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Certainly could be the case. I just wanted to insure that we covered all the bases and the cone washer is very often overlooked as a source of noises, etc. When the castle nut continues to loosen no matter how many times you tighten it - that's usually a cone washer failure. GD

I'm not saying that the law is conjecture. Certainly any changes made to the system will follow Pascal's law. What I'm saying is that the stock configuration is only one of many possible configurations that are acceptable (mathematically) and without doing the math you really don't know *how far* away from stock you have traveled with each change. Maybe it's a lot and it's not going to work - but maybe it's only a small amount and the net increase in required pedal pressure is both within the limitations of what the system can stand and within what a driver is capable of. I still say - without numbers the qualitative statements to the effect of "It will not work" or "it works just fine for me" are not provable in any real sense. Pascals law is an immutable law of nature but without the numbers we don't fully know how his law effects what we are doing. People have said "this is the law" and they have then jumped to "so you can't do it - because of the law!". Science doesn't work that way. You can't get to one from the other. The law only specify's how nature works - it doesn't specify if something is "good" or "bad" - that's subjective and we need more specific data to get a clear view of what constitutes good, bad, or otherwise. GD

They might be calling it a Loyale. Subaru didn't until 1990 in the US. They were called GL's and DL's. And some GL-10's, etc. The yard has poor quality computers. The car's SAY "GL" on the back of them . GD

It makes sense for sure. But you still haven't provided any numbers. I haven't done the math either but what if it turns out that the additional pressure needed at the pedal is only like 10 lbs? That wouldn't be a problem for a lot of us. Also - the common swap is to put EA82T discs on where the EA drums were before. How does the rear caliper piston size compare to the drum cylinder piston size? And how does that affect pedal pressure when combined with stock front brakes? All conjecture without actual numbers. Have to go measure MC pistons, caliper pistons, and wheel cylinder pistons and run the actual numbers. GD

The quill is cast into the tranny like an EJ transmission or a single range 4WD and you can't access the front input shaft seal without splitting the case. I can scan the tranmission case diagram from my fsm if you like.... Purely acedemic - but I don't know of any Subaru manual transmissions where the input shaft seal can be replaced without splitting the case. That goes for D/R, AWD, 2WD, etc. GD

That would be really great. I've never been able to find the cone washer's outside of the dealership. GD

5A is a manual choke in my experience. Should be a DGV not a DGAV though I've seen DGAV stamped on DGEV's that were electric not water heated choke. Agreed - either one should work fine. GD

97+ for the 2.2. 90 to 96 are non-interferance. In practice it just doesn't matter. Belt breakage is highly unlikely. GD

If it has one it does go in the cat housing. But you can weld in a bung anywhere after the collector for the O2. It doesn't depend on the function of the cat or a cat being present. GD

Naw it was aimed at the OP, not you. I generally assume that people familair with the EA axle routine have figured out the cone washer dance after being here a while. The OP states he is unfamilair so I thought it prudent to point it out. You have that NAPA part number? GD

Not a bad price. I pay about $63 each locally for comparison. Too high. Just buy the parts online and bolt it on yourself. You don't need the cat. If it has an 02 you still use it. The 02 has nothing to do with the cat. Picasa works well for me. GD

Cleaning them up is not sufficient. If you really look at how they work - any loss of material on the OD of the cone washer will prevent them from properly gripping the axle shaft as they are designed to do once forced into the matching cone of the hub. ANY damage is cause for replacement and that is the ONLY acceptable course IMO. That totally sucks man. Must be your suppliers down there. I get almost all my axles from Discount Import Parts - a local supplier that carries EMPI and OPParts axles. I have not had any issues with either. I beleive that both of them get their joint components from GCK in China. GD

Hhhmmmm - maybe I'll try this on my lifted Hatch. We have that Legacy MC that Jacob used on his Brat for a short time.... but his brakes didn't work right before or after that was on it. Might be worth a second look. I can see both veiwpoints - pressure at the pedal would have to increase to get the same force but the numbers might not be as drastic as what Noah is using. The pedal movement decrease might be worth the additional pressure requirement. I like a stiff pedal myself. And with rear discs that don't take as much pressure..... maybe. Might try an EA82 turbo MC as well. GD

