IdahoJak

There's 3 of them listed on car-part.com. http://www.car-part.com/ [url=http://www.car-part.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi][/url]

Great job! I've never seen a car in the junkyard with that much rust, I'm just amazed you saved it.

Of course there are many variables to gas mileage, but here is a link to the government fuel ratings. It is a good place to start. http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

You want a walk-through with lots of pics, try this link: http://home.comcast.net/~trilinear/clutch.html

If you want to learn more about oil filters here is a really good link: http://www.knizefamily.net/minimopar/oilfilters/index.html

Great info GD, my '86 Hatch is currently running great, but I may do these mods anyway. If I do, I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks, Jack

I'm no expert, but it does sound like timing may be a problem. When you had the timing light on it, I presume you had the car at idle, warmed up, and the vacuum advance line plugged up. Did you rev up the engine to see if the timing advanced via the mechanical advance in the distributor? If it advanced quite abit (I'm guessing about 10 degrees more) then it is probably working OK. Then connect the vacuum advance line back to the dizzy. Rev it up again, it should advance even more, (maybe another 5-10 degrees) if so, it is working OK. Good luck, don't give up yet, it probably is some simple little thing and you'll feel real good about yourself once you find it.

Good job, so how's it run now? I need to do some of that to my hatch one of these days. It is running fine, but a little preventive maintainance is usually a good thing.

Are you talking about this link? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/wheels2/wheels.html

Found this site that allows you to plug in a tire size then it calculates diameter or speed or gear ratio etc. You might want to check it out: http://www.oly4x4.com/4x4calculators.htm

I wonder if your dad didn't tighten the filter or drain plug when he changed the oil???

You can also find an engine at this site: http://www.car-part.com/

Here is a gear ratio chart for you to compare the differences: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/80s/mick/gear-ratios.htm

Sounds like it could be a bad coil. If you have access to a spare you might try swapping it.

Nice looking wagon! I really love those wheels. :cool: If you ever want to sell them, or if anyone else has some for sale, I would be interested.