Jaysus

ok so about to drop the engine back in .. Got compression in all 4 .. The motor I switched spoob to had solid lifters. Hopefilly that will quiet my car problems for the time being haha

Pulled the motor last night.. By myself and without a cherry picker cause I do dumb unsafe sh*t quite often. At any rate got it on the engine stand and I'm about to just put everything back on the engine that was in it when I got the thing (also an ea81) a few months ago. I cleaned the original one best I could without sspliting the block or pulling the pistons out.. Now all I gotta do is take cylinder heads and stuff of one and put it all BACK on the other.

I'm about to dive into it . Wish me luck . Should have an update on a few hours from now

Fml so I was just looking at pictures of ea81s on the inter web .. aaaaand I put a few solid pushrods mixed in with the hydraulic ones.. Rookie move smh. At any rate could that be what the problem is or is that just another problem I have to unf**ck ??

They're hydraulic

How do I tell if they're manual or hydrolic?

Fml it won't let me upload them for whatever reason . At any rate.. Flywheel at 0.. The metal part of the rotor is pointing a little to the right of the 12o'clock position if Youre standing directly in front of the car .. The block I put the cylinder heads on was one that was in the backseat of the car when I got it (guy I got it from couldn't tell me much other than its a subaru..) looked to be a bit cleaner than the one that was under the hood so that's the one I went with .. I used the same clutch plate pressure plate and the same flywheel as aposed to the other ones that were in the car with all the other parts .. It also came with a spoob ton of other parts . pretty much a whole other cars worth . wiring harness and all .. Even a transmission which I believe is a awd tranny. Thas what I was told at least . oh and some random v8 cylinder heads, valve covers and intake manifold that are from some old GM .. Seeing as they have GM on them . So I'm thinking of pulling the motor in it and putting the original set up back together and dropping it in cause it ran . just had a popped freeze plug . Hadn't ran for 4 years pryer to me getting it. So I did the whole "car sitting for 4 or 5 years" standard procedure. Anyways that's where I'm at . Stuck and frusterated as spoob with a whole lot of hours into this beast ha . This is the first car I've done this extensive of spoob to .. By myself . Just me and the internet ha .

So I did the paper towel thing and I'm pretty sure I have no compression.. Wtfff . here I took pictures anyways .

I'm not 100% on the timing .. Also it says 83 on the inside of the door so its an 84. Right? Ha.

Almost positive everything is where it should be .. Has spark .. Timing is right I think . idk.. Still won't start.

Sooo the belt attatched to the alternator .. Only belt on the thing .. Is turning and its making a whinning noise , but it won't turn over .. This is my first subaru . 83 gl wagon . just replaced the hg.even tho it was a feeze plug that popped .. Anyways , new accel pro stock ignition .. Batery is new . Idk wtf is wrong . I have the Haynes but it's all pretty confusing to be honest . it ran before I put it all back together . HELP!

Sooo the belt attatched to the alternator .. Only belt on the thing .. Is turning and its making a whinning noise , but it won't turn over .. This is my first subaru . 83 gl wagon . just replaced the hg.even tho it was a feeze plug that popped .. Anyways , new accel pro stock ignition .. Batery is new . Idk wtf is wrong . I have the Haynes but it's all pretty confusing to be honest . it ran before I put it all back together . HELP!