1991 Subaru Liberty (Legacy)

A build of my 1991 Subaru Liberty (Legacy).

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With the engine out I took the opportunity to replace the clutch with the lightly used one from my wagon and the shifter assembly with a gc8 short shifter and the shifter bushings with polyurethane bushes

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Having now pulled the engine and stripped it down to the block I was pleasantly surprised by the condition of the components, a testament to good maintenance.

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After the better part of a days wrenching the engine was free and onto a stand, everything came apart fairly nicely and nothing was completely worn out which was surprising for a car of it’s age

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Unfortunately, Subaru’s being Subaru’s it started to push coolant out, so it was time to pull the engine out and give it a refresh or replace it entirely

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After getting the car back on the road I gave it a good clean and was able to enjoy it for a couple of months and take it on a couple of adventures

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A little video of the exhaust on my car (sorry about the wobbles, the garage door moved more than I thought.

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When I got my car back it was also missing all the exhaust behind the catalytic converter, so I decided to upgrade to a variable muffler

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The failed starter motor and damage from the thief stealing the car causing the high beams to always be on.

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Unfortunately my car was stolen when my mother borrowed it, fortunately I got it back after 2 weeks due to the starter motor failing, although in much worse condition.

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I started to make a custom grill as finding aero for something this old locally can be quite difficult

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I ended up buying a second one, a wagon this time, unfortunately this one was not long lived as it had over 340,000km when I bought it.

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After finding out the rear window and the upper part of the boot gutter was leaking I went through the process of resealing the window and replacing the rotted out piece of gutter with a fresh piece of sheet metal.

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I managed to find myself a genuine Momo wheel out of a Legacy RS Turbo to replace the original wheel that was falling apart, I was fortunate enough to find one with a cruise control boss kit allowing me to retain a really nice creature comfort

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Got myself a set of genuine BBS wheels off a Liberty B4, I initially thought the 17″s looked a bit big but with some bigger brakes and some lowering I think it will look quite a bit better

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The first set of wheels I put on from an Impreza, it helped the looks of the car but definitely wasn’t the last pair on the car

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Back when I first got the car in 2014, It’s come a fair way since then

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