I did it on 05 and it wasn't that hard.

 

That's what it looks like. 02-06 is apparently very easy. I've done what all the wright ups have said, but since I have an 07, everything seems to be slightly different and/or more complicated.

 

effin subaru dude, sucks you couldnt get it figured out.

 

Like I said before, the main thing that keeps me from getting the manifold off is the coolant return hard line that sits under the turbo coolant reservoir. Once you know it is there it just takes some finesse. It has been a few months, but make sure the harness is not connented to the water crossover pipe or anywhere else on the motor.

 

I'll give it another try today. It's still below freezing outside so once it warms a little i'm back to work pulling and prodding. lol

Any helpful tips would be appreciated. I posted a pic of the harness that I can't figure out.

 

for this reason alone I ran my dryer vent into my garage and when im working on the car I just kick the dryer on to high heat. Not the most economical way to warm up, but its cheaper than rerouting the hvac system. Though a/c in the garage during summer would be epic

 

^^^ hope you got a C02 detector in there too.

 

stand on the side of the passenger fender, grab the connector, wiggle side to side and push towards the driver side..

 

I will try this. I wiggled it a little, but I think my hands were too cold and I gave up when it didn't budge.

Thank you for the tips guys.

Why would I need this?

I tried to use a heater, but my garage is not long enough so the garage door has to be open to the siberian cold. It kept my butt warm, but my hands were about to fall off.

 

i do, however its an electric dryer, because burning animals and resources as fuel for electricity dries my clothes better than NG

 

I am partial to electril oil heaters. They have always worked well for me in the past.

Now I do most of my car work in the summer, or on nice warm sunny days lol.

 

For some reason I always get the luck of doing most of my installs in winter.

First cbe, it was snowing while I was under the car.
Coilovers, winter rain.
TGVs, siberian winter temps

 

you got a propane bbq grill. Lol, I've tried it once and it worked great hahaha.

 

Okay, having no idea what I am looking at or talking about, here is what it looks like to me. Please reference crappy mspaint pic below. green arrow looks like clip. mirrored on other side of plug. red rectangle looks like slot to stick flat head screw driver in to spread clips. pull plug? or rotate up? no?

 

Well I unhooked the harness. As far as I know, everything is unhooked from the the manifold, yet when I try to lift, it moves an inch then stops dead and won't budge any further.


Ryball- that entire cube looking thing is the main harness connector. It's even got a man-handle release mechanism damn 07's are too overly complicated.



So I also hate the stupid secondary pump. It just adds too much unnecessary hoses and pumps that get in my way. I can't wait to get my block off plates and trash that piece of junk. haha