After tracing out all the wires in the HVAC harness I think I’ve figured out the source of the problems I’ve been having.\u00a0 Somehow I managed to switch around 2 wires (one blue, one blue\/black) on the control panel, and the smoke I saw was a resistor giving up the ghost, not the fan switch at all.<\/p>\n
I fixed the wires and replaced one fuse which had blown, but I’m going to need at least a new A\/C control panel (I could probably replace the resistor, but it got hot enough to discolor part of the board so I’m just going to find another one) and possibly a new mode actuator before everything will be functional again.<\/p>\n
I also managed to get the rear defog wired up, I set it up to bypass the WRX body integrated unit and use the original Legacy on\/off switch.\u00a0 It is still connected to the ECU though, so I can use it for logging.<\/p>\n
In other news I managed to get the sway bars and brakes fitted, decided to use stock WRX calipers and rotors (thanks Dave!) for the winter and take my time rebuilding the wilwoods properly.<\/p>\n
The downpipe gave me a little trouble, as one of the turbo studs refused to cooperate and stripped out the nut.\u00a0 Luckily the thread in the turbo weren’t damaged so everything went together smoothly with a replacement stud from Subaru.<\/p>\n
I filled the engine oil (Royal Purple 5w30) and transmission (Subaru Extra-S).\u00a0 Still have to fill the rear diff, power steering fluid and coolant.\u00a0 I’ll probably wait until the interior is a bit more together to tackle bleeding the clutch and brakes, or at least until I can get the driver’s seat bolted in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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