Svengouli7

Hi guys. Working on swapping 3.7lsd/3.9- Looks like 1st order of business is to get the stubs off- I have an external torx e-12 but shes too fat to squeeze inside the stub- What socket/where'd ya get it to unscrew these boogers? Looks like a 9mm 1/4 drive deep might work (if my garage was clean enough to find one arrrrgggg) 5/32 just doesn't grip..

I see lotsa readers, no call from you Ed so maybe you have not seen this "bumpalotamus"

I have something for you here from Jerry. Give me a heads up a 206-818-6048, prolly be around evenings all week if you wanna pick it up.

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Hello- I need to arrange to pick up stuff that Baccaruda left out there for me AGES ago... some rims and a diff piece.. Please let me know a good time to do so, andI hope I am not putting yall out by draggin my feet so long, car wasn't moving when he brought out the stuff, and since then its been one thing after the other (some things for fun, some not) Thanks Caleb

Hi Ed.. were you going to make a trip to the Yakima area? Already been?

thanks Toybuilder. Ended up doing 3 7/16 coarse heli coils. Problem I encountered at that stage was keeping the drill plumb to the short block surface- 1 out of 3 seemed straight when finished, placing head on was tight since 2 studs were off a hair facing either way. For furture reference, any tips on keeping that drill more plumb? I did not see a real practical wa to set up a guide.. tried to check against a square but that became irrevelant once the metal started curling out.

missin some blocks er struts? pretty damn badass lookin'

I had increased jet sizes trying to hunt down similar problems.. had put in a larger jets... seemed to give a bit more power overall, turned out I was getting about 16-18 mpg! I am diggin to find what sizes I have in right now... still not as snappy between primary and secondary as it should be I'd guess. I also suffered from stalls on hard turns- whatI have read is that webers really ought to be placed with the float pin parallel to the firewall to prevent this temprary starvation. This just doesn't seem an option on our intakes due to the way the barrels are arranged- unless we go dual 32/36'ers but then htere's the linkage.....(?) I also picked up that low initial power can be attributed to not having a big enough idle jet set up... have not messed w/ that

I meant to go yesterday.. any other stragglers?

Sooo.... turned out the vac cannister on the passenger side firewall was hooked up to an inactive vacuum port (the one that sits at 90* to the EGR, now capped off post weber install) Runs full blast in defrost off the windsheild vents after having switched vac ports... Skip, you'l be pleased to see that I've put my ride info in my signature lest I forget that detail again in the future.

1,000 pardons, Mr Skip. All I've been riding are EA82 4wd wagons- in this case 5spd d/r. Getting lazy I guess. And 1,000 thank you's. Perhaps I hooked that sucker up backwards or some other brilliant self defeating error.

Alrighty. My fan selections work fine 1-4. But when my defroster is on, no air ever blows out the top. I know the defroster cycles during different engine load- so which vacuum line did I goof when I did my weber? Or, is there specific wiring for the defroster I coulda goofed?

2 ways I might try that- 1, spreading needle nose er something in it (shim? wedge?) and trying to turn it in till its counter sunk- then maybe follow it w/ another coil w/ the heli tool? Maybe put the flat blade of a screwdriver perpendicular to the end of the wire and tapping it to see if it would move in? Or try to remove it (maybe same way) clean the threads out, oil em up light and put a brand new one or two in w/ the heli tool.. *never had the problem* Good luck though!

Noah88dl slapped a weber on his spfi.... Might be interesting to see what he could add to this thread re: advance and wiring done... dunno if he just plugged the carby advance port, and screwed her down? Maybe put a carby disty in it when said and done-

Hey Reoff. I'm in Seattle but every once in a while I head up to b town to see a good friend up there. I'll keep it in mind- maybe we can meet up for a beer (er whatever) sometime.. I should be up there soon, since my buddy had his 2nd kiddo I have yet to meet!

