555Ron

I believe I have seen that some North American Brats came out of the factory with hill holder. (could be wrong) I have a hill holder unit out of an L series. I have the gearbox out of the same car to go into my Brat - so I have a clutch fork to suit. However, I don't think any Brat in Australia came out with the hill holder installed from the production line. So, is there anyone out there that has done it? The Australian Brat has the brake booster and master cylinder on the opposite side to the North American model. It comes out with three lines - with one going into what I assume to be a proportioning valve with two outputs. What I am hoping to do is remove this and install the hill holder here as it has one input and two outputs. But I'm not sure if it will have the proportioning valves to suit my car. The local brake shops don't really know how the work and I don't want to play with my brakes if I'm doing something that has not been done before. Cheers...

Has anyone used Milea Auto Group Parts? SubaruPartsForYou.com won't deal with international customers whereas Milea will. Or, alternatively another online store that is reputable and will post internationally. Cheers, Ron.

Idasho - they're the UK/Aus term for wrist pins. I have them all out now thanks.

A bit of googling and i found Subaru make a special tool to do it but it's uber expensive. I ended up bending the tip of a long flat blade screwdriver 90 degrees and with a lot of prying got #1 and #3 out. Hopefully i'll get #2 and #4 out tomorrow and split the block...

Is there any trick to getting the gudgeon pins out? Couldn't see any in this thread. Mine are being very stubborn. I have removed the front pins out of pistons one and 3 and can't get either to move. I stuck a pair of long nose pliers up the center and pushed them apart to try and grip it but they don't want to budge. Sprayed heap of lubricant in there too. This whole motor has been mighty stubborn!

dry radiator means there won't be any smoke. Dry radiators will also rust because they dry out and the anti rust chemicals are no longer there. Rust = blockages. So, lets say, new radiator, New HG (possible cracked head - new head...), couple new tappets, engine reseal(oil pump) and well , you may as well whack on new timing belts. $450 sounds like a lot of money for a trashed car that needs work. Just my $0.02.

Hi, replaced my pcv a couple of weeks ago, now i want to put some Subaru cleaner through it. Does anyone have a pic of which hose to put it in? Or do you just shove it down the carb (don't want to do that myself)? Is it recommended you change the oil after cleaning, if so, how long? Thank you.

Any decent Subaru wrecking yard. I have one here... but it goes with the car, and its priceless! (86 Leone) Not a lot in it, anything you want to know? Or do you just want to complete your car?

Is this carbed? My 86 has a manual choke on it. If you press the accelerator before starting it will rev high when you start it, to disable it after you have started it, just tap the accelerator again. Can't explain the 4k rpm though unless this was after starting?

Ahh... she'll be right.

Hi, just to clarify what is written above. The ea82 is referred to as single overhead cam. It does have twin cams, one each sitting above the heads on the side... but there is only one camshaft operating the 2 valves per cylinder. Subaru calls this SOHC... as it is equivalent to a sohc on an inline 4.

I can't past the the security on ausubaru. Either its a well designed security system (it keeps me out:)) or there is something wrong with it... Its the second one i think. Running zone alarm, NAV2005, Mozilla firefox.

Newcastle, NSW. Stock Leone:rolleyes:

Umm, that pinging is detonation. You might want to run Premium gas, and have the timing adjusted back asap. You will kill the engine in no time if you don't fix it. It is a rapid, uncontrolled detonation of the fuel, it is like a big hammer hitting the heads, it is very hard on the engine components and will melt valves etc as it is much hotter then a normal fire and controlled burn. I think your head gaskets are fine. Heads is cracked is more likely - would fit in well with the pinging.

Don't be silly, you have my respect:)