Ratty2Austin

ive got a whole bunch to choose from here

oh yaaa.... he he he... yep!! getting close!! tuesday morning at 6am i should be arriving at the Minneapolis airport... wonder if there will be any snow for me to see there

bump... anyone?

hahahahhaah!! thats Troy's wagon.. its a big pile of $*^! at best..(sorry troy.. but I have ridden in that thing.. ) but it does have a weber, and an engine that I put headgaskets on.. (the only thing left on that poor car thats still working) his board name is urabusravanger i think? he doesnt really use the net much.. just sits on his PS2 and gamecube all day... except when he is working at lowes one of my friends from high school... so we can pick on eachother

I use 4wd all the time in my wagon on dry pavement and whatnot.. but thats because I DO have excessive mods including 27" BFG A/T tires, powered by an EJ22 with a 5spd D/R tranny at 3.9 diffs... i have actually dumped the clutch once with it in 4wdLo, and i peeled out all 4 on dry pavement trying to move out of the way of traffic but in 2wd, the power in 1st and 2nd is to much for traction to handle, so i put it in 4wd, then once i reach 3rd gear shift, or need to corner (without wanting to slide the rear out using 4wd) i just push the lever back down to 2wd gently (it works without binding on mine!)

I use all EXCEPT arco (i think their gas is part water?) but i have found that it gunks up the valves and combustion chamber, and even injectors.. 87 oct. 89, 92 doesnt matter to me :-p

I remember someone taking some video shots of my wagon at evans creek, on 17th of october.. one of the shots was doing some insane hill climb! I would like to know if I could get a copy of that video? I could meet up with ya, and if you have DV (firewire) on the camera.. i could just import it right to my computer! thanks in advance! (before the 19th would be nice, I have some people in MN that would like to see such footage!)

I guess thats what its going to be! new years day! (the day the most people have available right?) well, it looks like I will be in a jeep...(Freddie's father's jeep) and he just said that I am not to damage it, at all... so what would you guys rate this offroad area as far as getting stuck/dents/broken parts? is it a difficult area? or is it just a nice mudhole? :cool: anone have any pics of the place by chance?

hey! dont worry! I am a pro with the offroadin, maybe I can show you how to 2-wheel it hatch patrol style :-p

Hmm... all the dissin' on the jeeps! (i feel bad now, I will probably be in a jeep.. but hopefully we can take Freddie's 4-runner)

I belive that would work for me, and Freddie (who I will be with) I just need to verify with her... Sat. the 1st gets a vote from me!

hey, will this be running in time for me to see it in action this Dec?? well, I would like to see it anyways! comparing it to the EJ22 swap.. looks like that is more difficult! if I do another conversion.. I would with an ea81 body (brat or something ) and use the EJ25T or EJ20T.... with the matching tranny.. and just get custom axles and driveshaft... if I go 6 cyl, then it will be a EZ30 from an 02 or 03 H6 wagon the catch is... money and time... both of wich I lack at the moment! but now I know how to do it all!! cool hatch to say the least!!! I hope you get it driving soon!!!

lifting it doesnt make it roll out in corners :-P I have cornerd my lifeted monsterwagon without its sway bars in, and it still hasnt left the ground!!! (it fishtails though!)

