BeefaRu
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They came after me -- hunted me down after they found my video on youtube on the beefaru channel. I posted about that last fall. Took a long time, but it's there now. Dr Krazy should be proud. I'll have to call him if he doesn't pop his head in here.WOW thats fantabulous!!So how do you send picutres to Subaru anyhow? Or did they come to you? Like you rear other owners stories in the "Drive" magazines, we'll how do you send a picture or video with that?
Been wondering
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The far left and far right in the middle row.
Far left is a video with Dr Krazy videoing the roll to 200k and the far right is the photo at red rocks amphitheater right where the Beefaru hit 200k
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Here's a screen grab from page 26-27 of the brochure. See below for how to get here.
Middle row far left is video of dash rolling over to 200,000 miles
Middle row far right is Dr Krazy, the little lady and I at the spot where it hit 200k with Red Rocks amphitheater in the background.
Go here:
Then wait forever as the brochure loads, then on bottom right of brochure, click "contents" and go to page 26-27.
If that direct link doesn't work go here
http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/outback/index.html
At bottom of that page under heading "explore further", scroll down to "get a brochure" it launches this page
https://www.subaru.com/shopping-tools/get-brochure.html?s_kpi=trim_nav
Under "view a brochure" click and select "2011 outback new dynamic brochure"
Then wait forever as the brochure loads, then on bottom right of brochure, click "contents" and go to page 26-27.
If anyone finds a faster way to do this, please post.
Thanks again to DRKRAZY without him this never would've happened!!
The Beefaru has come a long way indeed
Climbed in it tonight and fired it up because the beef's younger brother (2005 Outback XT limited) is going in the shop. Man the memories came flooding back big-time!Click on my name and select the website. There's more news and photos on it now or go here: http://www.ericlane.com/pages/alb_beefaru/beefaru_website/index.html
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Sent a PM too.
Either the RX has FT4WD or it doesn't. The 87 should be the ticket - it's the only year it was FT AFAIK. You're gonna love the dual range 411 when you get it built!!
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Sent in the video release form today so it's official.
The Beefaru 200k odometer video will be featured in Subaru's sales brochures for their cars.
Customers at car lots often prefer to go online to view brochures vs taking the big printed stuff at the dealer. This video will be a part of the "Love Spread" section of their brochures for new cars.
"Love Spread"...not what I expected from Subaru, but if they want to name something after Austin Powers' pimpin' 70's sex penthouse, who am I to judge
Actually, sounds like a perfect electronic home for the Beefaru.This is the video they want
The Beefaru website is way cooler than that video though.
When they get their website together, I'll post a link.
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The only part of this that sucks is not only did DrKrazy shoot the odometer footage, but his wagon video has over 6000 hits whereas the odometer video has a paltry 500. That lifted sedan video is way cooler!!
Maybe Subaru can cough up some big bucks - LOL - for the odometer video and DrKrazy can get his due (dough) at last.
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Subaru use of VideoI work for the ad agency for Subaru of America. Client is interested in using your video "Beefaru goes 200,000 miles " for a D Brochure (electronic brochure). We would need to have a release signed by you prior to use. Please contact me ASAP via email to discuss: connie.mangam@designory.comThank you.
They're for real -- http://designory.com/
If Subaru is interested in that, they'll love my website. It's a living example of their marketing slogan.
http://www.ericlane.com/pages/alb_beefaru/beefaru_website/Index.html
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You've made your point again and again. I share your opinion to a certain extent, but this thread isn't about your opinion. In fact it should be deleted because not only has the goal been accomplished, but you're here posting your opinion all over it, taking it off topic, attacking the OP, the thread, the premise, and fishing for information from others who've decided to keep it to themselves.
Everyone has had FOUR YEARS to get this information to the guys who bought it, and they've spent four years waiting and attempting to get it for themselves.
You're done -- you had your chance and they've moved on.
I assume you haven't read the "denver mad scientists" thread. I've already tried everything you're suggesting, and though everyone was very helpful and some went the extra mile, it never worked -- over a period of FOUR YEARS it never resulted in a built tranny.This is an information sharing site...In 5 years and 5000+ posts I have NEVER seen another case of a board member asking for money just for information.If you were asking for money for a donor trans, or parts for the project....it would be differrent.
I bought TWO donor transmissions
I asked for labor donations
I asked for shop donations
I asked for any info anyone had on the subject
I dug up and volunteered all the info I could get my hands on
The rest of my story and the costs I've incurred to get this info are already in this thread.
