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Yes I put new seals in. And I added grease to the hub but did not repack bearings when I replaced the axles a few years ago. I keep thinking the end is near for this car so I cut corners sometimes.

Thank you. That's what I thought but was puzzled by the short life. I greased them up good and filled the cavity ten years ago but I have not greased them since and the car gets driven through icy water a lot. I ordered the new bearings and seals today. I have a seal driver set. I snowmobile in to my cabin in the winter so I'm hoping they might last until spring but I kind of doubt it. Yesterday when I cranked the axle nut enough to gain another hole in the castle nut it seemed to tighten them up a little. If they wear down and loosen up again I'll change them out. That just means that I'll be doing it in the snow on the side of the road where I park in the winter. But hey it's a $300 car that I have been driving for 15 years.

You give good advice. I should have listened to you years ago when you told me I was operating off a dead platform. But I still soldier on against the odds. Unfortunately the older gentleman at my local parts store retired a few years ago. He used to start putting huge, dusty parts catalogues on the counter when he saw me walk in the door. Now I rely on you guys.

I have a couple of dual range MTs from '88 DL and '83 DL.

Hello people. Long time, no problems with the old GL. Can I take the play out of front wheel bearings on my '88 GL by tightening the axle nut? Is that what that sleeve inside the hub is for? For the bearing to tighten against? Bearings were replaced ten years ago..

Done. Thank you.

Hello Friends, Can I just jettison the roll-back brake cable or do I have to do anything to make sure the brakes don't drag?

Yes sir. Thank you. You are right about the valve stem seals. Once they leak enough to where it's only starting on three cylinders for a minute, I have to do something because that just won't cut it in the winter around here. I might look into changing them on the old motor. But I think that the newer motor will outlast the rest of the car this time around. The rest of my spare parts are already on it. And as someone on here told me once, I'm operating off a dead platform. Sure like these cars though and where there's a will there's a way.

Hello. I have an '88 GL. Dash oil pressure gauge doesn't work. I just dropped a younger motor in it. New motor had good oil pressure when I pulled it out of another car about ten years ago. Motor was stored in garage and wrapped up. Should be fine. I even put new o-rings in the oil pump. But I would still like to "see" my oil pressure just once if I can but I don't want to buy a mechanical gauge since I'm on a low budget. My Polaris engineer neighbor says I should be able to figure it out with my multi-meter by reading either a voltage value or a resistance value at the sending unit and then translating that info into my oil pressure. Some kind of factory spec? I figure one of you folks would know what he's talking about. I started it today and seemed like the valve train or something was a little loud but it might just be in my head. I'm off-grid so I don't always have my computer on but will reply when I can. BTW old motor had 333,000 on it and still running strong but starting to smoke.

I recently found timing belt set for my EA82 at Rock Auto.

BTW I have a couple of EA 81's and two T71A 1st revision trannies laying around.

My EA82 just turned 332,000. Got between 29-32 mpg on a trip last month. Starting to smoke though. I'm pulling it in a couple of weeks to put in a younger motor that I have because I just don't trust it anymore for a longer trip. I'm torn because I'll always wonder how far it would have gone.

I've got 2 old e 81 motors that you could have.

I have an 83 DL of the same color that I would be willing to part out/give away. Same color as yours too. Cosmic Blue is what they called it. I liked it the best of the many old Subarus that I've owned. I like my 88 GL that I drive now but I'm not too big on electric windows and there's just something about carburators that made me proud to be using one to get around. The underneath on the 83 just started to rot away to the point where my seat was about ready to fall through the floor. I've also got another motor and trans (T 71 A 1st revision). Both motors are worn. Lots of extra suspension and steering parts too, I think. Would love to see any of it get used.