moosens Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 1600 vs 1800 ? Try a search for the 1600 using the same year and see what they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 I wonder if this is the turbo variant of the EA81 that you got over there but we never saw over here - except in private imports from Japan. Hopefully someone can shed some light on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azdave Posted September 22 Share Posted September 22 I have a EA82 87 DL wagon and as noted, they have two different water pump pulley heights (because of A/C options). In my case, I found the pumps and shafts were actually the same parts between the two choices. The only difference is how far they press the pulley onto the shaft to create a long or short version. I got the long pump version before I discovered I needed the short, but was able to use a hydraulic press to push the pulley onto the shaft a little further and make it work, instead of doing an exchange through Rock Auto. If you can believe the images offered on Rock Auto, there does appear to be two different pulley choices in your application. One pulley looks like it is slightly deeper than the other so it might not be like mine where I could "fine tune" the pulley location on the shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted September 22 Author Share Posted September 22 Good to know Dave. No going back now for me though, if it still frays the belt some, I'm going to live with it and change the belt regularly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted October 6 Author Share Posted October 6 Guess next on the list is to try and get some of the shifter slop cleaned up. How much of this fix applies to the 5MT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuspiciousPizza Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 DRW makes a full polyurethane shifter bushing set (I promise I have no connection to the brand even though I sing their praises everywhere, I just believe in the product and respect the support for these old Roos). My shifter was awful before I installed them. Shifter in gear felt the same in neutral. Getting that roll pin out without dropping the transmission is a serious PITA. I ended up cutting the bolt going through the bushing out and installing a new shoulder bolt with a carbide drill bushing on the other end and an ultra-low profile nut. Clearance in there is non-existent. It's really not rocket science, however you slice it if you manage to get a new bushing in there then you'll notice an improvement. May be worth replacing all the shift linkage bushings while you're under there. :] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted October 7 Share Posted October 7 8 hours ago, Durania said: Guess next on the list is to try and get some of the shifter slop cleaned up. How much of this fix applies to the 5MT? Zero. The EA82 5spd is essentially the predecessor to the EJ 5spd and shares far more with with that box than the 4spd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted October 7 Author Share Posted October 7 11 hours ago, el_freddo said: Zero. The EA82 5spd is essentially the predecessor to the EJ 5spd and shares far more with with that box than the 4spd. Do you mean EA81? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el_freddo Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 20 hours ago, Durania said: Do you mean EA81? Nope. Meant EA82. The EA81 shifter is completely different to the EA82. Ahhh… sorry, it just clicked, you’re talking about an EA81 5spd. I’m pretty sure these are more like the EA82 setup too. I’m not used to the EA81 wagons being a fwd 5spd - we only got that gearbox in the hardtop coupes over here. All wagons were 4wd 4spd boxes. So with your sloppy shifter, get under the car: If you see a uni joint on the selector shaft it’s same or very close to EA82. It probably needs a set of bushes, I did a repair to mine once with a piece of garden hose… If the selector shaft is horizontal and has a sleeve over it then that thread fix *should* be of use. Hope this helps - and clears up some confusion! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted October 8 Author Share Posted October 8 Thanks man. I'm definitely familiar with the shifter joint fix on the EJ series as I've done it three times before and makes me hate roll pins. I shot DRW an email to see what they have for it, I appreciate the referral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago Drove the GL to work for the first time Wednesday and have some initial impressions. 1. I need an alignment. 2.The heater is fantastic. 3. Driver side axle started knocking like my brat did back in 07 with a janky parts store axles. 4. I need a cupholder. 5. Hard left turn, my fuel gauge went to zero and then came back up. This was before I filled up with 100% gas so I assume it was sticking float. Once it came back up, it registered half-a-tank. I got a few thumbs up in it. Definitely gets more attention than my WRX does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durania Posted 5 hours ago Author Share Posted 5 hours ago Friday night, I finally got a chance to tackle the shifter bushings from DRW. Thanks to @SuspiciousPizza for telling me they were an option. https://drwbushings.myshopify.com/products/subaru-2wd-5-speed-shift-linkage-bushing-set First time working on the shifter of an EA series car but I got them knocked out. Having a lift spoils you on something like this. I took a before and after video but can't link to it but it was a definite improvement. I also replaced the pitch stop rod bushings but I've not driven it to see if there was an effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushytails Posted 5 hours ago Share Posted 5 hours ago My '84's fuel gauge got increasingly erratic and now hasn't worked over 1/3rd tank for about a year... old car problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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