bitman

the antenna is a wire on the rear near side window of my Forester but not sure about your Outback

glad of getting rid of all those labels on my windscreen, like uncluttered windscreens :) same goes for antennas

copper grease and rubber seals, good luck :o please, use the special red grease on your caliper moving parts getting in contact with the rubber seals, thank you.

replaced near side front dim light bulb

cool, we lived in Waterloo. where did you live in Sydney? i had an 2003 XS and indeed feel the same as we sold her before we went back to the UK. wish i never sold her. an 2.5 N/A is just cool :)

took my off side front wheel off in my 30 min lunch break to check the brakes. when arriving in the morning at my work place there was a rubber burning smell coming from my off side front wheel. i could feel the heat from a distance :o when checking i found that the rubber boots from the calliper pins were melted so i guess that the calliper is sticking as also lots of black dust on the wheel. another job to do this weekend

sorry mate, i thought you migrated to France ;)

2006? looks like pre face lift model (big fog lights and small mirrors) to me? but my be one of the last one before the face lift came out? any way enjoy :) btw; not sure why you bought a right hand drive vehicle to take it with you in your move to the left hand main Continent (France)...

talking about energy; was involved when they were touring through Europe

another way of sailing your boat :P

the only ;) real subs needed like these; breaking windows

hi, as i like to fix my Sec Air Combi Valve / Pressure problem i have with my N/A MY06 Forester i can get my hands on an Combi Valve / Pressure of a Turbo engine. this Combi Valve is located at the passenger side of the engine; the one with the 5 pins plug. before i fork out £ i like to know if it will fit? problem with the N/A is that you cannot flash the ECU to delete the Sec Air function as you can do with the Turbo engine. so no blanking off in my case :( many thanks, bt

removed the stupid tax disc, something we back home ditched in the late 70s...

i use used gear oil for years ;) it's messy and uses lots of latex gloves and rags but for me it does the job

still got the problem this morning so i might need another Secondary Air Combination Valve :(

as it's getting colder in the morning the OBD II code for the Secondary Air Valve code pops up again as i haven't done anything to fix it during this summer as being to lazy :P so today i though lets get it sorted. so off comes the Secondary Air Combination Valve (passenger side) and took it apart. the valve was rock solid with no movements at all! so spaying the valve with mx3 from Inox (super stuff i brought from Australia) and cleaning all the other parts. lots of black thick stuff sticking inside the housing of the valve. back at my car, i put it in diagnostics mode (by connecting the green connectors) and connected the valve part, no movement at all so prying with a flatbat screwdriver to 'help' the valve to move and, yep, yep, some tiny movements so more mx3 spray and a bit of help and suddenly the valve start to move open and close again assembled the Secondary Air Combination Valve again and bold it back on the engine, still clicking, all good. but the real test will be tomorrow morning!!!! fingers crossed

i knew it

for the records; the MOT tester did switch the front fog lights on and off as i was in the watch area to check him out. the brake test was done on the road and not on the rolling ramp :)

passed MOT this morning :D advisory items 001 Nearside rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules [3.6.B.4e] 002 Offside rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrules [3.6.B.4e] 003 Front suspension components corroding Odometer Reading and History 20/09/2014: 191398 23/09/2013: 180838 11/10/2012: 156021 04/10/2011: 132093

since the first Ericsson ANALOG mobile phone i always buy my own factory unlocked phones what is wee cheaper on the long run then those locked in contract phones plus complete freedom of operator choice...

you can get them at Halfords if your in a hurry ;)