u/DrMackDDS2014

Title explains my issue. I purchased the correct part# mirror from an eBay dealer and the 3 to 5-pin wiring harness from Subaru's online parts shop. Got everything installed and couldn't for the life of me make the damned thing work. Wondered if the mirror was a dud, but when I backed into my garage just a few minutes ago (first time since installation), I noticed the mirror worked and the power light was on. Seems to me there is a wiring harness issue that has a couple wires reversed, so if anyone has had this issue before and can offer advice I'd appreciate it, and if it is something I can repair myself that's even better!

As a dentist who deals with back pain occasionally (and as a tinkerer with sometimes questionable projects) I figured out pretty quickly that I would need some sort of lumbar support in my new to me 2025 BloobarooRZ. I have a soft spot for quality and integration, so one of those thousands of different pillows on Amazon just wouldn't do for this redneck. Ergo, I decided to create my own adjustable, hidden, analog lumbar support system. Thanks to some others on this forum and other online spaces, I took the idea of a blood pressure cuff and altered it a bit using two 300# capacity air wedges from Harbor Freight, some 3/16" inner diameter vinyl tubing, and some connectors from Amazon. The tubing is generic (I got mine from my local Menard's), and the connectors are these nylon barb splice connectors and these nylon Y-connectors. With a little measuring and finagling, I was able to connect two air wedge pillows to a single squeeze bulb and fit them into the back of the seat like here:

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The seatback isn't difficult to undo, although the first part is IMO the trickiest - the back cover extends under the seat and attaches to a nylon/plastic hook on either side of the underside of the seat, via an elastic band. Sliding your hand underneath and finding the hooks (if your hands are larger like mine) takes a bit of care but can be done without too much trouble. I ended up catching the elastic band with the tip of my middle finger and pushing it off the hook on either side (vice versa to replace after). Unhook an inner layer that connects to a matching plastic hooked panel coming from below, then fish the zippers out from where they are tucked in on either side of the seat foam near the metal seat frame. To slide the pillows in I just made sure they were as empty and flat as possible, then pulled the springy seatback out slightly and slid the pillows in where I wanted the support. The pic shows how the Y connector and hose that goes to the bulb comes out of the back and down under the seat - if you look to the left side and find the yellow corrugated tube, there is a split in the plastic hooking connection panel (coming from the bottom) that allows for connecting both sides of the hook while hiding the wiring. This made for a good location to route the supply hose out, and once underneath the seat I just ran in up to the front and came up just behind the front seat rail frame attachment in the floor.

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After measuring by feel for how much length was needed before splicing, I used one of the straight barbed connectors and joined the cut-off bulb from one of the pillows, now allowing both pillows to fill simultaneously as the bulb is pumped. I'm unsure of the long term results as I just finished this version this morning but I'm hoping that it gives me some relief while looking sneakily stock. This cost me less than $40 I think, the wedges were the most expensive @ $17/each. Next project is an elegantly integrated sun visor extension!

Worked just fine when we opened it last week, wife went to water plants today and told me it wouldn’t shut off even with the handle completely closed. Went to inspect and noted a few things: water did indeed flow even though the handle was off; water was coming up out of the ground around the standpipe; pushing faucet head straight down into the ground gave noticeable slowing of water flow from spout and ground, the fixture maybe moved an inch or two vertically. Only way to stop the water flowing for good was to shut the well pump off. Am I most likely looking at having to dig up the standpipe and replace the entire unit?

I'm installing overlays and replacing the original bulbs with an led kit but can't access the 4th brake light due to the OEM rear diffuser, which installs over/around the body of the light and so far has been a complete roadblock to me. The silver trim portion is held on with double-stick tape and the diffuser has multiple clips that area easy to remove, but then underneath one layer of material there are a couple of bolts/screws that I can't access without drilling a hole over their location on either side. Has anyone else run into this and figured out how to remove the diffuser for proper access, or is there another way I'm too stupid to have noticed?