JRD

Lewis, I don't believe I have that part. All my excess parts are for the old GL model Suby's. Unfortunately even if were to have the part you need, I am out of town for a bit. Good luck! John

Ditto, I just had the same problem on a naturally aspirated EA81. Result was shot alternator. Take it in and get it tested. My $.02. Good luck!

Good lookin rig! Good job!

Chim, your buddy ever bring his car by for you to get the pic? I like what 1982gl4 did on his, just like to see other variations.

Thanks, I hope this isn't any trouble, pictures speak a 1000 words!

I wouldn't mind seeing that as well!

That would be great!

Collector? Is that like the cat, but without all the junk? Any pics?

I'm working on fixing my EA81 exhaust (have holes and cracks). I was going to replace part of the drivers side Y-pipe and weld up another crack. I was wondering, if I made a straight pipe exhaust (like a header) and eliminate the cat, would I have problems tuning the factory carb? I would like to Weber in the future but can't right now. Thanks.

I've got 2 GL wagons, 81 & 82. 81 is in rebuild and 82 is crunched along entire drivers side, would like to make it a woods runner in the future. So I'm 0 for 2. I guess I need to get my butt in gear!:-\

I only know this from asking the same question, the fuel pump on these only works while the engine is turning. You won't get fuel to the carb until you start cranking the engine, and while it running. On here somewhere is the "How to keep your Subaru alive" manual. it has really good explanation of how to trace down what your trying to figure out. Good luck! Cheers!

I wish I was having the same problem you are. Soon I will be! Cheers!

I have changed the engine, messed with the carb, messed with the exhaust, changed the ignition, getting ready to change the engine and tranny (again). Maybe some day I will actually get to drive the thing! I've only driven it to where it sits now in the garage waiting for me to get the time to work on her again. Poor car!

Awesome find! Off the subject question, will those beauty rings fit any Suby wagon style rims? Congrats again! Cheers!

Ok, I got it figured out. The alternator went kaput. So now it runs but the carb has issues. I'm going to put that in another thread if my search doesn't get me the results I'm looking for. Thanks for the assistance, guys.

Does it matter that the engine was running prior to pulling it out of the wrecked car? would the ignition module go bad that quick? The only thing I changed was the harness with the wires for the duty solenoids and sensors on it. I'll do the checks you talked about GD. I'll ask more questions that are on my mind if these checks don't pan out. Thanks.

Ok, changed the filter by the tank. Still does the same thing. Is there a wire that I need to connect to some thing on that 87 carb? or a vac line that needs to be plugged? The carb has way more stuff than the 81 style carb. I have a tach signal, and connected the ground for the alt to a stud on the back of the alt. Any ideas?

I read the same post by GD. I took the advise on my rebuild. I found you get a smoother finish if you put the RTV on one side then put that side on a piece of plastic and let dry. Then do the same with the other side. I haven't installed yet, but have done the sealing, looks like it will work out quite nicely. I used a marine sealant on my head gaskets (recomended by a good mechanic friend) instead of RTV, cause I couldn't find the stuff from the Subaru manual. John

GD- Just thought of this after I posted the last reply. Would I need to swap the coil over as well? I thought I've read on here (somewhere) that certain motors need the correct coil or they won't run (or run well). I didn't swap the coil, just hooked up the 87 motor to the 81 coil.

I will look at that, but I'm pretty sure I did. What your describing sounds exactly like what's going on though. I've been waiting for your input, you always seem to have a good answer for trouble with these Soob's.

Car doesn't miss a beat when it is running for those 10-15 seconds, but also doesn't have enough time to come out of high idle. The engine was running fine (except for the valve ticking) in the the other vehicle earlier in the afternoon, the day I did the transplant. I'm still on the hunt for the rear fuel filter, today hopefully.

I was looking at the alternator last night and noticed the wiring has a ground connection that the newer alt does not have. But was thinking, why would it start if the fuel pump wasn't working? If I'm not getting fuel, shouldn't get light off (in theory). I'm also going to look at the fuel return line , as well as changing the rear filter.

I pulled an 87 EA81 out of an 82 wagon. Car had been sitting for 3 years or so due to an accident. Anyway, I took a look at it checked fluids and connected a battery, after a short amount of cranking it fired up. I ran it for a few minutes, and besides needing the valves adjusted I didn't notice anything else wrong with the run. So I thought i'd pull it out of the wrecked wagon and put it in my 81 wagon as a temp till I finished rebuilding the EA81 on the bench. Took a few hours to pull, install and swap the intake wire bundle. Get everything hooked up fire it up, and she fired right up, then died 10-15 seconds later. Took a look at the install, oh missed a couple vacuum lines, reconnected them fire it up again and the same thing. Tried a couple more times just to make sure I didn't miss anything else, no luck.:-\ I did a quick search but only found threads where the motor would run for several minutes then quit, and then refire and quit after several minutes. These were told to replace the rear fuel filter. I was thinking a fuel pump issue, but with the 87 motor the intake has less connections on the harness than the 81. The 81 has a couple extra sensors in the intake that the 87 doesn't have, I kind of think this may be part of my problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John