MilesFox

Welcome to the baord! First off, i would like to introdice myself. I live nin north east indiana, your town is right off the indiana border! You are not too far south of jim(86 subaru) in anna ohio. Seeing that you are somewhat local, i invite you to meet with us some time Jim usually gets good deals on parts, and i, alleyboy(jon from columbus), and even tom from michigan meet there often. hopefully some day we can meet! anyway, i would suggest removing the cotter pin and re-tightening the axle nut. i say so because you said it was serviced before. the noise you sedcribes sounds like the rotor hitting the caliper bracket. this will happen if the axle is loose or has bead threads. i had this on 2 occasions. i had a wheel bearing noise once, it would be aggravated on by the crown of the road at cruise speed, but was not so bad on the left lane on a 4 lane hiway. also, the noise was there when i hit the brake. if the inner axle goes bad, it will want to pull the wheel to that side, jerk, jerk, jerk, in an oscillating pattern according to speed. i would put my money on the axle nut or its threads. the axle presses thru the bearing, the rotor seats against the outer bearing, and the nut holds it all together. if there was not enough torque on the nut when the axle was last serviced, just the slightest amount of play will make noises like you sescribe. i believe the axle nut torque is 145 lbs. (can anyone back me up?) i would suggest to remove the axle nuts and inspect the thread, and re-torque them to rule that problem out first, then go from there

maybe it has something to do with the shielded wire you asked about a while back?

ok, my server has been completely stripped except for the wcss folder. i will be adding folders tonite. when you click on my link, it will take you to my main directory if you want to take a sneak peek! so far i have compiled all the pics i will need from everyone who responded to this topic

nice. ea82 is pimpin' got any pics of the ea82 install?

RWD aint what its cracked up to be. but i had some fun in the wal martparking lot last night. it would have been more fun with 4wd, so my car wouldnt 180 every time i tried ti turn! tried to get some speed to make some laps, practice my drift, but every turn, round and round she goes> take a turn into a spinout into a donut and keep going!! i'm sure the parked semi drivers were entertained for 20 minutes

what is the gallery program called, and whre can i get one. download?

hey, i am making changes to my website. i have obtained a copy of dream weaver, might as well conver to it. my links are down from your page, so i will have to give you new links so you can get them working i will be doing this all thru the weekend. does dreamweaver have the gallery layout, or is that something different?

if the old ones are not broken, keep them and rebuild them as spares-get-me-by, you get the idea

it broke on the outer end. i just turned the wheel full lock, popped the acle from the stub out with a crowbar, and pulled the doj from the tranny. so now im driving in RWD. i had 185's in back, and 175 in front. so all that waste, it snows and the roads are icy, i slid off the road and bent a rear trailing arm! wheres 4wd when i really needed it??? it popped the tire, i had to get a chain and get back on the road, changed the tire, was on my way. car dog-tracked, too scary on the ice. i drove back to butler and pinded out the rear trailing arm besi ti could. so now i have 3 175's, and the odd 185 is on the bent side, to help the car track, drives much straighter, not so scary. what a coincidence, ironic, oxymoron

would you know it, we finally get some SNOw, and now i CHUNKED a front axle...again. the other side this time. back to RWD.. oh well, donuts are still fin. i was going to put the back tires on the front, the front being bald, would have made for some fun 4wd. but wit the broken axle, i will leave the best tires in back(185's) and put some better 175/s on the front, no 4wd

on the 78 brat, having no parts, we are FORCED to explore the option of ea81/ea82 suspensions, and of course, ea82 seats. that is because these are the ONLY parts we have to put it together.

that is the noise suppressor coil for the radio. it keeps coil signals from passing thru the antenna. one end goes to +coi;l, and the other end grounds to body. its not necessart to be there for the car to run, just radio noise(if u might have it)

nice to see things on a roll! i took 4 disks of pics from the mavica of parts off the car, coils, intakes, suspensions, xt6 parts, whatever i had laying around. once i put them up, you are welcome to use any of my pics!! i will also try to get pics of the ea81 crossmember as it goes into the 78 brat, for a mod page

make sure the clutch cable is not too tight. the tighter it is, the more like ithe pedal is being pressed in. if it seems impossible to get a proper adjustment, suspect the pressure plate you may as well remove the flywheel to service the rear seal, and then you ccan push out the pilot bearing from behind. if not, the dowel method acts hydraulically. pack some grease into the hole, and when you tap in the dowel, the grease will force the bearing out. i think a 3/8 socket extension would work...

