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x3 Good luck and nice find! I am in the process of tearing down my ea82 to check the crank bearings. Fun project!

Wow good to know. I'm tearing down an EA82 and am stuck on the piston pins now. Any chance you have a photo? I have some threaded rod, and also an autobody dent puller I have been trying with the thick wire with a hook bent at the end and can't budge it. If I didn't think the pin was hardened steel I thought about trying to tape it to match my dent puller. EDIT: Found what i was looking for... thanks for the great info!

Well finally decided to make time and split the engine and try to sort things out. Got a chance to rearrange my shop (porch), and got to removing the heads. Damn the coolant passages were a mess. I don't own an impact gun so couldn't get the bellhousing shroud off to try and crack the engine this past weekend. So far I all I found wrong was 2 of the lifters seemed to be seized. I just labeled the parts, cleaned the block some, and straightened up. Hope to get the engine apart this week and have a friend look at the innards by the weekend. My money is still on one of the crank bearings. Its getting cleaner and ready to explore. Not sure if I'm polishing it or just paint... I figure to spend this kind of money it should look pretty too

Thanks Robcor! I'm excited about this project and glad you enjoy that! I'm sure I'll take you up on that! I used to be able to roam salvage yards for hours in New England thinking of ways to adapt things to do what I wanted

I'm back Forgive my questions, I just am trying to wrap my head around this swap. I am trying to figure this out the best I can using a 1989 FSM and a guide written about swapping a carb for a SPFI setup. I have an '87 that would be getting an MPFI setup from an '85.. This seems straight forward enough. I also know I need to buy a upgraded fuel pump and fabricate a bracket. As far as the connections inside the car, there aren't any other items I won't have plugs for? Ignition or fuel pump relays? The SPFI document mentioned them, but I'm not sure if mine will be the same as this system until I see it. Maybe someone with more familiarity with these systems can chime in? I've been able to find that some MPFI systems have knock sensors, they are not cheap. But it also sounds like they are often only on turbo models, which neither the donor or my car is. I can't identify the type of MPFI system this is, any help? If its a later MPFI (maybe swapped into the '85 at some point?), where would be the dropping resistor? Are they on the injectors/intake whereas I would have them already? The harness doesn't seem to have knock sensor plugs. Many thanks everyone!

That's really impressive work! Loved seeing all those different angles of the engine! Thanks for sharing Miles.

Well that's good to know! Thanks again... I hate all the hoses but every post on here seems to slam the Hitachi.

The point of this was to try and keep costs to a minimum, improve the reliability, and get rid of the Hitachi From research I'm guessing this is the flapper-style MPFI, and not the updated kind with the square box on top, correct? Is this going to cause me more of a headache down the road I guess is my thought. Good info thanks Crazy8's... Wiring isn't the part that scares me believe it or not Its the engine stuff I'm not as experienced with. If I do this MPFI swap I'll have the benefit of the harness made for an ea82, and the appropriate heads. That was my original plan for sure. The Hitachi will not go back on Cool, thank you. Looks neat but I definitely could not handle that, not without resourcing a lot of help I don't have the customizing/fabrication experience or tools. With the Weber/MPFI/EJ options I have the benefit of good documentation and availability of adaptor plates made by others

Thanks for checking/asking robcor, and for the response gloyale. I am the one interested The main reason is for a little more reliability and to get rid of the hitachi. (A weber is going to cost me over $300 for the carb kit, and its still a carb.) The engine is coming out to replace the bearing and possibly crank if it is damaged and I can locate one. While I would totally love to do an EJ swap, I would have to source once from somewhere up north, have them ship it, and then find all the extras elsewhere, all without ever being able to see the engine. There just aren't salvage yards down here much that are worthwhile, and very few Subies As for the type of MPFI system it is, its from an '85 so I'm guessing its a flapper style. I've read they are hard to get parts for. I had no idea I needed the knock sensor. hmmm this is getting confusing. I just want this car to live again... gonna have to figure this out.

The engine is coming out. I'm pretty confident it is a crank bearing for cylinder #1. Won't know for certain until it is out and apart, but I was able to manually turn the engine over and fight compression Until I got to cylinder 1. There was an area of reduced force. I also was able to apply pressure to each of the nuts, and only found movement in that one from my video (cylinder 1). I still can't believe I found no metal like had been suggested I would. But should be interesting when I get it apart. I'm hoping if no damage has been done I might be able to just rebuild the bottom end.

