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Offroadwilson

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    Spokane WA
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    Okay mechanic, new to subaru. Love to off-road.
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    1984 Subaru GL Wagon EA81

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  1. I spent a good hr. searching these forums. I'm looking for replacement lift support struts or whatever you want to call them for the rear hatch instead of using vice grips. I can not find anything that fits from any retailer. It seems all the lift supports are generic and only made to somewhat fit 85' + yrs.
  2. update, I purchased a 15amp circuit breaker fuse, installed it. turned key to on position, poof of smoke, under airfilter housing and turned back key immediately, looked and tried again. issue was fixed. wiring from under air filter housing going to carb or something., not sure what happened but all is good once more. I also reconnected all plug type wiring connectors back in after a shot of cnc electrical cleaner, silicon spray for the most part prior to the breaker testing. I put regular 15amp fuse back in and everything is golden. very odd incident. I didn't really do much besides wiggle some wire harnesses and checking grounds off the IG-Coil circuit.
  3. I unplugged everything connecting to alternator and coil. as soon as I turn the key over to on. Fuel pump primes, over once more - volt meter battery light comes on for a sec and poof, fuse blows. I'm having difficulties locating a wiring diagram for this circuit IG - COIL.
  4. Update from my previous posts. Upon further testing when using a test light on the fuseable links which had power. I found out why the coil had no power, the 15 amp fuse labeled IG - COIL ( Ignition Coil ) was blown again. I turn the key to the on position and it blows the fuse again. From this info, would that mean a bad ground coming off of the coil ? I have no idea what all those wires from the coil run into, looks like some sort of plug type boxes.
  5. This is a old topic but I am having a similar issue and this is pretty close to what I'm experiencing, and this issue in this thread doesn't seem resolved. *EA81 engine I have no power going to my ignition Coil, which is new. Do I need to replace the Ignition control module on the distributor ? I don't think that would have anything to do with the power to the coil? My alternator fried it's internal voltage regulator circuit, thus car lost spark, lost a couple fuses this time around. all checked and replaced but has no power going to the coil. Are there other fusable links other than the 3, [ 2 red 1 green ] under the hood that I'm not aware off ? I'm in need of all the help I can get, I'm at a loss. It's been hrs/days of looking and calling the guy that knows a guy that may know a thing and then doesn't. or a shop tech that wants it brought in... which I'm trying to avoid a huge labor bill plus a tow, for something I am well capable of doing myself with the proper knowledge. Thank you in advance.
  6. After further testing, I have no spark coming from my ignition coil. Coil is new. What would be my next steps be in resolving this? EA81 engine.
  7. I'm having a similiar issue, tho mine is a 1984 GL wagon. EA81 engine. Story goes like, 70mph down the highway, engine stubble like a misfire, then a few minutes later, lost all engine power. Everything else besides fuel smell is like what the original guy stated. Alternator was fried, it fried some fuses, all replaced. Volt meter in dash reads nothing which is very odd. The last time I had a bad alternator this happened but it started right up after replacement and it never fried any fuses. I'm pretty stumped, because it ran very well beforehand. The only thing I haven't replaced yet are the distributer cap/rotor. I'm not sure if a starter control module would need replaced also?
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