NO - read the F'ing thread.If anything, at this point you are trying to sell something.....This whole thread should be in the "for sale" section...This was going to be released to everyone -- THE VAST MAJORITY GETTING IT FOR FREE, THE FEW WHO VALUED IT VOLUNTEERING ANY DOLLAR AMOUNT THEY WANTED -- instead everyone sat on their rump roast, just like before, and a couple said it had no value.
So the ones that wanted the info, the ones who waited and tried for FOUR YEARS to get it, decided to take the lead. It was their idea.
Get over it, move on, I'll have ShawnW or someone delete or lock the thread.
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People have paid for the info, including myself, and you're fishing and fishing to get the info posted for free. How long is this going to go on?Want to prove me wrong.......THEN PROVE IT with some pics and info rather than this petty crap.What are you guys affraid of?
Other have volunteered to pay for the guide. If you don't agree, don't like the thread, feel it's petty, then I don't know why you're here.
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I already know what the recipe is.....EA fulltime D/R upper shaft ....EJ lower shaft withthe Fulltime EA gears pressed onto it...AWD EJ tailsection. But I forgot.........I should hold that info hostage and make people pay me for it on a free site.....whatever..........this whole thread is LAME...you're still overthinking it. Leave the gears on the output shaft. and just swap the pinion.
I'm not going after Gloyale because you have a different opinion than me. Likewise I haven't dropped into your thread and done what you're doing here.
I'd appreciate the same. I already said it's OK if people disagree, I assumed there'd be common courtesy.
What I'm seeing instead are attacks and a last ditch effort to "spoil" the "secret" transmission guide by attempting to "reveal" what's going to be in the guide.
People volunteered to pay for this info for a 230k built transmission. If fellow forum members don't agree, they don't need to participate in the thread let alone hijack it, attack it, and start posting what they believe the info to be. If you're attempting to get a buyer to back out, do what you wish, post what you want, but your actions speak volumes.
The arrangements/agreements have already been made, and the guide is being written.
I've already apologized for it being this way. I've already said it's not my first choice. I already used up the other options for getting this info without spending a bunch of money.
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A resolution has been reached. Due to a lack of donation offers, this thread is changing from AVAILABLE...to...you-snooze-you-lose.
Thanks to Skishop's generous offer and another big one from ShawnW, the guide is going private -- they'll own the guide and can do what they want with it. I'll write the guide, get it proofed by the builder, and send it to them.
I know that selling info is a bogus deal on forums, and I'm sorry it went down this way. But -- bottom line is -- time has proven that this info has little value to many, but it has real value to some. And they're footing the bill which is going to help me out a lot. Thanks guys.
Here's another way to look at it: most of us aren't going to go through the trouble to build this anyway -- those who've tried haven't finished. But Skishop and ShawnW are highly motivated to build this because they see an opportunity for themselves and for those who want one. Their problem is they can't afford the R&D, but they can afford to offer to buy the guide which saves them all the R&D.
Anyway, I'm going to get to work. I'll PM the one other guy who offered to donate.
Cheers,
Eric
BTW, the first tranny that went into the Beefaru used the lowest to highest EA & EJ gears mixed together and EA hi/lo. It also blew apart in about 500 miles, but the range from 1st to 5th was incredible. I kept 1st gear but progressively sheared the teeth off 2nd and 3rd. I was shifting from 1st to 4th before the builder got around to building this tranny.
PS: the builder had built one other EA 4:11 hi/lo tranny so he knew this one would work, and it's kicked rump roast behind a 2.2 engine, with 15" rims, hauling heavy gear that mashes the springs over the continental divide countless times. I even towed a camper from Arizona and made it over Vail pass before I broke down. Tranny was fine, but the driveshaft gave out (but my driveshaft problems are another story...LOL)
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Actually some of that is the case here -- particularly the main case of the tranny....I could see if his trans was working fine and he wanted to pull the good working trans out and tear it down it I could see the need for donation, but that is not the case here...The problem was isolated to the the tailhousing and transfer case, and they came apart in just a few minutes. The main tranny was fine.
Most of the transmission labor was to disassemble the main case, take everything out, figure out what was what, replace the seal at the front (which can't be done without taking it all apart), cleaning everything, inspection and reassembly.
