swisscheese

I went to do the brakes on my 88 GL wagon 4WD, but one (only one) of the front axle nuts is not 36mm, it is smaller, maybe 32mm, and the threaded shaft is proportionally smaller too. The other 3 axles have the normal 36mm nuts. I had to abort, worrying that something funky was going on there and I wouldn't be able to put it back together without replacing a lot of parts. Why would this be different? :confused:

I plan to use the EA 5 speed Dual Range tranny. I want to keep it D/R, since I plan to use this for my camping car and need to do some light off-roading. I have studied the work that guy in australia did to adapt his EJ engine to an EA tranny, it looks straightforward enough. And I figure if I can find a Legacy donor car, it can donate its crossmember, too. I suppose if worse comes to worse, I could replace the JDM intake and fuel injection system with the setup off the Legacy turbo and make it work, but at a higher cost . When it is done it will look like this:

I searched, but can't seem to find any info. I see advertised JDM EJ20 turbo engines, I think they say they will replace Legacy EJ22 turbo engines. The interesting thing is that the EJ20 turbos are quite a bit cheaper than the EJ22 NA engines. My question: if I had the wiring harness and computer from a 91-94 Legacy turbo, would this JDM EJ20 turbo run with it? I have a 88 GL wagon with an EA82 NA which is on its last legs. I WON'T replace it with another EA82 NA, it is so underpowered it is dangerous , and I want to put taller tires on it as well. I can get a EA82 NA or an EA82 turbo for $550. To use the turbo I would have to get the wiring harness and computer from a turbo EA82 car (I have already found 3 in a JY) But if I could do the same amount of work as far as wiring harness replacement but get the EJ20 turbo's extra horsepower and torque , it would be worth the extra $100 (they are going for $650) plus the time it would take me to adapt it to the EA82 tranny. Thanks for any input.