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  1. Subaru Scott
    It amazes me in this day and age how much some dealers still try to gouge, when we can compare prices in seconds with our phones! Case in point: I was replacing a lower control arm bushing on our Tribeca, noticed the outer CV boot was torn. The axles are OEM, so I just figured I'd grab a pair of boots from the local dealer so the car wouldn't be down for days. Now, list price was 25 each, and available from an online dealer for 19 each. Called my local dealer: 40 for the outer... 60 for the inner... Advance had a complete new axle in stock for 59, so I threw that in for now, and will take my time rebooting the original. What can they possibly be thinking?!?
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    Very nice score bud!! Nice job with the Weber. That will give you acceptable performance. I sure would love to find a non-rusted EA81 wagon. Had an 82 many years ago and sure miss it. The styling just seems to get more appealing with age. What kind of exhaust are you building, stock, or something more interesting?
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    Nothing is free. Burning regular incandescent head, sidemarker and tail lights eats up about 1.2 MPG. I haven't seen figures for LEDs yet, but that technology is changing DAILY. In 5 more years, we will laugh about what we have now.
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    Go to SVX nation on Facebook. They actually offer coilover setups on their home page. Lots of fanatics on there to give you advice as well.
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    I flew with tools in my luggage, which the airline lost for 3 weeks... ended up just getting a small set at wallyworld, which has made a great trunk kit. You could do the same there or harbor freight. Or just borrow of our fellow subie buds.
  6. Subaru Scott
    Try also loosening the case bolts in the front. You may even be able to carefully tap that center hole for an air fitting ????
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    Go look at Speeduino. DIY, open-source, standalone developed by Aussies. You can get into a basic setup for a couple hundred bucks. It is tunable and can be configured to function with sensors and injectors of your choosing. The future is now!
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    You ARE booking a one-way flight, right? So you can drive something home...
  9. Subaru Scott
    "Don't adjust valve clearance, moose out front shoulda told ya."
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    If it still spins, you haven't made it worse. Try to spray some lube around it and get it to turn. There will probably be a point in it's rotation where it will turn easier. Then work it back and forth at that point while pulling at the same time. Something else you may try is shooting compressed air from a rubber tip blowgun into the center hole, but BE CAREFUL! I would probably bolt something over it with some spacers, so it can only come out so far, and not slash your wrist.
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    If it had the locking tabs, then it is a hydraulic lifter engine. The procedure in your book is for solid lifters. I honestly can't remember what the procedure is for hydraulics, but you can turn the adjuster in till it just makes contact, and then go one more turn. That will at least get you close until you do more research. That is, if you need to drive it.
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    I remember many years ago, riding around with a good spare EA82 in the back of my wagon. One time when I went to the mall, I remembered while inside that I had forgotten to lock the hatch. I ran back out to my car as fast as I could, but it was too late... Someone had already piled two more in on top of it.
  13. Subaru Scott
    Hey, nice little project you got there! Looks like you're making good progress. I'll bet that thing is fun as hell to drive. I always wanted to build an EA71, just because I love the super-short stroke and wanted to see what kind of rpm I could get. But I was always broke back in the days I ran those... with kids... so it never happened. That type car is the perfect platform to have for that engine. Enjoy!
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    Look into Speeduino. It's a DIY open-source standalone that you can get into for a couple hundred bucks. Completely tuneable and can be configured to work with whatever sensors and injectors you like.
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    Oh yeah... why was I thinking that would work... it's late.
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    Really nice work! If I may make a suggestion, you should mount your front diff upside down. The ring and pinion will last a whole lot longer not running backwards all the time. How do you like that style of tubing bender? Looks like it does some fairly tight bends.
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    Yeah. Nobody types like that unless they're trying to sound completely different from "someone else." What a squirrel. For me, as others have said, it wasn't really about the bike carb, or the plumbing parts... hell, I'm in the plumbing section all the time working on these old cars! But the hideous hole hacked in the hood, just trying to draw attention and make it "special," when the car is already special and rare. And you know where this is going. The hood will never get fixed, and the poor car will be in the junkyard a year from now. Probably with a giant wing on the back.
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    Ye speak the truth! It's a common, standard bearing size. Available at Napa, bearing supply houses and online, no need to replace the works. I'm pretty sure Subaru uses that same size for all their idlers, don't they? I should just stock a box full, but I always just get as I need. They literally do just tap in. Most critical part is to only apply force to the outer race when installing. I usually just use the old bearing as a driver. Sometimes I'll also use a socket on top of the old bearing to pop one in quick. But you can just tap around the outer race of the old bearing too. I don't use a socket by itself because there is a chance of damaging the new seal.
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    I'm looking for crossmember, trailing arms, mustache bar and diff mounts. Possibly axles too.
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    I’m sure someone on here can get you some pushrods. Aluminum really doesn’t like to bend twice.
  21. Subaru Scott
    I would be interested in a rear suspension.
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    Yep, that’s the wonderful thing about the old sobs, you really don’t need many tools to work on them! Hard to tell from the pics, but it looks like you could have a rebuildable base there. If you do decide to go that route, I would replace the rusty valve springs, they have a tendency to break. I would also look for another manifold and Hitachi carb, or Weber 32-36, those Carter-webers were crap. You may want to keep one eye open for a good used engine instead. They are getting harder to find, but it you can, it will be much cheaper than a rebuild. An EA81 that has been cared for and not left to sit and rot, will run great for hundreds of thousands of miles.
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    I honestly can't understand why people won't just enter their location information properly, city and state. What are you trying to hide from? What I really can't understand is when these same people try to find or sell something, knowing they don't have their information displayed correctly, and expect us to decipher it. We don't know where Leadbottom Gulch is, and Google will return 15 results. So now we have to ask, "Where are you located?" again, and again, and again.
  24. Subaru Scott
    Get a BRZ transmission. They're getting fairly plentiful on ebay now for reasonable prices. Are you sure your engine will fit between the frame rails?
  25. Subaru Scott
    Been flat-towing soobs for over 35 years, and always used a towbar with big pins, or bolts, through the tie-down eyes. "Only for tying down" is, of course, lawyer talk. Hauled dozens this way, with no issues. I do loop a safety chain over the front crossmember, for worse case scenario.
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