I could've gotten away with skipping a lot of that, but this was the best opportunity to figure out how the whole thing went together. The photos I took helped the original builder verify what he remembered and jogged his memory on a few other things, so the info is WAY more accurate than just paying minimal shop time for popping off the back of the tranny, fixing, and making a call to get half-remembered parts and assembly information.
Still, removal and install of tranny had to be incurred regardless. But taking minimal tranny fix and adding clutch and steering rack wipes me out. Despite that, I thought going the extra mile on the tranny was the right thing to do and the best opportunity to be able to pass that info onto the forum...however, a little help would be nice, and I figured I had nothing to lose by asking.
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I don't have tools/shop to do this. I paid someone $450 to pull this tranny apart and put it back together and I still have to pay the guy who pulled it to put it back in. This isn't as simple as me investing spare time with zero cost incurred and giving away the fruits of my labor. Forums are great for that, we all participate in that give and take and that's what I love about communities like this.....it sounds like the hard part is done already, you just need to write it up, and you need to do the work on the trans anyways for yourself to get a trans again, so why not just throw up what you have since you are in there already fixing it...Let's get to the core of the issue here.
I'm going to assume a $5.00 donation towards getting this info isn't the problem.
The issue is some see this as one forum member taking advantage of everyone else by asking for a dollar donation instead of a time donation.
- I already tried the time donation approach. People can't donate time and work together to figure this out for free for the benefit of all -- it never happened. The thread went on for years without any results.
- And yet no one has done what some here are asking for -- forum members who've put this or a similar tranny together aren't distributing the information either (writing up a how-to with photo, video etc.)
- Working together, donating time together to do it for free didn't work.
- Asking for dollar donation instead of time donation is another idea and some are for it (thanks to those who have PM'd I'm glad the info has some value).
I'm not into forum members charging everyone for everything. Far from it. But some projects require enough time and money investment that they're worth contributing to either through bartering time or money. I think this is one of those projects. People don't have to agree and that's OK.
That being said, with enough donations, I'm posting this for everyone to download. I really do want this info out there, I just didn't think that I'd be paying so much to get the information.
- I already tried the time donation approach. People can't donate time and work together to figure this out for free for the benefit of all -- it never happened. The thread went on for years without any results.
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$250 minimum to release this info to everyone on the forum.How much money do you estimate you will need to put together the manual?I'm already at $450 on just the tranny work, not including tranny removal/install, clutch, sealing the steering rack, exhaust work,......sigh....) On top of being broke from this, I have to give up income to write the guide, which is why I was hoping for donations.
Problem is, only 2 forum members have offered to donate. No one is bothering to PM offers despite that ANY offer for ANY dollar amount is fine.
Long story short, I'm at a solid $20 to offset $400 in expenses to get the info and time to write the guide.
I'm an "everyone wins" kind of guy, so that's my first choice. But if only two people want to build this tranny, and one is very interested in making an exclusive arrangement then I'll make arrangements with them.
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After 230k miles the two conical washers that act as spacers/bearings for the center diff wore out. So every now and then the diff gears would slip far enough to skip a tooth and then catch. It was a sound that the mechanic who pulled the tranny described as "horrific"So... why is the transmission out?
But the diff gears looked fine as did the rest of the tranny.Another thing also happened, which without the center diff problem I never would have known. The two bolts that hold a fluid dripper, which drips fluid onto 5th gear, backed completely out. We found one of them -- LOL.
Despite these things, all the gears in the tranny and the diff looked fine. No chipped corners, no suspicious wear, no damaged mesh gears or syncros, which is surprising given that the conical washers were nearly ground to dust and one bolt was nowhere to be found.
I have some decent resolution closeups of the gears that I can put into the how-to guide. They look pretty darn good given all the miles. One thing I did about 100k ago is I began running BG Syncroshift II. It's expensive, but there's no doubt it's made a difference.
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I've been getting around 22 city and around 24-26 highway since putting the big thule carrier on top in 2005.What kind of city & highway mileage did you get? -
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Good call. My little lady has that car w/ standard tranny. Solid beast it is.Well, I've sure noticed a change at the local pick and pull. Used to be they'd have a half dozen of the eighties EA82 style cars at any time, now lucky to have one or two. Everything's now late 80's - early 90's. I guess it's time for me to 'upgrade' to that '96 2.2 outback now that used parts are cheap? -
Mine was up on a lift today and I was battling some SCARY rust underneath it. Starting to look mighty historic to me.
