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This was his last Facebook post on his personal page, from May 16th. Dear Friends, I don't know what is happening to the world, but there is something very Wrong, hiding underneath. I always believed that we come to this life with a heart, that is an empty Bag, which we should fill with precious moments, and wonderful memories; those are the only things that you will take with you, forever, even maybe to the other life; while everything else, material things, will never fill the emptiness of the bag on your heart. Trying to fill your heart's bag with material things, will only left you even more emtpy, not only on the spiritual plane... People seems to never realise that every day that they live, is a day less in their count of life; but it could be a day More, fulfilled with awesome memories, in their hearts. People forget that their little children will not be playing alone in that corner of your house, forever; waiting for you to finish seeing all your "friends" updates on social media, prior to dedicate a couple of minutes to play, before falling asleep. Believe me, social media is absurd and fake in many different ways; in real life no body cares if you ate bacon with honey in your pankakes for breakfast; but fake people will "Like" your empty and useless breakfast photo, like if they care; and so on... millions of people wasting time in a world full of hypocrisy. Not only time, but sometimes people also waste efforts, paying for travels, cars, etc, that really never wanted nor needed them, only to have the chance of taking the stupid "selfie" photo in order to gaining more "likes", they are living their lives like if they're in a high school's popularity contest; meanwhile what they really are "gaining" is only Emptiness, and the need to do a harder effort to pay for those unneeded "luxuries" to the system, that enslaves them more, and even more... Meanwhile, the little children grows, with an empty bag in their hearts, empty from the lack of precious moments, then they becomes men and women that goes from home, to start their own homes, leaving you even more empty... One day you might realize that you are really tired from being part of the system and being absorbed by social fakeness; and you might want to bow down and play with that little child that spent the childhood, alone, in a corner of your house, waiting for you to play; but you'll notice that nobody is there, and you are even more alone. Nothing worse than wasting such times. And sometimes parents fool themselves, sharing lots of photos from their children in different places, as if they really are playing or being with them; but they go from a place or another for the photos only; to display them in social media, but they have an empty background. Nothing is better in life than the Family; remember that your Wife / Husband \ Children, really needs you, and the best you can give to them, is the best part of your time, as long as you can; never give begrudgingly leftovers from your time, to them. I suggest you to try to fill your Heart bag with precious moments. The car, the money, The house, the job, the gym, the club, etc; everything will stay in earth. If you die, others will continue using them; the world continues and the other people, really don't care about you; only your mere family, if you dedicate quality time to them. You will reap what you sow. Every average day, can be turned onto two different things: it could be a hell, if you continue with selfish customs and being chained to the System, fighting for no real reason; or also the same day can be turned into an Awesome happy day, where all the family is surprised with a Pijama Party, a Family movie together, or simply by a dad or mom that decided to throw away the cell phone, shutting it off, to turn their lives on; and bow down to play with their children, or listening and paying attention to your spouse. You can make an average day, to be a Special day, every day, if you want to. Remember, Kids never care about the features of the car you drive; kids will remember if they went together with their parents in that car, to a nice sunny camp day on the mountains, or wherever their parents decided to go; those memories really fills the hearts of all the family and last forever, because the time that families spend together, is a priceless treasure for their hearts. I kindly suggest you to see less TV, less social media, drink less alcoholic beverages, smoke less; to avoid wasting your precious time and resources in empty things; and fill the hearts of every member of your family, with your presence, your warm heart, the things that you do together; you know... with spiritual things. Material things will never fill your immaterial soul. Sorry for this long letter, but I wanted to explain the reason why I am not visiting often my Facebook, nor the automotive web forums I used to... somehow I noticed that my daughter was growing too fast, and I decided to shut off my "Virtual Life" online, as much as I could; in order to spend all the quality time I can, with my Daughter, my wife, and the rest of my family. Still, I will check here from time to time. Sorry for any delays in answering. Kind Regards and Blessings. JesZeK (Loyale 2.7 Turbo)

Final update: Mechanic tested injector and didnt find any issues. Cleaned throttlebody. Replaced plugs and wires. Noticed that plug wire #3 had several burn marks on side facing motor. Car is running perfectly now, so must have been wire #3 arcing that caused the issue. Thanks again for everyones input.

There should not be a significant chamfer on the block. Can you post a picture? We use the wiseco tapered ring compressor sleeves. Makes installation a breeze. GD

awesome! The US squanders 20 billion hours a week of screen time....that should make us throw up....

The original radiator was leaking at the plastic to aluminum seam on the top. I got a nice all aluminum radiator from Radiator Express $180. The stock 2006 fans did not fit but I had a spare set from an 2000 Impreza that bolted right up. They are a little wider so they are very close to the AC Belt adjustment pulley bracket. They also need a little jumper from the 2006 Forester wiring harness to the Impreza Fans. Here's a link to the radiator: https://www.radiatorexpress.com/product/all/subaru/2006/forester/x/25l-h4/222258/1432593 Very nice. Got it all back together and there is a whine from the front of the engine, AC Condenser, ALT or Power Steering pump were all possibilities. A little more checking and I see the PS pump fluid is full of bubbles. A noise check using my long screw driver to the above listed parts confirmed it was the PS Pump. Well it was fine before the radiator change so I figured it was just sucking air in through the hose. Replacing the spring type clamp with an old style heater hose clamp at the PS pump to reservoir fixed the problem. A day later all the air was out of the fluid and the pump was back to normal.

if that's the EJ set up where the shroud bolts to the steering pump/hose - loosen and adjust the shroud/covers/bolts that go across the power steering and accessories. i think you can just loosen and adjust the alternator some to give that power steering pump bracket room to move so it's not pulling on the hose. or you might have a different power steering - i forget which years/models changed power steering pumps and hose set ups.

Damn it's been a while yall. Figured I would update this thing since I'm doing some actual work to the BRAT. Decided to ditch the Subaru engine and transmission part of the BRAT and go full Toyota frame, engine and tranny swap. Still a work in progress and am nowhere near done with placement or framework, but here are some pics from today.

Thats what I was thinking but I have sourced a 2wd tank so all is well

3-4 lbs is perfect for carb'd ea81. Find the sight glass on the carb and see what level it is at. Pull the rear fuel filter and take it to parts store and get something similar (same fitting size).