Aviator Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I used to drive an '06 Impreza. It was a lease car, and the lease ran up. During the time I had it, I put just under 16,000 miles on it. Car belongs to my mom now. I spotted this '86 GL on a used car lot and had to snatch it up. Runs great! It had 115,605 miles on it when I bought it in May, and has accumulated a few more, being my daily driver. I'm currently trying to find the little hatch lifter arms. Mine are worn out. Autozone said they'd special order them for me, for $36.99 a pop. Seems pretty expensive. Does anybody know a good place to get parts for older Subarus for cheap? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Victorious Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Pretty nice find there! Since you live in Washington, you have a lot of close-by members you can use as resources, as well as the classifieds section here being quite good for finding parts. I'd post an ad in the parts wanted section. someone may have them and would be willing to ship them to you for a few bucks, if you don't mind used parts. Pull-a-part yards, if you have any near you, are going to be your friend. Can't really see the top of your dash to see what kind of condition it's in, but your dash vents amazingly look intact. You'll want to keep your dash and dash vents in as good of shape as possible. $25 or so for a dash cover might be a good investment if yours is still in good shape (the sun in Wenatchee is MURDER on car interiors!)... and look into plastic conditioners to keep your vents from drying out and cracking into a billion pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I would sugest the junk yard but you won't find the gas struts that don't leak. Best bet is to buy a new pair. Try www.rockauto.com Be careful with the side-window latches. They break easily and are near impossible to find. Otherwise - that's a fine example of a hatch and very low mileage. The EA81's are routinely good for 300k with good maintenance. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indrid cold Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 (edited) Welcome to the site... Nice Hatch... mine is an 84... Love the Hatchs... Smart move if a person doesn't have to have a nice car for long range business etc... why dump money into a lease when a nice 86 Hatch does the trick... I have been 5 years with out a car payment.... screw the banks! Edited June 15, 2009 by Indrid cold 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviator Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Both my side window latches are broken. One is held together with a zip-tie, and the other has a rusty nail holding it together. Neither work. The plastics inside are pretty good, save for the plastic cover on the cargo light, which has crumbled into dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Both my side window latches are broken. I've beeen working on a fix for them. I may make new handles out of some steel sqaure tubeing. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever Victorious Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 I can't help with the side window latches, save for advising you to put a post in the wanted section on the site... or if you don't need to open them, just zip tie them shut permanently. Anything else, just use the search function or ask. You name a project and it has either been done on this board, or at least researched thoroughly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea81turbo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 ea81? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subasaurus Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) ea81?EA 82, i think EA 81's were before mid 1984 and older. Were you quoting GeneralDisorder? Edited May 15, 2015 by Subasaurus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxleone Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 ea81? Holy dead thread, Batman! This was posted in 2009 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea81turbo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 i know the brat/brumbys came with ea81's until end of productiion but i wondered if the hatch was the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subasaurus Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 oh nvm then, disregard my post that i made 10minutes ago, i was talking about U.S. models but this is for other countries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonist Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Nope, that shape hatch was always EA81, same as the Brat/Brumby. Subaru wouldn't have gone to the effort of modding the front chassis rails to fit an EA82 between just for this one bodyshell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea81turbo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 mind you ive seen quite a few waon-hatch conversions kind of pointless i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea81turbo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 still have it? updated it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subasaurus Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Nope, that shape hatch was always EA81, same as the Brat/Brumby. Subaru wouldn't have gone to the effort of modding the front chassis rails to fit an EA82 between just for this one bodyshell. you're right, did not see the shape of the back end of the hatch, was just looking at year models and not the pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ea81turbo Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Dead thread back to life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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