Regardless, categorizing by general engine type is a great way to organize these awesome little vehicles.
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Thanks for the link to that hi/lo outfit. Looks like 1.58 is lowest they go. Maybe they're not the company I was told about.
I phrased it that way for a couple of reasons. I just don't want to be the only one [$100 donation] footing this. I know money is tight people, but even $10 or $20 here and there would show Beefy we're serious. If he comes up with a general figure, and we get some guys to put up their money, I'm in. I just don't want to fork over the money, have no one else jump in, then end up with my money back, no write up and no trans. The no trans part would be very disappointing for me. I think this is a great idea and I would be willing to build these for people who wouldn't be able to do it themselves. I think Beefy was right, start a thread with a sticky for donations....What skishop said. It's a cool tranny the most versatile/affordable/durable one I've ever owned.
Shishop has offered to build them, the old-school guys in denver could build one. Pretty much anyone with the gear to pull and work a transmission can do this.
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I phrased it that way for a couple of reasons. I just don't want to be the only one footing this. I know money is tight people, but even $10 or $20 here and there would show Beefy we're serious. If he comes up with a general figure, and we get some guys to put up their money, I'm in. I just don't want to fork over the money, have no one else jump in, then end up with my money back, no write up and no trans. The no trans part would be very disappointing for me. I think this is a great idea and I would be willing to build these for people who wouldn't be able to do it themselves. I think Beefy was right, start a thread with a sticky for donations....
New thread here:
http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=115414
So far only one donation offer besides yours, but I think it'll catch on once these guys figure out the killer transmission they could have in their car.
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I think this might be the one http://www.albinsgear.com.au/ I emailed them earlier today. If they are, I doubt it's something we could afford; they seem very high end, but I'll let you know what they say.what is this company I would like a setwhat is the reduction on these lowwer hi/low gears how much Money do we need?
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what is this company I would like a set
what is the reduction on these lowwer hi/low gears how much Money do we need?
I need to start googling. I think the guy who designed my tranny can dig up the info. Sure would be nice.
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UPDATE: There was an offer to buy the guide vs wait for donations and release it for free to everyone who didn't donate. Sorry folks, but there's people who waited for four years and don't want to wait any longer. I don't blame them, that's why I footed the bill to get the info myself.
This is an offshoot of the "denver mad scientists transmission lab" thread.
Long story short, at considerable cost (transmission removal/tear-down/consultation) I've learned how to duplicate my EA82 4:11 hi/lo transmission. There's been a lot of forum interest in building one of these, but we didn't know how mine was done.
Now I know how it was done and I'd like to assemble a list of people interested in donating toward a how-to guide for building this most excellent EA82 4:11 hi/lo transmission.
Why donations? To be honest, I'll be broke once my car goes back together, and I have to give up income generating activity in order to create a guide to duplicating my transmission.
How much to donate?
$40 seems fair given the time/expense.
However, just PM me what you want to donate whether it's more or less than $40. That way everyone can anonymously contribute what they can afford.
Here are some more specifics on the the transmission:
- I've driven it 230,000 miles, and it had around 60,000 original miles. It's still in great shape.
- It's a full-time 4WD hi/lo EA82 transmission
- The 3:9 transmission has been dropped to 4:11
- It's possible to drop it to 4:44
- The orig hi/low was swapped for a better ratio hi/lo
- Going to 4:11 or 4:44 requires going to a legacy center diff (no more locking center diff)
- Hi/lo is fitted with vacuum activation (shifter red button activates hi/lo)
- 5th gear was swapped for taller 5th (3,000 rpm @ 68-70mph with 15inch 65/185 tires VS orig 5th gear 3,000rpm @ 58-60mph)
Of course, the taller/bigger your tires, the more you need this kind of gearing. Because it's possible to drop to 4:44, this could be really cool for off-road.
Another thought: there's an australian company that makes custom EA82 hi/lo gears. We're talking huge reduction. It would take a significant order to make it worth buying, but those custom hi/lo combined with the drop to 4:11 or 4:44 would make it possible to have subarus with amazing crawling gears.
- I've driven it 230,000 miles, and it had around 60,000 original miles. It's still in great shape.
The Beefaru & Dr Krazy are in the 2011 Outback brochure!!
in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
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You get the credit Dr Krazy -- if you hadn't decided come along for the ride and shoot the video, this never would've happened.
You'll have to change your avatar tag-line to "2011 Outback brochure poster child".