Dumb Question Thread!

[AdamOst]

How to reset trip/fuel meter in bl legacy jap spec touch screen. I have tried spamming buttons with no luck. Maybe its time to learn japanese..

[boon]

Is there a "retract mirrors" button on a BP Legacy?

[Andy_Mac]

Yea one of the three buttons below the mirror adjusting knob to the right of the steering wheel/above fuse cover. Some models/regions didn't have that feature but i'm almost completely sure all jap ones have it

Edited June 10, 2015 by Andy_Mac

[boon]

Bah, the NZDM one I'm driving only has the cluster dimming and some sort of lock button there

[Andy_Mac]

Yea quite a few nz ones don't, was an option most nz'ers apparently didn't think they'd ever need. Has your one turned up yet?

[ADIKT]

 boon said:

Bah, the NZDM one I'm driving only has the cluster dimming and some sort of lock button there

I brought this up recently - my mates 07 nzdm legacy doesnt have a mirror retract button

[GC8E2DD]

And yet our '05 NZDM does.

[boon]

 Andy_Mac said:

Yea quite a few nz ones don't, was an option most nz'ers apparently didn't think they'd ever need. Has your one turned up yet?

It's somewhere between Auckland and Wellington. Hopefully complete with a mirror-retract switch.

[BINKZ]

Is 42072AA200 the correct part number for WRX fuel filter?

[Jambun]

https://partsouq.com/en/search/search?q=42072AA200

[BINKZ]

Yeah I've been on the site. All it tells me is that it is a fuel filter, not if its the right one. I've seen about 3/4 different part numbers, hence my question.

[Guest]

Just buy sakura/ryco/wix etc from nz.

[wrx_lou]

Theres different part numbers for the different colours.

They all bolt up the same but you have black, blue, pink etc

http://japanesecarimports.net/

Find the part number on there.

[hunter951]

do you have to cut bump stops when installing Tein springs in a v7? if so how much in the front & rear... hearing mixxed opinions

[BINKZ]

 wrx_lou said:

Theres different part numbers for the different colours.

They all bolt up the same but you have black, blue, pink etc

http://japanesecarimports.net/

Find the part number on there.

lol the fuel filter is one of the few things that doesn't list a part number

[patrickc22]

So I'm upgrading/ repkacing my radiator should I do the hoses at the same time

[BINKZ]

 patrickc22 said:

So I'm upgrading/ repkacing my radiator should I do the hoses at the same time

If they need it and/or you have the money to spend, couldn't hurt

[lachlan]

 hunter951 said:

do you have to cut bump stops when installing Tein springs in a v7? if so how much in the front & rear... hearing mixxed opinions

go back to your starlet or minitruck

[wrx_lou]

Do I need to use a V5/6 'Y' pipe on my BH single turbo conversion or are they the same as the V3/4?

[boon]

 hunter951 said:

do you have to cut bump stops when installing Tein springs in a v7? if so how much in the front & rear... hearing mixxed opinions

wat?

[wrx_lou]

 wrx_lou said:

Do I need to use a V5/6 'Y' pipe on my BH single turbo conversion or are they the same as the V3/4?

No body knows?

[Timmah]

 wrx_lou said:

No body knows?

Should be the same V3~6.

[wrx_lou]

Sweet, thanks for that.

[SpeedySub]

Getting windscreen replaced on Thursday on a 1998 BH9 wagon. I can't see any heating wires in the windscreen but have found a switch next to the steering wheel which has a windscreen with a wiper blade on it, I'm assuming this might be the heated window/wiper switch and that I have had a replacement screen fitted that wasn't heated. The question is do I order a heated screen? or just go with standard?. Its getting replaced through insurance so not worried about cost.

[BINKZ]

Is it worthwhile installing a catch can and if so which 1 of the 2 "sort of right ways" as detailed on nasioc is more effective? (i do not intend on using 2 catch cans).

As per NASIOC:

How should a catch can be installed?

There are a variety of ways to install a catch can. There's one right way, two sort-of right ways, and some would argue that at least one common installation method which is wrong.

Sort of right ways:

1) Disconnect the hose which runs between the PCV valve and the turbo inlet pipe. Run a line from the PCV to the catch can, and another line from the catch can to the turbo inlet hose.

2) Disconnect the hose running between the crank case breather lines and the turbo inlet pipe. Run new hose between the breather line and the catch can and another hose between the can and the inlet pipe.

Right way:

Use two catch cans. Configure one as discussed in option one and the other as described in option 2. For optimal effectiveness, this is the way to go.

Wrong way:

Disconnect the PCV<->Inlet line as well as the Crank Vent<->Inlet line. "T" the PCV and Crank vent lines together, and run the remaining end of the "T" to a single nipple on the inlet pipe. Cap the remaining nipple on the inlet. You'll be sending boost into places that definitely shouldn't ever see any. Bad idea.