easiest way to do this... tools needed : lugwrench (19mm) breaker bar and 36mm socket pliers or something to remove cotter pin from the 36mm axle nut (2) 14mm wrenches (2) 12mm wrenches 3/16" punch tool (for the axle DOJ roll pin) prybar BFHammer (peferable to have a soft ended one to not damage the core axle) step 1. set parking brake and remove cotter pin and break loose that big 36mm nut on the axle step 2 raise car and remove wheel and nut with the washers (pay attention to which way the conical washer was removed it is dish shaped ever so slightly and it can undo-itself if installed wrong) step 3. remove axle pin from the DOJ using an reasonable hammer tool and the 3/16" punch.. (you may need to release the parking brake to get the pin to line up where you can hit it with the hammer, then set it again) step 4. remove bolt that holds lower A arm to the cross member (14mm both sides-a bolt and nut) step 4.1 if needed, remove one link bolt to the sway bar (12mm bolt+nut) to release the arm (so you can pull the whole thing away form the tranny) step 5. pull arm assebly away from tranny, the DOJ should slide right off of the tranny, let it flop down and then whack the end of the axle and hammer it thru the bearings and hub... it should slide thru and pop out the other side... (this usually needs a lot of whacking force to get old axles thru the bearings...) step 6. once axle is out... pop the new one in its place in reverse order of these instructions... the hard part- when sliding the new axle in, it will be hard to get the part into the bearings- there are special tools made for this.. but you can "simulate" these special tools using some metal spacers- use the axle nut and old bearings or similar shaped things to pull the axle thru the hub assemblyif it is a lot of trouble, you may need to pull the brake disc off and stuff, but it should go in. good luck! (btw, I can do on-site work for a small fee ) just for the record... I have done many axles.. my record time for one is about 15 minuts start to finish without power tools!

wow talk about location exchange... whistler is only about 3 to 4 hours north of where I live just so you know, I will be staying in Excelsior....

I have a EJ22 in my 1980 GL-1600 4wd wagon it does fit!! now if I can just find a wrecked wrx

90 to 94 legacy and 93 to 99 impreza gets my vote!!!

I work at the dealer.. and have seen all the subaru modles.... the starters are all in the same spot! (this is the easy part) 2 bolts hold the starter to the tranny.. one more holds the batt cable to the starter, and one clip-on wire for the solenoid! viola! its off! now put the new starter in its place!! (remember to disconnect the ground terminal at the battery unless you have plastic wrenches :-p ) on the 99 OB, there might be the airbox housing in the way on that.. i have not actually replaced the starter but it is a very easy task- you should only need- a 10mm, 12mm and a 14mm wrench for this... good luck!

I am actually not that impressed... my turbo 4wd XT got 31mpg doing ~80mph for 300 miles+ and lots of highway hills and such.... in 100 degree summer heat, with an ea82 longblock in the trunk so neener neener! :-p

those days sound good for me too! (I will just plan accordingly to what works for everyone else)

its just sad that I am flying over!! otherwise, you would see the '80 GL-EJ22 wagon!!! I think I will be with either a Jeep, or a Toyota (not sure which one we will be in yet)

I dont know about that one... I havent retorqed my heads on my XT turbo, and it still hasnt done anything bad yet! (and I drive it hard!)

cool! so what time you expecting to be up here?.. maybe we could have a mini meet (swap meet! ) at my house!!! there will be lots of ea parts for sale or give-a-way too....

if your interested, I can give you a deal on a service... I could come and reseal your engine for you, I have a "set price special" on headgasket jobs for board members- 200 bucks (labor) for ea81, 300 for ea82 (tbelts and camboxes take longer) and I could do all your gaskets too if you like... parts cost is extra... (reseal kit is usually about 150 to 170 for ea82T, which I could aslo get OEM from my work) if your interested, let me know- I can get it done in a day assuming the heads are not damaged (if its only a reseal) and the weather is good... I have done my own reseal in my 86 XT turbo- works quite well! doesnt leak a drop and holds up to my excessive use of boosting and I also have done (ea81) headgaskets for EdRach too- which I belive worked well... I noticed you live in spokane though... fuel cost? (30mpg in my XT) hmm...

well, as some of you have noticed... I am selling (trying to) my lifted wagon... so this means I wont be doing much offroading (untill I build my next rig ) but! I would still like to attend events and adventures (no pun intended) to do video and pictures! I can get all the good stuff we commonly miss due to needing to drive the beasts thru the muck.... I also can now edit, create and burn DVD video discs all with my home equipment! would people be interested in buying special edited (effects, voiceovers music and such) DVDs of the hatch patrol and other subaru event videos? if so, I could start making my inital disc, starting with footage from past times, and WCSS6! let me know what you guys think! and on another note. when we went to EC on 10/17/04 did someone get a video of me doing the massive hill climb in the yellow wagon? I would much like to see about getting a clip of that vid!