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I guess any model will be the same up untill 2000 ?

Gambit, Don't hold me to this but it looks like all jap cars from around 94-99. They use the obd style port as an interface . Is there anyone on here with a uk spec classic we could ask to confirm ?

While looking around i've just answered my own question for anyone with a my99 or below you will need a ps701 diagnostic tool. And they are about a ton so if i need to i'll just stick to counting the flashes of the CEL

Just found this form anhone who's interested. Still woun't work on my98 or below http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/65-parts-accessories-performance/39426-freessm-complete-access-your-ecm-tcu.html

This is what's confusing me. The wiring at the back doesn't add up to the number of pins. I'll see if i can get a new on . Thanks for the help :)

any problems in changing the interior bulbs for led festoon ones ? mine are a bit dull

cheers, being a 97 i thought it may be compliant, i'm just a little confused as to the port, i think i have the sets of leads under the dash too as i found a group of about 4 the other day. i'll have a dig around tomorrow, did the subaru own system attach into the 16 pin port then ? just out of interest what port/amount of pins have others got on 98/99 models?

bought a cheap scanner off the bay, finally found out that it won't read my ecu as it's an elm32 protocol and early obd isn't compatible, so i had a hunt round for odb1. but the access port under the dash conflicts this as it would appear to be obd2, so further investigation led me to think i was ok and just needed a different scanner, from what i read it isn't odb2 so i'm confused as hell, i can't work out if mine's been butchered or not as the picture shows it's a bit mangled i have pin 1 4,5 12 & 13 but it looks like someone attacked it with a screwdriver, the loom at the back has at least a dozen wires running into it, does anyone have a clue as to what it is or can point me in the right direction, as the pin configuration doesn't relate to any of the protocols in use, did subaru use their own system before the wordwide acceptance of a standardized system ? found this but i'm still in the dark http://www.obdii.com/connector.html#dates

Now a job for tomorrow too many cans this eve.

gonna start another thread lol

I did think this as i coulsn't find the odb2 plaque anywhere on the car it only has four pins on the plug. So either the free version of torque was lying to me and not working either or it was working ghen broke. I ran the diagnostic on the app and everything was fine apart from the coomunication to the ecu was reading fail. Still was only a fiver. I'll try it on my old mans car next week.

Yeah i bought the pro version, to be fair i don't even know if the forester is compatable. I need to try the dongle in another car to see if it's that or the car i got the slightly cheper blue one that's available on there. I've heard that they ate only cheap chinese copies of the code so i wasn't expexting much for a fiver

Sorry to hijack the thread, gambit which scanner/ app are you using ? I bought a scanner off the bay and used the free torque app it seemed to work fine so i thought i'd buy the paid version of the app and now it saying my scanner can't read the ecu ?

Front strut brace thicker anti roll bars front and rear, stainless exhaust, nice lightweight rims. None if which i can really afford at the mo but if if a cheap a/r bar front comes up i may push the boat out.

Lol i can holf my hands up and say the bottom end was nothing to to do with me. Mainly down to my divvy brother not realising you have to add oil/water and other fluids. I'm pleased to say that install is now complete, didn't go too bad only one 12mm crows foot 1 allen key and an allen hex socket lost into the depths of the engine bay. Still should work themselves loose. I've had he boost wired up for a week and am only showing about 0.6 bar on full beans, seemed a bit low ? After a quick drive oil pressure warm shows 1.5 bar which if i'm correct in my rubbish maths about 20 psi. So i'll keep an eye on everything and see how it is :-)

I dropped a ten 10mm spanner once into my brothers punto when i was re building the head. Never found it. Funnily enough the bottom end went a month later :-)

Think i'm taking a leaf out of your book gambit. Went to measure the plug hex size and dropped allen key and other various bits into engine haha must remeber to retreive tonight

Cheers :-D seems simple enough remove ic clean area unscrew plug, put new bits in put ic back. Fingers crossed it will go smoothly

cut a long story short the oil pressure sender underneath the alternator is not playing so i'm gonna remove the rear blanking plug and install the pressure sender in there tomorrow night, is it easy to do, or are there any issues i should be looking out for ? i have a bout three hours in which to do it so hopefully be back on the road in the evening

2nd that for the directed audio alarm, i had the cheaper hornet on the mx5 and now have the viper on the forester, the hornet offers the same amount of protection as the viper with remote start total closure turbo timer delay, but as miggs says you get a mini phone looking key fob that tells you what part of the alarm has been triggered. Think theres about 100 quid between the two. Strangley flux alwasy wanted to see the install cert on the mazda, but they wern't fussed on the foz which is good because the previous owner lost it

current car 4 larger wheels and decent tyres, new exhaust or a deposit on this http://www.neweraimports.com/carDetails.jsp?carId=422

I've ordered a couple of these, don"t know how effective they'll be but i can just use the under dash fuse to gain the two live connections i need, saves me trying to solder upside down or making a mess of the loom. Once they have turned up i'll let you know how it went.

To be honest it's a bit of a ball ache getting to it as i've no radio keys there is also a buletooth unit stuffed behind the stereo and 2nd din unit and it's doing my head in getting at the back , was gonna use the clock before i realised the loom goes back into the roof as opposed to running along the front, the wire from the parking light is easiest theres already a ground wire attached but been chopped half way through and i'll just pick up an ignition live from one of the many random ones i've found hanging around And if that doesnt work i'v ordered an 'add an accessory ' fuse piggyback unit from the bay

Cheers chaps :-)

Can some one post up a diagram or what fuses are what on the pannel beside your right knee please ? Mine's all in japanese :O