Im new to this form.  I have a 86 GL and a modified EA-82,  Im the process of doing an overhead rebuild after bad haed gasket.  With that said Some of my cam rockers are looking warn and one has some pitting.  I want to replace them as i got new lifters also.  My parts store in Dayton says they cannot get the new rockers as their suppliers state they are "oblolete".  REALLY?    same goes for the new oil pump i want to install as i have the engine out of the car.

 

Any ideas where to get such parts? 

 

Yes go to Your local Subaru dealer I just got my new oil pump seal kit and pump from them

as of right now eBay has no oil pump I know I have seen him there but when I went to look for one not there

which auto parts store were you looking at

NAPA in Dayton, and Kilmer's  (Car Quest) in Milton Freewater--they deal in a lot of older parts.  when checking for the lifters  the Subaru dealer wanted like almost 60.oo a peace but i got them for 16.00 each.  

get lifters from www.mizpahprecision.com/

 

great work, reasonable price.

NAPA in Dayton, and Kilmer's  (Car Quest) in Milton Freewater--they deal in a lot of older parts.  when checking for the lifters  the Subaru dealer wanted like almost 60.oo a peace but i got them for 16.00 each.  

Where in the heck did you find lifters for 16 dollars a piece?

I know the local O'Reilly wanted like 37 a piece

and my dealership told me 80 for 4

I got the lifters from Kilmer's Auto Parts in Milton Freewater Oregon..  They are ITM engine components.... still no love on the little rockers

Edited January 18, 201511 yr by Mack Truck

hit up a pick n pull and hope for good ones. fortunately they will fit in your pocket.

I have 4 in good shape. you can have them for shipping costs... PM me if you want them

ok everyone.  I did find--with help of a good young mechanic guy--a web store that carries hard to find parts for many makes of cars.     http://www.quirkparts.com/  i was able to get new Rockers.  8 for 34.00 aprox and the new oil pump for 70.00.  so any other hard to find parts id give them a try.    i just ordered my new parts the local stores said were obsolete and unable to get.... their loss is my gain....

$70 for an oil pump is a great price, good job.

 

no reason to buy the rockers, but i get that you want to do a good job.

 

when reinstalling the cam carrier - make sure you use the metal reinforced oring in the lower corner and not a regular oring.  the old one can be brittle/hardened and just look like an ancient used regular oring.  and actually i think someone said the older EA82's (like 85 and 86) got regular orings there where later models got the metal reinforced ones.

 

if you're retorquing the heads (FSM calls for it) - assemble the cam carriers without sealant.  seal them the second time around.

Follow-up,  Quirk Parts is just a bunch of dealers,  no help. They sent the wrong oil pump, and one rocker for a JA 2.5 wont use them again.

I had the rockers resurfaced by Delta Camshaft in Tacoma, Wa.  also had them do a stage 1 cam grind on my cams.  they charged 3.00 to resurface my rockers.