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Did you check your spark plug resistance?

Hmm so I got curious.. I tested my old wires.. and low and behold I found one that was open... funny thing is I never got a misfire code for that but you could feel it in the morning the on-ramp the car would kinda jerk but after it warmed it up it was fine.. Now in the event that my plugs wont come fast what's the harm of short term use of SOHC plugs on a DOHC motor? I'm about to check the coil pack about that misfire on 3 & 4 but it was not related to the wire thing. It would sometimes show up and blink the CEL and nothing crazy happens at all as far as car feel.. I've heard things like a bug in the ECU and Subaru is not going to do much about it. Checked It's a Diamond and I got 21 K on 3 & 4 and 1 & 2

jesus finally got it.. one head alone is like almost $30 in shims.... I will leave out the valves that don't need new shims.. So for the intake it was .18 with the 2.56 mm shim so to get it to .20 I need a 2.54 mm shim for the exhaust side same stuff.. .18 mm with 2.48 shim = 2.41 for .25 mm? drivers side is going to be real fun with everything all mixed up... having said that whos job is it to take out the lifters mine or the machine shop? I might just take them out since I already have the passenger side bagged.

LOL never post car related stuff on a computer website lol complaining about my gasket pick for the oil pump and water pump saying it wont last..

Lets see if sleep helped lol... ok I got 0.18 on the intake the spec calls for 0.20 the shim I pulled was 2.56 then the replacement should be 2.54? Having said that... I can switch out that exhaust shim because I got 0.20 on that and more it to the intake.. also my mic was not calibrating right the numbers would always be off after closing back to zero with the ratchet stop.. I noticed my caliper does 0.0001" my 2.56 mm shim shows as 2.56 on the display

haha yeah the sus is pretty rare don't seem to too often here.

stupid question and Im looking at my shim in front of me.. is it possible for it to wear from 2.56 to 2.55?

Happy I got both heads off after that I took it easy woo

haha yeah an SUS grill some people like the look of that :-/ I was going to get a JDm grill but then I thought about it and I was like why pay $85 plus like $60 shipping.. So I picked up a used grill from ebay for like $30 (my old one fell off while I was driving and someone ran over it) and TheLoyale was kind enough to send me a replacement grill badge since I cracked the other one trying to take it off.. But before I did all that I painted it flat black with like 4 or 5 coats with 4 coats of uv clear. looks pretty nice if you ask me.. way better then not having a grill lol.

the header on this car is just about shot anyways they seem to just disappear around the flange.. next month I plan on getting headers however the girl comes first :cool:

If I could find a cheap Ej25 I wanted to try something... something dark.. that involves a spinning wheel powered by exhaust gases But that for another day... All I can say is I'm glad I printed out the whole FSM!! time lapse from the first day

Finally fixed this since it was time to put it in while I had everything out. daytime looks better and not using s cellphone but hood is not closed all the way

Oh man got the passenger head off now in short block mode Anyways the passenger side was way bad as far as failed headgaskets it left it's mark on the head where it did not make a good seal. from the look of the gaskets they seem to be factory and this is the first change.. As far as the timing belt as you will see I can't say for sure if the Timing belt has ever been changed as well.. my car has 217k but it's odd this Subaru belt has the arrows but no line marks unless they wore away.. I got the passenger lifters out without any falling (yay) each in it's own little bag.. now as soon as I get the shims out I will check with the mic. Now for the exhaust studs.. is it possible to get the nut off that backed out the whole stud from the head? I would rather not buy new stuff since a nut was like $5 or so from the dealer last time I looked. cleaned the inside of the valve covers and put the new gasket on the covers.. also scrubbed down the intake manifold so it's cleaner then it was before. cleaned the oil cap! old Subaru belt Passenger HG Yes I know I have surface rust which happened by mistake I have a grill now Dirty Clean as for the IAC it's easier to take the top off because the shutter or whatever it's called wont move when spraying because it's held by a magnet by the way it's controlled.. So with it removed I'm able to move it about while spraying Anyways hope the head bolts go in far easier then it was to take them out..

about to pull the passenger side head

nope I used a gasket scraper on it after I softened the carbon up I'm making sure this time I don't get the lifters mixed up this time When I get the passenger side head off I can really start checking the shims.

cleaned the piston the best I could without causing any harm... piston 4 was really built up with carbon.

^ had this happen to me the passenger front I don't think it's worth trying to repair and replace the piston when you can get a rebuilt for the amount they charge.

the top intake one snapped and spun around as soon as I took the impact to the bolt the exhaust valves were closed so nothing happened. The seal was like that was I was picking in 4 area to get it out

dumb question.. if i'm going to go have the heads resurfaced do I need to take out the lifters buckets? I'm trying to prevent another mishap of them getting mixed up like yesterday

yep I got it I guess I should take that as a hint I need sleep lol

some pictures.. just chilling getting one head off was enough work.. so I put the new flywheel on and replace that foam stuff since mine was gone. So I did the oil pump.. I still need to drain my oil.. not much in the pan maybe about 3 qts really due for an oil change. the screws on the back of the pump.. only two I took out to put thread locker blue on them the others I was unable to unscrew them so I figured they wont be coming undone anytime soon. Old t-stat All cleaned up with purple Power Drivers head gasket pistons after removed head fork A Gerneraldisorder suggestion cleaning the bellhousing.. before: After:

Im not sure if I have them right.. I think I got the first one on right but the 2nd one does not seem to fit right at all.

The place Im going to take the heads to is $120 for resurface including a wash decent enough.. Looks like not much else going to happen until Friday at least lol Im cash strapped right now at the moment.

damn I forgot all about my buckets in the drivers head and I put the head cam side down and went to pick it up and they got all mixed up :-/ nevertheless I got the drivers head off.. jesus I weigh 125lb and I was putting almost all my weight on the ratchet... I bent my copper pipe... cool thing to note is I did not know the shortblock had numbers above what cylinder is what. Hmm seems like I got some warpage.. going to recheck again after I clean the head.

any reason why I can't use my impact gun on the head bolts? I don't have a engine stand and the bolts are not coming off and using a cheater bar is not helping because the motor wants to tip forward.