TheLoyale

If you have a few bucks, I would replace the Valve cover seals/grommets. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=128799 And if you ever do a timing belt on this car, I would also replace both the Cam and Crankshaft seal. http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=498933 http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=498953 The best part is, there is no need to pull the motor. Only seals that you would need to pull the motor to replace would be: Rear Main, Oil separator plate, and backing plate. The rear main seal rarely leak, its usually the Oil separator/backing plate(s)

It might help a little, Valve cover gaskets and Oil pans tend to leak after so many years, just because the torque is lost over the years (Seals shrink) There are 3 10mm bolts with grommets on each valve cover in a horizontal line, just snug them a little more and see if that helps. There are also a series of 10mm bolts on the oil pan, snug them up a little too. 1/4" drive ratchet works best, as you do not want to put to much torque on them and snap a head off. You can also check/snug the Intake bolts, there are 8 12mm if I recall, it doesn't hurt to check bolts, I always do. Cheers, -Tom

Jon, Just thought about this, your Dodge is gonna get some bad milage with the plow on it! Its like 20 miles round trip from your place to mine and my place to yours. (Does that make sense?) lol Have you been out to Al's at all in the past week/end? I hope Norm is a man of his word and that '96 is still there, I am hoping to snag it for no more then $325 ...

Its pure class. Don't you forget it!

There shouldn't be any noticeable vibration coming through the shifter while driving, I rest my hand on mine and its fairly smooth (Very slight hum feeling from the trans) Whining could be a lot of things, Bearings, U-joint or carrier bearing on the center driveshaft, Internal trans bearings, Diff, or even dirty ATF etc.. Funny that its only once in a while. As for the smoke, yeah, since you manually down shift and bring the RPMs up, it most likely is a seal, Could be Valve covers, Cam/crank seals, Oil pan, Rear backing plate, Which non of these are serious, unless it is pissing oil. Try snugging the 3 10mm bolts for the Valve covers using a 1/4" drive ratchet, that might help. The 4EAT trans are build very solid, best Subaru Automatic made, chances of anything wrong with it are slim. If you have no slipping or delayed gear engagement, I would not worry much.

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When you shift into gear(s) do you feel anything (Stiffness, Vibration etc.) in the shifter? Sometimes if you are parked on a hill or a place where you have all the vehicle weight on the parking pin, it could make a noise when shifting it out of Park. Also, do you Valve covers leak oil? This could also cause white smoke (Mine used to when I'd shift at red line and increase the oil PSI which would make the seals leak more) which in turn hit the exhaust and caused a nice cloud behind me.

JesZek is correct, I just took a good look at my '92 SPFI EA82 heads. Their indeed Gen 2 heads (Underlined EA82) The MPFI EA82s might be different?

DIY EJ Strut Lift Blocks: Thanks to Monstru. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=128665&page=4

I like this idea, very easy to do. And is way cheaper then those other Poly blocks you can buy on various sites. Nice idea!

That is pretty much what was posted here (Probably a few less models) This should be made into a Sticky for everyone running 5x100s!

Ok ok, Pretty much every other market besides America! America never gets anything good, and thats a fact.

+1 I see no way a wheel could shift around with tight acorns.

Mine has the Box aswell. Hmm.

I'll stick with the Turbo Diesel Toyota made for these in JDM and EDM markets, Cummins ain't everything boy...!

High Positive Offset are usually 41+ mm positive. So 41mm and up would be considered High Positive.

I remember, someone posted a long list of all the vehicles that run 5x100 on here not to long ago. Trying to find it is the real question! I was surprised to hear that VW fits on the 5x100. I know Passat wheels are like 5x112 or something (As I wanted to run them a while ago) 5x100 is so much easier to come by then the 4x140 the 80s Subaru ran Another soon to be lifted Subaru in WI, looking forward to see that on the road!

JezJek, Yes, the Loyale is my show car. It is in the garage right now, away from all the salt and weather. That car will be with me till I die. I agree that I am an old school guy as well, 80s car just look better then the 90s (For the most part) but the other thing I like about the Landcruisers, would be the power and torque. They might be slow, but are seriously torque with that Straight-6. Even the new Landcruiser 200-Series I am fond of, because of the V8 and the 500ft.lbs tq in High-range. Big powerful Toyota is the way to go for me, until Subaru makes something similar.

Yep, I remember you showing my pics of his 60. Looks really good. I'm just moving away from Subarus cause the new ones are just kinda boring, and the old ones are hard to come by, unless you want a rust bucket.

At Highway speeds, grease can get into places you wouldn't imagine. There is probably still some grease inside the cup which could be burning off the exhaust.

Looks pretty clean, the FZJ80s are pretty common around here (Midwest) I don't no if I'd want one since the 4.5 1FZ-FE tends to have HG issues being a DOHC. But it does have E-lockers front and rear! Thats a good price for it though, these can still go for close to $10,000 in really good condition.