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Yeah no turbo no place for it. Looks like it was swaped at some point. Started the tare down between snow flurries today. Looks like it won't take too many man hours to tare down and remove. Not sure what parts are going to be salvaged. All the rubber is solid cracks and crumbles. Cold temps are not helping with the brittle nature of the rubber. More pictures to come as I tare it down.

Well got out today in the snow and started to mess with it. Correct me if I am wrong but this is not a turbo engine. Decided to pull and rebuild. The back got cleaned out.

Okay well got home with enough time to look at it during the day. Has like double the fluid it should. So looks like head gasket failure. The plugs are under the hood and not dusty like everything else so I think they have been out for a short time. Got some mystery oil in the cyclenders. From what I could see through the holes no rust but who knows. Guess I will figure out when the head is off. . They had disconnected the fuel line. So probably turned it over, already though. I have tomorrow off however we are forecasted for snow so not sure if I will get a day to play with it or not.

Yeah I am going to try and see inside, not sure how long the plugs have been removed. Could have been oiled when they where I suppose? However yeah looks like a pull engine rebuild job, the more I look, and I have hardly looked into it. lol I'm fine with that. However I would still prefer to just get it rolling down the road if possible though. Of course right? haha.

Okay well still haven't got started on this really, but got the hood opened. Turns out it has not spark plugs in it. So I plan to do the marvel mystery oil thing, and then see if I can get it too turn over. Looking like a pull engine, and rebuild kinda job so far. Anyhow that is where I am at, and possibly next week or the week after I should get more into this thing.

Maybe timing? I have always had to run more advance on webers over stock carbs, However I have only ever installed them on nissan, toyota, and fords. However they all where basically the same kind of setup.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGDp3wKj8o0 This video kinda' breaks it down a bit for ya.

Mine won't run right unless I have at least 2 psi, Weber's are going to want like 2.5 or 3, for off road use, and a bit higher on off road use. Looks like max pressure for stock pumps are around 2 psi for your engine. It can be a bit frustrating at first, but you will figure it out. Have you adjusted the secondary yet? Have you checked the float specifications? You may need to adjust it. Have you tried adding a bigger primary jet? Always right down your figures as you go so you can look at your notes to help figure it out. Are you getting hesitation, when you step on it?

It is not going to break anything, just give it a try. I ran a single stage adapter into a dual stage manifold and it worked. Not as good as when I got a dual stage adapter, but still ran fine. Not totally sure but that little lip looks as it could be taken off.

Redline sells a high elevation jet kit. They come with everything you will need. The air adjuster jets are probably what you are going to need to adjust. I did this too my toyota 4x4, it was fairly easy, but you just gotta' play with it. Get the primary set perfect before you tare into the secondary. Once you change something you will get the idea. If you got hesitation it is probably running lean, assuming you don't have other fuel delivery issues. Fat and happy, I think the saying goes. webers like fuel, so going down a jet might not work out all that well.

I ran a fake in my 83' toyota pickup for 10ish years. Never rebuilt it, never had an issue. However it was a good fake, all the casting marks and the metal even looked the same as a true weber. I guess the fake are all across the board. I hear a lot of them don't even have a choke butterfly on the secondary.

Well I got the thing home. Its got some dehumidifier buckets in it, and its tarped off. I was able to get three matching rims for it. so now I need one more, the spare is on it so, I almost have a full set. Woo! The hood is unbolted but latched, and the cable is broke. So I haven't had a chance to really give it a better look. Looks like one of the heads had a oil leak, probably why it was parked, it has 131,000 miles. We will see, if it had mixed fluids this whole time it maybe a pull the motor style project. My other projects final parts came in so I need to finish that and get my daily driver back on the road, but should tare into this next week.

Can do, the tires will have to be replaced for sure. I'm just glad they hold air for now. lol I figured for 80$, I might as well pick it up and give it a shot. My 96' legacy was a fun project till it was just working fine, then I traded it for a basket case 1983 toyota trailblazer, then got that all good, and traded it for a 1987 Toyota r63 4x4, which I plan to keep. lov'in it. If this gets up and running I am going to be using it as a pet taxi for my local shelter. Although traveling near the whole length of oregon seems a bit far to come. As I live in medford.

Yeah dave, the first thing I do with a new project is a total re-haul of the cooling system. I warped two heads on two honda's many years ago, which has made me super worried about cooling engines. Is there a better radiator people often swap into these?

You know I have no clue what is wrong with it. It is complete, it has the auto trans so it is a push button if I am getting things strait. The guy I am getting it from, got it from somebody else, and it was not running when he got it. However he owns a body shop and has just had it sitting in his storage yard, he wants the space now, so its for sale. The engine looks good no real oil, or anything the wiring harness seems to be in good shape, and it appears to have zero mods. Seems like a good start, and it was only 80$. the motor turns, so hopefully it won't be to crazy hard to get running again. According to him, he hasn't even tried to get it started or anything. Having picked up a lot of projects in the past I am guessing he has tried, who knows, the dude has like 50 vehicles. the interior is a bit dirty but not tore up, the body is in nice shape, just oxidized paint, no read damage. Has the all digital dash, no spare tire, and 4 different rim/tires. however they all hold air. lol I should have it at my house on Tuesday, and will update with some pics of how I got it. Kinda' funny you mention you would rather have the turbo, I would rather have the carb. lol Oh well. These older fuel injected vehicles, are hard to keep working right sometimes because of part availability. I just swapped a 22re, too a 22r, by replacing the intake, because the wiring harness was so cracked up. Webers just so easy.