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Thanks. Yes,I'm familiar with the whole 23 or 25 spline deal. I once used my FSM's to answer questions here about which gets which , and those raised rings which indicate each's use. But those were in reference to USA models. I guess either they pulled a fast one on me or ?? I am positive I requested a 25 spline tranny for a USA turbo model. :-\ We'll see what happened when he or I get back to it. Just had to wrap it up soon after the discovery yesterday and now its going to be freezing for a few days so probably neither one of us will get back to it untill ??? maybe a few days. Good new is the JDM engine has great compression and runs really fine.

Trying to button up my '87 turbo wagon and there seems to be some slack on the outshafts. My friend Charlie was underside when doing the install and didn't really notice the slop at the time. I remember slipping the passenger side on and it seemed normal-no play.When we went to crank the engine by hand before starting we heard some funky noise and upon inspection found the d/s axle hobbling. The pass. side apparently had too much load to turn but a shake with the hand showed the same slop. It was quuite awhile ago that I purchased the tranny so I'll have to check but I'm VERY SURE I specifically requested a 25 spline turbo tranny. Everything about it looked the same as the one that came out with the exception of location of the reverse switch or neutral switch....can't remember exatly which one right now. He's going to swap out the inner joints. Anybody see any problems with going that route? Thanks for any help.

Both posts -well said.

ok thanks for clarifying You know what I meant. Hate to see you in an Autozone anywhere. Pepboys,now that's different. I could care less about turnout by our group or any yuppie turkeyasses. Of course everyone will take that the wrong way and cry so let me explain. It's really nice to meet up with you guys but it's a Car Show first and foremost. We use that as a place to meet and that's a nice addition. First year we went it was Wagon78 and I - nobody else in a Subaru. Still enjoyed talking with owners of many different makes. After a couple years of a handful or less of us meeting up we finally started a post that actually caught on and we began to have our East Coast Meet there. Toughed it during the whole "subarubratdotcom" Scott thing and his banners for Bush/Cheney (no puking emoticon here? , damn! ). Skip and the go-kart ,that was fun! Lots of great moments and a few we'd just turn the page on I've skipped a year or more at times. Not a bad idea to take a break if it's going to annoy you being there. Very understandable. For us its a combo thing. My son and I will also hit the Barrens or if its back again we'll hit the reptile/amphibian show at the Civic Center across the street. Hopefully I'll have something really sweet there and something to go in the woods with. Need that 2nd driver. We'll see. And maybe you'll see too. This year could be pretty cool. Hate to play the "secret ride" thing like the west coast guys do but I don't want people counting my chickens before they hatch either. And if I can talk them into it Andrew would bring something that's extremely rare and Charlie can have his nearly restored rustfree '79 FE there too. Cheers! Add in some other CT folks and there's a good crowd of nonsnotty CT Yankee New Englanders.

Of course I agree with there being way too many NEW or late model yuppie-mobiles. I live in Fairfield County CT so I deal with these folks constantly. We have our corner , our spot to meet and cook,share food,stories,and make fun of all the losers who really are there to be seen there by each other . But I'm not driving all that way to meet in the Autozone parking lot,sorry. Personally I'm getting slightly interested in the kit car thing. I don't see it happening for me anytime too soon but maybe within a handful of years. I'll add more later. Much too beaten up after the 90 mile drive thru the most wicked arse rain/windstorm I've seen in years. And I have one or two of those tent/canopy/whatever you want to call them things.

very cool!

Ben,I have a few gaskets,no insert strips. Have to fly,talk soon ...

Just curious what could have made it better for you?

If things work out I'm going to have something VERY VERY Special to me - not previously owned by myself - there. I'm pretty sure you'll all consider it VERY special too. Third Weekend in May EVERY YEAR.

Whoa dude! I still have a few from our group buy where we had them manufactured NEW not too long ago. You'll also see some guy on eBay with them but he refuses to say when they were produced...:-\ Contact me and I'll work one your way. Not many left and I'll need around $75 USD plus shipping. As for install it's REALLY a lot easier than you'd think. I'll walk you thru that too if nobody else does beforehand. Also sorry for the re-hijack Bump!

Senility setting in good,he's about to CrAcK !! God bless the old bastid. Call me tomorrow....was at Charlie's today - turbo wagon coming along. VERY glad to hear that it sounds like the kids are fairly stable. Much blessing their way - and yours too.

Hey there! Give me a call tomorrow sometime.

I'm pretty sure I did bid the opening price just incase nobody caught it. But if one of you saw it I had no problem letting it go. I sure was hoping that someone wouldn't bid thinking it would work for anything else,since it doesn't. cheers!

At this time I'll say yes. Hi Mike!

Nice job! Brass knuckles in the centercaps? Or is that ... ? Would love to see it up close in Jersey when we do our little trail runs in the Pine Barrens if you could make it. Cheers!

Whatever I can find is for you or Connie. I had a whole cruise setup for those cars. I'm in the middle of helping Charlie get my turbo wagon running again but as I can I will be going thru storage and consolidating and of course weeding out the stuff I have no use for - once again.

I thought about snagging it for one of you guys. I'm surprised Danny didn't snatch it up. keep up the good work!

Have to remove fenders and get to the inside of the unibody cantilever arms with POR or equiv. and remove the cowl and the same deal near the wiper transmission...and that's only the begining. You'll do fine I'm sure. But please if you really want this right and want it to last don't neglect any areas. Other considerations would be the lower unibody crossmember below the radiator , rear skirt (valance) , inside of doors , rocker panels - you'll want to spray inside and use plugs to seal it back up. Unibody supports under car - VERY important and of course floors and lower firewall. Talk to a shop that has many years of rustproofing and get direct advice. Or let them talk you into a good deal of them doing it and save yourself the contamination and effort. Look at the '74 I just turned over to Jesse. That car if treated properly will be worth WAY more than what he's paying me for it in short time. But if it develops rust in a few years - :-\ Not sure what your plans are but if you ever have a kid it'll be a real sweet car to turn over one day. My other advice would be don't overbuy and overstock anything. There were way many more of these cars made than we think of here on our coast. We had plenty of them here but you know what happened. You can always find bits and pieces to improve the body, just not much here out east. See ya!

Finally caught up with your threads. Very cool! But please tear it down and get that rust NOW. Good luck with it!

bitttchin! Hey,was that you that got that tranny mount from eBay not too long ago?

:-\ What else can I say? I'll talk to you soon. Right now I have to clean up the puke. :-\ Man I hope my "next vintage projects" come along as nice as this one. Gonna have to abuse you for way too many favors down the road. Seriously though, I'm glad you have it now. I'll talk to you about possible bits and pieces soon. Just wondering about your situation with the kids and all. Our condolences once again. Keep the "source" a secret,please. That pic of the wheels reminds me of being there. And that hurts - but you're in the know now so that's a plus. I'm guessing you won't see this untill tonight so give me a call as you can.

USA model - 3 hole badge with 1400

One thing that stinks is the FSM's don't have the A/C equipement in them. I probably have some info somewhere on the early units. I'll try to check my '78 later today. Just curious - Bobby, is your A/C compressor a York or Sanden .... or Panasonic? or ???

the "other can" is the blue smaller filterbox that is mounted on the driver's side. Only the '80 has that. still not sure,but now I'm guessing a temp sensor if it was indeed mounted where you show it now. .....just a guess. Where to the wires trace to?

Yeah,ejector switch for passenger seat. Seriously,I'll have to dig thru my FSM but I don't even know if its gonig to be in there. I take it yours is an '80 with that extra filter/can. Was this a California model?