March 2, 201511 yr Author 5 speed cross member welded together Lift blocks braced Engine and trans are in but ended putting them in separate .Put on a new oil filter and put in new oil. I need to get the trans cross member bolted up so i can find out what i need to do for a drive line. The drive line needs to go in so i can fill her will oil to start her up for the first time being ej'd. Still need to put the ea82 fi pump on and upgrade some fuel lines, front brake line extensions, shifter linkage, and a bunch of other stuff. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 3, 201511 yr Author For got to mention i finally titled this last friday. I bought some more flat black and repainted the rear bumper Cross member and radius rod mounts bolted in stripped harness thanks to the help of Patrick Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 5, 201511 yr Author Fuel lines and heater hoses hooked up Put some tape on the hose in case it rubs on the starter. I managed to bend the hard line some so the hose would clear the steering linkage without rubbing. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 9, 201511 yr Author Fuel pump is fitted in and all new fuel lines and vapor lines. Power steering hoses are hooked up too with atf in them. Here's my new muffler throttle cable was only $8 and has lifetime warranty Manged to find a combo of electric fans that will work. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 12, 201511 yr Author Lengthened my drive line 9 inches and put in new u-joints with grease zurks. Still going to get it retubed at a shop though. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 26, 201511 yr Author Shifter linkage still needs some work but it works for now. I went to car quest for the coolant hoses and got them using the part numbers Gloyale posted. Was about $20 for the 2 hoses on my account. Now she has new coolant so i can run her longer. Starts up good just loud being straight piped until tomorrow when i finish up the exhaust. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
March 27, 201511 yr Author Runs and drives. Still need to finish up the brake line extensions to be able to drive it safely. My snap-on metric double flaring tool should come monday. Went to oriley's, car quest, and napa neither of them had a metric one . I tried a american one but couldn't get a good enough flare because the die was way to small and would bent the brake line side ways. I could of went to my one my buddies shops to make a die on the lathe or turn down one that was to large but chose just to wait and work on other stuff. Edited July 12, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
May 30, 201510 yr Author I really need to switch my pictures to google since facebook isn't working out for hosting. Any way... I pulled the engine and put on a set of heads i had redone with felpro head gaskets since they acted like they were blown(bubbles in radiator). Once that was done it ran okay with a bad tick coming from the drivers side rocker assembly. I even used the cams and rockers that were for the new heads and put it back together exacly the way it was. The other heads were a lot quieter with the originals. Then when it got up to temp and the thermostat kicked open the water would start shooting out the over flow with steam or if i had the cap open it would spit out every couple seconds. When i would shut it off it would shoot 5 feet with the cap off. I'm thinking somethings cracked in my block or i already have a bad head gasket.
May 30, 201510 yr Been down that road myself, frustrating as all get out. I would rule out defective T-stat, water pump, and air pocket first. Maybe do a leak-down test on all cylinders.
June 3, 201510 yr Author Been down that road myself, frustrating as all get out. I would rule out defective T-stat, water pump, and air pocket first. Maybe do a leak-down test on all cylinders. Took out the thermostat today and same problem. Before the engine would start building pressure in the coolant system then would release it when the thermostat would open, but with it out it starts bubbling worse and worse the warmer the engine got (hottest i've let it get is between the middle mark and the mark before hot). So the problem is still there for sure. I let it run for about 20 minutes and the problem was getting worse the longer it was ran. Maybe a crack expanding in the block? Pump definitely works since you can see water cycling through the top of the radiator. Bought a new water pump with lifetime warranty yesterday day for another ej22 i have unless i can't find ej25d block that needs head gaskets for cheap then i'll put it on that for good measure. Everyone i've talked to hasn't heard of anything like it. Heres a link to my facebook album until i have a chance to download everything to google https://www.facebook.com/forest.chatelain/media_set?set=a.402548506546960.1073741837.100003754435547&type=1&pnref=story. Edited June 3, 201510 yr by turbosubarubrat
July 12, 201510 yr Author will the cooling system hold pressure if you charge it with compressed air? It was making so much pressure it was making seams on my radiator come apart si would say it was gaining pressure faster than the 7psi cap could take.
July 12, 201510 yr Author Switched to google for picture storage so pics should last forever. Here is some update pics from awhile ago... I need to do something different with the mud flaps...
July 12, 201510 yr Author Currently the engine is out and torn apart. Another ej22 i have is out of the white legacy that i also tore apart and i'm currently resealing that one. It's prepped and ready to have the redone heads put on then put back in. Old cracked block Vlsd, Clsd, and welded Swapped in the Clsd carrier so now i have a 3.9 clsd in the rear.
July 23, 201510 yr Author Some pics before i went on vacation. Chopped shroud since the new radiator was 1/4" narrower new thermo switch
July 23, 201510 yr Author What i did on tuesday Chiseled/cut out the jack holder Today Built so i can upgrade to a deep cycle truck battery after this cheap parts car battery craps out. Only wiring left in the bay is for the transmission All the gauges are wired up now and the wiring is tucked up(forgot to take a picture for that)
July 27, 201510 yr Author She must be pretty badass since i got the thumbs up/waves just going out of my driveway on the road the first time. First time she has been on the road in at least 3 years and since i've owned it was thursday. exhaust wrapped engine/trans brace
July 28, 201510 yr Author Got the shifter done and the 4wd shifter done. Also got the radio and speakers wired in.
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