blownchevelle503

That's pretty Sexy! I need a new Turd to polish.

I have a 1980 1600 4wd hatch, how much would you charge for a 2-4 inch lift? Kyle B. Salem, OR

I spent 5 minutes tearing apart my stock boot on my 1980 1600 4WD hatch, took a piece of vinyl, traced the pattern, spent a few minutes on my mom's sewing machine, and looks darn good. If I thought someone was making these, I probably wouldn't have spent the time to make one. very nice! looks a bit better than mine.

wow, did ya think that up all by yourself? haha!

so I was soldering my old radiator, and a guy who is friends with my neighbor told me that his friend has a subaru similar to mine, and that he found some atv "quad" wheels that are a direct fit on our 4 lug hubs. does anyone have any idea what that atv is, and where to buy the wheels? he claims they handle great in the snow. if I remember correctly.

after going under the dash, and checking all the vents and vent tubes, I found that on defrost, the left vents blow warm air, while the right vents do not. which I find weird since they are all connected to each other.

1980 1600 hatch ea71 top center mount starter, etc... my radiator fan control switch went out, I have a small leak in my radiator drain cock. I have rigged the fan to be constantly on, or constantly off, I keep the level to where the little sticker indicates it should be. and still I get luke warm heat for about 3 minutes, then it goes cold on any mode, recirc, vent, heat, and def. If I wait another 10 minutes it does the same thing. before this all happened, the heater worked great, my temp gauge would never get above a little below the 1/4 mark, and would always be warm once it reached that level on the gauge. now with the radiator fan on constant, it gets to right at 1/4 with no steady heat. with the radiator fan off and while the vehicle is moving, it does the same thing. if I'm sitting in a parking lot with the car idling, it will get to 1/2 on the gauge and start spewing steam and water. so my questions are... is this problem due to the fan ctrl switch, and the drain cock? is there a different temp thermostat I can put in to give me better heat? I think I have a 190* thermostat in right now. I plan to order the fan ctrl switch, and drain cock on the 4th, and install them on the 5th. if I need a new thermostat, I'd like to do it while I have the cooling system empty. btw.. when the temp gauge is at normal operating range for my car, all of the hoses, heater hoses included, are all warm/hot. also, I think I might have a small leak in my head gaskets, my brand new plugs have rust colored substance on the porcelain. I did a compression test on saturday, I have 1. 115 psi 2. 125 psi 3. 140 psi 4. 115 psi thank you all for your input in advance! Kyle B.

I realized the bolt pattern was 4x140 rather than the 4x110 I stated, after I posted. it was a random idea/hope. there are some heavy 'farm wagon' quads that haul trailers and such, but who know's if they'll work.