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I have some new timing belts and engine gaskets. Fel - Pro & Gates, I believe. Stored inside, away from the weather. EA-82 engine. PM if interested. Dave S southern new mexico

Once the factory HG is swapped out for a genuine MLS HG the EJ251 is a great (generally) trouble free engine. My sister’s Gen3 RX Liberty (Legacy) has 470,000km and still counting. Only major issue is the IACV needs to be replaced but we can’t justify the $300+ cost of the unit here. The EJ251 with the manual in the wagon is a mint combination I reckon. Cheers Bennie

Sounds like you need to adjust the cable at the fork on the side of the bell housing. If the pedal end was messed up, and they adjusted it to work like that, it might not be releasing now.

Hello all, I've been the proud owner of an '87 GL for about 2 months now, and I've already seen how much info y'all have on these older subies that just isn't around elsewhere on the internet, but I've finally decided to bite the bullet and make an account on here because of some problems I've been having with the clutch, but I'll elaborate on that in a different post.

yeah, i have had very few problems out of mine.. engine wise.. and just because some don't understand the difference in km vs miles... 270k mi = nearly 435k km 470k km = about 292k miles

the problem is getting long in the tooth now. If there ever was a CALS, I don't remember it. I bet you can pick almost any car maker though, and search google with its name plus the phrase 'class action law suit' and find several. My Brother-in-law's Hybrid Camry suffered a seized engine DURING an excess oil use test! Personally, I think it's sad that there are basic issues like head gaskets, wheel bearings, piston ring lands and other areas that should have decades of good engineering experience behind them - that still suffer early failures. Other makes have stuff like this come-up too. Yes, the 2016 CAFE standards are very tough, but some of these issues aren't related to that.

awesome, already better this morning, likely the hotel mattress didn't help but, more comfy at my Daughter's home. talk at you later.....

I will be.

We are currently at $2,750 for the job. Add $400 if you want radiator and hoses along with it. We are cheaper than most of our nearby competition and we include more value-adding parts such as the complete 105k service with the HG job. There's a lot that goes into the pricing structure - overhead these days is crazy. I am fortunate to not be renting my property and thus not subject to commercial property rent increases in the last few years. By far the largest expense is payroll and taxes. As I frequently have to point out to people - driving is a privilege - not a right. It has to be earned. Either by spending money or spending your time. Doing the job yourself has it's own inherent risks associated with it including the prospect of the vehicle being in a non driveable state for sometimes a week or several weekends or more depending on your skill level and time you have available to perform the task. Weather you pay to have the job done or not is a DIRECT reflection on what your time is worth. If you make $13 an hour delivering pizza then your time is worth X. If you make $60 an hour as a commercial electrician then your time is worth Y. If taking a week out of your pay to do this job would cost more than having us do it (or even the same or slightly less if you also take into consideration warranty and turn-around time) then the choice is obvious. So you ask yourself - what marketable skill do you have and does that put you in a position to fix it yourself or pay us to do it? Of course there are other considerations such as physical ability to do the work, some technical skills and reading comprehension are required, etc. GD