as you lifted me aloft as I celebrate the lap record mind you - my bones are brittle!!
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11 June 2005, 05:05 PM
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I thought you had a mint condition immaculately kept classic. It looks filthy under the bonnet and you are bodging around drilling into bits under the bonnet without consulting the dealership!! Oh My God
This will only be worth the £7000 that all the other botched around classics are now. Also wagon is the one that depreciates most anyway even without this kind of butchery.
This will only be worth the £7000 that all the other botched around classics are now.
Also wagon is the one that depreciates most anyway even without this kind of butchery.
11 June 2005, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
Green!! Green!!
I bought it NEW - I had a choice!!
Green and MicaPink were OUT ..... Silver was the one really, but I had just had 7 years with a Silver Calibra and 2 years with a Silver PrimeraGT .. so the Blue was the change
Anyway, yes, I think thats where transmission oil should be
Pete
Green!! I bought it NEW - I had a choice!!
Green and MicaPink were OUT ..... Silver was the one really, but I had just had 7 years with a Silver Calibra and 2 years with a Silver PrimeraGT .. so the Blue was the change
Anyway, yes, I think thats where transmission oil should be
Pete
Mines the same colour
11 June 2005, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Boost II
I thought you had a mint condition immaculately kept classic. It looks filthy under the bonnet and you are bodging around drilling into bits under the bonnet without consulting the dealership!! Oh My God
This will only be worth the £7000 that all the other botched around classics are now. Also wagon is the one that depreciates most anyway even without this kind of butchery.
This will only be worth the £7000 that all the other botched around classics are now.
Also wagon is the one that depreciates most anyway even without this kind of butchery.So, what have we here? a ONE OWNER Blue Impreza Turbo which has been driven with the sympathy of an Mature Engineer, serviced by Subaru for 5 years, never raced, never tracked, rarely taken above 3000RPM, brake pads still original after 58,500 miles, 38 mpg, run-in absolutely to the letter ...... yeah, I can see how its just worth what the usual crappy, modded, clapped-out classics are
I'll take my chances with the buyers come re-sale time, thanks all the same
Pete
ps. the local dealer offered me £9150 .... sight un-seen, he was begging for an un-molested one to come along to him, he's not interested in the usual dross .........
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11 June 2005, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DevilHimSelf
He was looking at the MAF dont yah know!
oh and the **** oil as well.!
oh and the **** oil as well.!
PMSL He'd better be careful or his engine might blow up!! Taking out the dipstick could be dangerous...... I now expect to see a 500+post thread on "Which transmission oil should I use...?"
11 June 2005, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I'll take my chances with the buyers come re-sale time, thanks all the same
12 June 2005, 02:51 AM
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My ickle brain is finking.
Hmm, our revered design engineer has only just discovered the transmission dipstick.
Did not his supplying dealer, as mine did, point this out to him upon handover of the steed?
Did not pslewis avidly devour the contents of the owners manual as I did?
Finally, every engineer I've ever known couldn't resist exploring the engine bay of their new vehicle, locating all the components and finding unusual items.
Hmm, our revered design engineer has only just discovered the transmission dipstick.
Did not his supplying dealer, as mine did, point this out to him upon handover of the steed?
Did not pslewis avidly devour the contents of the owners manual as I did?
Finally, every engineer I've ever known couldn't resist exploring the engine bay of their new vehicle, locating all the components and finding unusual items.
12 June 2005, 09:20 AM
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I pay people to look around the engine bay ..... I have another 2 cars I service myself!
I have never had a car with a gearbox dipstick before - never even thought about it!
Pete
I have never had a car with a gearbox dipstick before - never even thought about it!
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12 June 2005, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
ONE OWNER Blue Impreza Turbo which has been driven with the sympathy of an Mature Engineer, serviced by Subaru for 5 years, never raced, never tracked, rarely taken above 3000RPM, brake pads still original after 58,500 miles, 38 mpg, run-in absolutely to the letter
Every engineer worth his salt knows to check his oil, coolant and washer fluid between services.
12 June 2005, 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Vegescoob
38 mpg?
How?
How?
Pete