Yo'J

You will never want a 4sp again and in your eyes it will become needed hardware for any older soob you may own in the future. You will be thinking about adding it to other makes and models too.

Geez I love the look of a lifted wagon. They are so pimp.

Dont forget the ground. That was my prob once. Intermittent failure. Spark had no where to go, sure you got it going by jostling the car and opening the hood but a 20yr old very overlooked......

SCORE!:banana:

Dude! Nice! You can just about pop most of your dents with suction! I got a 87 with so many little dents it looks like bart simpson was making a time machine! I think you got a score! Your tail gate isn't that bad either, for stock. Get on that rust though. Whats up with the custom door panels?

Then it prolly wasn't brown!

On my old ford some PO had plumbed the PS to itself, like a loop and kept it full of fluid and it didn't do a thing, but would still work if I had found the PS rack. (It, being a old 66'ford, needed a bendex?sp. box ran $300 used before $400-$700remanning.)

What could you get me the full ea81 install set for? Linkages, driveline, crossmember... I might be able to pick it up.

I like the Idea of putting the valve in the engine bay. Tell me more! It does seem like it would be way easier to install, like in a legacy. I'm sitting on installing a prop. valve until I can get to my ej swap which means my brat has to be a dd (rear wheel bearings and a tranny possibly a steering column we'll know after I get rubber$$$$)

I'm sure that it gonna get more common to see custom axle replacements if the ea d/r trannies fade out as everyone will be moving to ej stuff. No big money wanted to make a drop I see. Its not like they are impossible to get, you just have to be pro active to get them shipped. If my old antique buyer was still unretired I could have gotten a tonne shipped. He worked in full sized containers.

Ya know, I would just re ground all the engine ground points for good measure. I personally think subaru did a terrible job and use wire sizes not capable for running a 20+ yr old car. I put in monster cable for grounds and there have been no new weird symptoms for a long time now. Cables get old. The sparks got to have some place to go and the stock block ground is really small and sees a lot of action.

As much as all the other stuff listed helps out, the one thing I have used the most wheeling, more than tools, a spare shovel, flashlights, straps or what have you is hand cleaner and rags. The shovel can save your life though, especially in snow. No matter how hard I tried to maneuver in the snow covered cascades once I was heading towards this cliff......

And yer telling us about your jumps with no PICS?!

The rack wouldn't just shudder when breaking, it would do it all the time. Lets see.... ball joints, tie rod ends, the little steering column bushing above the little u joint, control arm and radius rod bushings, wheel bearings tightened correctly, rag joint, then rack. ( did I miss anything?) Its a whole refreshed front end almost for just a little more than just the rack! Some people think "tight" is good for the big nut holding on your wheels like ford. Subaru thought 200lbs tight is better and designed it for that.

Thats torque bind you experienced and the regulator is most commonly internal. I got a napa brand radiator and it sprung a leak after 9mos but it was replaced free due to the 1yr warranty. Cost me $130something? Solid copper no aluminum or plastic. I would do that again. Same "performance radiator" brand.

Torque Bind! Never heard of an AWD ea82 unless its a mod, they are 4wd and will bind when cornering unless there slippage i.e. snow or loose gravel. I hate it when dealers call loyales AWD. I've seen that slip too many times.

I use a tool I made from a worn out hole saw and attached it to a drill motor. I just ground the teeth off and made tangs to fit the slots. Just don't kill the rubber, go slow. Ask me how I know. If you had your discs resurfaced to much that can be a cause. No pads, thin disc.......trouble. There is not a lot of throw in a brake caliper. I'm sure you could make a tool out of what you got if you could get to a grinder, a socket, possibly a sturdy set of needle nose or vise grips but that would be a pita. The factory tool looks like this.... >-l but bigger obviously. Its rather obnoxious to use too but better than a set of plyers. Old brake fluid will absorb water too causing rust and binding the brake, so bleed that good. You might be able to free it up.

The bicycle holder!!!!!!! Ingenious! I got a Kenwood to fit with the extention plate and its not to bad. They have a mp 223 or later model that sorta fits not so bad. Its just like 3/4" to big but you can still shift.

I wouldn't feel like its all on you( well it is, you offered) but everyone stateside is just trying to reverse engineer what NZ subaru has done, not you. Dont you think its annoying that some country besides your own gets all the really cool options? I want a d/r with options. Who wouldnt? I also want to fix it if it breaks. Can I do that here? I want a sambar too! I couldn't drive one here if I had it legally. And Darn it why cant we download the manual!!!! Maybe you could distribute some of the top secret NZ subaru specs to help us understand what you got. I know translation is a pain but some of us even speak canadian! I'm local to the scooby and for the price I would love to fit it in my brat.

http://jalopnik.com/5361203/youre-such-a-little-brat-for-2350

You stole it!

I,ve got a 2" from sjr and he made it custom as a full body lift at every junction, the only way to lift. Its maybe harder than a 3" or 4" to install but only on ease of getting to the bolts. But who cares, I LOVE it! I eat axles, only because I've been remanning my own from used sources and beating the rig on forest roads and in the snow all season long, got nailed once. You cant trust anything on the market as far as locally avaliable remanufactured axles. I really, to tell you the truth, don't see a big difference in the style of front strut blocks to warrant any extravagance from one style to another. I do however feel better with the full strut cap, cut tube with flange v.s. blocks cut and drilled. I would do a three in the front if I where to do it again. I think it would look better.

It took me 6 tries to get that mark to line up the first time I did ea82 timing belts.

62.4mpg!!!!!! 2009 model is supposedly only 3000 strong with 1000 going to england. Google is #1 Its a conspiracy against the US so we will run out of gas!

Nice!!! And Welcome!