Durania

A buddy and I will be pulling the motor and tranny come this summer. The transmission from my 65K white brat will be going in with it as well as the linkage from it as well (very tight). I will be putting a new clutch in while it is out and was wanting some advice on which is a good one to go with. I also heard it is a good idea to have flywheel turned while out.

I am willing to bet that if it didn't have the drain plug, you would be telling us why it needs one.

Sounds like your standard bad/worn out alternator.

How about you get some pictures, I can't seem to get enough EA81T.

Reading all this made me realize that local shops have paid for their presses many times over. Straight profit.

I'll take my t-tops over the bed covers anyday.

The GMB one was all that was in stock that day at autozone. I added it up and it was cheaper to fix Brat with that water pump than it would have been to fill the Legacy back up with gas. I have drove it about 50 miles since installed and it has yet to get above the notch on the heat hand. If the GMB one had said "Made in Mexico" on it, and not Japan. Things might have been a little bit different about me getting that one from the autozone.

I considered the other day going up to the Harbor Freight and buying a shop press. For the price that I have paid for a machine shop to press bearings into a hub, I could have bought my own press and done it myself and not have to rely on someone during the week to do it.

20 years later and it's still giving back to you.

I hope you know how hard it is for me to look at them pictures. Hope you got more than that?

The one I pulled off is an exact match for the one I put on. GMB made in Japan. I pulled alternator to give myself some room. Subaru could have picked better bolts than those to hold the water pump on. Looked like they would do a better job at holding a table together but, if it works. Used black RTV and waited an hour. Took it to town with highway and city driving, it didn't get above the notch and had great heat, even though it was 66 degrees. Thanks for the helps guys. Next week something else will break.

It has never sat there is why I was posting. It has always been at that little notch.

He's 100% right. You will be surprised at all the things that can be solved by getting a new alternator.

I am kinda worried about that power steering unit. The fluid those things take is liquid gold. $500 is about all I would give. Truly depends on what it looks like underneath. Connie's didn't look nowhere near as bad as this one and she started parting hers' out.

No I sure wouldn't. :-p

I kinda like that shifter knob you got there, would look good in my blue brat.

I am not having any leaking yet. But the motor is getting hot, I am having just a tad less heat. I found a water pump on 1stSubaru parts for $53.24, if Subaru doesn't have a gasket tomorrow, I will be ordering it. This was me going about 45-50 MPH:

I checked the one in my hatchback and it feels about the same. Whats the link to a genuine Subaru parts site that would have it and the gasket in?

I have already emailed CCR about getting a MWE axle, I got the number to another guy to call at a later date.

Don't beat around the bush with alternators. Its an easy fix, don't drive around with the alternator about to go out, you'll be paying for a tow ride home.

It's a starting point.

I am going to call the dealer early Monday morning and hope they have a gasket in stock. The pump on this thing has been replaced before, I can see all the extra sealant material around the edges, I look forward to getting all the stuff off. I will probably snag the water pump off my hatchback and use it, I had no issues from it. I have been looking at the FSM and it looks to be 5 bolts, looks to be 12mm. The hoses are fine and look to have been replaced before. I use this picture a lot and it shows where the threads look to be coated in this blue junk.

I have had a lot of goofy issues that were caused by bad alternators. Replace it and go from there.

On the bottom one, I believe it to be the brass looking fitting to the 5 o'clock position relative to Japan. Thanks to PoorManzImpreza for the pic.

Alternator.