Ratty2Austin

i know PK doesnt make a 4/4, that was actually a "special request" if he could do that... but if not, then a 4/3 would be cool too but yes, I am also ready for a lift! so just let me know when they are ready

so has anyone gotten ahold of PK davis? I would like to get a 4/4 lift for an ea81 wagon from him (if he can do that one for me) so if anyone knows the best way to get ahold of him let me know-

definately a good day for the both of us, and randomizer too- (Troy) we went there to grab a wiring harness for an 83-85 ea81/ ea71 engine harness- for Troys engine in his wagon... but after we got that, we decided to go see what was new in the yard- we grabbed some gas struts for the liftgate on the wagon (cause Troys will get you in the back of the head if your not careful...) then i looked over to the next row, and I was like- "dude! look, a puegot!!" "and it has the steels on it!" so Troy was like "well, seince you have alloy 15s on your wagon already, I want those!" so I let him go for them... but then i ventured around to the back of the pug wagon to look for the spare, and i glanced into the back of the wagon, and there was another 3 pug 14" steels!!! and then spare to match!!!! i was really excited then! so now Troy and I have matching set of 4, 14" steel (oval slot) pugs! (yes, we brought home 8 pug 14" in the 80 wagon) now its time for me to get some meats! and a lift!

yeah, I work in the parts department (as a driver) for Carter Subaru, and sometimes I am shocked to see how much some of these oem parts cost! although after using aftermarket and then going back to oem, i think I would pay the oem price for some things to get the quality i want!

yes, my ea81 with ALL emissions stripped off of it, passed WA, king/sno county emissions- and to make it even easier for you, mine passed with the timing waaaay off and a vacume leak! (so get it all right and it will pass without any probs! go to the usmb photo section and look at my pics- there is a pic of my weber's linkage setup, and you can see the lack of stuff on the manifold

Dude! thats totally how I drive autos! I drive the delivery subaru at work like that, and my impreza, and everythign auto! (I hate that annoying feeling that if i lift my foot up the car starts going forward) and i think it is easier on the car, in fact it is easier on the brakes as well! (needs less force to slow to a stop cause the car is no longer pushing forward) i suggest using neutral often!

its a 1980, GL-1600 wagon (so its an ea81 body, with the ea71 engine.) but... troy got ahold of a new dash and wiring harness from a 83GL 2wd wagon, and is gonna swap the whole thing out- hopefully it will work!

hey, I just happen to have a full set (somewhere around here) of pushrods for an ea71! free if you come get them- (and if we can find them all) they are on one of the parts engines in the shop....

so troys wagon has some major wiring problems- someone tried to splice in some weird stuff, and in the process of hotwiring the car too this person ruined all of the ignition wires.... so the car right now has a new fuel pump, and an ea71 with what looks like the standard ignition coil (my wagon has some box on top of the coil, and it says "transistor ignition" and Troy's wagon does not have that... anyways, we can get the car started for a short period of time, but then when we turn the key to the off position, the car stays running, or even if I unplug the ignition switch, it still stays ruinning! so what I want to do is wire in my own wires and switches to the ignition coil, and the fuel pump. what I am unsure about, is how the coil needs to plugged in to work, cause it looks like it is not just a power supply lead to the coil- does anyone have a schematic on how to hook this up?? thanks!

arrrg! i want to! but...car... not.... ready! needs... more.....work! who knows....

but nobody knows about weather the tranny innards could be swapped out???? this to me seems easiest! i think i am gonna open up the spare 4spd!

he he.. dont forget this one!

I dont know if you have done one of these before, but I have found it is easy to remove the engine first, then the tranny- but maybe thats just me! reason being, is that its kinda a long , and you might run into trouble trying to get the engine and tranny to clear the firewall and the radiator support bars... besides- if your pulling the engine anyways, just undo the 2 bolts, and the 2 nuts on the lower studs, and the engine will seperate form the tranny!

looks almost like a carter-weber single barrel, or the older single barrel hitachi thing... i have one sittin in the parts pile

I am planning to put the FT4WD 5spd D/R ! AWD!! with diff lock! woo hoo!

I have a slight problem with my tranny upgrade- I dont know what to do about getting 25 spline ea81 front axles??? ideas- -use ea82 turbo axles with ea82 front hubs and stuff... , but are they too long? or will they fit on a ea81 car? (i know the strut tops are different, but it would seem to me that they have the same bottom mount for the spindle block...) or, could I replace the 25 spline output shafts on the tranny with ones out of a tranny that has 23 spline output shafts? (seems like the best idea, if it will work)

the brat and wagons are the same length when it comes to the driveshaft- so if youve got the measurments from Ed's brat still- it is the same thanks

I am ready whenever you are- i just need to know what i need to bring down to you for the driveshaft, and how much money and what its all gonna run me- i need this wagon to run good! (it is going to be my main ride!) thanks

so I guess I need to buy the 5 spd conversion from Pat and Jerry! (and dont you guys have that place in yakama that does the cheap driveshaft lengthening?? the 4 spd in my wagon is making horrible grinding noised when driving in 1st and 2nd gears...! arrrg! so i guess i will be heading out to Moxee motors sometime soon! (before winter is too much apon us)

I got my redline weber from bow-wow and installed it without trouble! I had to tune it a little, but it started up right when i bolted it on!

EA81 head gaskets dont blow so often, compared to EA82 or EJ25... but they still can go! other possibilities could be cracked heads, or block... not likely, but possible... luckly, they are easy to change 2 indicators that are very obvious that will tell you if you have a blown headgasket -bubbles in the antifreeze (with car running, before it warms up) -water (brown foam) in the oil good luck!

you need to talk to Pat and Jerry!!!! they are the brat experts in Yakama!!! (including insurance buy backs! (he got about 4 to $5000 for his brat when it got totaled... then he bought it back for parts) they are on the board- just put an "ATTN Pat & Jerry, Moxee Motors" to get their attention- they can help you out! (they are great at making stuff work out of stuff that doesn't! if you need anymore help, email me and i can help you get in contact with the right people! ratty2austin@yahoo.com

people used to say my wagon sounded like a harley anyways :-D (blown exaust gaskets)

I have an XT4 turbo, 5spd pushbutton... would CVs fit it from a SPFI ea82 with a 3AT? I know the turbos and ATs have different splines and stuff compared to the N/A 5MT d/r.... so which is which?? I need a CV and I have one but dont want to take it all apart to find that it wont work! thanks!!!

if I can get at least the 80 wagon licensed, and the 88 wagon running! (cause I would bring the 88 to play in! maybe...) maybe this time Carl can come see what the hatch patrols about