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Subaru Oil Change

Some love for the Subaru too! A proper oil change!

Posted on 2020-04-25

Murbella didn’t get all of my attention today. I spent about 30 minutes on the Subaru Forester. Now I have a lot of the oil burning issues that plague can plague these cars. In fact, I often consume quite a bit of oil during normal operation and also get awful fuel economy on this vehicle….

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Murbella? Add some color to her seat covers?

Posted on 2020-03-13

So from what I can tell, Murbella’s driver seat and rear seat have the original covers on them. However, her passenger seat has had a bit of fraying in the vinyl since before I bought her. When I bought her, her prior owner gave me a new seat cover he had purchased but it never…

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S’all about Murbella’s booty in 2020

Posted on 2020-03-082020-03-08

So the majority of my planned work for 2020 is actually on Murbella. With her engine dropped for maintenance and clean-up, it opens up the space and reduces the rear weight. Since this will all be up in the air anyway, it is the perfect time to no only do the rear disc upgrade I’ve…

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Żuczek up on stands

Getting Żuczek ready to deal with the fuel issues

Posted on 2019-09-29

So I got Żuczek’s front up on stands to get access to the fuel tank outlet and try to drain what’s there and begin the process of trying to figure out where that water-contaminated fuel was coming from. While I was down there I noticed some things I was definitely not happy about. The main…

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1974 1303 - Off To New Home

Goodbye Yellow!

Posted on 2019-09-21

So after a lot of back and forth over the year, and knowing that it is completely unrealistic for me to have 2 project cars given the space, my capabilities, and my income, I decided to put I Am Curious (Yellow) up for sale in the as-is roller/chassis that he has been in since the…

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Żuczek – Discovering that my fuel supply problems are not resolved.

Posted on 2019-09-072019-09-07

So I suppose I should be happy that I forgot to cap the rear tunnel fuel line exit before dropping Żuczek back down or else I would not have discovered something that is likely one of the major causes of my problems the past few months, as well as something I did not realize existed…

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Żuczek - Ass Up ready to be worked on

Żuczek – Dropping Ż’s AE engine for refresh!

Posted on 2019-09-072019-09-07

So I had planned to delay this a couple of days but decided to at least pull AE engine out of Żuczek so I could start cleaning out the engine bay, assess what needs to be purchased to fully make the AE engine ready to go into the 74, and generally get things ready to…

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It was just a matter of time…

Posted on 2019-07-272019-07-27

So I put more miles today on Murbella looking for a stupid fuse than I did all of last year. There are many positives of having a convertible but what is really the most negative is the fact you are constantly hit with exhaust fumes while in traffic.  It is disturbing because you can never…

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When 90 minutes becomes 7 hours – A Subaru Brake Job

Posted on 2019-07-132019-07-13

So my daily, the 2013 Subaru Forester, was in need for new brakes They had degraded recently and the one rotor was definitely warped. Now back in May I decided to purchase a set of PowerStop brakes on Amazon. I ordered a full kit using both their fitment tool and if I recall, actually looking…

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The kids!

Posted on 2019-04-09

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