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My 89GL wagon had an engine driven fan and an electric fan -- not turbo, but did have AC. For most of the last year I've actually been missing BOTH of the fans -- okay in a cooler climate, and I don't spend much time in traffic (and the AC doesn't work). GD is right... the 1st gen legacy (at least the '93 and '94 ones -- '90 and '91 EJ22's kind of had issues) were a much more refined car, and better engine... however, I still like the dual range EA82's better myself for some reason. Better off road.

I've done it with the engine in there.... but if I had to do it again (and had any sort of hoist to pull the engine), I'd pull the engine... probably be faster than squeezing in there to do it with the engine in there. Less of a back ache afterwards, at least

Both of my '82 GL wagons had them. I'm not sure how practical they really are... but I love them. Z

See if this link works http://www.phpbber.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=738&highlight=road&mforum=fcc

Sheesh. Sorry to read this saga. I've actually stopped using Checker or Napa for most subaru parts.... by the time I go back two or three times... it's just not worth it. Usually with axles -- I can only seem to get the turbo axles from them, not the regular ones... Luckly, Superrupair, which is sort of a subaru dealer, is right here in town for me. You could also try 1stsuparparts.com, which is a dealer on line, and is alledgedly better (not much experience with them, but other people have said they are good). Z

Haha.... same here... I own 10 vehicles if you include the tractor, currently of which one (besides the tractor) is both running and registered. Another runs good, but is the work truck/offroader so isn't registered. And one more is registered... but doesn't run. Some of them are long long long term projects Take a look at Beefaru's 88 wagon... sounds like you are looking at something similar to that. It's seriously nice Z

Road trip around southern CO.... 41mpg in the justy. Not too bad I guess

Yeah... one vacuum line (to the vacuum advance) is good. My '76 Ford Courier has four or five lines, but still not bad -- starts up in any weather fine, and runs nice. I have mixed feelings about any electronics for autos made by europeans or americans.... the VW diesels with electronic controls are great..... when they are working... but they are also prone to problems like you had with the powerstroke. And Lucas or GM..... The subaru's I've owned with fuel injection have all been good though.

Was that a subaru? I hope you didn't pay that much for an EA82 SPFI I like my old truck with a 70's carbureator on it, but the 80's carbs that I've owned were awful... I'll take control wires over vacuum lines any day.

Yeah, that's definitely NOT a justy. It's an EA71 hatch by the sounds of it. The Justy wasn't even produced till '87 I think, and it's a completely different layout -- transverse inline 3 cylinder engine instead of longitudinal 4 cylinder horizontally opposed engine that every other subaru (except the H6's and the old 360's) had. All of the Jjusty's were 1200cc engines for the US. Z

An aftermarket generic ignition switch is about $8. And it has all of the positions you'll need for completely replacing the ignition switch. Otherwise, you'd need at least two switches.. one on/off for the run position, and one momentary for the starter motor. Z

Last week, the speedometer/odometer on my '91 Justy stopped working, and at the same time, the check engine light came on. I pulled the code today, and it is 33 -- no signal from the vehicle speed sensor. I'm not sure exactly how everything is put together on this car, but the Chilton's implies it's the same as a Loyale.... so does the speedometer cable mechanically drive both the speedometer and the VSS -- and if so, replacing it might make the VSS work again too... Or maybe the mechanical cable is still fine, and it's actually the VSS that drives both the speedometer and the ECU from the mechanical cable input, and the VSS died? :confused: In which case I'll be needing a new speedometer unit On a positive note, I did a road trip around southern CO this weekend, and got 41mpg with it (I figured the mileage with google maps, since the speedo wasn't working And that was with no thermostat -- I just replaced that today, and found that someone had completely removed the thermostat.... hmmm. No wonder it would only maintain temperature on steel hills. Hopefully it won't overheat with a real thermostat in there. It maintains highway speed pretty good -- 70mph is about top speed on the highway -- 4,000rpm in 5th gear. It gets a little less peppy above 8,500 feet elevation, but still not too bad. Z

He's right.... if you don't seriously need 4wd, something like a honda civic or geo metro will be as good of or even better mpg, and with studded snow tires, will handle better than most 4wds in the snow anyway... and you can find parts:rolleyes:. I run 4wd and studded snow tires on my subies in the winter, and even then there are days when they just don't move... if I didn't live at 9,300 feet elevation where the snowdrifts and icefields are kind of rediculous for 4 or 5 months, I wouldn't have it. That being said, I do really like my little Justy. Z

The auto transmission is actually a continuously variable transmission, that had a really poor reputation in the US for failing, but was apparently well liked overseas where there wasn't such long highway distances. It was used to prevent a normal auto transmission from sucking too much power out of such a small engine. I think that 89 to 94 had the fuel injection, but I'm not sure. For a while, I think only the GL versions did, not the non-GL versions... but I'm not an expert on that. Kind of off topic, but I've driven an old ('84 or 86 I think) honda civic with an automatic transmission, and it was quite nice, for being an automatic -- so apparently not all 80's small cars sucked when they had auto trannies.

