nicky nighteyes

hmm, thinking about this, IIRC didnt all EA81 alts come with an internal voltage regulator? I assumed mine is internal because of this, or am I mistaken?

not to up on various names for volt testing is that checked by placing a lead on bat neg and another the alt positive charge wire? if so, yes checked out ok, reads at 11.86 (same output I am currently getting with engine on when testing pos neg bat terminals, but this is with new bat)

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OK I am fresh out of ideas, so its time to ask some advice. My problem is as follows: My car is not outputting the correct voltage. This is universal across the entire electrical system as everything is dim (from headlights to dash lights). With the car off battery reads at 12 V, and with a full load the bat terminals read 10-11 Volts or sometimes as low as 9V. The alternator does not seem to be charging the system, as it requires as jump next time you turn on the car (most of the time). I cannot for the life of me figure out what is causing this. Steps I have tried so far: swapped alt swapped bat (known good) swapped coil new battery terminals and fresh wires to starter and grounds(pos and neg) Cleaned up every ground to sparkly and cleaned all terminals Wired alt directly to battery with fresh wire No change. Help? oh and btw its an 1983 EA81 wagon

Old Bumper (now for sale in the marketplace) New Bumper (more lights! much more) I also have a skipplate but it needs a coat of paint before it is installed

and the normal impreza, (not WRX) looks just like that dam Saab/WRX crossover

omg they tribecadized the front grill! that I don't like. everything else looks pretty sweet man that new guy from alfa romero is really screwing things up

*shudder* why is it that when something really bad happens, it happens right when its almost finished? horrible man, you have my deepest condolences

Glad to hear it all got sorted out Mike.

wow! looks awesome. nice job

:mad: :mad: thats horrible. I feel your pain. time heals all wounds.

Your car should use a 225mm clutch and 1984 EA81 throwout bearing. I assume you have the 4 speed d/r tranny.

and ALOHA!

I just put a military jerry can holder on my back bumper, and stick it in there when I am offroading, I dont carry it around 24/7 though so im not sure if that works for you. If I were you I would do what morgan said: keep it in the cabin. just go get one of those red gas can with a sealing cap and make sure its secure. I ran with on for a long time in the trunk (of a wagon) with a tie down, never had any problems

Nice! why is it that the bottom half of the trunk always stays so immaculate? same thing happens to me

you do have a point about the disty Mick, definitly next on the list, interior dont matter, and wiring shoudent *cross fingers* be too badly afftected as long as I stay out of saltwater :-\ (dosent even get to the stereo inside until you got the entire hood under water, and I aint ever going that deep again *cross fingers again* )

good call skip, any ideas on how to seal that? btw Morgan and chef tim: I dont think you understand what i am trying to say, there IS a hole the choke arm goes through which would be a hole on the air cleaner in a stock setup (this would not affect the vacuum of the carb given it is flowing into the AIR CLEANER) however on a snorkel, water could flow throught the same hole. you can see the thing if you pull off the top of your air cleaner

not much else to do at 1:00 AM

so i think I might have psycological problems.....http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?i9kxcng55zo and this one started out promising but...oh well http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?i9kybo1ejz24

nice use of the "mud" tool

not so, the carb itself is airtight but the choke housing is not. so if you have your snorkel adapter on air or water can still get in through the hole where the choke arm sits. I know because if I cover the intake entirely (witht he cover on) the engine still runs

straght pipe for the exhaust, engine is fine, I think he is running 2 in pipe i think thats what he is trying to do, should make some good footage! oh we knew how deep it was, he was suffering from snorkelitis, get one and just REALLY want to push those limits. fortunatly mine aint done yet so I have no such malady. YET

lay em on me, the more spots to check out the better, two months is a long time to fill but I have a feeling it will fly by

:lol: Nope didnt win the lotto, basically I am taking an leave of absence for two much and am gonna be living on my buddies land down there (been saving up) Northguy The nearest town will be Pohoa on the Hilo side I will be about 10 miles out of town oh and Zap I will keep my eyes peeled, apparently there is some good offroading down there, to bad I wont ave my wagon

hmmm good idea, the air cleaner i am running is a snorkel adapter, shouldent have problems there, I think mick is or was running one.