Unseen1

*sigh* So apparently my rear diff is making bad noises. Car is a 3.0r BLE Legacy, 2004, 145kms or so, automatic. The rear diff pinion seal was replaced last June by Armstrong in Lower Hutt. Oil was obviously a bit low before it got fixed, but it was never noisy at all. A couple of months ago I got a whine, which I thought was a wheel bearing, took it in to get fixed, my friendly local mechanic got under it with a stethoscope and determined that it was rear diff pinion bearing. Oil is full and clean in the rear diff. Perhaps I\'m cynical, but if this happened often I would be able to find information about it online. It doesn\'t seem common. Does anyone know about these things? If Armstrong hadn\'t put my pinion seal back in correctly, could it damage the bearing over time? Could wrong oil damage the bearing? If I need to replace it (grrrr), is there anything I could look at as an upgrade? It would make it easier to spend the money. Sorry for the lengthy dissertation, thanks for any help! -Pete

Closest answer to correct in this thread. Under s118 of the Land Transport Act (LTA) the Police can require the registered owner to disclose who was driving at a time when an offence is alleged to have been committed. 51kph over the limit is a careless driving offence at least, probably reckless. If you are served with a s118 notice you\'ll know the game, it speaks for itself- you need to take reasonable steps to find out who was driving, and the Police are likely to ask what steps you\'ve taken. They may still prosecute you at that point for failing to comply with the s118 notice, if they don\'t think you\'ve taken reasonable steps. If you get the s118 notice and don\'t make any efforts, and just stay silent, Police will prosecute you for failing to give information. Maximum sentence on this is a 20k fine, and there is no mandatory disqualification. Under s80 of the LTA the Court CAN take your licence for this charge, but at their discretion. Example of sentence: A client of mine\'s car is involved in a crash, it\'s stripped of tags and plates on the roadside, client goes and gets it towed next day, Towing co calls Police, they run the chassis number, find out who owns it, ask him who was driving (s118 notice), he stays silent, they prosecute for failing to give information, he ends up with a $350 fine plus Court costs ($132.89) and no disqualification. Plus legal fees . This was Monday of this week. Side note: Be careful winning the battle and losing the war. Some Police hold grudges, and they can make your life miserable. *sorry for the long post

He should be fine in Aucks with those services linked above as I understand it. Much more difficult to get them through from Ohakune down to the Horowhenua (Palmerston North cluster), and a bit easier further south in the NI (Wellington cluster). FYI most actual lawyers (including me) charge about $1k for the full service, including the filing fee, all drafting, Police negotiations, Court appearance(s) etc. I should note: Not everyone can get one, you have to fit within statutory criteria first, and there\'s a 28 day stand down before you can make the application unless it\'s for demerits (fair enough) or sustained loss of traction (legislative omission hehe). See sections 103-105 of the Land Transport Act for more info: http://legislation.govt.nz

Where in the country is he? Different areas treat limited licence applications differently- Legislation is the same of course, but Judges in some Courts get stroppy and it seems area specific.

Hi Spuddling, can you please keep us updated about the noise & what Wingers suggest? My BL5 is doing something similar I think... :-/

I have a 3.0R 2004 sedan, and I get 11km/l day to day, and up to 14km/l on the open road. Note that this is from the dash readout, which is the other way around from the standard measure, which is l/100km. Various websites facilitate an easy conversion. This is mostly by myself with not much gear (main tool for my work is my brain), which may account for mine being more economical than some.

http://www.energyoil.co.nz/MANUAL-TRANSMISSION-FLUIDS I bought it from these guys, $26.90/l plus post, which I recall to be very reasonable. They're extremely helpful too, and even chucked in some hand cleaner for free, and a copy of a v8 magazine.

Having trouble checking CEL codes on a 2005 legacy 2.0- does the green/black connection method apply to this model, or are we looking at a different kettle of fish here? There are semi-appropriate looking connectors in the kickpanel (drivers side) but they're not doing the job.

Yup. Unless it's a replica (like mine) they only have the two bottom bolts.

Is it a factory plastic one, or one of the fibreglass replicas?

Just to throw the cat amongst the pigeons, I tried a V5 sti ECU on my NZ new V5 wrx (non-sti) and it wouldn't start. Although I think this may have been due to the factory immobiliser not recognising it? It wouldn't even turn over. Or maybe the ECU was bung, who knows. I didn't care about it enough to look into it any further.

DRFVDR: Which green are they? What sort of condition are they in?

There's a fair amount of stuff like that on ebay: Genuine carbon: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Subaru-Impreza-WRX-02-03-04-REAL-Carbon-Fiber-Dash-Kit_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a12Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c72Q3a1171Q7c240Q3a1318Q7c301Q3a1Q7c293Q3a2Q7c294Q3a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem19b3de6c78QQitemZ110391880824QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories Adhesive stickers: http://cgi.ebay.com/Subaru-Impreza-1996-96-97-98-99-Carbon-Fiber-Dash-Kit_W0QQitemZ310134901240QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMotors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories?hash=item48357b09f8&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 (damn, long links )

Are you referring to a late model offset master cylinder or intercooler? nztintin, how much did you have to cut off your master cylinder? I've been looking into doing this as well, with little success so far haha. Oh, and the turbo-intercooler pipe does need to be extended, hoping to find a truck radiator pipe or something that fits so I don't need to get anything welded.

Well it appears that they're for a later model impreza, they look just like these but a different colour: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=221036327 Back on trademe they go! Story of my farkin life. I ended up buying some lowering springs with shocks so I figure they're guaranteed to fit haha. Thanks for the replies people