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[Niko]

No I meant the size of the Honda you have hiding in that wagon.

[applegeek897]

No I meant the size of the Honda you have hiding in that wagon.

 

[Liberty]

I gotta look at getting some headers. They sound tough.

[applegeek897]

July 2016: For properly the last two months my power steering pump has been so loud and angry plus it has been getting worse by the day. Lately it's been the usual case of either being too expensive or not having time.

 

Luckily Peter from CorgiWerx was there to save the day with a rebuilt Power Steering Pump.

 

Started bright and early. Finally it was a nice day to be working on the car, something that's been rare in NSW lately.

 

 

While we were at it we thought we might as well replace the pulley bearings and the belt as some preventative maintenance.

 

Before / After

 

 

 

Something interesting that we found that one of the idler pulleys was actually not a genuine item and ever so slightly bigger, Peter is guessing possibly from a Commodore. Nevertheless it can be reused.

 

Bearings in and with the size difference between the two.

 

  

 

After some elbow grease and many four letter words the bolts and pesky clips came off.

 

 

 

Man oh man so much fluid had leaked. One of the main issue was the worn o-ring on the feed hose.

 

 

 

It all got a good clean before everything went back together.

 

Time for the master to do his magic. Pump disassembled, so filthy.

 

 

 

Ah yes much cleaner, mostly back together.

 

 

Again as more of some preventative maintenance we changed to belt while we were there even though the one there was in decent condition. Its so cheap there's no reason not too.

 

 

The difference it truely night and day, which is really to be expected. Considering how little a rebuild costs from Peter compared to a new unit its a no brainer!

 

[Liberty]

Nice update man. Preventative maintenance is a bonus. You're in there already so you may as well take advantage of it.

[applegeek897]

Nice update man. Preventative maintenance is a bonus. You're in there already so you may as well take advantage of it.

 

Cheers Gaz!

[motoboy76]

Nice stuff Apple.....

[El_Freddo]

Love the pics documenting the work done. Got any of the pump's internals?

Cheers

Bennie

[Liberty]

Curious, what camera do you use for these pics?

[Bumpty]

Goofy will be along soon!

[applegeek897]

Nice stuff Apple.....

 

Thanks mate!

 

Love the pics documenting the work done. Got any of the pump's internals?

Cheers

Bennie

 

Thanks, I really like it as a way for me to remember as well, plus its always an exuse to take more shots of the car. I actually didn't get any of the internals as I wanted to be out of the way from Peter to make it easier on him but here is a shot off his page that shows most of it. I don't think I would brave the rebuilt, ceraintly not if I needed it for the car, maybe a spare, but the actual install and replacement was easier then I would've thought.

 

 

Curious, what camera do you use for these pics?

 

Any shots before May this year was with a Canon 5D MK III but since then they've been from my Canon 1D-X MK II and 24-70, pretty much the sole reason why the car progress has been slow haha, all my recent funds went to that.

[Liberty]

Sweet. I think I might start using my girlfriend's camera. iPhone 6s shots do my car no justice.

[applegeek897]

Sweet. I think I might start using my girlfriend's camera. iPhone 6s shots do my car no justice.

 

Well we wouldn't know Gaz... Been awhile since the last update

[Liberty]

True. Believe it or not, I do have a draft somewhere I just need to finish it with pics. It's been a very long time. Perhaps before my birthday in August?

[RX25SE]

Where did you source the p/s pump kit?

[applegeek897]

Where did you source the p/s pump kit?

 

Peter from CogiWerx is your man. He offers a swap program. Check his facebook page out, does a range of Subaru's.

[Robert]

I got mine from Subaru
Came with all the seals

Just need to get a part number from opposed forces if your pump is not the same as your vin would be
Some pumps Subaru doesn't list a kit for
So you basically have to pull apart and figure out what you need

[RX25SE]

 

Peter from CogiWerx is your man. He offers a swap program. Check his facebook page out, does a range of Subaru's.

 

Thanks, but I just need the kit.

[applegeek897]

July 2016: I really didn't wake up this morning thinking yes today I'm going to buy some new seats. I've had my eye on these tbSTI front seats for awhile now. I was kinda tempted when they first came up for $550 but wasn't worried if they were sold. They ended up going done to $350 and I got really interested. Then yesterday the seller said $200 if picked up that day, so I basically had no choice. Despite the 2.5 hour each way drive I had to have them...

 

I would have barley made it on one tank, E85 life...

 

 

Anyway back to the seats. Due to the high k's on the car specially the drivers seat, there was much wear and ass juice, they weren't in direr need of replacement but I've also kept my options open.

 

The new seats. They need a bit of a clean and condition but should clean up nicely.

 

 

Out with the old.

 

 

After some seriously tough bolts the passenger seat was out, man that is a heavy bastard. The tbSTI passenger seat is much lighter not being electric. There is less bottom bolstering but I don't think it'll bother me if I really hate it I can also go back to the old seats. Plus I've always got my eye open for some Evo 9 Recaro’s.

 

 

The drivers seat has seen much better days…

 

 

After getting the drivers seat in I realised that the switch for the electric motor is actually different, 4 vs 2 wire plug. This is due to the memory function on FL seats. The solution looks like cutting the connector off the old seat is going to be the best option and adapting to the new seat, I'll likely loose the memory function but it's noting I've had before so I'm not fused.

 

The seats are in and I'm so happy with how they feel. Mainly because they came from a significantly lower KM car so overall they are in better condition. Loving the red stitch.

 

Wiring up the seats was easier then I thought. I was worried because the FL seat has memory control and I wasn't sure if that was going to be a big job to get working, I wasn't bothered if it wasn't going to be able because at the end of the day I wasn't loosing anything.

 

I decided the best way to try and adapt them was rather then cutting wires I'll pull the wires out of the connectors and see if they could be adapted first.

 

 

New FL connector, 4 wire.

 

 

Wires out.

 

 

I pushed the thick red and black wire into the original connector and to my surprise it all worked. What ever the smaller two wires were it didn't need them, both the electric motor and memory works flawlessly.

 

[Liberty]

Nice score on the seats. STi fever.