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Hi there, I have a GL/DL stationwagon, I wish to do a little travelling and removing the base section of the back seat would give me a lot more leg room when the seats are folded down. (The bottom section folds up and sits behind the front seats, when the front seat is forward, the bottom section sits between the front and rear of the car) Now, the area under the rear seat has a warning, not to place any parcels there and to ensure that there is no item between the seat and the base when they are folded down/back. Is this because the area is delicate or something? When the seat back is folded forward, it locks into place with the weight transferred down onto the hinge which is holding up the seat section. I need as much space as I can get. Edit: I removed the hinge section from the seat and fitted it back to the base. I am still curious as to why the area is so protected. Thanks in advance

I have to repair this on the side of the road.. if anyone can assist, in Victoria, please contact me on 0431212101 asap. I wont have net access for much longer. thanks for your help.

Heyy.. just a thought... If it is an internal gasket or "issue" inside the carb which is allowing water to "escape", when couldnt I temporarily sandwich a piece of aluminium or something with the bottom gasket between the carb and the manifold to stop the water entering the carb, and hence stop the leak? I mean, it is just for heating the carb up isnt it? Its summer where I am, and even in winter, the carb will not ice. (Australia)

Bleh, an old thread has morphed into something else, so thought I should post it here in a fresh one. (1984 EA81) Long story short, HG's were done a lil while ago, inlet manifold gaskets done today (didnt need doing, I bought them, so fitted them anyway) I have the original carb, hitachi. What happens is I do a bit of running around, after some start-stop driving, the temp skyrockets and I lose a lot of coolant. I do not let it get into the red. I just made it back today, popped the hood for a look and heard some water gurgling, didnt sound like there was much left. I opened the air cleaner to find there was a considerable amount of water in there.. enough to drip off the lid, on the interior of the cleaner, above the carb. So, I suspect a carb gasket. As I have to move house tomorrow I am going to have to replace the gasket with cork. I do not have the time nor the ability to overhaul a carby, so is there any particular gasket which is likely to have gone to cause this? (There is a milkshake in the passenger side valve/rocker cover, and only a little in the drivers's side, for whatever that means) I am out of time, if I cannot fix this tomorrow, I will have to push my car into the street and sleep in it until I can fix it. I am moving some distance. Oh, it is safe to use cork there isn't it? Any help is appreciated, I am not mechanically minded, I am trying If anyone in Melbourne (Aus) is willing to help a girl out, pls let me know, I am an hour or so up the hume. (North of the city) Thank you.

-Head gasket/s -Developed rapid overheating, suspected inlet manifold gaskets, replaced. (They weren't the problem, suspect carb gasket/s, have water in air cleaner) -Drivers side door opening rod -Muffler exploded after a mechanic did not replace the coil when instructed during tuneup, timed it, muffler went bang. Replaced with magnaflow from WRX (Sounds very very nice.. when its running) :-\

I replaced the inlet manifold gaskets.. the ones that were in there.. were fine. Went for a drive, went fine, then all of a sudden, got hot.. I barely made it back. While the engine was hot, pretty much as soon as I stopped, I pulled the PCV hose from the top of the rocker cover on the passenger side, water dribbled out, I tapped it on the cover, some more water came out. I am out of options, tomorrow, I have to move house. I NEED to drive this car, irrespective of what condition it is in. Any ideas? Tomorrow, I will clean out the PCV and see how much water was lost from the radiator, if any. It is too hot to check now. EDIT: There was very little water out of the exhaust, just what you would expect for a car that sat for a week. I guess, the only gasket left is the carby one. Edit 2... HOLY CRAP.. there is a lot of water in the air cleaner! On the INSIDE of the filter area.. so I guess that has to come from inside the carb. I didnt want to have to mess with that as I intend on installing a weber..

I wasnt sure if the temp would degrade the gasket itself. Regardless, I am not driving it and the gaskets will arrive monday.. at cost @_@

ARGH, intake gaskets were NOT replaced. Neither of them. They mustve been removed by the person that was doing the heads with me. The head gaskets WERE replaced, with non subaru gaskets, with goo. I repeat. The intake gaskets were NOT replaced. I ordered subaru original intake gaskets today.. 22$

Umm.. I would have to say.. 4 hours give or take.. with help, with the right tools.. with a garage.. None of which I have.

Unfortunately, this is a "welfare town", I am a computer specialist in an area which largely, does not use them. Most stores, dont use them I have been doing work for places, off the books.. there was going to be a very decent job coming up, tax exempt pay too, up to 3 months.. However, there is no transport there, I would need the car going.. There is no way I can risk driving and further damaging, or worse, destroying the engine. A LOT of water was going through. All in time.. I just have to delay everything that was planned.

I live on my own, moved out to a crap area.. I have no family out here and most of my friends have less of an idea about mechanics than I do. There has only been a problem for a few days, the car was due for a service, so I bought oil and things.. so I can be sure this has only just happened. I guess the gasket failed suddenly. Put it this way.. I am down to a meal a day, if I am lucky. I had medical expenses and things that were unavoidable. Every store in this town price gouges, I am expecting 30+ just for the gaskets. The tools, I have no idea who has a torque wrench, and local mechanics are very expensive.. The only half decent one screwed up and stripped the spline on the axle.. so I certainly wont be going back there. (Had wheel bearing replaced)

I might not have, the person I was helping do the heads mightve. I know the intake gaskets were not replaced though, for I bought the parts.

I have, about 2 screwdrivers, no torque wrench, nothing. I wish I could. I am going to see if I can do the inlet manifold ones, I have no chance of the head gaskets. None of my friends have anything like it, only one other girl I know has the tools.. and lives in Sydney. Thanks for the kind sentiment.. hopefully I don't have to part with my car, I really don't want to. (I had plans to add a flip top rooftop camper and things..) If I remember correctly, the gaskets I installed were black cardboard with metal insets/edges.. 1/3 the price of subaru ones.:-\

I just lost my job, my car, my eldest dog is not well.. Where I live, no car = no job. I was about to move house, which I can not do now. In other words.. Im screwed. Anyone interested in buying, PM or call me.. Alexis: 0435453955

I am looking at a picture of the inlet manifold in the manual, and I did not remove that. Either way, I cannot replace the head gaskets. Subaru for sale: http://ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?p=978720#post978720