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That would be great if it was just someone with a bad day. If you can get them at a reasonable price then you just need to figure out some studs for em. The bolts can't put down the torque that the MLM gaskets will require, so studs need to be aquired. Problem is the size is really strange, and ARP wants your first born for a set. You might tap them over to a larger non-metric size, but I think someone looked into that as well. Anyway, after it's all paid for you could have bough an EJ257 front clip and have it installed..... so what's the point? GD

That's the EA81 hi-rise console, yes. All the power window EA81's had it, as well as the turbo Brats even though they didn't have the power windows. GD

Wow - I almost wish it was stolen from me. ultimatesubaru.org FTW! GD

That's called a counter-balance shaft, and is needed for smooth running in inherenty unbalanced engines (3 cylinders, 5 cylinders, most inline engines, etc). It is DIFFERENT from a harmonic balancer which is designed to counteract resonance between the cylinder fireing vibrations, and the engine RPM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_balancer The harmonic isn't needed with the EA81 because of the opposed nature of the cylinders - when one side fires, the forces are transfered directly across to the opposing cylinder. GD

Fuel, Spark, Air, and in the case of the EA82 - Timing. You have lost one and you need to find it again :-p Totally classic timing belt symtoms - see if the distributor even turns. If not you lost the drivers side t-belt. GD

Timing belts. Tis the season. GD

Yeah - I have a strange attraction to the Dodge Daytona - not enough to actually obtain one tho. The lebaron suffered from head gasket "abrasion" where the block is cast iron, and the head aluminium - the two have different expansion rates and will actually "chew" the gasket to peices after an alarmingly short time. The Omni was actually developed by Simca - which was a French division of chrysler at the time - later sold to Peugeot. It was only "assembled" by Chrysler. But it was a step in the "lets build our own" direction instead of importing the compact cars from Mitsubishi as they had done up to that time with stuff like the colt (and the raider - even though that's not a compact) GD

Electrical connector..... best pic I have at the moment..... They won't be in the same spot (different car, different continent...), but gives you an idea of the size and shape: GD

OH! wait a sec - you guys have the steering wheel on the other side :-p So yeah - could be over yonder on the "driver" side of the car..... Electrical tape.... well no it shouldn't be. Should be a 2 pin green plastic connector - or rather a set of them. Disconnect them when you find them. Maybe someone mucked with them and now they are wrapped in e-tape, but they shouldn't be stock. GD

Should be right next to that fuel filter - behind the drivers side strut tower. Look down in that pocket back there by the wiper motor. As to how they got that way.... only you would know that . GD

Most probably due to abuse eh? GD

That's your fuel filter, and the noise is your fuel pump "cycling" - which it will do if the green test mode connectors are hooked together. Test mode also disables ignition timing advance - leading to higher temps. GD

I hear that. I had an ex with a Lebaron TURBO. Wow that thing was junk! It blew it's third set of HG's (that I know of) and I found her an 86 wagon with 254k on it. As far as I know she's still driving it GD

Well - that's partially correct, but as you pointed out for me, in the real world this particular advantage evaporates. And with modern alloys for the cams, roller rockers, SS valves, and heavy springs it evaporates even more. The BIG (and I'm talking HUGE) win with the OHC design is the ability to run multiple valves inside of odd-shaped cylinder heads. Such as a multi-valve hemispherical or hexahedral head. The other big win is the multiple cam profiles that can be run (think Hondar V-Tech), and 3D cam profiles as used by some of the more exotic Ferrari plants, etc. But - as NONE of these advantages are even remotely exploited by the EA82, it's a loseing situation. The OHC's make the engine wider, heavier, more complex, and less reliable - all for zilch in return benefits. If it had multiple intake valves, and dual intake/exhaust ports with hexahedral chambers.... THEN it would be a huge win. You would be looking at a 200+ HP engine no question. But at the end of the day none of these exist and there's no drive to produce these items when EJ's are so cheap and better designed. Oh yeah - Cometic. HAHAHAHA. Try calling them smart-a$$. 500 units minimum order. Got a spare $20k on ya? GD

They are hard to find - they came on 83 and 84 california feedback carb models, and only on one side. GD

I've had/have some Webered EA's that run nearly that smooth. I'm getting there with my SPFI, but it's real finicky about small crankcase vac leaks - such as the o-ring around the oil dipstick tube GD

Ok - I found it. After surfing around on thepartsbin, it's listed as a lower hose for 11/1990 and up Loyale's: Incidentally (and another reason I need a source), this is the same hose you need to hook an EA82 up to an EA81 radiator. SOA part number: 45162GA020 http://oem.thepartsbin.com/parts/thepartsbin/quote.jsp?make=SU&year=1990&product=G2000-31415&application=000236543&part=Radiator%20Hose&category=All&dp=true GD

No - it's got to be a full "S" shape like this: __ |__ __| Hope that de-cofuseicates the shape a bit GD

Definately Nokian FTW. GD

No - the EA81 hose rotates 90 degress, and is shorter. GD

hhhhmmm - I've looked at them, but the upper doesn't have enough "S" to it - this thing needs to almost double back on itself. It's weird. Maybe this is like an XT hose or something? I'm confused. I ended up with this radiator from a parts car..... GD

Doesn't really matter since he's using an EA82 XT tranny. Probably the same though, yeah. I've heard the EJ starters are the same as well, but haven't bothered to confirm that one. GD

Ok - I've got this weird radiator in my sedan - instead of the lower hose tube comming off the radiator at an upwards angle this one comes straight off. It's got a hose now that I want to replace, and I need a part number for something that will work. I've never seen one like this - it's probably an aftermarket radiator, but there's the hose - and it works just peachy, but without a part number for a hose like this I'm stuck if I blow it. And this one is old: GD

Yep - that's what they quoted me when I called. And even if that wasn't the case, the other link I gave will rebuild any lifter for like $5 each. GD

Ian (Bugaru) did it about a year ago to his EA81 hatch (among other things). It's really simple for a carb - they make a LPG "carb" that mounts with the same flange as the Weber. He went with a 30 gallon tank, and said he expects about a 500 mile range with it. His hatch is a beast: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=57399&highlight=unhatched GD