Espey16

Ok, I misread that. I can squeeze them by hand right now. They're still in the plastic bags they came in. I'll get a small container and get on that.

Ok. Any special tool I should use to keep the top side from getting buggered up?

Hey guys I'm about to yank the engine out of my 89 gl. I bought new lifters for it a while ago and I'm gonna put those in while the motor Is out. Am I supposed to soak them in motor oil for a day or so prior to installation? I had to do that with my camaro lifters, I just don't know if these require it also.

I'm not sure if EA81 hubs are the same as EA82, but if they are I can save you the hassle and trade you a full set of stock hubs. Then you can go from there.

BTW the TPS I'm talking about is Autozone pn: TPS4085

I know there's a ton of threads discussing this topic, I just can't seem to figure out the search feature. Anyway, a few years ago my TPS decided to crap out. I couldn't find any EA82 Subies at the junk yard, so I found a TPS at autozone that was for a completely different vehicle but it was the same as our TPS. Only issue was it had a pigtail connected to it instead of a male connector. I cut the wires on it, and the female connector off my wire harness and soldered the wires together. Car fired right up and quit doing what it was before. Since then my mileage has dropped significantly and I think this might be the culprit. Looking at the book, it shows the TPS wiring unhooked when you're supposed to calibrate it. Can I still calibrate this one even though it's hard wired in? Thank you for suffering through this super long post.

My last one was an 86 EA82 with a 6 inch lift. Understandably you're going to go through axles and what not, bit this one has been a pita the whole time I've owned it.

This car has been nothing but trouble the last 6 years! Love hate relationship.

The car is now running. I might have wasted everyone's time with this. While trying to start the car with each cam installed, the car was turning over like it was missing a timing belt if that makes sense. Just didn't sound right and didn't even try to fire. I just put little fuel in the tb and it started. Ran rough at first, but its idling fine now.

Well, it wasn't the cam. Car still won't even try to fire. Thank you guys for all the input. Time to do some more searching.

Cams are swapped, tower is bolted back on, rocker arms are all in place. I'm not going to put the passenger belt back on till tomorrow, if not Wednesday if I get time to do it. I'll report back then.

I guess right and left.

Here are the 2 cams side by side. Carb up top, SPFI below.

Random question, is ultra gray the only recommended sealant for the cam tower? I have it off now, and it's all still tacky except what got squeezed out when I tightened the bolts down. I put the tower on 2 weeks ago, and waited 24 hours to try and start it.

Looking at the cams now, I'm pretty sure they're different. I didn't notice it before, but the SPFI cam has an A stamped in it right behind the seal, and an 11 stamped in it before the #3 lobes. The carb cam has the same A behind the seal, but a 10 before the #3 cam lobes.

I have the valve cover off now, and all 4 rockers are still on the lifters and valves.

One of the bolts holding the cam seals in was stripped out, and puking oil everywhere. I got lazy and tried to fix the hole while the cam tower was still in the car. I drilled it out, tapped it, and inserted a helicoil. When I went to put the cam seals back in it I realized I drilled the hole crooked. That's why I replaced the cam tower. I'll pull the valve cover tonight when I get home.

I didn't swap cams from L to R, I put a whole passenger cam tower or housing from a carbureted EA82 with its cam into my SPFI EA82. Everything looks correct as far as timing belts, and distributor goes. And nothing is unhooked. Visually the 2 cams looked the same, but thats just visually. I still have the original cam, I just need to know if I need to swap my old cam in like I should've.

Distributor is on. #1 TDC, rotor at the brake booster, 20* on the crank.

I'm going to check the distributor timing now, make sure it's still correct. The car ran when I parked it though so I dont see why that would be off. Who knows.

Not sure if it matters, but the only thing I left unhooked is the electric fan. I did that just in case I had to redo the timing.

Hey guys. I recently replaced the passenger side cam tower on my SPFI 89 gl with a cam tower out of a carb EA82. I probably should've swapped my cam into the tower, but I didn't. I started the car the other day and it ran super rough. I thought maybe I timed it wrong, but its dead on. I did find a vacuum line that was disconnected. Tried to start it again tonight, and it doesn't even try to fire. My question is, are carb EA82 cams different than SPFI cams?