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My overall search results for “hitachi carburetor throttle shaft repair” https://www.google.com/search?q=hitachi+carburetor+throttle+shaft+repair&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari Good info there from the Datsun folks etc.

Couldn’t resist doing a quick search and here’s something interesting https://www.carburetor-parts.com/Hitachi_c_25.html New territory for me , but I’m curious as I’ll be back in the 1970’s cars this year.

Once upon a time you could find a kit for that throttle shaft. Have to talk with mechanics from the 80’s who were working on these cars. Not sure but I’m guessing this was a Hitachi issued retro type kit and not something on the market. I’ve never seen the actual kit so likely it was to dealers only. With today’s technology I’m sure you can be creative and make your own solution. Going forward we are going to see more and more of these situations. I’m not totally opposed to the Weber but I have a hard time throwing in the towel in something that worked well enough which could likely be repaired. Maybe you’re that same type ? Good luck. Please report back.

Got me thinking it’s possible. You can search online for the factory parts manuals and take note of the base from say a 1977-78 and then match it to the 1800. I’d say be sure to do a visual match and ignore the part number difference if that’s the case. This is for Service manuals but maybe you can locate Parts somewhere. I could be wrong and maybe it’s just the Service manuals that are online. But I could swear someone recently pointed out that Parts catalogs are also out there for viewing. http://jdmfsm.info/Auto/Japan/Subaru/

What do I call myself ? Well , I avoid calling myself what some others call me. I guess I call myself a Subathusiast for the last couple of decades or so.

In the USA we got the dual range in 1981. Previous to that you would have a single range.

Story time! We had a great guy who joined up and was driving across the country to pick up a car in PA I think it was so I managed to connect with him ( I think he offered initially ) and he brought my 1973 Coupe from an old orchard in WA across the top of the country like this same time of the year it is now , DEAD OF WINTER , salty roads , I-80 and I-90 aka the Rust Route , all the way to me in CT on a trailer. Sequel- that same car sold to Danny W in TN , he kept it a while and then Subafreak also from CT went down to TN and retrieved it. Sadly it went to hell after sitting. But yeah , the stuff we do. And the cool wives we have!!

Has to be a parts engine somewhere. Crap , we had 1400’s and a 1300 sitting around CT just a few years back. I can’t recall the last time we had an 1100 but there’s one up in Massachusetts

Which engine / year / model ? My vote is they oil pan deal. Maybe they hit the siphon tube ? Good luck with it. Hope you don’t need an attorney for this.

Thanks everyone! When I had that parts car this past summer I got to the point that GD pointed out. I was close , but the car had to go and I had the priority of completing the daily driver so the hauler showed up before I could remove the unit. But man it was in there good with all the fasteners and plastic. No where near as easy as an old school Subaru. Thanks also for what I asked you not to bother replying with , not being a wiseass , seriously I will look around today while it’s not so cold. The heat works so I’m not about to rip apart the car. I can see from my parts car experience that it’s got to be easily as GD stated a six hour job. So for me or many of you also you’d have to double that time. Folks like myself just don’t have the proper space or amount of time to knock it out in one shot. And there’s always more Subarus coming along. Smile !

Jim , good luck if you try the ski jump. The Subaru might be a little wide for the luge run. But I’m plenty sure the ice is fit to challenge the speed skaters. See you around.

Have a small leak somewhere and my mind is thinking ahead , maybe overthinking. But for reference I’d like to see that someone else has done a heater core swap in a 2000-04 Legacy and hopefully learn from them. Car has around 285k I think but the engine only 124k Be assured the car doesn’t need headgaskets , thermostat, water pump. All just done. But I do smell a tinge of coolant inside mostly. But have to say I’m also smelling it outside a bit upon exiting the car after stopping somewhere. So rather than diagnose here please just let me know about your core swap experience. I’ll be sticking my nose under and around the car later. If there’s an obvious leak I’ll be sure to post back. Ok so you may have seen me ripping apart one of these species (00-04 Legacy) this past summer. Yes , I had attempted to take out the heater unit but at this time I can’t even recall completing that task as the car had to go at that point and I was scrambling around hoping I could snag the unit but I’m thinking that didn’t happen. What I do recall was that the dash was a little more tricky than I’m used to. And the heater housing was a word I’m failing to come up with. ClusterFahck of 10mm bolts or nuts. That’s a fair description. Did the search and it didn’t help. Thanks for any advice.

