TomRhere

Need your Wife's email mail addy so I can find out when/where the funeral is. Was nice knowing you, Jim...........

ASV system- Part of the Catalytic Converter system. Adds air to the exhaust to assist the cat in doing it's job. If you remove the cat, and don't block off the ASV tubes, you have extra air in the exhaust. Which causes the back-firing. Look at your exhaust where it bolts to the head. Follow those metal tubes up, and you will find the rest of the ASV system. Off of that, is 1, or 2 hoses that go to the breather can, AKA- air filter canister, on the carb. That's where I blocked mine off. Just pulled them from the breather, and stuck a plug in the hose, capped the tube on the breather also. Don't want dirt getting in there......

Kinda sounds like what mine was doing when I installed the duals. Do you still have the ASV system hooked up? If so, you need to pull the hoses off of the breather can, and plug them. Or, just remove the system, period. Couldn't figure that one out myself, had to ask here on the board......

I'd be willing to help you out, Jim... You could give me that XT... Then you'd have room for the "new" wagon. As for the parts car, well, you just tear it apart, then it's not taking up yard space. I'd even be willing to drive down and lend a hand. Even bring the Wife so she could drive the BRAT back..............

Started to install it tonight. Removed the Hitachi, EGR and ASV stuff, have to get block-off plates made up for the latter. Even removed the little steel vacuum lines. While test fitting the adapter plates, I noticed that they didn't match the manifold to good. So, a little help from a rotary file and a cordless drill, hand file, emery cloth, and an exacto knife. Now everything lines up as it should be. Got a little close to the hole for the water jacket under the carb, but it's still ok. The studs to mount the carb are way to long in my opinion, and I didn't have any shorter ones in my bins. Guess I'll have to get those while I'm fabbing the block-off plates at the shop tomorrow. Didn't think of it until I read the other thread asking about Webers. But I have the tall filter, really hope it fits under the hood. Didn't order the tall one, it came in the kit. Guess I could cut a hole in the hood and fab up a scoop. Then again, maybe not. I do have a question or two for those that have done the swap. Didn't see anything in the post I read on the weber swap. 1. Am I to use that black phenolic spacer that was under the Hitachi? Didn't have it under the spacer at first, but I did put it in and blended it in with the spacers. No problem to remove it. 2. Do I need to change the timing setting? Just wondering on that one. Have it set by ear, she ran good before. Guess I'll play it by ear. Been a long hectic day at work. Plus a few hours bent over the BRAT. I'm tired, back aches. I'm going to bed now..........

It's not the lenght of the package, it's the total girth that gets you. Wrap a tape measurer around the width of it, then around the lenght of it. Add these two together, and you get your total girth. Just went thru this myself sending out a box to get the bed trim sent back to me in. The guy I bought the '82 from, found the entire trim for the bed, and wanted to know if I wanted it. Had to think on that for a milli-second. Just thought I'd throw that package measurement on here for future use.......

Brian... Yes I did. Well, from carbsunlimited.com anyway. Genuine Redline Weber kit for a Subaru with the Hitachi carb. Now for the bad part... Didn't get it put on as planned last night. Was making room for the BRAT, out in the garage, when the Wife came out. Had to stop what I was doing and go do other things. But, I'll get it on there today, even if I have to do it at work. Bossman is understanding that way. Lets the Maintenance Department do things that most shops won't even consider thinking about. Miles... No snow, seen a few flakes though. Been down right cold though, for early October anyway. Frost on the windows yesterday Am. Not supposed to be this cold yet!!! But that's just my opinion. Got the feeling it's going to be a nasty winter here this year, just going by what the rest of the year was, is all. Been one wierd year weather wise. And I still have a ton of things to do outside before the snow does start to fly..........

Just heard a noise out on the back porch, went to check on it. Lo and behold, the Weber is here. Yipee! Yahoo! Can you say, YeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!??! Can you guess what I'm heading out the door to do? Later..........

