Edit on 4/9/15: if you'd like to see my intended list of maintenance and modifications in one place, check out this post from later in this thread.
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Hello there!
I am happy to be here on these forums, as I always enjoy a place to share photos and updates to projects I do - in this case, for the Outback I will be taking ownership off on Saturday. I have a beloved 1996 B4 Passat wagon, a turbodiesel (TDI), and I want to never again subject it to road salt in the harsh NE Ohio winters - so for that reason, and to have a light duty off-road capable vehicle for camping trips in all seasons, I am VERY excited to imminently become a Subaru owner!!!
A preview picture:
The basic story is: I will be scoring this from a friend for a cool $250, with 182,000 miles on it. A great service record going back across the two owners of it; there are a few known problems:
Then of course, there are the fun things I want to do:
-Mike
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Hello there!
I am happy to be here on these forums, as I always enjoy a place to share photos and updates to projects I do - in this case, for the Outback I will be taking ownership off on Saturday. I have a beloved 1996 B4 Passat wagon, a turbodiesel (TDI), and I want to never again subject it to road salt in the harsh NE Ohio winters - so for that reason, and to have a light duty off-road capable vehicle for camping trips in all seasons, I am VERY excited to imminently become a Subaru owner!!!
A preview picture:
The basic story is: I will be scoring this from a friend for a cool $250, with 182,000 miles on it. A great service record going back across the two owners of it; there are a few known problems:
- front brakes and rotors are beyond shot (easy - just replace)
- the alarm system goes off any time you use the key to lock or unlock (some Google searches seem to tell me I can reset the security system using the driver's door lock/unlock button)
- muffler is pretty far gone, louder than my Passat TDI diesel engine (replacement on its way)
- a slight oil and coolant leak for ~25,000 miles I am told - I am guessing the head gaskets have slowly gone bad but no catastrophic failure yet (I will be redoing the gaskets and pretty much every o-ring and gaskets and so forth; the timing belt; and more)
Then of course, there are the fun things I want to do:
- install the Baja roof basket from my Passat onto the BTTLWGN (helping it earn its Battle Wagon title):
- install an LED light bar into the wind screen of the roof basket
- install 2 rear-facing LED flood lights onto the back tabs of the roof basket
- run wiring to relays and this switch and this switch on the front console somewhere
-Mike