The general reason told was that the 1400 was punched out and left less material to dissipate heat and increased dramatically the unsettling of the sleeves and therefore movement , warpage , frustrations. Less troubles with the 1100 and 1300 but still open to the same issues. Managing one of these going forward will be a challenge but a few guys like myself out there will raise your flag forever if you succeed. Just to see and hear it running like the old sewing machine sound they made. Splitting cases , taking this serious , it’s enjoyable to witness being an almost 59 year old who started his Subaru life around 12 - 13 when my brother said “you grab that side , pull forward and then lift”. We had 1100’s , 1300’s and then onward often on his workbench. Certainly brings back memories. If my storage weren’t a bit overwhelming at the entrance right now , and dead of winter , I’d snag whatever I can for you. But I think you’re already fairly buffed out for what you’re doing LESS the shims. But those will show up or can also be turned out for you easily. Maybe even a better material. Winter sucks but reach out to me if you need something and I’ll do my best.

GSR !!!!!! now you’re welcome for sure ! Really nice collection you have there. Enjoy your time.

Wow that’s one sweet looking XT Pardon my asking but do you think it’s worth that much ? For the “gotta have it” types a bit distant there’s always transport. Lots of us have gotten vehicles shipped coast to coast , corner to corner. And plenty in between. The one we had (4cyl) with the failed air suspension , oh boy , that was kind of uncomfortable.

Have a set made. Been that way for plenty of vehicles going back years. LA Sleeve we used to use for motorcycles. Probably others but I’ve been out of that game for decades. Wiseco ? I’m too lazy to search on my work break. Cheers !

They are not the “exact same” but hey you made it work. For the person trying to keep their car correct the handles are unique from 72-77 stage one here in the States , then 77(stage two) - 79 cars and gen one Brat.

Used to be a guy named Angelo who was off East Ave in Norwalk , pretty easy to you. But I was just down that way and asking around and can’t confirm he’s still around there. He’s a former or maybe current dealer tech. He worked at Dwan , and I think another local old Subaru dealer. Sorry this doesn’t put a connection in place but do keep an eye out for him. He’s probably around 55-60 years old now.

Occasionally I still come across some 80’s parts in my stash. As I do I’ll set them aside for you. Be sure to seek out an oil pump , pump reseals kits , water pump , etc. They’re getting hard to find and expensive in many cases.

Middletown , cool. I’ll run into you this spring/summer. Keep in touch for sure. Cheers !

If you have the old owners manuals and included is the dealer network , I suggest you seek out any dealers who still exist from then and inquire about their loft , back room , storage etc and you may get lucky. We did. But that was 22-13 years ago.

Shims are out there. I sold a mess of them just before the virus hit. I’d love to see the 1100 running or find a 1300. Don’t bother with a 1400 - my opinion. Some of folks were bitten by the bug (no pun on the VW’s) a while back and we acquired NOS from old dealerships. I’ve mostly sold off what I could see I wasn’t going to use but I know many early Subaru parts are out there. Sometimes it seems there’s more parts than there are cars to put them on. Best of luck with it. Sadly I do check in on FB but I prefer not to. I’ll get back there some and check out your postings and what the know it all’s have to say.

As best as I can recall a car from 1981 being a DL 1800 would be internally regulated (alternator).

Have to laugh when I see this post title. Nothing wrong with it , just that we had a member here who is still around in the interwebnet thing , and that guy was asking like $1500 for that one piece. True story. Some of us were smart and gathered NOS dealer stock years ago. And then some came along later. These recent clowns have zero respect for the typical vintage Subaru owner and are hoping only wealthy folks restore old Subarus. Best of luck to you ! I suggest finding some used and spending time meticulously enhancing the strip until it’s as good as your hands can make it.

The once upon a time part no. for the automatic 3AT (KIT) is X3131 AA000 and the manual version (KIT) appears to be X3211 AA000