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x3 Good luck and nice find! I am in the process of tearing down my ea82 to check the crank bearings. Fun project!

Wow good to know. I'm tearing down an EA82 and am stuck on the piston pins now. Any chance you have a photo? I have some threaded rod, and also an autobody dent puller I have been trying with the thick wire with a hook bent at the end and can't budge it. If I didn't think the pin was hardened steel I thought about trying to tape it to match my dent puller. EDIT: Found what i was looking for... thanks for the great info!

Well finally decided to make time and split the engine and try to sort things out. Got a chance to rearrange my shop (porch), and got to removing the heads. Damn the coolant passages were a mess. I don't own an impact gun so couldn't get the bellhousing shroud off to try and crack the engine this past weekend. So far I all I found wrong was 2 of the lifters seemed to be seized. I just labeled the parts, cleaned the block some, and straightened up. Hope to get the engine apart this week and have a friend look at the innards by the weekend. My money is still on one of the crank bearings. Its getting cleaner and ready to explore. Not sure if I'm polishing it or just paint... I figure to spend this kind of money it should look pretty too

Thanks Robcor! I'm excited about this project and glad you enjoy that! I'm sure I'll take you up on that! I used to be able to roam salvage yards for hours in New England thinking of ways to adapt things to do what I wanted

I'm back Forgive my questions, I just am trying to wrap my head around this swap. I am trying to figure this out the best I can using a 1989 FSM and a guide written about swapping a carb for a SPFI setup. I have an '87 that would be getting an MPFI setup from an '85.. This seems straight forward enough. I also know I need to buy a upgraded fuel pump and fabricate a bracket. As far as the connections inside the car, there aren't any other items I won't have plugs for? Ignition or fuel pump relays? The SPFI document mentioned them, but I'm not sure if mine will be the same as this system until I see it. Maybe someone with more familiarity with these systems can chime in? I've been able to find that some MPFI systems have knock sensors, they are not cheap. But it also sounds like they are often only on turbo models, which neither the donor or my car is. I can't identify the type of MPFI system this is, any help? If its a later MPFI (maybe swapped into the '85 at some point?), where would be the dropping resistor? Are they on the injectors/intake whereas I would have them already? The harness doesn't seem to have knock sensor plugs. Many thanks everyone!

That's really impressive work! Loved seeing all those different angles of the engine! Thanks for sharing Miles.

Well that's good to know! Thanks again... I hate all the hoses but every post on here seems to slam the Hitachi.

The point of this was to try and keep costs to a minimum, improve the reliability, and get rid of the Hitachi From research I'm guessing this is the flapper-style MPFI, and not the updated kind with the square box on top, correct? Is this going to cause me more of a headache down the road I guess is my thought. Good info thanks Crazy8's... Wiring isn't the part that scares me believe it or not Its the engine stuff I'm not as experienced with. If I do this MPFI swap I'll have the benefit of the harness made for an ea82, and the appropriate heads. That was my original plan for sure. The Hitachi will not go back on Cool, thank you. Looks neat but I definitely could not handle that, not without resourcing a lot of help I don't have the customizing/fabrication experience or tools. With the Weber/MPFI/EJ options I have the benefit of good documentation and availability of adaptor plates made by others

Thanks for checking/asking robcor, and for the response gloyale. I am the one interested The main reason is for a little more reliability and to get rid of the hitachi. (A weber is going to cost me over $300 for the carb kit, and its still a carb.) The engine is coming out to replace the bearing and possibly crank if it is damaged and I can locate one. While I would totally love to do an EJ swap, I would have to source once from somewhere up north, have them ship it, and then find all the extras elsewhere, all without ever being able to see the engine. There just aren't salvage yards down here much that are worthwhile, and very few Subies As for the type of MPFI system it is, its from an '85 so I'm guessing its a flapper style. I've read they are hard to get parts for. I had no idea I needed the knock sensor. hmmm this is getting confusing. I just want this car to live again... gonna have to figure this out.

The engine is coming out. I'm pretty confident it is a crank bearing for cylinder #1. Won't know for certain until it is out and apart, but I was able to manually turn the engine over and fight compression Until I got to cylinder 1. There was an area of reduced force. I also was able to apply pressure to each of the nuts, and only found movement in that one from my video (cylinder 1). I still can't believe I found no metal like had been suggested I would. But should be interesting when I get it apart. I'm hoping if no damage has been done I might be able to just rebuild the bottom end.

Well not good news but I see what you mean now. So strange, never saw any metal or chunks. I guess the bearing could still be in there or the crank is messed up. Guess I will find out... SLOWLY :/ Thanks for the diagnosis naru

Thanks deener and Shawn! What I did today... So my oil tube wouldn't budge. Gave it a good cleaning with kerosene: Went in with my screwdriver, into the right side, front cylinder, to the inside of the engine and found play in this screw. Sorry for being naive, but any help identifying this as normal or "bad news" (if your bandwidth allows) would be great! Video: http://i524.photobucket.com/albums/cc328/hondaspeedx/87%20Subaru%20GL/b6d00d9c.mp4

Great thanks GG! Mine looks almost "glued" in with black Permatex or something but I'll look closer. If it won't budge safely I'll just clean in place.

I did find out the whole tube is removable with a little force (held in by o-ring) once you remove that bolt. Guess I was afraid to give it enough force without checking in first. Will try in the next day or two.