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RyanHuber God Member Offline Posts: 709 Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #15 - 05/08/15 at 13:47:13 Looks like it's growing stalactites...
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #16 - 05/08/15 at 17:12:01 Looks good from above but it is ugly below!!!
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Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX!
Reply #17 - 05/11/15 at 12:27:02

Worked all afternoon on Saturday trying to get the downpipe off the car. 221k kms and 10 years - it's not coming off without a fight!!!

All of the bolts and nuts off the turbo. Two bolts on the flange in front of the 2nd cat. Had to attack with the grinder. One is off. The 2nd one still won't budge. It's drill time.

My dad told me a long time ago, NEVER work on exhaust systems. That is why muffler shops exist. Some days I ought to listen . . . . . .

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Reply #18 - 05/11/15 at 13:00:54

Exhaust work usually means getting out the big red wrench i.e. a torch, and heating up what the bolt goes through.

If it's a bolt into a captive nut or something, the other option is to cut off the bolt, then weld a nut onto it. Usually welding a nut on will give it that thermal shock it needs to break the rust.

But yes, in my experience, I've never had a good time with exhaust fasteners. It's usually some combination of Liquid Wrench + Heat to get things to go at least.

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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #19 - 05/11/15 at 15:20:50 Best I have is a propane torch ie. a small warm wrench I have been hitting it with lubricant and heat. The grinder put some heat into though!
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Anthony_T Senior Member Offline Posts: 326	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #20 - 05/11/15 at 17:22:36 You can get a very small oxy/ace torch set up at C.T. that works better than propane. Or you can borrow mine if you wish.
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #21 - 05/12/15 at 08:39:23 Might need to take you up on that offer Anthony.
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Reply #22 - 07/07/15 at 22:34:25

Well I finally won the battle with the one exhaust stud that would not let go. So the following items got done tonight:

- Exhaust stud removed
- Downpipe removed
- Remaining engine-to-transmission bolts removed
- engine mount nuts removed

Cherry picker goes into place tomorrow night, pitch mount gets removed, transmission jack will get positioned and then the non-running lump should be out.

After that the 05 will go back out in the driveway and the rusty 02 will get rolled into the garage to get gutted!

Finally some progress!

Hoping that the parts I can sell off the 02 will free up some cash. I am hoping to pick-up a downpipe and a Cobb AP with the proceeds.

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Momo cars YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 4	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #23 - 07/08/15 at 21:33:48 Hey, Any chance those rims are still for sale? Awesome project by the way. Is she up and running yet?
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #24 - 07/09/15 at 22:23:21 I can try to reach out to the former owner to see if he still has the rims. Not running yet but making progress after a long hiatus due to wife's schedule.
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #25 - 07/21/15 at 23:05:51 Time for a beer!
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #26 - 07/22/15 at 22:28:18 The next part of the swap - change positions - 05 to the driveway (had to put the bumper cover and grille back in to keep the neighbours off my back - I should move to the country!) and the 02 to the garage!
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #27 - 10/17/15 at 06:07:38 Well I haven't updated this in a while. Here is what the parts car looks like now: Someone is coming to get the remains this weekend, so in the interim, it's get working on the replacement lump. Only my 2nd timing belt and my first on a Subaru and on a DOHC engine:
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #28 - 10/17/15 at 21:05:40 The transplant patient is back in the operating room! (Pushing cars by yourself that have no engines really sucks )
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Dave Cotie God Member Offline Posts: 838 North Bay, Ontario	Re: New to Me Project - 05 WRX! Reply #29 - 05/04/16 at 22:44:05 Well I haven't updated this in a while! This goes back to November as I fought to get prepped for Pines.
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