The Dude Abides

time to cut and buff that xt would bring out the shine alot better on your car.

yep thats what im going to do. I thought even if i didnt like them i could probally get rid of them on here anyways. I just bought those 13s from mick but 14s fill out the wheel well alot better.

junk it what. 3/4 of that car is ok. I can understand you dont want to drive it on the street so dont. Deditacted trail rig. Still runs and drives. Pull out the front a bit, replace the radiator. Mount some off road lights on the front and youve got a running driveing, already beat up trail vehicle. All you need is the lift. Ben

the ones im looking at the guy is selling them for 50 bucks with tires but they dont look like stock wheels. They are chrome. Ben

So im in the market for a wheel upgrade and ive got a couple local choices. Which would be better for my non offroaded car. Lower profile tires would be put on them Toyota 16x7 wheels tacoma or Mazda 14x6 wheels b2000

i guess it depends if its more of a low profile street tire keep them in. But if there mud or heavy traction tires keep them out For me it relly depends on how much sidewall there is. For example. on a 255-60-15 tire id keep them out but on a 215-55-16 keep them in. No point in having ity bitty white letters showing when you can have big honkin letters lol Ben

i looked at the back at it was the rear drum setup

so im going to the bank today and i spot this subaru ea82 sedan. I wasnt intrugued until i saw the gl10 badge on the trunk. I was like score, this thing is beat up i coudl use the lsd rear and the rear disc parts. I scoot over to it and its beat up, rusty dents and whatnot. But i look inside no 4wd button or dual range shifter. Then i look under the back, no rear dif. I was like what the hell:eek: . I thought all gl10s were 4wds. Am i wrong on this Ben p.s. i cant be sure on the year though but it was an ea82 sedan with manual tranny with the gl10 badge on the trunk

which lamp are you talking about. The one next to the headlights, the one on the bumper, or the tail light. Ben

no i just saw this commercial for restore and this fellow at work said it worked wonders on his suburban. i know to try seafoam for cleaning but i thought that this restore was suspost to be a perminant fix of sorts. Ben

theres an aftermarket kit you can pick up for these that will cover the area. Try Crutchfield. Ben

Anyone ever use this snake oil. How about lucas. Ben

are you talking about the engine gasket kit that comes with this kit. Ben

You need to change your thing from ej addict to suspension master:) Yea im going for more cosmetic then actual use. That is why i wanted to keep as close to stock components as possible. I might just try to swap the top hats over and see what that does. Have you played with the ford tempo, honda accord spring thing floating around here. Ben

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-94-Subaru-1-8-GL-DL-Loyale-Master-Timing-Belt-Kit_W0QQitemZ220232690488QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220232690488& LOL is this what i need Ben

no i know what im going to do i just wanted to see how bad the ride was afterwards xt front shocks and struts lower my ea82 bout 2 inches flip top hat on rears and cut one coil off for about 2 inch drop there giveing me a total of 2 inches all around. Ben

I think ive found the culpret. Now ive read in here about when you do a waterpump its pretty involved so if im gonna do it im gonna do it all 1st Where can i get the waterpump cheeply 2nd Im not going to change the timeing belts because they were changed about 10thousand miles ago or so. 3rd Does anyone have a spare set of timeing belt covers they want to give away. Mine have holes in them. 4th I should also do the crank case gasket, oil pump gaskets, and i might as well flush the whole system while im tearing stuff apart right. 5th Ask McBrat my engine looks like the exon valdiez so are there any other gaskets fairly close to that area i should replace as well while the whole front of the motor is tore out. Any other tips or suggestions will be apreciated. This will be my first time really diging into this car so i would like any help i could get. Thanks Ben

that stinks man. its to bad you werent close to connie she had an xt6 she was just parting out with a good motor. I had my oil changed a couple days ago and i said look for coolant and they found none. Im sill leaking a bit but im not sure where its from. I think mines a waterpump gasket but i cant be sure. If i tear it off ive got to tear off a bunch of other stuff which means i might as well do a bunch of other stuff and so on and so on. Ben

hella are not street legal sir:) your not going to see down the road you would like to if you get the pencil thin ones, might i recoment sylvania silverstars and having a set of hellas as your alternative lights. sylvania silverstars are much much brighter then most stock units without changing over electrical things for hid. I have them on my car and there brighter then my stock brights. And they give off a hid look. Very bright white. Ben

Im useing coolant, its daylight now so im goinna get ready for work early and get the temp up to see if ic an see anything then and go from there. Ive got a line on a lowmile motor but i dont know whats more cost effective. Replace the motor, or reseal the one ove got. Ben how many miles are on ur xt

ok what do i need to be checking if its a manifold gasket or a head gasket. I dont have any smoke and the only indication that theres even a problem is this coolant leak. I know ive got an oil leak but i dont know if theres oil in the coolant. I need to change the oil or check the dipstick. Ben p.s. ea82 fuelinjected

nope spfi but that wouldnt be coolant related though. What would that half to do with starting. Ben

im not smoking when i startup nor do i have hard starting. Though i do need to give it alittle gas when i start it up. And no i havent checked out the heater hoses good one ill check them tomorrow. Ben

I think the heatgun is more effective of the 2 and much more forgiving. Ben

Ok i just went out to check everything out and i cant find anything. There is coolant leaking im pretty sure of it because my overflow bottle was empty and the radiator was 1/4 low but beyond that i dont know where its leaking. I let it warm up for 10 minutes, didnt see anything coming out of the block, I squeezed the hoses and nothing leaked. When it was warm i didnt see anything coming out of the radiator, i was pretty sure i was looking at the waterpump and i didnt see anything leaking there either. Any suggestions. Ben