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Cool, I erased my reply to have you do just that. Usually a break in a wire is near the connector, but I have found them other places.

Ok, so I put a wire between the ignitor and the coil to replace the blue wire and the car fired right up on all four cylinders. Thanks for all the help guys! Tomorrow I will find where the blue wire is broken and fix it.

The trans module is separate. The ECU can be changed from auto to manual mode by grounding a pin. Look for wiring modifications and perhaps (hopefully) they just unplugged the trans control module. Locked in 3rd gear is what happens when the transmission computer is unplugged. Subaru, as a general rule, does not use PCM's (powertrain control module) to control both engine and trans. GM has done that since the beginning of the 4L60E, and I think Frod and Chrysler are similar. Japanese stuff tends to have separate modules - which honestly is a pain with the newer stuff since half the problems we see on CANBUS cars are module communication codes. Would be better if they were in one unit. GD

What is the compression in all 4 cylinders? Is the valve timing correct? As I recall once you install the inside timing belt you have to turn the engine one full revolution before installing the second belt. A cylinder leakdown test would also give us some useful information.

I'll try not to test your temper, cause you must be one tough mother lover!

You'd spend almost as much in fluid hose to get to the passenger side a you would for an aftermmarket trans cooler.

okay, feeling a bit dumb here, but i ran a big ground cable from the block to the frame just for piece of mind, and BAM!! SPARK!! cranked over and started! WTF i want to shoot myself for lack of sleep and 2 full days of tracing this spark issue... there was a ground wire from the starter to the battery and another from the right head to the frame but apparently thats not enough... from now on i am grounding every subaru engine with a big rump roast cable from the block to the frame.... i hate myself right now... cheers and thanks for the suggestions. im gonna go put this thing back together now.

NA XTs and XT6s are MPFI

Get yourself spare fuel filters for both ends. Depending on your curiosity you might just change them again in either the recommended distance or time period, or just to monitor the situation.

Y’all are lifesavers! Switched out the second filter and the bucking is gone — runs and sounds so good!

Just got my 86 Brat repainted, was wondering what people thought about putting the Targa Brat logo back on the sides.

Welcome to the EA82T. And this is why there are none left. They are - compared to the simpler engines like the EA81, and even the EA82 without the turbo - unreliable and troublesome and it takes a concerted effort to fix and maintain them. In my opinion anything fuel injected that is 25+ years old needs a standalone. We use LINK ECU's. Maybe you would have more money for a standalone if you didn't spend money on mods that accomplish nothing. Just sayin. MegaGarbage works terrible on Japanese applications in general. Doesn't handle most Japanese style triggers and too much timing drift and screwing around with circuits and serial communications. Absolute trash - we remove them constantly due to poor (literally and figuratively) installations when they just can't do what the customer wants. I think the EA82T is just likely beyond your skill set and patience. The fact that you can't communicate with the factory computer makes them a really tough diagnostic problem. GD