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SO you got it lifted YES! lets see a photo! This is normal \ / for your car now!

YEs now I have the proof I need no excuses.

AhA the mysteries of the push rods has been solved! Your right ross they cant just fall into the oil pan but the lifters can! So the engine is now on its back... Thanks Milesfox for the five gallon bucket idea its perfect! Really a very easy process to pull the heads the special socket isnt needed in the removal. For the reinstall Im just going to do all the nuts on the heads and then do the bolts for the rocker arm assembly. By the way ross you may be thinking of the fact that the FSM suggests a tighten sequence of increasing levels up to the 47lbs. OK so now Im looking into the pistons and the under side of the valves... I got all kinds of build up.... there is hard crusty stuff on the tops of the pistons as well as the valves and alot of soft black stuff all over the rocker arms and push rods. What is a good way to clean these surfaces? Any suggestions on cleaners for the engine in general? It would be nice to maybe shine her up since I have a week before gaskets get here.

After reading the fsm I have found out the rocker arm assembly has to come off since two of the bolts that hold the head on, hold the assembly on as well. Funny what you can learn from words instead of pictures. Now this means that my push rods are gonna fall into the oil pan right? And its important to put each rod back where it came from! I have been told I can stuff a rag in there and they wont fall out. I have to look further into this. Ross What your saying about warming the engine up and retightening the heads I just dont see any thing about this? It would be a huge ordeal without the socket which i cant seem to find even from subaru. I did talk to a mechanic who just did this exact thing and he said just to make sure it was 47lbs in the right sequence. Upon looking at the sequence I would need the socket cause you tighten the rocker assembly in the first four steps...... By the way I discovered I need a new rear main seal. Any one have any input? I got a seal puller today for kicks but haven't decided how it all works yet! Thanks for your advice so far!

SOOOOO I can just take off the rockers what all does that involve time to go look at the fsm. thanks

OK I got the engine out...... I need to do a rear main seal any tips? I know there must be another way around this tricky 17mm socket! Find out soon

So a deep socket isn't going to cut it? What size socket is this your talking about? Maybe I could borrow one:brow: from someone?

NEW_____________________ Ok so the head stud size is 11x1.25 cant find any time to work on it though till monday! OLD____________________ Well its summer and it has come time to replace the head gaskets in the Subaru. :cool: I just replaced the oil pan gasket and the oil pump got new seals in hopes that this was my leak but no such luck. Its the head Gasket I can see the leak now that i have spent a few days crawling under there... OK question time? Im pulling the engine to make this as easy as possible. I will get a new seal kit for the valve covers along with the head gaskets. The dealer wants $80+- for all that, is there a cheaper way to get them? Any other gaskets or seals In this area that im unaware of that i may need to replace? Are there any tools I should be looking for now before I tear the engine down and need something specific to put the sucker back together? Any thing else I may be fogetting and any help you can give me would be great. Subaru fun for me....... THANKS (in advance)

OK its fixed as far as i can tell. i changed the oil amount and everything is tip top. except the fact that the oil pan is leaking pretty bad. but that fix is #1 on the to-do list after the loose lift block. no more spy hunter/james bond smoke screen to foil unsuspecting drivers. Guess there was just to much oil in there! thanks for the fast replys! YOU GUYS Rule:drunk:

i drove this car from washington to colorado and i have been 4x4n in moab. after the smoke screen i hit up a trail for a few hours im not worried about it leaving me anywhere but thanks for the advice. anyways thats what AAA is for!

i thought this might be something to look into too. but there is alot of oil inside the tail pipe. not sure would poor timing and fuel mixture do this?

OK thanks you guys. I will change out the oil asap. and let you know what happens! you know it seemed right hand turns was the culprit. but why only this hill not anyothers or all turns? wasteland have you seen this thread?

I have an ea81 with a weber carb that is blowing oil out the exhaust in a very 007 smoke screen way!(alot of SMOKE in one shot):cool: The tail pipe is coated with oil inside and the tail pipe smokes lightly after the big blinding plume. BUT.... This only happens when Im on this specific hill. Its a very steep and very winding road, never in the flats on sharp turns or other steep hills while 4x4'n today. It blows oil in mid turn and continues a bit after the turn, up hill and downhill. Im in second and rpms at around 3-4grand. It doesnt change anything operational wise just one big plume of smoke. oil pressure is normal, temp. too. I replaced the pcv valve today and gave it a test same thing happened. I am going to drop the oil and put a bit less in. ( Im !slightly! above the F line right now) My question is what could cause this if my "too much oil" theory doesnt fix the issue? Why only on the hill and in a turn? :-\ This has happened once before but due to the old leaky exhaust it just filled the cab with smoke, it occured going up hill on a turn and never happened again, I wrote it off as a blown doj boot, till today. I cant help thinking its related to the elevation change that is occuring because right now its predicatable to the turn and happening while going up and down. Any IDEAS you have will be greatly appreciated! Till then... To the advanced search feature I go!

got to give more press to this photo. its hard to tell but look how much room there is to work around the car its awesome you can get anything done there. the clearance looks good. ive seen the "work shop" nice loooking ride! when we going see it parked up on the cement wall of the driveway?? oh yeah the bumper sticker "eat a gay fetus for jesus" always works! but your heston for president would most likely be more thoughtful.

some credit has to be given to New Hampshire after all it does say exactly this on thier license plates(minus the pyro)!

take the fenders off I say!

I Dont know why I havent checked into rallitek before now. Alot of work went into this lift! It's going to look nice with some custom bumpers.

It is a Baja! I see this car as needing a topend not a lowend.:cool: Some place along the lines of sand dune jumps at sixty.

that looks fun now to start playing the lottery!

I think a nice thick clear coat of glossy stain would make it look bad! of course you could wait till it goes grey its always nice when the bumper and car match. Have you tried to pull anything? nice work!

I would imagine the U goes down. cause its a lift! Im thinking they bend in as well. not a 100% I cant help with the bolt question sorry?! There is a lifted ea82 in the driveway but its night time maybe i could snap a photo in the am for ya! LEts see your beast as well!

well!?!

Perfect. lets see the beast when your done!

This might help! good luck!

hmmm! 6quarts of oil hey.....its not enough why not add one or two more!