TheSubaruJunkie

Now what fun would that be? Take a bus to a subaru show? THats almost as bad as showing up in a Mercury Tracer (sorry andrew :-P ) -Brian

Actually, change of plans. Doesnt look like im gonna be able to make it

Looks like its a change of plans for me. Ive run out of money 1 week before the show. Payday is the day after I had scheduled to leave, and I just cant afford it. This paycheck is my rent check and i got bills stacked up and disconnect notices that MUST be taken care of It would cost $400 in gas and i still need new tires before I can attempt a 1400 mile round trip so I have to throw the towel in and just take it in stride. Maybe next year :-\ -Brian

I still dont understand why you want to remove the lift, but okay. Make sure you have ALL the original bolts. The bolts supplied with the lift kit will not work without the lift installed. Support the engine crossmember, Remove the bolt holding the bottom of your strut to the steering knuckles. Remove the bolts holding the engine crossmember to the frame and lower the engine about an inch or so. Remove your lift blocks. Lowering the crossmember should pull the struts out of the steering knuckles as well. Then remove the top strut bolts and remove the struts all together. Then you can remove the strut blocks. Locate your steering extension and remove that. Hope you have a stock extension laying around, cause you cant use the extension from the lift kit. The tranny crossmember is going to be a pain in the rump roast. With the engine still lowered you can unbolt each of the 6 tranny lift blocks. Once you do so, the sway bar will make it difficult to line everything back up... but with all the blocks removed you jack your engine crossmember back up and bolt the crossmember back into its stock location then line up the tranny crossmember and bolt that in. AFter that re-install your struts and you are done with the front. THe rear is cake. There are 2 blocks for the diff hanger. One on each side. And then there are 3 blocks for the torsion bar. Find them all and remove them. Use your jack to support the differential. Remove the bolts and lower the differential a couple inches to get the blocks out. Once they are out replace the bolts with the stock bolts and you are done. -Brian

They have tires, but are no good. You got me on AIM still??? hit me up and we'll talk. -Brian

That thing needs some rims. I have a set of stock turbo legacy alloys if you are interested. the 15", you should know what they look like. Coupe's lookin real good otherwise. -Brian p.s. i also still have my modified grill. Lemme know and i can tote it all up to WCSS with me.

Its pretty much the same for EA81 and EA82. I wish i had pix, but i dont. I should do a write-up on the process. Pretty much all you do is break your CV (yeah, break it). Remove the shaft from the stub that goes through the steering knuckle. You just re-install the stub and drive your car in 4WD. The tranny output shafts will stay exposed and no CV will lead to the knuckle. The tricky part is seperating the axle shaft from the CV stub. -Brian

LOL Shawn, does that mean instead of a Vanagon forum we can have a toyota Forum attatched to the USMB?? -Brian

Yes, 1st make sure you really need the gasket. If the car is running fine, and not overheating I doubt its a blown gasket. Another tell tale sign of a head gasket would be white smoke in your exhaust... or exhaust in your radiator. I would suggest performing a compression test on all four cylinders before you do anything. If all 4 cylinders test out okay (i believe 130 to 150psi per cyl) then its probably something stupid simple and not a gasket. -Brian

Runnin out of time Mike -Brian

And they had to convert from 1.2l to 1.0liter. Wow. I wonder how many subarus have held land speed records? -Brian

Trannys are cheap. Any 4spd from any EA81 will bolt in. A couple things to help narrow down your problem. If the problem only exists with the car in gear and driving, its most likely the transmission. Try getting it up to speed, put the trans in Neutral and coast, if the problem still exists then its probably driveline related (CV's, Bearings). But, as rob stated before, popping out of 4th is a sign of worn internals and its not long after that until the trans makes wierd noises. -Brian

It shows our age under our nickname... if we opt to show it But i like the idea of having a poll. -Brian

Pirate4x4 is pretty local. And yeah, i see 33's on there all the time. Problem is they are gone in like 15min. Craigslist has also been my friend. But my buddy here at work with these 33's is willing to give me a screamin deal on em. So i may just get them and wheel em a season or two until I can afford new swampers. 1st thing 1st... i gotta get the 22R to fire on all 4, and maybe (just maybe) get tags for it -Brian

Well the set im looking at getting are kinda worn in the front. I would say maybe 30%-40% tread left on the front tires. Rear's look good. Still, 33's are 33's and i can tell i am running 29's when i hit the rocks. Another thing that bothers me is the 3ply sidewalls. I believe the Swampers I have are 6 ply but im not 100% on that. Regardless, swampers are some mean tires and Im in love with mine. However, a brand new set of 33" swampers will put me just under $1000 -Brian

I wanna say its a 3" body lift. Too me it looks like its taller than 3" but the lift blocks dont look it. And i doubt theres any suspension lift. The tires are 29" Swampers. I got a buddy with some 33's he's gonna give me... but I dont know if I want to trade the swampers for BFG M/T's. We'll see. -Brian

One more yota video for you guys http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8659504067577991216 Made it today, from yesterdays wheelin. My green truck is running like snot! BUt my buddies yellow truck is runnin great. -Brian

Hey man, i posted 3 videos of subaru's wheelin and only 1 of the toyota. WHere are your videos?

Where did you get the alcohol you used? Im gonna have to fight smog nazi's here soon with my toyota, this sounds like a pretty decent trick. Gratz on getting past them -Brian

Thursday night after work. Im going to drive until I cant stay awake any longer. Hoping to make it to Medford the 1st night, then drive the rest of the way Friday. -Brian

I cant be the only one! Anyone else gonna head up? -Brian

Is there a kit for these things or are you guys building your frames from scratch? They look like a ton of fun! -Brian

Very good work i must say. Makes me wish I still had my hatch so we could go wheelin. Did you get the 3" or the 4" Kit? Your going to have trouble finding a real agressive tire in the 15" rim that will fit propperly. With the 3" you are safe running 27" tires, 4" you can squeeze 29" tires. Thats if you dont want to butcher your fenders. The tires I have (had) are 27" and only offered in R14. R15 starts at like 30" or higher i believe. There are some super swampers that are 28" but i dont think they are for 15" rims. The off-road forum is the place to research all that. -Brian

Hey man that brat looks AWESOME now! Too bad i just sold the tires I had. They woulda looked real good on your brat. -Brian

Yup, sledge is what it is.