regularman

Does the justy have the same suspension and 4wd setup as other subarus?

I have a small 6" ridged pipe wrench that works wonderfull on things like that and bites in 100 times better than vice grips and doesn't slip and round off the nut like vice grips. It will remove the nut or break the stud off, especially if you put a cheater handle on it.

Acetone eats the heck out of plastic so becareful. Acetone is used to remove that 2 or 3 part plastic gas tank liner as well, so you can reline it on cars that had leaky gas tanks. I just did that on an MG that I have, so I am certainly not going to put any in that. Of couse, a few onces will be so diluted that it will probably be ok, but then does it really do anything. I guess it doesn't matter as long a you think it does and get better milage. Like a buddy of mine driving around with his tailgate down, I know he has slowed down but thinks its the tailgate.

Mike, I sent you another PM. Thanks, Kim Webb.

I might look that over myself , I have a weber conversion on an mg midget that has been running rich here in the smokeys of NC.

ok then, nothing but an ea81 gasket will wrk then . Thanks for the info . Regards Kim Webb.

I am going for another crank. Finding someone who knows what they are doing with soobie cranks around here seems to be hard to find.

Also look at all vacuum hoses, might have pulled something loose.

Is there a difference between the 1.8 and 1.6 headgaskets? I see that the bores are the same.

That would be awesome Jerry.

Are ea81 and e82 connecting rods the same?

I'm thinking of going back with the ea82 engine out of the wagon for 250 bucks. What I hate about this is its my dads car and he doesn't really have the money for trial and error. Right now I have two engines torn completely apart in my garage and nothing to work with. Who makes the best head gaskets for the EA82 turbo?

I mean that particular issue seems to plague subies and I would like to know everyones tips tricks and failures. Remember when filling the radiator with coolant to throw a cap full over your shoulder as tribute to the head gasket spirits I would imagine this would be a good discussion topic. Some say use only subaru gaskets, but others have had good luck with other brands. Some say use a 3 piece steel gasket. My car originally had the ea82 turbo, but blew 3 headgaskets on the turbo side and the motor had a crank problem. so I rebuilt an ea81 and that lasted 3k miles and the crank went because I didn't install a new oil pump. Now do I rebuild the ea81 again or buy another ea82turbo that I found with a blown headgsket and try putting it back original again?

Found an 86 wagon with ea82 turbo that has a blown head gasket. That is what I started out with in my 89 rx. I put the ea81 in because the turbo kept blowing head gaskets. whew. This one supposedly has a new crank and rods and oil pump

You are correct, I had to pull the heads,or at least the left one to get at the bolt that was the last holdout. It was as I had feared, the oil pump had been failing for a while and all the bearings looked rough, but the bearing for the rear rod had spun and the rod is a gonner. I don't know weather the crank could be turned down and saved or not. I checked with my calipers and that journal is within .007 of the other rod journals. Does anyone know of anyone who sells subaru crank kits?