Verdurous

Thank you for the part number TomRhere, the OEM manifold gaskets are now installed, with the copper spray recommended by JesZek. They are so much thicker than the felpros it put my mind at ease over the intake! However after doing everything I found the culprit turned out to be the lower intake on the heater core. Idling over some fresh powder snow, the subie was marking it's territory with a very small drip coming from the lower hose. The lower input wasn't getting a very good seal, I'm going to have to do something about it this weekend. In the mean time I have been having a blast in the snow.... just no heat atm! burrrrr.... For those of you living in cold places what thermostat do you recommend? Also... anyone with weber 32/26 tuning advice is needed... Getting some really bad mileage atm.. running a bit too rich.

ETA on getting the gasket is Wednesday:( cars torn down now need to move it

Do you know a subaru dealer normal carries these? Autozone, Advanced, and Napa had none in stock

Quick question, what's the torque spec of the intake manifold bolts? Also do you guys use permitex ir something in the manifild gaskets? pretty sure it's my issue btw. Using felpro... and honestly they fell pretty thin.

yeah really hoping it's just an air bubble... was really looking forward to having it back on the road soon.

So I got a new windshield in today, drove the car from one garage to the next. Windshield looks awesome, when I went to move the car back to the other garage I decided to leave it running to charge the battery and warm up a little. Now I haven't really run it at all since I put the new heater core in, but when I came back my radiator cap was loose and the overflow was pissing on the ground. I am hoping I just didn't put it on tight enough. I did not see any water in the oil, or oil in the water.. but damn I only have about 900 miles on that engine since the rebuild.. a head gasket would suck. Seems to start and run fine, didn't really see any smoke.. but my coolent was obvious down some. I've have to diagnose it more this weekend when I get some time, was hoping to have it inspected and on the road by next week..

Yeah, I guess you noticed the rust build up under that old tar too It might have been good when it was new, but that stuff just seemed to crack and hold in all the moisture. I see you had some of the same spots starting. Felt good to get that taken care of.

was trying to get more pic's to upload but it's just saying error. I'll try again in a little while.

Early November I started the dreaded task of more interior restore. I had a pile of miss matched panels that were nearly ruined. The results as you can see were night and day.

In late October I rerouted the e-brake cables to compensate for the 4" lift, I also had to modify the 4x4 linkage. I end up combining two of them together with an extension the length of the lift. Surprisingly it end up working out just fine. I painted the handle with a vinyl dye, and used undercoating on the linkage itself. I would like to shorten the throw on the main shift level itself at some point as it feels sloppy, but it works fine for now.

Back in early October I completely resealed, rust treated, primed, and re-coated the floors. Trying to stop that evil rust from the inside as best as I can. I chipped up the dried out stock sound deadening tar because I believe it was trapping moisture/salt underneath and progressing rust. I used a rubberized bed liner instead. A nice thick coat, to make up for it. I did not have all the factory plugs so I ended up cutting up an old oil bottle (black plastic) and using a marine silicone rtv adhesive. The factory rubber padding was not bad, so I power washed it and reinstalled it.

It's been a while but with the Christmas break I was able to get a great deal more done. Hopefully it will be inspected and on the road again next week. Here's some updates.

Nice I have been there before several times, definitely contributed to the inspiration for my restoration. Sorry to hear it got the rust cancer, looked like one hell of a ride. Hopefully the new 82 will be just as good to you.

Those look pretty nice ! Also what's your wheel/rim setup? Looks like a four wheeler tire! Nice!

have any more pics of this? like some side shots? looking at getting the same flares! Thanks