it's a fokker..subaru swap gone bad

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[HoboBus]

I dont want to be the Bad News Bear, but doesnt this bus have an Outback trans, Imprezza something else, and didn't you just play musical chairs with clutch forks with this combo?

Im sure youre planning to do this anyway, but might be worth another double-check triple-check measurement check that strokes and such are within range, that youre not overforcing the pressure plate or whatever, throwout is correct, and that everybody is playing nice together before you assign the failure to poor quality parts.

Not being an arse, but I've been bitten by weird sheet before too.

Good luck!
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[skills@eurocarsplus]

[HoboBus]

Sounds like appropriate due diligence, as expected.

Will be interesting to see if there are any broken or bent parts when you get it apart.
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[white74westy]

fokker100 my hat goes off to you for your incredible patience and upbeat attitude! It has been amazing to watch this thread from the beginning!

Skills, as always, I have no doubt you'll get this thing whipped into shape and in a manner consistent with your expectations and level of craftmanship. Nice work! Pretty sure with the exception of some d-bag that's on the run, out in CA that we're all pulling for you. Can't wait to see you give this thing the final ok and send it home with a very happy fokker100!

[skills@eurocarsplus]

welp….

going back in now. got a bit of a slow start today...but really wanted to take the time to measure stuff before I toss the clutch thru napa's window.

hope to have it 100% back together in a bit. definite manufacturing issues. i'll be adding this to the ever growing list of dealer only parts. call me a primadonna… don't care. but this is bullshit.

on the plus side, it all came out fast and easy, because I spent hours over these conversions refining how they go together. not to mention there isn't 72 different fastener sizes anymore

pull battery cable, disconnect alternator, throttle cable, brake booster hose, fuel lines, drain coolant, pull 2 main harness plugs and the exhaust which comes off in 1 easy to remove unit. on the floor in 35-40 mins. it's the hours I spent looking things over that ate the time.
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[skills@eurocarsplus]

well, nothing out of the ordinary

not flat, that's for sure

it's kind of bowl shaped

Subaru pressure plate is laser straight

and the real difference

old on the left, Subaru on the right

you can see the fingers are 'sprung'

hard to tell in the photo, but the feeler gauges are now between the clutch and the flywheel, and I can shove the disc fore and aft on the input shaft

motherfucker

clutch pedal even feels better. before it felt like a water balloon. I should have stopped right then.

I got interrupted, but will fill with coolant in a bit and run it. not sure if I will have a chance to drive it today or not, but we seem to be going in the right direction now
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[wcfvw69]

It's just amazing to me that companies get away with selling these poor quality parts. I guess "quality control" doesn't exist anymore these days. We've all heard the stories from decades old classic VW shops that are shutting their doors because they can't buy quality parts and eat too much labor trying to make what they can buy work. Look at the labor you just ate because of that pressure plate.

I autopsied an almost brand new Pertronix distributor recently that a customer sent me after buying a restored German Bosch distributor. He asked me to look at it because it just wouldn't work right. He didn't want it back. I took it apart and the materials were terrible. Bad tolerances, sticky advance weights, a sloppy pivot plate that caused HUGE dwell changes, etc.. Sad...

Glad you found the problem Don.
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[Clatter]

The customer does QC now.


Everything is meant to be sold, not used.

The primary goal is to sell things, and if they don't work and you can get away with it, then good on you!

In many countries, if a businessman can get away with selling a junk part for full pop,
Then he is admired for being clever.


Welcome to globalism;
A dropping tide lowers all boats.
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[Xevin]

Put down the wrench, wash off the grease, get off the keyboard, and give your family a squeeze. It’s Valentine’s Day for F sake. Can’t you feel the romance in the air? Bus will be there in the morning and fokker cool with it. Awesome job Skills.
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[Xevin]

You need a “Pick me up” learned it from you Skills


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[Abscate]

Every time I pick up a Volvo part In that original blue box, I hear the drain on my bank account, but the pure joy as the part lines up exactly, the new fasteners in the box, and the like new restored performance , I go polish my bishop statue to complete the experience.

I’m talking about you P2 dual mass flywheel.
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[HoboBus]

[Abscate]

FCP gets 99% of my Volvo business ; if I see someone selling at 20% less than them, I know why. I avoid eBay and Amazon for car parts

We have built our own junkyard crew in Volvo world that lets us access decent supplies of PnP parts at good prices for big used stuff.

We also avoid all the 15 year olds who try to sell turbos at $350 form junkyards, it’s a $50 pnp, sorry.
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[skills@eurocarsplus]

FCP sells the same regurgitated shit WorldPac sells. they use to be 5 mins from me before they moved to Milford CT.

I bought up 95% of all of their air/water cooled stuff when they were in Groton. I actually have some of their old shelving units. Back then, they were a old school brick and mortar store and I know the family personally.

Nick, who's blown the biz to a level his parents didn't want to is a decent enough guy. he's made millions slinging china's finest. they are probably the 'least worse' in terms of parts, but they will be quick to tell you "we've sold xxxxx of those and never had a problem. my WP rep will say "85% return rate"

it's buyer beware. when i service daily driver stuff 90% of my parts are dealer, and i will be heading to 100% here soon if this trend keeps going. my reputation isn't worth fucking up over a 100.00 swing in parts costs.

thankfully Fokker100 is a chill guy and has been a sweetheart to work with. if this were sally soccer mom she would have had a stroke, tried to make me pay for a rental car, expect a full wash and detail, free oil changes for life and a 75% discount. that's real life in auto repair in todays world....then they'd slam you on social media.

my motto for decades has been make 1 person happy, they may tell 2 people. piss someone off, they will tell anyone who will listen.
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[Bulli Klinik]

When your Japanese car starts turning Chinese, at which point do you revert back to German?

Vicious cycle...
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