Hello fellow Subie junkies!
Just joined the foroum and used to browse it occasionally. I am the proud owner of 2 '84 GL Wagons; one is a white with blue interior, roof rack, wing, 1.8 2WD 5 speed and the other is white with blue interior, Sun roof, factory cruise, factory fog lights, 1.8 4WD 4 speed. I've had the 2wd Subie for about 10 years on (used to belong to my mother) and it has been thru hell and back but a few months back someone gave me my 4WD (ironically I tried to buy it a year eariler) The sun roof subie is in really good shape and just needs a little TLC. I've managed to get it running after havingit sit for 5 years, but I'm having a few problems. The car (when it was on the road) was fanatically maintained, I have the orginal window sticker, loan application and every piece of paper work on everything ever done to it. Sitting has taken a slight toll on it though, a few renegade mechanics disassembled most of the wiring to the distribuitor but I managed to grab that out of the junk yard and after re-installing the plug wired with the right firing order and getting the timing within a sane range I got it to get fire but no fuel; cleaned the tank and lines and I have fuel and a good running engine.
My trouble is this, the engine does have a slight bit of hesitation when you give it a full throttle stab while out of gear, but under load (i.e. on the road or pulling a hill) it has like zero power> I can tell that it has a dead miss in it, so I put plugs in it and will do wires, cap, rotor, ect tomorrow. Anyone else have any ideas? This whole 2bbl, cruise control is totally new to me; I'm used to my 1bbl Subie that runs like a scalded cat (routinely whips turbo hondas )
Also, once I get my engine straightend out, I'd like to add a push bar (or grile guard, whatever you want to call it) Where on the web might I find one? And I also need bulbs for my fog/running lights; they are sealed beam halogens from what I can tell, but I can't find anything the right size in my area. One of mine is busted but works and the other is cosmetically fine and does nothing .
I know it's a lot to ask for my first post, but I think I've come to the right place.
Thanks!