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Sounds good mate. Keep a posted on the updates! Smash it with pics too Cheers Bennie

As the Lucky Texan has mentioned - check your cam belt tensioner. Remove the cam cover on the lhs and see if the tensioner bounces. If not then the stethoscope onto it to listen for the knocking sound. I'd be particularly suss if you replaced the tensioner with a non genuine item. We had one making noise after 10k km. Cheers Bennie

Winning! Extending the bash plate outwards and blocking all the holes will also help with drawing air through the radiator too. Something I'm still aiming to do - and have "proof" that it works after our trans continent trip in 2016 during the peak of our summer. Cheers Bennie

I've never touched one of those little or age seal things in the back of the crank on an ea81. I've always been told to leave them. Are you sure the rear seal was put in correctly? I've never heard of a sump gasket saturating the clutch in oil. And I've usually found the oil pump is the culprit as the reason for an oil saturated sump gasket. Not saying that the sump gasket will never leak, just that it's worth investigating the oil pump thoroughly. Cheers Bennie

Battery any good? I had a flat battery recently in one of our cars and it did some seriously weird stuff. The battery being flat was a result of a dead alternator... Cheers Bennie

OP, you sure that noise wasn't there before you did work on your car? I used to hear many "new" noises on my car after working on it, particularly after an engine install or internal works on the engine or gearbox. It could be that you've never noticed this tick on start up before, but since replacing the cam belt you're more critical of noices heard since the work was done. It may have always been there... My EJ gets a lifter tick every now and then - idling when cold, when oil level is low, sometimes when hot... It always goes away and is of no concern to me. But it is a good indicator that my oil level could be low Cheers Bennie

Story doesn't check out in my book - "pulled from a friend's rusty legacy" at the start of the description, then at the end they say something along the lines of "never installed (into what??), this cost me a lot of money to get it all together"... Last comment designed to bump the price? Cheers Bennie

The 2L turbo setup of other manufacturers are most likely to fit in with wrc class reason. Best of luck with the rebuild! Cheers Bennie

Hey jkinz, I'm pretty right for parts atm other than that funky folksy bowl O ring! If I ever need anything I'll keep you in mind Cheers Bennie

Sweet looking brumby Knucklehead! Have you thought about making the aerial cable pass through the sports bar to eliminate the cable ties? Two holes, two grommets... And how did you mount the UHF in the vehicle? Cheers Bennie

Is there any State side member willing to help me out with acquiring a couple of those toilet bowl O rings and shipping them to Oz? My O ring gasket has expanded and I doubt I'll manage to get it refitted without pinching it or it leaking. I don't know what they were thinking when they made all these funky O rings on the EA82... Me Fuji must've learnt as I've not seen any like these on the EJs, just your traditional style O ring. If you can help out pls PM me. Regards Bennie

If you're going with the harness and ECU online, ensure it comes with the engine intake manifold harness too - unless you're certain it's the same loom as what's on your ej22. Over here we got two and three plug intake manifold looms for the same Gen engines - generally in Gen1s, the difference being the series 1 and 2 setups (my experience anyway, I've not had much to do with Gen2s). Cheers Bennie

It's called lichen. An interesting symbiotic relationship between coral and algae. Comes in many forms and structures but we know little about them other than they're an indicator of little to no disturbance. Cool stuff and can be found all over the Australian bush and in some places in the deserts too Cheers Bennie

If timing gear is covered in melted cam belt rubber ensure it's all removed before fitting the new belts Cheers Bennie

Are you sure the coolant isn't running down from somewhere higher up on the engine such as the heater crossover pipes? Coolant may be running then hanging on the bottom of that gudgeon pin plug where it is either seen or leaves a distinctive mark. Cheers Bennie

I wouldn't call that oil seepage. Looks more to me like general engine dirtiness. As for oil consumption - what is too much? These engines were notorious for leaking oil an/or coolant externally through the head gasket. I would be looking for leaks on the engine if it's only losing a little bit of oil between changes. If you're having to top it up from the low mark several times between oil changes then there's most likely a bigger issue at play. I would start with replacing the PCV and see if there is any change in oil consumption. Cheers Bennie

Get the proper fusible links as soon as you can. Running regular wire could cause a fire. If nothing works after that bridging effort, I'd be checking plugs above the drivers feet - starting with the ignition barrel's connection. Cheers Bennie

Welcome to the forum. Less caps lock please, although I bet you're pretty excited about finding this forum so can understand the need for caps lock The sub forum for the Old Gen 80s subarus excluding the EJ series is where you need to be for your issues. Be sure to add in any details that you can, including the type of vehicle you have I'm looking forward to seeing you having your ride sorted Cheers Bennie

I'd also look at blowing compressed air back through the feeder fuel lines. Disconnect at fuel pump so that's not going to be damaged. And blow back from pump hose from fuel tank. Any crud in the lines that's impeding flow will be blown out hopefully. It's a good idea to give your tank a thorough clean after this procedure A few blokes over here had the same sort of issue with their brumby/MY wagons. This was the common fix. Cheers Bennie

Don't forget to lube the O ring with some rubber grease. You don't want them to be chewed out by two dry metal surfaces during fitment Expensive rubbers to shag a set out and have to do it all again! Cheers Bennie

Fusible links are in the brown box mounted off the coolant overflow bottle Give them a gentle tug and wiggle. If they fall apart there's you're issue. Cheers Bennie

Sorry to be the bearer (schpelling?) of bad news but I believe custom lines or a bend to the ea82 lines is required. My gut feeling is custom lines - or adaptor fittings do the trick if available. From ea82 to EJ Mr Fuji was looking after us Cheers Bennie

Hey Gloyale, How did you remove the instrument's indicator needles without breaking them? And how do you intend to refit them properly in the correct rotational location? You've got me curious! Keep up the good work Cheers Bennie

You'll also add a tonne of weight with the 6 speed. Not worth it if you're not going to be leaning heavily on the box, which is what this box seems to be designed for. Cheers Bennie

Neat project with a twist! I don't know about racing regs in NZ - but I do know that at least in some, if not all racing classes in Australia that CAMS will not licence/certify a vehicle for racing if it's got a sunroof that's glass. I don't know about the moon roof etc. I mention this as you've got the "targa top" brumby body in use there. Settlement creek racing was going to use the same brumby type for off-road racing until CAMS told them otherwise in their initial inquiries about their build. I hope it's not the case with all the work you've already put into this beast! Cheers Bennie