Oh yeah... I was driving my wifes 82 Scirrocco up to Burlington VT for a
ski trip. Out on I 89 near Montpilliar or so, the timing pulley fell off
front of the crank. Screwed up the Woodruff key slot. I found everything
but the key, had one in my tool box, put the whole thing together at 8:30
on a Friday evening on the side of the interstate. Drove into Burlington.
It wasn't a good weekend.
I had to replace the crank. First one I bought was a regrind that ate
thrust washers. Second one had bad journals. Wound up rebuilding the
entire engine on the driveway in Boston in the winter... Bleah!
It was a great winter car but I eventually got rid of it because of
electrical problems.
tim (who drives a toyota now)
66 SV
Jeff Hacker wrote:
> sorry to bother you all, but I need some advise on a vechicle of mine.
> my wife and I have a '92 Subaru Legacy 4WD w/ 140,000 miles. It
> is our work/errand car ; the vechicle is on the road everyday. Because
> of my wife's employment commute , we have averaged 35,000 miles a year
> the past 3 years. At 100k miles , the crank pulley bolt broke.
> After the dealer got done w/ drilling out the old bolt and replacing a
> few other parts the bill was $1050 . Now Thanksgiving Day, at 140K,
> the bolt falls out this time; bill $800. (pulley , belts, spocket,
> timing
> belt all need replaced) . MY QUESTION - Has anyone ever heard of this
> happening - to any make of car? The dealer said " never saw anything
> like that happen before" - the first time. Now this time - " we don't
> know why this is happening ,but it's NOT OUR FAULT".
> Their conclusion - I need a new motor "at only $4000" , they say
> the motor is worn out - the motor runs strong , doesn't use oil,
> and the 4 WD is just great in snow and rain. The dealer will not
> give any warrenty that the car will even make it out their lot w/out
> the same problem occuring.
> What should I do ? Hope it makes it another 40K miles, replace the
> motor w/ a used motor, or trade the car in at a different Subaru
> dealership?
> p.s 73 degrees Sunday - 34 today here in central Indiana
> looks like winter caught up to us ...
>
> thanks,
> jeff
> '67 SV
> '65 Tiger
> '92 Legacy
> '95 Roadmaster
> '92 Explorer
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