2wd axles might be a little less beefy...dunno for sure. only differences I was aware of for sure is in the spline count between turbo and non axle ends. Drawing the axle into the hub has been a pita for me before. Have some plastic ABS or PVC pipe handy to cut into spacers to place behind the axle washer and nut if needed. I have had the whole knuckle off before w/ the axle just started... and WWF'd the face of the knuckle on the garage floor w/ axle in hands to get it seated good.. prolly lucky I didn't break anything though

I put a motor from Nippon motors in a loyale wagon I had. Delivered to my door in Seattle from LA it came to about $650. The outside was steam/solvent cleaned. I did a reseal on it, including the oil pan, and i don't remember much sediment in it. Cooling pasages were a bit nasty- while it was hanging from a hoist I kept filling her up w/ water and draining- head plugs were blocked, that first rinde through looked like automotive diarrhea. Once mounted, you bet I flushed her a good few more times. That motor lasted about a year prior to a head gasket failure in a trip (whole other story!) Certainly I don't blame the motor itself- seems like as hg could go on any of our motors at any time (EA82) unless fairly recently redone w/ dealer gaskets...

Planning on going down- maybe not whole weekend, we'll see (probably fri or sat night + a day) Mike W, Subafly.. if you need a hand lemme know- and Mike, your carbie is all ready for you (can drop it by or you can stop by if you like) Still dunno bout that upper 311 but am eager to explore round the park more.

For the x member brackets a chisel and hammer will pop them out of place- whack between head and bracket To lower your knuck further perhaps knock out the pin holding the inside doj- that'll allow the axle to slide out a smidge when pushing down...

Beuller? Anyone? Beuller? Voodoo economics? Anyone? (in a ben stein impression) once again I ask too silly of a question... or one no one knows the answer to CCR? Emily? thanks guys

Hi guys. So I am workng on a block tht never fails to dissapoint me. I just trashed a hgasket because on the first sequence of torgue down I stripped out my 2nd bolt hole- when pulling the head back up it disintegrated due to the sealer I put down (some thin copper color brush on stuff) 1. How many of you guys use sealer? 2. what has the oil passage o- ring commonly looked like in your hg kits? The kit I initially purchased came w/ an assortment of rings, none of which seemed to jump out at me as being the right one- When I went to dealer for o-ring, they gave some kinda nitrile coated ring w/ a crush washer in it. It does not fit into the after market hgasket- which had a copper ring already fastened on the hg on the puch out for the oil passage. I am starting to think that this kinda gasket is supposed to have its own crush washer - have you guys seen this before? The replacement aftermarket hg I picked up at the local action auto- the one they gave me only has a straight punch out where the oil passage reisdes- again too small for the dealer or-ring. Can I substitute any proper sized oil resistant o-ring? As usual, Im long winded. If you got this far thanks- I would really like to put this thing together once and rightly. Yes, I know Im inviting trouble w/ aftermarket hgaskets.

if you locate TDC 1, the left (passenger) cam timing mark should sit at right between 10 and 11 o'clock (i guess that makes it 10:30, eh?) - the right should be in the exact opposite corner, between 4 and 5 o'clock. It's not the way they have in to books to go by but I managed to do it once like that...

if Im not out playing grizzly adams I'll be up for hanging out- I guess that means that if'n were in town I could put you guys up for a night if you know how to use the big potty

ROCKS!!!!! Completely redefines what should be thought as far as the capabilities of a Soob- and proves the meddle of those that went. Choc full of beautiful but dangerous terrain unlike any here in Washington and in such a grand scale... Plenty of carnage of the driveline persuasion- remedied with in the field weld repairs by the hands of John (Mudrat) and resourceful collective mcGuyvering- You get a sense that this group did nothing but support each other and itself 100+% in the face of some troubles that many would take their ball and go home of they ran into- Get you behind in the beeline for a copy of this soobifishizzle, these guys know how to woop a hoopdie up a trail!!!!