Kartier

Hooked up some yellow harbor freight fogs. They work better than i thought they would.

Portland/Gresham OREGON!

I'm rolling around with 235/75 r15 on re-drilled 6 lug toyota wheels with no lift and the ea82. There is lots of hammering and fender cutting to get them not to rub though.. But she does just fine wheeling (snow and mud) and driving around town/freeway. If your going to keep with the ea82 i'd say re-seal and tune it up or else it will just give you a headache and a half.

i love it! looks really good and clean. What wheels are those?

thanks for all your help. i managed to find a good used one! i'm not sure why though, but when i went to start my car today, it fired right up! yesterday it wouldn't start at all... but right now its running rough.... so im going to check the timing and disty right now. its a good thing there are about a billion posts about ea82's timing on usmb! haha kartier

well the car isn't running at the moment.. so i don't know if the light is on or not.. the only light that has been on is the EGR even though i've replaced that. i just did a headgasket job and finally got it running till the battery died. just got a battery today but since i've broken off the nipples for the 2 hoses that connect to this solenoid, it doesnt want to start up.. so i'm guessing this might be why it doesn't want to start? or i have another problem on my hands. I'm going to go look around some junk yards tomorrow and hopefully find one, replace it and hope she fires up.

so i was changing my cap and rotor and broke both hoses off of whatever this thing is somehow... anyone know what it is or does? 86 DL wagon ea82 carb if anyone wanted to know

just do a search in the off road section, there are plenty that i have found. I am in the process of making one for my 86 DL along with rear bumper and a skid plate so if i finish soon ill put up some pictures.

sounds like a blown headgasket to me! i just did my headgaskets but now its not starting.. timingbelts are good and the timings correct but i think the disty is off? maybe no spark.. not sure yet..

thats a sick brat you've got there! i finally figured out what i want to do for bumpers, also an awesome skid plate idea. ill post pictures when i'm finished. kartier

i'm wanting to build front and rear bumpers for my wagon but i can't decide on the design of them... throw some ideas at me please! i'm thinking, tube(s), clean looking, light weight. thanks! kartier

check your timing. something like this happened to me a couple months ago. figured out i skipped a tooth. lined it all back up and wala! runs like a champ! hope this helps! kartier

i'll check the cat and see how its doing, i've been thinking about rebuilding the carb, but i would rather just get a weber.. too bad i dont have the money for that.. i havent noticed any leaks or clogs anywhere but ill keep lookin around. thanks for all the info and help kartier

well, i changed out my egr, adjusted the ignition timing, and new spark plugs, and dribbled small amouts of water into the carb to get rid of some of the carbon ( read about that from some machanic dude ) the rattle is gone and most of the power is back. so you can try some of those ideas. im also thinking about doing the seafoam so ill let you know what happens with that. right now i am in the process of changing out the head gaskets since 1 or both are blown. i'll keep you updated if i find any other things that could be the problem and help out.

i've drained the oil and coolant, unbolted the exhaust, unbolted the valve/cam/whatever covers, i'm seeing bolts and bigger bolts haha i have the urge to just undo everything but im not going to since i am hoping that i can just undo the head without undoing the cam towers and from how things look in comparison to the guy with the forester, the bigger stud bolt go through the cam towers and the heads into the block. i will undo the intake, pull it back and see what else i should do from how things look. if i could pull the engine i would since i can figure out this is going to be a hassle with it in the car, but i dont have that option so i get to have so much fun with it in the car... thanks and keep any info and tips coming! kartier.

alright so im replacing my head gaskets on my 86 dl wagon (ea82 carb) and i wanted to know what all do i need to take apart. i've been scanning around the site looking for threads and junk but i haven't really found much for the ea82 other than swap it for the ej22 which i wish i could... i have a chilton's manual and i've been reading through and its confusing the crud out of me but i think i have a general idea? but i figured all you guys on here are way smarter and have better experience with this stuff. i was also wondering if you can take the heads off with the cam case/towers/whatever they are called still attached to the heads. i read a thread about this guy with a forester who said you could so i was wondering if it worked for mine too? any advice or tips or shortcuts or whatever would be a really big help! keep in mind i've neve done this before so i'm drawing a huge blank mostly when i look at this thing, haha. i'll also put some pictures of my beast up so you all know what im workin with. (lift and wheels) thanks! kartier

hello, i'm new to this forum. i have a 86 dl wagon - stock 1.8l ea82 2" lift 28" tires on 15" wheels nothing fancy. lately there has been like a power loss i'd say? when i press on the gas it feels like its lacking power. same when shifting threw gears. it alternates from this to how it should normally drive. like i'll just barely be on the gas and it will be fine and dandy but when i push further, it will either stay normal and get going or studder / hesitate and lose power and take more time to get going. also when the power loss occurs there is a slight rattle noise? i've looked around and couldn't find anything about this so i'm asking. does anyone know what could be wrong or happening? thanks.