HooptyGL

fixed....just needed to replace the sending spring.....now i just need to find a carb kit for a 32/36 weber. If you have a line on one please reply here or drop me a PM. ----- neal

Ok, so its a DR 4wd 1985 GL wagon with about 122k on it. I had just merged back onto the highway after filling up and i noticed the throttle was sticking once i got it into fifth gear. Go i give the accelerator pedal a tap....still stuck. So i move into the middle lane on I-10 eastbound, shift into N and low and behold the tach shoots to 8k. I shut the car down - going about 85 mph - and coast into the shade on the sholder. I popped the hood and one bolt/two washers are just sitting there on my maifold. Throttle body is fully extended, a lot of cable is visible, and it is off the tensioner spring. What do you think, snapped throttle cable or just a toast throttle body mechanism? When the car is fired up the tach shoots to 8k. ------ Neal

85 Wagon - RED http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9142&sort=1&cat=500&page=1 94 Lego GT Wagon - Midnight Blue <----Stolen 01-01-05

lemme guess its got a brown on brown interior....like this one right? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/photos/showphoto.php?photo=9142&sort=1&cat=500&page=1 i would kill for paint like that.....congratz!!!!!

i posted a similar thread in off-topic yesterday....maybe the mods will let it in.

N baby!!!!!! Hola from Mexico....70 degrees and up during the day (on the gulf of california). I'll be sure to check the plugs when i get back to AZ in feburary...thanks for the BETA on location of the 12mm passenger side nut...im sure thats what it is but if not ill be sure to call you up to source me some mounts. Adios from the land of sun and surf.

-> that is very good information!!!! thanks!!! Yes i am pushing in the clutch. Not that it matters though because the car will try to turn over without the clutch in. Im going to consult my chiltons on this one....but any beta on success doing so would be great. - neal

More often then not if I start up the car in 2WD and then try to switch into 4WD high I get a painfull whirring / grinding / noise from hell when my foot comes off the clutch and the car goes no where. The only way i can get the car to move then is engaging the lever (85's did not have push button) into 4WD low, and holding the lever in place.

I have been doing a bit of firewood collecting in the areas of prescribed burns and need to keep my '85 GL wagon in 4wd high when it gets shut down so that I can get out of the woods with a full load of Juniper. I've begun to notice that the engine is having a bit of trouble firing up when the car is in 4WD. I have never had a problem with start up hesitation in the past. The ea82 engine has a weber 32/36 and is running on 87 octane. The car will fire up fine if it is parked with the car in 2wd. Any ideas on what might be causing this problem? Also...can someone please enlighten me as to the proper method of engaging the car into 4WD LOW. The car does not have a manual to describe how to. Also how can I keep the car from slipping out of low while driving? (without using my right hand to hold it into place) Are there bushings...does the 4WD need to be serviced??? ---- Neal

your rotties are funny looking!

dude.....without those engine spacers the body clearance is increased but the engine sits at the same height in relation to the frame.....why not have the spacers that come with the outback for that very reason?

no in that case you would have an outback. in order for the ob strut swap to be done correctly you need to source a plethora of suspension parts from the doaner outback...like bushings and the FREAKING ENGINE SPACERS THAT GO BETWEEN THE ENGINE AND THE CROSSMEMBER...it is a very common modification to lego's.

this thread is a bit to unque for me to be thrown into the annals of the message board. shadyirishman what is the deal dude?!?!?! i would buy one if the price was reasonable and i dont even have an ej for it to go into.

pretty sure lego springs on a '95 ob strut adds 2 " to ride height on any legacy through 99...you need the frame spacers though and a few other parts from the donor OB's suspension. i heard from a little birdy that you can re-bore the holes on the strut towers and Forester stuts will slide right on in. that would actually give your OB a bit more clearance....just my $.02 - neal

well that sure would suck to be him...unless he didn't give a flying-hoot about what he had to pay for go juice. oh and i meant to put out a + for OB struts...im pretty sure i used the springs off my lego though... what does your ob lego get with the fuel injection...i cant remember if you said it had a lift, bigger tires and all the weight that comes along with that....i dont ever think my 94 gt ever got 30+ mpg....maybe once probably downhill after the borla headers, catback, and the cone went on did you -greengod86- manage to source the engine spacers?...that was a beeoch to pull and then ghetto rig in there with bolts way too huge and mad washers to compensate. free range..the dude who was constantly crashing the ea models into schit...supposedly has seen forester struts slide into re-drilled slots, but i cant remember if he did that onto his lego or if it was ontosome one elses ea. Mud Rat would know.

i have never felt bad when ive been in free range's old hatch(es) when they have gone flying off the road into the oregon national forest. i did on the other hand have a problem when i wheeled 'round in my 94 gt lego with the outback lift and goodies...it just felt wierd driving around in a car that expensive...but im over that now....once it was stolen and totalled and the insurance came back i was stoked to buy a REAL subaru...see sig...it will never get stuck on me ever. i still drive 'round with a chainsaw in the car just in case though.... btw....my carbed ea-82 gets 30+ mpg consistantly...how 'bout factoring in your MPG into the pro's / con's - neal

no kidding....i wish the paint on my GL was as nice as that!!!

i had my doors blown off by a sooped up turbo justy 'bout a week or so ago...my girlfriend was rolling in the passenger seat...i didn't realize that they were so quick off the line.

your gonna be backfiring like mad with no resonater on there. like every time you throw from first to second it will freaking explode.

another for custom pipes.....great increase in highway acceleration i dont have many complaints about loss of low end...probably 'cause of the weber...but i do backfire like mad now when im coming down hill and my neighbors hate it. i dont need to worry about this soob passing any kind of emissions testing 'cause it dont exist in yavapai county, arizona.

yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo : whats the deal with these new dual range's.....any idea on a price yet......im guessing your ship hasn't come in yet. - neal

so i couldn't apply for a vintage tag w/ and out-of-state tag on my car? i would have to get regular ct tags first, then try for the vintage plates? confused

so i could theoretically register my de-emissioned 85 gl in ct under vintage status once it turned 25 years old, with out having to go through the pains of passing emissions in order to get a vintage tag? sweet!!!

turns out i had a vac line disconnected...so fixed that drained the oil and the consistancy of the oil coming from the pan wasn't as frothy and light as i had seen on my dip stick the day previous....it just looked like condensation....so i filled her up smacked on a new filter turned the key and BANG, she fired right up and idled nice. no smoke, no burning odors, and its running smooth....tragety averted for the time being i hope.

the car would not idle, the oil was sludge and sat very low on the dipstick. im guessing that the high oil pressure is indicitive of an over-full oil pan. im going to drain 'er and start pulling hoses after i get out of class at 3. ill try to post pics but i doubt it will be anything near the DQ machine. - neal