MorganM

Does sound like an inner DOJ on your axle shaft assembly. DOJs and CVs usually fail after the boot is torn, grease is lost, and dirt/sand/debri makes its way in. Check for a torn boot; should be easy enough to see as it will leave a funny trail of grease where it tore open and flung grease out as you drove. Might just be on its way out; life is hard for a DOJ

Too much thinking about this; weld it up already and see if you like it or not. Lots and lots of people use rear AND front lockers on rocks. Worst that happens is you break something, limp back to the trailer, and have some tinkering to do back home.

That's one clean BRAT there Kurt! With jumpseats!

This FRI and SAT. Check out that MNSubaru site.

oohhhh the wind It's rough on the lifted Subarus!

What's really not helpfull is blaming ones own mistakes on a fuel delivery system I've helped and answerd more people and questions on here than you could possibly imagine. I also call it like I see it; this here was a clear case of "oops!". Instead of owning up the blame was shifted to something irrelivant. Thought I'd clear up the water, as it were, by pointing out it had nothing to do with the EFI and everything to do with how the EFI swap was done and how the vehicle was setup. Sorry if the truth has offended anyone; as it was not my intent.

This is starting to sound like one of those prime time reality shows... "Subaru Swap" :-p

Please note he his driving a Carb'd EA82 with 29"s

Voltage regulator keeps it from sending too many volts and amps through your electrical system. At idle it should produce 12-13volts and at 2000+ RPMs it should not exceed 15-16 volts. Dunno max amps at 12 volts the system can take. I'm guessing well over 100 amps @ 12 volts since people run 100 amp GM alternators on Subarus. Stock ignition system on a Subaru 4 cyl isnt going to use much of your amps from the alternator. Coil will prolly take the most for the ignition system. All your accessories are gonna drain more amps than anything. Say having on your head lights, radio, auxilary electric fan, etc. Hope that answers your questions.

I loves my SeaFoam. Cleans out my lifters good (and the rest of the valve train!) Keeps it right next to the PB Blaster

Make sure the rims are truely 4x140mm (bout 5.5") bolt pattern. Not All Pug rims fit Also try to avoid the metric ones mentioned above. Tires for those metric sized rims are expensive! Wether or not they fit really depends on the tire size you go with. What tires you go with depends on what you will be using your Subaru for; and what you can afford of course.

If this is the problem. Soon as you get sick of whacking on it every time you wanna go somewhere you'll replace it Hard to say what the problem is; these are just speculations at the moment. Good luck!

Send a Private Message to Archemitis. He has a bridge port, custom made center punch, the correct sized drill bit, and a jig setup to do just what you ask. Here is a link to his Marketplace thread http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=32444

Looks like fun. MT's will help but would be ideal to add more lift with the MT's and get that unibody up off the ground. All that surface area dragging and all that weight sitting in snow is whats really holding you down and getting ya stuck!

To load test the battery you need yourself a quality battery checker or a lot of battery charging systems have a load test setting. This does more than a typical mulimeter can tell you. You want something that puts a load on the battery and tells you accuratly if its drained or fully charged. See if you can find someone with a load tester of some sort to go down with you and test the battery. If the battery tests out good then give the starter a wack'n! If your spare tire is still under there its prolly hiding your starter along with a slew of wires and hoses. As noted above follow the main power wire (the big red one!) from your battery down past the distributor and upto the starter motor on your transmission bellhousing. Like I said it might be hard to get in there with a hammer; so slip in a pipe/crowbar/something and put one end right on the starter then whack the other end with a hammer. Not trying to break it here but give it a few good hits to jar the contacts loose. Had to do this many times with old starters prior to replacing them.

Can you do a load test on the battery right now to see if its drained? I'm thinking maybe a slow power draw from a short circut might be draining it. OR Starter is on its way out. Just guessing by how hit or miss the problem seems to be. That clicking is your selinoid in the starter doing its thing but often times the contacts for the motor get worn or sticky. Try hitting it good with a hammer (might need to slip a crow bar down to it then hit that with the hammer) that can bust free the contacts and let it start up.

So it started right up with the new battery?

Hah thats originally why I started cutting my hair 'high and tight'. Once I started working on my Subaru all the time it just got way to dirty... then dirty hair falling into my face... I looked like a moron with a pony tail; so I buzzed it! Thanks for the pics Big Blue and happy Easter !_!

Happy to help. Found Dave's excellent info doing a Search

Pictures are worth a thousand words... http://community.webshots.com/album/134929361hUEpcw

Speeding with 29"s? Blasphemy I say! Just cuz I pass lots of peole on the freeway don't mean I'm speeding does it? I need one of them thar fancy speed-oh-meters

See if the Purelator filter helps out. My EA82 was doing this for a couple months this winter. Did another oil change, new filter, put some miles on her and its cleared up now. Hope yours clears up too!

I'd go with 28" AT tires if I had to compromise. Honestly you shouldnt have much trouble with 28"s if your engine is solid. I can easily go 70-80 mph on the freeways with 29"s. Taking off isnt that bad either, just more gas and less clutch This is with an '88 EA82 SPFI so yeah, more compression is nice too

You can also buy a weld in bung for O2 sensors. Then you torch out a hole, weld in the bung, and your O2 sensor will screw in. Time for some real skid plates out there on the rocks!

First thing to go on every car I've gone custom on; not just Subarus Air Condition System. Lots of junk out from under the hood that I really dont need. Power Steering. Only owned one vehicle I was glad I had PS. Thats becuase 457 cubic inches of American iron rested on the front wheels. All silly plastic guards, shields, unecessary brackets. Rage it !_!