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Ryuko91

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About Ryuko91

  • Birthday 08/30/1991

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  • Location
    Oak Harbor, WA
  • Occupation
    Student, computer geek
  • Vehicles
    87 GL wagon

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  1. I picked up an 83 GL for 480 bucks a couple days ago. It has all of 93,000 miles on it. I also like that it has a moon roof that doesn't appear to leak, and the cruise control works. The main problem with it was the exhaust, since it sat with condensation in it, the y pipe rotted off. Past the doughnut in the middle looks like new exhaust pipe however. The rocker panels are pretty rusted, too, but the suspension looks solid. Even has an interesting paint job, which is soon to be redone. This one is a front wheel drive, EA81 5 speed, which I'm going to squeeze MPGs out of to get to work. Keeping my foot out of it, I'm going to strive for 40mpg highway with a couple mods. I'm thinking I want to lower it, and fit a front lip off a loyale RS that's in a junkyard here. Has anyone tuned a Weber for economy? I'm thinking I want to go with a different manifold, and a find a carb that's easier to tune than the stock Hitachi. I'll get pictures after work.
  2. Should definitely find where your coolant is going if you're loosing a half a pint every time you drive it. +1 to small coolant line by the intake. I was loosing about a pint every 3000 miles, until a couple days ago when my heater hose started spewing all over the motor from a pinhole. I couldn't find the leak until I revved the motor up a little.
  3. I managed to get it out, had to take the radiator and a/c condenser out, and after an hour of drilling with dull bits, I got it out. Couldn't find the old pulley anywhere. 40 bucks for the new pulley, the whole timing kit I had put on was only 65! Definitely going to use new bolts whenever possible now. Fired right back up with a new bolt. I went to a junkyard once I got home and found a new set of tbelts for a dollar incase one decides to break randomly after that.
  4. This bolt has broken off, and I need to get back to Oak Harbor tomorrow. It's on the bottom of the block and pretty easy to get at, but I don't have any tools besides a socket set with me. I did the T belts in March and have put several thousand miles on them since then. When I did the belt job I ditched the covers and replaced the pulleys as well as both belts. Torqued everything to spec. I drove to my aunt's in Black Diamond today, and on my way to dinner, I watched the idler pulley fly into the woods. Surprisingly the belt is intact. I am now missing two things: I no longer have an idler pulley. I do not have a way to get the broken bolt out of the block. I can't get at it with pliers, and I don't have a drill or anything with me. This is my main issue at this point. Any ideas?
  5. After I drove 440 miles across the state to my parent's in Newport, the day after I got there, driving about a mile on low speed roads, my car puked. I knew the timing belt broke instantly, and I was SO very happy the belt didn't snap somewhere in the desert. Pulled my car home with the Brat and replaced the T belts and ditched the covers. I bought a kit right after I got the car, I was just waiting for them to go. I got 30,000 miles on the car before they went. If anyone wants them, I have the outer covers for the far sides that aren't broken. Before I left I installed some 55W driving lights in the grill. It looks like daylight with them on. And my headlight bulbs were from 1995, so I bought new ones, makes a world of difference. Also a couple round tractor flood lights, rear facing on the top of the hatch, where the spoiler mounts used to be. Wired an amp while I was at it. And replaced the passenger window motor, with time to spare before the summer. Last summer wasn't great with one working window and no working AC, now all my windows work and I have an R34a conversion kit. *edit* Also, I nabbed a set of GL-10 seats out of the junkyard, dark blue with the height adjust and adjustable headrests. And headrests on the rear seats, which is the main reason I wanted them. Besides the fact that they look better and are more comfortable than my old ones.
  6. This picture is from the summer, on my way east across the state. The odometer currently reads 232,5xx. The '84 Brat is creeping up on 300,000.
  7. The seat belts in the back? I've yet to see one that retracted properly. I guess they weren't designed to sit outside for more than 25 years. One almost worked in our 84 brat, which doesn't have a glovebox mirror by the way.
