jagris

First start after full rebuild in 15* weather! Whoooo! She's ALIVE!

Thank you turbone! Went and got a $15 coil from napa, put it in along with new cap, rotors, wires and she started!

It makes a high pitch whine when it rotates and some say that could be the timing. So I'm gonna redo the belts again and see if that does it. I have a new radiator to drop in anyway and i didn't put the covers on so it shouldn't take too long. Thanks everyone for their input. Much appreciated. I have learned a lot from USMB.

Yep, spark from coil and plugs. Gonna do some electrical testing on injectors. I'm getting no fire which is driving me mad. All the electrical worked perfect before I pulled the engine, and I'm finding myself testing things that I know work. Hopefully I'll find the culprit soon.

Okay went and got cap and rotor this morning, nothing. I am stumped.

The fuel lines are good, none of the intake was messed with except new injector seals. Some of the vacuums lines I may have guessed on around the air boot. Would that make it not turn over? Should turn over and be rough if I messed that up right? That video helped. Did exactly what it says in the video link and the next video, and to no prevail. Was looking at cap and rotor and they seem to be pretty old. cap has notches where the rotor hits and the rotor is also well worn. Going to go get new ones in the morning and pray to the gods of subaru's that's the problem. Maybe I should spend my money on some tnt and blow the thing to subaru hell instead. Anyone have an ea82t for CHEAP!

ok that is a retarded question. I went through the factory service manual procedure for installing timing belts with my engine. LH cam is aligned to the middle line on flywheel. Turned full circle and RH is also aligned with center line. Did the finger test on #1 cylinder and at the end of the compression stroke when you stop feeling air pushing past your finger the disty is at the #1 firing position. I smelled gas on the spark plug so there is fuel in there. It's just turning and turning. I'm gonna go check for spark one more time. But I am really stumped. Anyone have any ideas??

maybe I did it backwards... if I switch the firing order from 1-3-2-4 to 4-2-3-1 would it work? or is that a totally retarded question?

I think we have the same thing going on. Let me know if you figure something out. I'm doing more work tonight. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?p=973004#post973004

AND, cams and rotor are spinning.

Ok, so I decided to rebuild my dieing engine so I can drive in snow for the winter. After many mishaps, breaking bolts, and wrong sized helicoils I now have a complete engine. I put new everything, pistons, bearings, rods, gaskets, pumps, plugs, wires, etc. By myself I finally manage to get the thing in the car, hook it up, plug it in, and it just turns and turns. I am getting spark at coil and at plugs. I can hear the fuel pump engaging. All wires are plugged in, starter spins the engine and everything looks good. Except there is no sound of any combustion, not even a hint of turning over. I did not make a mark where my disty lined up with the cam tower. The book says "line it up with the mark you made," well I didn't make one. I have two thoughts of what might be the problem and I am hoping you subaru gurus may answer my prayers. One: The timing is 180* off. Two: The fuel lines need to be bled or something. I have turned it over and over and you would think fuel would make its way to the injectors. Here is a little picture I drew looking at the engine from the front of the car. Is something wrong with my picture? Are the dots on the cam sprockets opposite? I can smell gas fumes from tail pipe, So I think it is getting fuel. Can't figure it out and would like to have my car back. Thanks, JG

I think I figured it all out. I replaced my intake manifold with one from a pull yard and put my throttle body and injectors on it. Some hoses were different. I think all should be good... but... if I mess those hoses would it prevent my engine from starting? turns over but no go... posting a new thread for help.

So rebuilt the whole darn engine, now I am so close. Piecing the thing back together on step at a time and I come to the vacuum line coming from canister heading over under the airflow turbo area. I anyone can go out and take off the air flow tube and take a quick picture it would be awesome. I know one goes to the pcv solenoid one goes to the air flow thing itself then i have two hoses (the big ones 1/2inch) that have no where to go... Thanks.:-\

Read through the threads, people talking about HLAs and the ticking. Everyone says use some atf, etc, etc. Then people say unless they are "seized". But no one explains a seized lifter. I have lifters out and a couple I can not push down. I've tried really hard. Does this mean they are seized? Others have a little play.

Haha. not a bad idea. thats about where i'm at with this thing.

Not too worried. I'm gonna deal with it when I actually start putting this thing back together next week. Thanks. Will try heat. Was trying not to spend a lot of money on resurfacing but I guess I might have to just to get the lifters out.

Head is removed and two lifters lash adjusters wont come out. I've been prying and pulling and can not get them out! I want to get them rebuilt but how the heck do I get them out of there? They will spin in circles, all the others came out no problem but these two are being very naughty. HELP!

I've been thinking about it all day. The ones where the sleeve is up a little it seems as though the hole for oil is fully open. The ones depressed I can see metal as though half the hole is open. They are really in there and don't move. There was a lot of "ticking" coming from the head that has three sleeves up. I'm really trying to figure out if I should bang them back in or try and find a way to pull them out a little. You think that they should all be same.

Sorry I didn't write that so well. The boots or sleeves, a couple are up more than the others, wondering if it'll be a problem. They don't come out or rotate. I think it's been answered. Thanks.

So I'm doing my head gaskets on my ea82t and found three of the lifter seats are up a little more than the others. On one head they are all fully seated and they all just plopped out. The other has one full seated which came out easy and three that are up, one of which came out and the other two are stuck. Do I need to be worried about this? Lifters are going to be rebuilt. I tried to hit it with a rubber mallet but was to scared to really smack it. Any ideas? Should i even worry about this? Thanks.