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On brake bleeding... These systems are cross plumed, DS front-PS rear, PS front-DS rear On the rummble... I would be checking the torque of the axle nut on that side, sounds like the axle nut is loose. Does it want to swerve a little when you let of the gas? If so, good sign of loose axle nut. Torque is 140 ft lb on those. On the eccessive gas... Not really sure on that one, but something is definetly wrong there. Never seen gas come out of the evap canister, on any vehicle. Why did you have a fuel pump installed under the hood? Maybe the pump has to much pressure, should be around 3-5 pounds IIRC. I don't have anything on the vacuum line routing, but others here have. I take it that the under hood decal is missing?!?.......

http://www.importpartsauthority.com I just went there and checked on your parts. They list only one inner Tie-rod for power steering. They list two for manual steering, Variable is 4.8 turns lock-to-lock, standard is 4 turns lock-to-lock. According to them anyway. I haven't ordered anything from them, yet, so I can't give a yea or nay on them. Got a few places on my supplier list, they just happen to break it down better as far as part id.....

buyasianparts.com is where I got them from. Eng mnt = $78.41 ea., tran mnt = $33.90 ea. Must say that the eng mnts are for the EA-82, and the tran mnts are for the EA-81 4spd. Always fun mixing up parts orders that way, had lots of experience over the years. Had me some genuine Frankenstien vehicles.....

Yep, you'll need the exhaust gaskets. Would recommend replacing all the seals, IE; front/rear crank, camshaft. Would replace or reseal oil pump, replace water pump, timing belts, and tensioners if they don't spin freely, or if they have any wobble to them. Just best to do all of this while the engine is out of the car, than to need to do it afterwards is all.....

Tranny and engine mounts arrived yesterday. Carb is sitting in Illinios this AM. It should be sitting where it belongs, not in Illinios. She's really getting difficult to drive now, I need that carb, Real pain to keep her running when first started, choke never did work right, but I could hold it at a fast idle for a few minutes, and be on my way. Now, it's crank crank crank, cough cough spit sputter spit cough die, crank cough spit sputter sputter sputter. Then she'll stay running , well, maybe. Having to do the heel-toe bit on the gas and brakes is a pain, 'specially thru town with all the stop lights and stop signs. I need my Weber!!!!!!!..........

Yes, you can relocate it to the rear. You'll have to extend the wiring for it. I would run it along the fuel and brake lines, using zip-ties to hold it secure to the lines. Bit of a pain to do, but use an awl to make a hole thru the rubber grommet at any point that you have to pass thru a panel, like the firewall. Solder all splices in the wiring, and use shrink wrap over the splice. Saves the headache of corroding splice joints. Definetly use an inline filter between tank and pump!! Use the existing set-up under the hood, as far as the filter goes, and use a section of fuel line hose in place of where the pump was. Mount the pump so it is secure, and out of harms way from things like rocks, tree limbs and such....

My '82 has the EA-82 engine in it. Had A/C on the engine. Compressor mounted in-board of the Altenator. No P/S either. Belt used for waterpump and altenator is a Goodyear Gatorback 15411. Hope this helps.....

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Mine is $339.11 total, on it's way to my door as I type this. From carbsunlimited.com...............

Not saying that "this is the place to buy them from". But go here http://www.discountconverter.com Check out what they have to offer, and see if anything meets your needs.....

http://www.carbsunlimited.com/Weber/Dataresults3.asp?Kit_Nbr=K731&Model=ALL%20,%20INCLUDING%20BRAT This be where I ordered mine from.....

Been giving this some consideration since the thread was first posted. Ok, talked myself into it. Put me down for one for now. May order another one at later date. I do have 2 BRATs after all. Besides, wouldn't want one of them to feel left out. KWIM,V.....

I like this set-up. Stealth jams... Not much into the thump-thump sound myself, but I do like a good sounding system, be it a home system or in-car system. 'Specially if it's jamming some ZZ Top... As for the fiberglass insulation... Got any construction sites around you? You could probally get some small pieces for the trouble of asking... On sealing up the enclosure... As mentioned previously, you need to "vent" the inside of the box to the outside of the box. Take a look at any good speaker enclosure, you'll find the venting method. Be it holes in the back panel, or a vent tube routed to the front behind the cover/grille. With out the "vent", your speaker is fighting itself to move. IE; when it moves forward, it's creating a vacuum of sorts behind it. When it moves towards the magnet, it's trying to compress the air behind it. No worky to good with out vent. Distorted sounds. Also, proper polarity of speaker wiring is key to good sound too. Reversed polarity will give distortion to some of the frequencies of the sound waves. Be them highs or lows. Just some info picked up over the years there is all......

Ball park figure on what it would cost? May have mine done after the Weber's on the "82 so I can use it on the '86.......

http://www.rustrepair.com/app2/onlinecat.htm?p=sm-subaru They list 2 tanks there. P/N 360-85-110 w/o FI $138.98, and P/N 360-85-111 W/ FI $149.47 plus S&H charges. Site says they are for 80-94 Sedan/wagon..............

http://www.carbsunlimited.com/Weber/Dataresults3.asp?Kit_Nbr=K731&Model=ALL%20,%20INCLUDING%20BRAT That be where I ordered mine from..............