Numbchux

still some unanswered questions..... i won't commit any money until I have at least a couple answers btw...I'm not mounting my lights under the bumper

Yep....rocker fell off....it was a cold, and miserable job....but last night I pulled the cover off....and one of the rockers came off with it. lined 'er up...and now she runs like a champ (and loves deep snow....who'd'a thunk?).... guess the cams are the same!

MorganM used to carry his on his Thule roof rack....just wrapped a bungy cord around it and the crossbar...worked great. I don't think he kept it on there all the time though, just for trail rides. here's a pic of us at camp for the Crawl 4 the cure....look on the roof of his rig: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/data/709/513camp_01-med.jpg

again...unfortunately, my knowledge of what the cylindar numbers just complicate my description (although I still had #1 right....and the firing order) I do realize that the valve cover is easy to pull off...unfortunately it's been snowing for about a day straight, and I don't have a garage. But if that seems to be the general concensus....I'll give it a try. I think I'll also put the flywheel on TDC, and pop the disty cap off....maybe that will reveal something.

OK, I think I see what you mean...yes, safe downtravel is limited, however, the axle will not physically keep the suspension from extending downward....if you're in a situation where one rear wheel wants to drop down further than the axle can reach....the axle is going to fail, not hold your wheel in the air.

Still haven't had enough time to try resetting the belts....but I did have one momentary idea, so I started it up, and tried pulling individual plug wires, to see if it stopped running as well....#1 had no effect, the rest had an obvious effect....so whatever's off, it's (presumably) closing the intake valve too late....what could this mean any help would be much appreciated, as I need to drive this car home (3+ hours @ 75mph) and I don't have much time to work on it, so I need the repair to work. also...the cylindars are: 2 - 4 1 - 3 rad right?

You make perfect sense, however, yes, I've dropped the diff ~2"....but the trailing arm is still tucked tight against the body. so travel isn't effected. the only reason I have the diff dropped is to protect my axles, but that doesn't effect travel, if the travel goes down too far, it simply destroy's the axle, but doesn't limit the wheel's movement. lucifer child....I'm sorry, I like new people, but don't ask this question....any of them, they've been asked 18,000 times (figuratively speaking)....look around...then go look under the car....you'll figure it out, and if you don't, you're not going to be building a lift for it, it's quite simple.

I beg to differ here....as far as the trailing arm is concerned, I have a 4" suspension lift (the diff is dropped some, but not the trailing arm) and I still have a TON of downtravel. The geometry is changed, so it'll be stiff at first, but it will loosen up. The problem is the axles...as far as the axles are concerned, I have a 1" susp. lift in the front, and I tried to go higher, and ate through axles like none other!

how big is the gap between tubes? any pics of the rear bumper?

You make valid points...however, the jacking by the diff comment was in response to my comment on using a floor jack....we know what a hi-lift jack is...thank you

depends on the floor jack, there are huge ones, and there are small ones. My floor jack weighs about the same as a high-lift

Nope...just no power.

Maybe I said it wrong, I DID replace the passenger side one... I probably will end up checking everything, but since I don't have easy access to a garage, I was going to see how likely it was that the cam was just wrong. It looks like my problem is somewhere else! Thanks! one other thing, my girlfriend followed me while I limped it home that night, she said it occasionally puffed out a big puff of blue smoke....that help anyone? OK, I'm off to try the timing belts again! yay

looks awesome man!! nice work!

I think the pug alloy lugs have a 45* washer....that ones only 30* (60 from one side to the other...)

I, too, agree with Zap and QMan, there are other much better ways to get your tire off the ground. I went to wally world and got a 'superlift' SUV jack for $35, it'll lift both rear tires off the ground from the diff (front is way easier), and fits in the compartment in the floor of the wagon. A highlift is great, but unless you've got some rock sliders, and huge bumpers, there just isn't a good way to use one on a subie HOWEVER, a good friend of mine from the NSW (North Shore Wheelers...mostly jeeps) was looking at my wheels, and said you could hook it between the spokes of the wheels. Not pretty, but in a pinch, it'll get the car off the ground (kinda hard to change a tire though) cliff notes: Get a floor jack, some lumber, and a comealong.....cheaper....lighter

I didn't touch the plug wires....but I will check them again. I just redid the cam timing yesterday...nothing The only other thing, is while I had it all apart, I removed the timing belt covers, so I no longer have the little mark, but I've got it lined up with the valve cover seam....so that should be right The problem with swapping the drivers side cam, is it's at my parents place...3hr drive. So I've got to try to make do with what I've got... I guess I'll try moving the cam timing one tooth each way, and see how that effects it...

I asked you in a pm...but I'm sure there are other people that might want to know: 1: lights....can you do tabs? also, I've got some real small fog lights I'd like to put between the tubes...is that expanded steel strong enough for it? 2: receiver....I really want to be able to pull a trailer, can you put a receiver in the rear one?

Well....I had a look at how it all went together when i pulled the tower off the '85s block (which is out of the car), so I had an idea of how it all went together, but pretty much took it apart, put the new one up there, and put it back together.... I'm pretty sure that the rocker's are all seated correctly, it took me quite awhile to get it on there (I jacked that side of the car way up in the air ), but I'm pretty sure that worked... sounds like you guys aren't sure whether the cams are interchangeable? it feels like my dad's 300ZX did when the coil wire was shorting out...but there's no logical reason why the ignition system would stop working now. I didn't touch the disty, and the cap/rotor/plugs/wires/coil are all new within the last couple months! Anyone know for sure?! I'm sure there's got to be someone out there that knows....with all this 'gen2' 'gen3' heads, etc. Someone's got to know! I don't have easy access to garage space, so if I have to do this, I want to know it's right! I can try resetting the timing belts in my driveway with mittens on....EASY!

just wonderful.... how hard is it to swap the cams? can I do it on the car? or do i need to take the cam tower off with it?

got 'r done yesterday! Thanks!

yep...unfortunately, I've done timing belts a few times, I'm pretty sure I got it right

I tried searching, but only got info on cam seals, and sprockets... anyway, one of the tabs that the valve cover bolts into broke off a couple months ago, I finally got around to wapping the cam tower off my parts car...now the thing runs like crap! I fear the '85 carbed EA82 might have a different one than my '88 SPFI. Please tell me I missed the timing belt by a tooth! but it runs, and I just tried re-doing the passenger side (I did the drivers side twice while I did it, so I'm pretty sure about it), and it didn't help. it feels like it's only running on a cylindar or 2 (not enough horsepower, divided by 2...) EDIT: for anyone searching for this info. I figured out the problem, a rocker had fallen off....the cams turned out to be the same (or at least similar enough to not make a difference)

flyboy....it's the front diff....which is in the tranny case. and I think $700 is just for the 4.44 front gearset, probably not including the stuff for the rear. and I bet he's using his EA82 tranny

I went wheeling in the snow with a YJ, an XJ, and a Yukon over thanksgiving....I think I pulled them each out at least once