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Gents, thanks for the input. I found I had a spare sender lying around, and all things considered, trying it involved the least time spent outside. Appears to have taken care of the problem. Now, to draining the excess oil... and giving the SO an education PDQ in how not to FSU.

I'm in Denver bro! Where you at? I have never seen an rx in real life and i have a sh!t load of ea82 and some turbo parts, an entire engines worth. I have flapper style and hot wire maf parts that need a home. Please hit me up I can help and i don't have to work or anything better to do. F the money for a mechanic, these kids wont touch ea engines. Lol! I am willing to come to golden. I have an ej22 I can sell you for cheap if the ea82t is too gutless for you and it's almost completely obsolete anyway. I did the ej22 swap on my 86 gl two years ago.

Try checking fuel level in the tank then confirming that the fuel pump runs. It could be a dead efi pump. Does it start with starter fluid? That will tell you there’s a fuel issue. Also check all fuses... just in case it’s that simple. Cheers Bennie

So, test drove yesterday. Could not get the toe correct, and it's pretty wonky over bumps. After investigation, I am afraid I set the trailing arm mounts too close together. I think this is causing the toe to change drastically as the suspension travels. Measured from centerline of the arm pivot, it SHOULD be at 46.6 inches. It ended up at 42.4 inches. Gonna be using the Plasma cutter a bit more I guess. on the upside, the added height and stiffer springs feel great. 14" clearance under the diff with a medium load. Of course I haven't put the rear skid back on so that weighs about 45lbs.

Incidentally, I can't be the only person here filled with blind hate for the philips-variant screws used here and on the separator plate and wrist-pin port. I'm pretty well strapped with the right tools, but have never been able to avoid chewing up those heads. Bought a big bag of socket (allen) head screws as replacements and do so at every opportunity.

A gas engine needs 3 things to run. Fuel, ignition, and compression. Diagnose them individually. Getting the right gasoline mixture can be a challenge, but starting fluid is volatile enough that it's MUCH more forgiving. So that means you have a compression or ignition issue. Pretty unlikely to completely loose compression on all 4 cylinders so suddenly. So you're likely down to ignition. That means more than just having spark. It has to happen at the right time. Within about 10 degrees and you should get a pop. An EA82 will run on just the LH bank, as the distributor is driven off that cam, regardless of the RH side (I had a buddy that stopped at my house because his EA82 was even more gutless than usual, turned out his RH cam had seized). So you can assume that your problem is on the LH side. Unlikely that your ignition timing has changed considerably on it's own, but completely possible that the belt has. It's not terribly hard to pull the other timing belt cover on the LH side, and compare the mark on the cam pulley to the 3 lines on the flywheel. I bet it's jumped (I've heard of timing jumping as a result of bump-starting, so if it had a dead battery....).

Changed the knock sensor already too... But good news. It's running. well after all the gears were changed, injectors, couple broken wires, broken connecting clips, new fuel, new sensors, correct key, and new plugs, re-fitted radiator and as much of the parts that came with the car I started looking at vacuum hoses and water hoses. It turned out that the previous owner had put a water hose into a vacuum hose tail on the inlet manifold. And of course flooded the fuel/air mix with water. Silly mistake, but easily done. Sorted that out, and bango...started up straight away, ran like a dream. Thanks for help, and good luck luck with your projects. Cheers for now

It's likely a bad sending unit. Since I've almost never seen an EJ lose pressure while running and full of oil.... I guess the only possibility there would be a completely plugged or broken off oil pickup tube. But yes regardless of the reason.... the educational take away here is you MUST shut off the engine as soon as is safely possible to avoid potential damage. GD

Best I can do, car is in storage off-site.

some pic's of my 1978 brat. I am bought new in 1978 and bought the book end 2005 Baja for the wife in 2016

Here’s a suggestion... don’t get airborne!! There’s no traction when airborne and to me (maybe a few others too), traction is what off-roading is all about! Cheers Bennie

My two old skool subi’s together, now sporting the same rims together but with different boots. It took me a couple of days to fully come around with the new look of the brumby but I’m really digging it now! Can’t wait for some planned upgrades on the brumby, but I am really enjoying just driving it atm! Cheers Bennie

I just wanted to pass along this information... I got a email yesterday from the following website saying they have a bunch of these caps, and they are $12 a piece (not including shipping). Just in case anyone else out there wants a set, fyi. www.mttechsuba.com