Darin Warling Oct 5, 2025
Brosephine Wires

A friend of mine needs to find a discontinued Subaru car part. More details in the thread. Does anyone here know anything that might help him?

https://bsky.app/profile/twistedcopper.bsky.social/post/3m2dm6trm322z

Twisted Copper (@twistedcopper.bsky.social)

Two Sundays ago my beloved Bratmobile sputtered & died while I was driving & it hasn't started since. I learned today that in order to get it back on the road, there's a crucial part that needs to be replaced, but my mechanic was unable to find one - it's been discontinued #Subaru #CarTrouble #PDX

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Oct 4, 2025 at 3:52amWeb
Show threadBrosephine WiresOct 5, 2025
No resolution yet to this car dilemma :(
Show threadKevin RussellOct 5, 2025

@JoParkerBear

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Show threadKarl AuerbachOct 5, 2025
@JoParkerBear Wasn't that model called the "Brat"?
Show threadBrosephine WiresOct 6, 2025
@karlauerbach maybe? He calls it his bratmobile
Show threadRealGene ☣️Oct 5, 2025

@JoParkerBear
Denso parts aren't magical. It's possibly repairable.

If the car is inoperable anyway, cut the part open and find what's wrong.

These folks are more about performance and WRX modding, but probably know more about that controller than Subaru does:

https://iwireusa.com/pages/about-us

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Show threadRealGene ☣️Oct 5, 2025

@JoParkerBear

I'm primarily a Honda person, but had an old Subaru GL back in the day.

Anyone who owned a Honda Civic back in the 80's probably replaced the "Main Relay", which was a black box the size of a pack of cigarettes under the dashboard. It was a relay that basically did the actual turning on of the car so all that current didn't have to go through the ignition switch, and it would invariably develop a cracked solder joint that would open when the car got hot. So you would start the car, drive to the mall, and when you came out an hour later, the car would crank but refuse to start. You could resolder the traces, and get another 5 years out of it.

Similarly, Honda used a part to control the heater fan speed. It was a little Denso box with three resistors in it. Turning the fan knob would select a resistor to run the fan power through, or none at all for "high" speed. Of course, the lowest speed resistor was dumping the most current as heat, and would burn out, so the fan wouldn't work on low.

Show threadBrosephine WiresOct 6, 2025
@RealGene thanks so much! You’re the first person on two sites to offer any real feedback