bitman

winter -> salt from the gritters -> heavy corrosion. so probably both cable & release catch in need of grease

that will do cheers mate

sorry, but i was talking auto the AWD system of my Subaru Forester Auto and not in general...

not sure but for about £25 i prefure to let a specialist do the job ;)

hmmmmm, Routers

well did a bit of google around and as far i can think off is that the best tread (slightly larger diameter) needs to be on the front axle of my Forester. it's actually just the other way around then my late Sorento. so the garage who did this was right as the last MOT (in 2013) did mention of a low tread advisory on both rear tires hence i have two 2013 tires and they did put them on the front B)

Thx, will have a play with a wire bridge to bridge the relay just to check the Air Pump.

Hi, My 2006 Forester has 2013 tires (about 7mm) on the front axle and 2009 tires (about 5mm) on the rear axle. All tires are from the same brand / model / size. Question here is what's the best place to have the most tread tires? On the front or rear axle? Now before we start the discussion I ask this since the Subaru's have AWD. I know that front wheel drive only or rear wheel drive only vehicle's it's best to have the most tread on the rear, I'm not intersted in this discussion! Some back ground; i have had for years a Kia Sorento (pre 2009) with the TOD system and one way to distroy this TOD system is having the most tread tires on the front axle. This has to do with the driven axle is the rear and the front axle kicking in when there is a speed difference between the rear and front axle. So the most tread (larger diameter) tires on the front makes the TOD constantly sending power to the front axle and wearing the magnetic clutch out, repair cost about £3000 at Kia. The newer Sorento's do have full time front wheel drive wiith the rear axle kicking in when needed. Now as far as I understood my 2006 AUTOMATIC SG Forester has full time front wheel drive with the TOD system controlling the rear axle when needed. btw; I did hack my TOD system; http://youtu.be/-uABCiTjyoI But that's another story for another day (one day I'm doing the same with the Forester) Many thanks,

I'm with them and have both our vehicles insured. My Forester was almost £100 cheaper then with Adrian Flux even with the club discount :o My contact person is Jason Robery, best to email him; [email protected] I have no business with them; I'm just a satisfied customer.

on the stabilizer 45nm, on the transver link 55nm

a couple pics for the picture fans out there pump does indeed runs very shortly but does anyone here how to manually let it run so i can check it? may be bridge the relay? oh, the 10amp fuse is fiine

it's with Seven Seas Worldwide and takes about 78 days from Sydney

yep, yep; bought her from a farmer

yep, yep, but all my tools are underway in the container so it has to wait ;)

Hmmmm

Got a bit of work to do

Yep, yep...

stupid Dutch driver should know better! as 'we' have that system for many years before it came to the UK and i don't have a problem with them, just flip the cruise control on 50 and let it run. i have no interest at other drivers in anyway and the more they push the slower i go, so get lost as i like my clean drivers license!

Yep, yep that was me bitonw

This how it was in my Forester, now on eBay as I don't have dogs.

That is very well possible as she was from a farmer from new... And the amount of dust etc I have removed from the lugage compartment is inmens ;)

While driving I noted a funny sound coming from behind the instument cluster. it's hard to describe what the sound is but it's like you move your hands trough a staple of dry leaves. What can this be?

yep, yep, my trim code; C20 according the vin plate

Yep, but when starting from cold Check Engine / Cruise light comes on...