i think that the tracls might swap out. your best bet would be an ea82 seat, gl-10 seat, rx or xt seats!

yeah, you will have to pull the axle, and disassemble the inner end. the inner end can be disassembled and cleaned up. the outer end is not serviceavle. but if you clean it up and use new grease, your axles will still last a while use molybendum disulfide grease for the axles, not bearing grease. it may be called moly or moly ep, depending on the brand

in the midst of swapping the ecu and some vutal components on my TURBO, my spark quit. i checked the resistance and it was fine, replaced the disty and still no spark. i replaced the module on the coil bracket and had spark that is what you need, go to the junkyard and get a coil and bracket as a unit, or just the bracket. but if you get the whole thing at a good price, at least you will have a spare coil! i put my money on the module on the bracket.... sounds like you figured it out, just wanted to check and make sure on the board!

if you were to crack one of the plastic lines, standard 5/8 hose would be a suitable replacement. just run enough length so you dont have kinks in the bends

cool. nice to see other ea82 conversions, mine, tom's, the glf, and yours! lots of collective info on such an EASY mod!

check the fluid level for the font diff. on automatics there is a separate tube for front diff, uses gear oil i have seen a rear diff that ran out of oil, locked up. but it rolled after it cooled off. check and fill the fluid, check for leaks. if the car rolls now, the diff got hot from lack of oil i highly doublt its axles or bearing.

an ea82 turbo an crosspipe will fit on the ea81 block

load the heaviest where the back seat would be when down i managed to stuff an entire xt6 suspension, tranny, driveshaft, rear diff, 4 wheels, a spare, and 2 seats. all in the back of the wagon. the tranny was over the seat, the suspension parts over the axle. car was rather balanced anything else would have went on top!

if wagon and brats are the same platform(yes) remember i have the ea82 suspension in my 83 wagon. it still has the ea81 rear suspension, with ea82 trailing arms a gen1 rear suspension is a while nother ball game. but the front ens mods will be the same(but the crossmember has narrowed to fit, or lift adapter blocks

i would disagree with trading a turbo off. the fact its turbo is good enough reason to hold onto it if you dont mind swapping and taking things apart (that is the fun in a project!) i would say put a 5spd dual range, and chuck the auto that in itself would be a standard mod for an off roader anyway but the turbo will have its higher rpms and boost curve with the lower gears in the tranny i had a dual range in my 83 turbo wagon and it off roaded quite nicely! wheel spin is what will get you thru mud, and the turbo will hold rpms the higer rpm power curve would be better suited for the 5spds gearing. if the motor gives you trouble, i would like to think an 85-68 ea82 turbo moor would work, having similar mpfi but the turbo motor will fit in there for sure!

work has begun on ro-neece (rgaff_77) 78 brat. putting in 81 GLF front suspension. and crossmember the crossmember is TOO WIDE, so we decided to go with a 3 inch lift to adapt the ea81 crossmember to the 78 brat we will get thwt done, and then take off all the rear suspension. we will fabricate lift blocks that will accomodate an EA82 rear suspension. since the brat will have an ea81 crossmember. that will allow the mod for the ea82 lower control arms and struts. now it will have the proper track to acommodate ea82 axles, especially 25 spline axles, and xt6 suspension too. we are using an ea71 with ea82 hitachi and ea81 bellhousing, with (when we get it, its available soon) 4spd dual range. once that is accomplished, we can consider ea82, and with that fit, it will allow a turbo swap. LOTS of potential, it can be all done like that combination using all subaru parts, and just a fabbed lift (or kit if they were manufactured for the conversions [which they are not..unless we make some])