  8. My 87 GL wagon, carby, automatic, original motor and tranny, 228K 84 Brat, we replaced the original motor at 285K and rebuilt the transmission preemptively, but it was still working fine, minus the fact that you could start the car in drive. The original motor had a feedback carb and wasn't idling right, and after some rebuilt carbs we just threw in a resealed JY motor out of frustration.
  9. If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll check out the plugs and change the oil.The wires look pretty new, I don't have my multimeter to check the resistance though. I'll put a new fuel filter under it and get some sea foam in the the tank, too. Now it's dark, and supposed to get pretty cold tonight, so I don't want to let out the antifreeze. Should probably get some on the morrow. and a bucket to drain the old stuff into. Man, if I knew I wasn't going to pick up the car this weekend, I would have driven my wagon. Not having a car sucks. I'd probably have it running decently by now! Maybe I'll be able to borrow my cousin's car tomorrow while they go to Seattle. I'm pretty excited to get this car running right. I can't wait to bring it home! I have to admit, when I started it and it smoked, and then overheated, I was lookin for a Brat that I could take home. I was pretty determined to bring home another Subaru this weekend. I want to start taking apart my wagon. I found a 5 speed GL-10 in the JY. Getting the pedal box and rear disc brakes out of it, and I already nabbed the new looking blue suede seats out of it.
  10. If I get a chance tonight, I'll flush the radiator. It could very well be plugged, because the heater doesn't work very well. I was going to change the fluids next time I get a chance to spend some time over there. The owner of the house won't be back till next Sunday, which means I won't be able to use the shop facilities for 2 weeks, I'm in school all week. *sigh* I guess I'll start with the cheap stuff, like oil, fuel stabilizer, and flushing the radiator and heater core. Going down the road, not overheated, the car shudders when you accelerate, but when you let off the throttle all is smooth. Was worse when I first went above 30, but did not go away completely. Possibly a combination of old gas + water/oil in the cylinders?
  11. It's topped off with some decent/clean looking coolant. It didn't boil over when I drove it around, and I checked it before and after I drove it. The oil doesn't look bad either. And it shifts like a dream. Where should the friction point be on the clutch?
  12. It should at least get better mileage than my 87 3 speed wagon. I think I'll go over tomorrow and take lots of pictures and start unhooking things so I can get the heads off. I have a non contact thermometer, I'll check the radiator. But there are exhaust pulses coming through the oil filler tube, and smoke/water vapor will come out of the dipstick tube. And exhaust bubbles come through the overflow tank when it gets warmer. I drove it down the driveway and backed it up in it's spot. In the 5 minutes that is was running the temp gauge didn't go up at all. But there was almost no smoke/condensation in the exhaust when it fired up. What all should I start collecting before I want to put it back together? Cam seals, timing belts, maybe a water pump? I don't have a whole lot of kaching to work with, but I'd rather re seal the engine properly so I don't have to do it again in 3 months.
  13. I'm not in desperate need of one, I just saw a blue one for 5 bucks and thought I'd ask about it.
  14. I get to do the front brakes on my aunt's 02 ford ranger today, so that's going to put a damper on my play time with the XT. (and I might go get some MMO and carb cleaner and play around with a chevy sprint that's been sitting here for 10 years) I could just wait another two weeks for a chance to come down here and work on it. In that time I could go to the JY and tear the heads off a turbo or two so I know how to do it (in the process maybe score a pair that aren't cracked or warped.) I'm a little concerned about the state of the heads. I drove it maybe 4 miles and the temps were dangerous, so I idled it to flow the coolant around for a minute or two and let the electric fan run. He drove the car 11 miles maybe 6 months ago, and I'm guessing he wasn't easy on the pedal. Could the HGs have worsened considerably by sitting for a few months?:-\ I looked into the MPG rating, "before adjustments" it was 26/35. On real gasoline in the 80s on flat roads? I saw a 1.8L Impreza on Craigslist with some body damage down the sides of it... Maybe that would get it up to 35mpg. I wish I had a shop down here to work with. I was spoiled with a full shop, complete with organized tools and heaters to reseal and replace the EA-81 in our Brat. And I've yet to have a problem with my wagon. Everyday it's WOT for a while(even if it is just to try to get to 60 within a minute...) :cool:
  15. Dang. There's a blue one on Spokane Craigslist in perfect condition for 5 bucks.
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