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I think I would get the diff looked at to see if the oil level is correct. Sounds like it could be getting hot through lack of oil content. Just a guess to be honest, but it's somewhere to start

That's an impressive number of Triumphs. Do you get many break downs? We did 2100 miles in 10 days in 9 Legacy twin turbos back in 2011. We had 3 major breakdowns and put it down to the age of the cars, about 16-17 years on average, but the Triumphs are obviously much older.

Nice videos. I'm looking forward to the Stelvio in September. Where exactly was the hot dog seller? I think he's quite well known but I'm not sure where about he is. Years ago I had a Spitfire but always wanted a GT6.

"Assume nothing and test everything" That is so true.

^ oops, sorry. That will teach me to read things properly before posting.

Sounds like a possible fuel pump issue. Sit in the car with the doors shut. Once it's very quiet, turn the ign keys until all the dash lights come on. You should hear a whirring sound for about 2-3 seconds. It's the fuel pump priming the injection system. If you can't hear it, the fuel pump is very suspect.

The two black plugs: They are under the dash with a load of other plugs that largely don't connect to anything. Look under the dash between the steering column and the centre console. Amongst them, you will see two, single wire black plugs and two single wire green plugs. Plug the black ones together, switch the key until the dash lights come on and watch the check engine light. Lomg flashes are counted as 10's and short ones as 1's. If more than one code is stored, it will run through them in sequence before starting over again, so you have to keep your ey on it for a while to make sure you have them all. To be honest, even if your mechanic has a code reader that can read it, this way is probably quicker.

A code reader won't work anyway on that age of legacy. You have to plug the two black wires under the dash together and then count the long and short "check engine lights"

Well, this dosnt really fit the bill of a car show or a regional meet. This is more of a 2 week holiday for petrolheads. We organised a 10 day trip around Europe in 2011 and ended up with 9 cars and 16 people. Friends for life were made and we all had the best time ever. That was 9 subaru Legacies. This time, the trip is open to whatever car people want to take. It's in September for 2 weeks, will cover about 2100 miles on mainland Europe, take in some of the best driving roads Europe has to offer and will simply be awesome. Anyway, so far we have about 6 cars booked and deposits paid. This is happening. Up til now it's only been mentioned on the UKL legacy forum but I'm now bringing it to here. Any questions, please fire away. Here is the link to the thread which explains everything with video clips from the first run and everything you need. http://www.uklegacy.com/forums/index.php/topic/132077-bob-otherwise-known-as-epic-2/

Bring it on!!

Hi and welcome. You may recognise my username from UK Legacy too. This place is just as friendly. Any thing you have questions about on engine builds, just shout up. I've done a good few Subaru engines. In fact one day soon, I may even get back on with my project. :)

Simplist way is to put the coils from cal 1 and 2 on 3 and 4 and see if the problem occurs on 3 and 4

Most important is the check for fault codes. If that's not done, it's all guess work. I'm willing to bet on either the MAF or the lambda sensor but don't spend money on anything without checking the codes. It's free to do, easy and only takes 5 minutes max.

Purely due to the damage you mention, although it sounds about normal for the age, I would guess at between £2700 and £3000. As you say, not many around to get a good feel for the price.

I'm not exactly sure how this should work out but my thought is that, the garage did own the Ford. Whilst it was in their possession, if they had sold it on, worked on it or crashed it, you would have had no other involvement. Good luck with getting the second owner removed from the V5. I hope you do but I think you may have a lengthy battle to do so.

If you can get the leather treatment that you have to heat up first, it cleans and feeds the leather. I got mine from an independant old school shoe repair place.

I used to use flush on cars until about 10 yrs ago. At that time, it was pointed out to me that modern oils don't leave any sludge behind like the older oils did. Even if they modern oils did, it's generally not in my engine long enough to do so. Plus, I really don't trust anything in a Subaru engine except high quality oil, for any length of time.

The main reason for the mot failure was emissions. The fuelling was horrendous. The drive home from the mot garage also showed up an oil leak. The fuelling was down to the injectors. I had used what I believed to be newly refurbed 660 injectors. It turns out the ones in the packet were actually waiting to be sent to the refurb place. As I was given them for nothing in the first place, I can't really complain. Anyway, I now have a new set of 660,s. The near side pair went in easily. The offside rear was easy but the offside front just will not seal. I've got brand new o rings, seals and everything. It just will not seal. That's ongoing but I've had a lot of other stuff to deal with recently too, which is why it's been neglected for a while. The oil leak turned out to be the oil cooler pipes. It's leaking from where the pipe actually goes into the fitting. They came from the manufacturer already made up so I need to see if they can be tightened. If not, replaced. The project is still ongoing but life is getting in the way at the moment. :)

I actually like the original cashmere. I know what you mean about it being a bit washed out but I like it

I fully understand the attraction to yellow. :) Could be wrong but I think that one is 92S paint code. It's was a special order option on the s-edition Legacy which was the one immediately before the S401. It makes sense that they put it on the S202 as well

I have to say, I've been around Legacies (mainly JDM twin turbo ones) for almost 10 yrs and I've never heard about any gearbox problems on normal use. If you are doing something special with it like track work or towing a heavy load, it's worth having a separate gearbox oil cooler, but other than that, they are ok. They do have gearbox oil cooler built in to the rad but it's not the biggest. Fine for normal use though.

The GTB will be as reliable as an Impreza, being JDM it will need to be ran on 99 octane fuel. The auto does seem slower than the manuals although it's actually about the same, it's just more refined and dosnt make as much fuss about getting there. The best advice I can give is take it for a drive and see what you think. The one I had for sale sold pretty quick but wasn't as new as that one

If you have use of an air compressor, put the pistons that are lose, back in. Put a block of wood between the pistons and fire air through the caliper. Make sure the wood is big enough to stop pistons flying out but small enough to allow the pistons to budge. If you have blocks of wood, it's 10 seconds work at a garage.

Here's my daily driver. We just did a Nurburgring trip in it at the weekend. My project car isn't ready and I ran out of time to prep my other other Legacy. Decided to go in comfort with good economy :)

Have you got a link to the sale advert?