I've got one. 5speed pushbutton 4wd. 4 door fuel injected one. Search for my posts with pics of it... and also, there's a website called dusty's justy's that has some good info, sales brochures, etc on it too. They are insanely hard to find, compared to EAseries cars. So far I've only managed to get about 33mpg from mine, but the thermostat is stuck open which probably isn't helping... I've heard that 36 to 40mpg is possible for ones identical to mine. Fun little car to drive -- like a giant go cart. Peppier than most EA82's.

I didn't see any pics of it? A hatch with 100k miles and that much new stuff sounds like it could be worth a bit -- not $1200, but $800 easy depending on the body. But... that's going on the description without photos, which also doesn't mention being hit by a snowplow either. Not sure the link pulled up the right ad for me.

There's lots of threads of the SPFI swap for the EA81 -- but I'm thinking of doing it differently than most people who put SPFI on an old EA81 car... the '89GL just lost something in the passenger valve head and is running on three cylinders now... still runs pretty good, but still not much power any more. I have a perfectly good engine from a '83 GL wagon that I pulled this spring -- sitting in the yard now. I'm thinking of putting it in the '89. No more timing belts or TOD Yeah, I know it'll probably be a little less power, but that's okay with me. It seems like when I'm doing the swap this direction, it should be alot simpler than putting SPFI on an EA81 car... All that should be required is pulling the intake manifold from the EA82, and the distributor (with the drive gear change), and installing them on the EA81 longblock when I drop it in?? Am I missing anything?? http://home.comcast.net/~trilinear/EA81_SPFI.html is the guide that I'm reading. Thanks Z

Well, I drove it home today -- handled the 4,000 foot elevation gain pretty well on three cylinders. A big sluggish, but not bad, and runs smooth still. Maybe tear into it next week and see what's wrong with it. Just turned over 244k on the way home

Yeah, the one on the highway going up towards Allenspark. He's John, ("the sucker king" on this board. I've talked to him a bit, and am trying to get an on FE coupe that's abandoned out in Arizona, for him... but haven't been out there where it is in a few years now... I think he was driving that lifted hatch a few years ago, but has been using his '79 wagon more recently. Z

I don;t think so... the side trim looks different than I remember, and it's too gray. His is the browner gray. And... he had black steel 15" rims on his last I saw it. What a parking job :-\

Here's my new Justy -- welll.... 1991.... I wish the new R1's or Justy's were being sold in the US... I hear we might get an electric R1 in two years though. Z

Two of mine I'm thinking of welding together a bull bar/brushguard for it, and putting an ATV winch on there...

Since it's an EA81 right now, it'd be way easier if you kept it as an EA81 -- the EA82's are wider engines that won't quite fit in the engine compartment. But... I have an '82 EA81 dual range 4 speed transmission, that you could have if you want to just convert it from single range to dual range and keep the EA81... I'm putting the 5 speed dual range into that car eventually so don't need the 4 speed that came in it. Z

By locking up, do you mean that they lock the wheels and skid because you are applying too much braking force for the ground contact that the wheels have? Brake fluid on drum brakes can cause this, but I'm not sure on disc brakes. OR That they lock the wheels, and then don't release after you let off on the brake pedal? I had the second issue once, and it turns out it was the hill holder being out of adjustment. I'd pull up to a stop, and if I had hit the brakes too hard, it would not release, and I could not drive off afterwards -- actually stalled the car in low range 1st gear once it was so tightly locked. I had recently adjusted the clutch cable quite a bit tighter, but hadn't changed the hill holder cable setting, so it thought that I was never letting the clutch out...

No, I haven't had a chance to tear into it yet. It's sitting in the parking lot at work, and it's been 100F the last few days.... I've got to get it back home to the mountains where it's cooler before tearing in. In the mean time, I'm coming up with all kinds of crazy ideas for the justy... brush guard and ATV winch on the front That seems like a good idea right now, but I'm going to run it by the sanity sensor tomorrow morning, when I haven't been working all afternoon in a 90+ degree office (shouldn't offices have air conditioning??)