Well not good news but I see what you mean now. So strange, never saw any metal or chunks. I guess the bearing could still be in there or the crank is messed up. Guess I will find out... SLOWLY :/ Thanks for the diagnosis naru

Thanks deener and Shawn! What I did today... So my oil tube wouldn't budge. Gave it a good cleaning with kerosene: Went in with my screwdriver, into the right side, front cylinder, to the inside of the engine and found play in this screw. Sorry for being naive, but any help identifying this as normal or "bad news" (if your bandwidth allows) would be great! Video: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/b6d00d9c.mp4

Great thanks GG! Mine looks almost "glued" in with black Permatex or something but I'll look closer. If it won't budge safely I'll just clean in place.

I did find out the whole tube is removable with a little force (held in by o-ring) once you remove that bolt. Guess I was afraid to give it enough force without checking in first. Will try in the next day or two.

Is there a trick to remove the screen or sump/pump arm or do I just clean it I. Place? Removing the support's 10mm bolt at the top of picture didn't seem to help. Got the pain off with a fight... This crap is what I found: Thanks in advance everyone!

Pulled the cam gears and cam seal holders... Happily oil present on both passenger side (where the noise was) and drivers side. Saw some wear on both (photos follow), but assume it's normal since both sides are pretty much even? Passenger side: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/cdbee7cc.jpg http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/5935d0b5.jpg Drivers side: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/ec44ba37.jpg http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/1e036092.jpg

Great I look forward to it! I'm in Ft. Lauderdale but work some days up in Deerfield and also in Boca!

Wow that rocks gokoolab! Giving me motivation to get my engine working and jack her up I'm going to likely do the flat white, IDK or olive green LOL But yours is sweet and really clean! Can't wait to see that rugby! Living in Florida I was tempted, mostly because everyone down here thinks its cool to put 26" rims under a 6 cylinder impala *shudders*... but I have my type-s, I can lower that a bit, the Subaru needs to go higher with a 2" exhaust and cherry bomb just to keep the neighbors looking LOL Miles... hate the neighbor thing too... :S

Oh sorry I should maybe size the photos down :/ but yes I just put on the timing belt kit 4 miles ago that was recommended to me off ebay and worked well. It just did not have anything to tend to the sprocket gear down in the lower right corner (looking at the friend of the engine). Yes I'm going to service the oil pump gear, the mickey mouse gasket was in surprisingly good shape, although a little flattened I think I would be able to reuse it. But I order the 3-ring set from beck/arnley. The thing I showed the picture of on the oil pump was the wheel that turns the gear on the inside of the pump had caused some marring on the inside of the oil pump casing. Maybe the new gaskets will fix that. Here is a reduced version of the picture above showing the marring and old mickey mouse gasket if you want to see: Figuring I'll give the pump some good cleaning with kerosene and make sure all orifices I can go to are clear, as I will try to do to the best of my ability within the oil pan, pickup, and screen Thanks for info too grossgary!

Barely got anytime in today but I fixed the houses and pulled the timing belts, tensioners, flywheel and water pump pulley. Then I pulled the oil filter (possible small silver flecks barely seen) and oil pump (the screws did not seem torqued down much at all!). The "mickey mouse" gasket seemed in good shape, a little flattened. The oil that came out was a bit thin and light brown, but nothing like the mess before. Then I noticed the inside of the inner oil pump gear had rubbed some against the housing. It looked pretty fresh but hard to tell as it has been living in oil. On the mating surface of the block, I see a few black marks, I'm assuming maybe from burned oil? Tomorrow I hope to jack the engine/trans up a bit and pull the pan. I did notice oil residue around the exhaust port outlets. It looks like it would have come out of the ports (the heat shields are quite clean), but that's hard to say I guess. I also want to pull the cam gears and cam seals and see if I can note any excess play in them. Oil pump out: Gasket not bad, marring of inside of the pump from inside edge of the inner gear: Oil not the worst I've seen, maybe some water in it or a tiny bit thin... noted light brown color: This gear on the front of the corner of the oil pan that the timing belt rides on has a seal in back that is notably out and worn. The gear functions ok, but does anyone know what that gear is called? My timing belt kit never came with a replacement and I would like to get one.

Think I got it routed correctly. Thanks everyone for your replies!

Hey nice to meet man!

Thanks GD. Trust me I've learned a lot from your posts and thank you. No emissions in Florida luckily.. just looking to keep this as simplified as possible. Weber will definitely be on the list after I find out I don't need to rebuild the engine, or after I actually do rebuild it. On a side note, just encountered recently... finally invested in a set of tap and dies.... your advise on chasing the threads for my intake manifold gasket job was priceless also Thanks again.

Thanks... it definitely had the one hose attached, but the other nipple is a little too suspiciously clean to believe it is really supposed to be open, maybe a cap fell off.