We never have figured out why his brakes aren't very strong. The same bleeding process that I've always used on EA81's doesn't work on his. Even after changing everything in the system (except the HH which doesn't leak and the soft lines) his brakes are still worse than my hatch with the exact same system. I've done brakes on many Brats including my old '85 that now belongs to another board member and I've never had this problem. All his calipers are new and he's on his second reman master cylinder. It's either the soft lines, or there's some problem with the hard lines that's holding air bubbles. GD

No - he likes the rump roast end coming around when he leans on the brakes real hard. It's going to have to have aftermarket proportioning valves with the new brake setup though. 200SX rear discs are going to be much too strong if we don't limit the pressure. GD

I remember a '96 Legacy that I had to replace the fuel pump pickup tube on and I got a pump assembly from the JY from another '96 thinking they would be identical - the one I was working on had the temp sensor and the one I got from the yard didn't. I swapped the sensor over and all was good. When I strip harnesses I account for every single wire and I can say that in most of them I've done there has been no fuel temp or pressure. I just did that 95 like a couple weeks ago and there's no wires for those on the ECU connector. I would conjecture that this may have been a mid-year adjustment in 96 sometime. Some have it but most don't seem to. 97+ definitely do have them. I've stripped enough of those harnesses to say that for sure. GD

I've done quite a few of each. Stripped probably a dozen or more of each style and personally installed or worked on at least half of those. I can strip either harness while watching TV and drinking beer OBD-II all the way for me. The Fuel temp sensor and Fuel pressure sensor aren't a problem for 95 and 96 (except CA cars) as they don't have them. Actually I recently had the pleasure of stripping a '95 OBD-II 5 speed harness and of all the ones I've ever done I liked it the best. Finding the diagrams for it wasn't hard (have them in digital form if anyone needs them) and it had a much less messy harness. I would love to find more of these :-p. GD

What was the condition of the cone washer and hub mating surfaces? Being that you haven't dealt with one of these before, and the rareity of mechanical shaft locking devices in automotive applications I would put a high probability of the cone washer being damged (most on the road are) and of you overlooking the mechanical principles of the cone washer, and how to properly inspect and install it. ASE certified or not - you don't often see shaft locking systems of that type in automotive applications. They are used extensively in industrial machines but not on cars. I would say that 99 times out of 100 when people think an axle is "bad out of the box" it's really the cone washer. I've installed hundreds of these EA axles and I've seen VERY few that were bad out of the box. Can't think of a single example where it was clearly a bad reman. Not that it doesn't happen and NAPA parts *are* complete garbage, but it's rare. GD

Ceiling height was my limitation also. I'm going to move to a commercial space in the next couple years - so this will be a secondary lift. It's designed for a pit like at Jiffy Lube type places but leaves all the drivetrain components clear - wheels up and center of the car completely open. Makes tranny installs a breeze. 30" height is just right for my normal garage height ceilings. I can get a full sized mini-van all the way to the full lift extension. I can see how an "overhead" lift would be helpful *sometimes* but who really wants to lift their arms over their head all the time? And lifting a transmission that high for installation? Seems like even if I had an overhead lift I would still keep the car down low a lot of the time so I could roll around on my creeper. GD

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=129520 GD

I always replace them. They are usually pretty flat. If I had to reuse them I would apply some 518/anearobic sealant to the old one. They aren't typically the source of the leak so I beleive it if the dealer says they don't replace them. GD

Interested in fenders for sure! Nice work.... GD

It's been tried - I assume you mean for the EA82T since that's the one with the HG problems. The rest do fine with composite. The few people that have tried it have said it's a pain in the rump roast. External leakage I think was the biggest complaint. And not anymore reliable. If you want one to hold a HG all you have to do is o-ring the block and put in ARP studs. GD

The entire lower gasket set is for an EJ. Oil pan, front/rear mains, block o-rings, water pump, and especially that (paper ) oil pump gasket.... Upper kit of an EA82 and lower kit for an EJ22. The really sad part is that Subaru doesn't use gaskets for anything but the water pump on the EJ's and those are ribbed metal. I don't use any of them except the o-rings. Entirely superfluous. GD

Whoa! Does anyone else see a major problem here? GD