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I wouldn’t do it. You’ll need to “massage” the chassis rails to get it to fit. The dissy needs to have one of the moutning tans shaved off from memory. Someone will know. Keep the EA81 or go an EJ. Cheers Bennie

The EA82 5spd will handle the EJ22 power just fine so long as you’re not trying to turn massively oversized wheels. Blasphemy!! Should never happen. Many good Brumbys destroyed over here with a hammer trying to fit an EA82 into the EA81 engine bay. Cheers Bennie

Hehehe... tailshaft/prop shaft. Now I get what you were asking! What Numchux said Cheers Bennie

If it’s a front driveshaft for the front end and both are carb then yes. Front and rear shafts are not interchangeable. Cheers Bennie

Grab a front diff actuator solenoid set from a Mitsubishi Pajero/Shogun. You should be able to pick these up on eBay for about $22 from memory. OEM Mitsubishi part number MR430381 The subi unit looks like two of the solenoid on the left in this link: https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Mitsubishi-MR430381-Freewheel-Solenoid/dp/B0773WB58D#immersive-view_1574667952144 Might need two of these to replace the two factory Subi units. Cheers Bennie

These are the items that have some wires and vacuum hoses going to/from them. There’s two of them mounted side by side, black cylindrical looking things. The solenoids rarely fail. Repair the wiring and vac lines and the 4wd system *should* begin to wor again. Take some pics of the rear of the driver’s strut tower andpost them here. Cheers Bennie

Partsouq is my go to. You could also try calling Andy in the parts department of Dom’s motors in Griffith. Have you VIN ready to go. If he asks, Bennie sent you his way and said he’d help you out with a quote Cheers Bennie

GD will say scrap the EA platform for daily duties or start stock piling spare parts that are or will be NLA. Just saying! Cheers Bennie

You could rig up a cable to the actuator arm on the RHS of the gearbox, near the rear end. Best thing to do would just repair the damaged wiring and replace thechewed vacuum hoses. Much easier than rigging up a new system that may or may not work. Cheers Bennie

I need to get the parts yet! Tomorrow I’ll be near the L, then I can go from there on the postage. Cheers Bennie

Makes sense - I’d say more so for the time it takes to heat up the catalytic converter to allow the ecu to run with the O2 sensor in operation for emissions. Cheers Bennie

Heat shields are good for collecting grass seeds and stems to create a fire. Not good if you’re relying on your vehicle to get you out of a remote place you’re visiting... Cheers Bennie

The EA82 will only give you headaches finding parts unless you’re patient (and possibly lynhave deep pockets). As @wagons said, the EJ conversion can be done for about the same amount as a DIY engine rebuild, more if you pay someone to do the work for you. Pick a series of engine that you like and get a donor vehicle that has it fitted. The EJ22 is well tried and tested. I’ve had mine for ten years and counting. Done head gaskets once and cambelt twice (it’s due again now). I would like more from it but compared to the EA82 it’s night and day! Cheers Bennie

Use a magnetic tool retriever that fits down the tube to lift the remains of the dipstick out. If it’s full length that’s broken off you shouldn’t have any issues. If it’s only a part of it, you’ll probably have trouble getting it out. If this is the case it could be worth draining the oil and trying to fish the broken off section out through the drain plug. Cheers Bennie

Good luck finding a 3.9 ratio ring and pinion for this gearbox! The box is hard enough to find these days. Glad it was sorted in the end. Hopefully Shawn can take on your feedback about more communication. Cheers Bennie

If the engine moved rearward there maybe internal damage to the rear output shaft in the gearbox/transmission. This will be hard to work out without either driving it (and finding a problem) or removing the tailshaft and physically inspecting the outputshaft for any significant play. Bummer about all that work and then the prang. I too like Imdew’s suggestion of finding another vehicle that needs an engine, then make one good one from the two. Cheers Bennie

@FerGloyale - are you saying the US delivered Brats have a check engine light AND a reed switching speed sensor built into the instrument cluster?? If true, you guys are lucky! We didn’t get any of those! Cheers Bennie

You’ve listened to the wrong ppl. My AC works when it has gas in it. I needed to make some custom AC pipes to fit the EJ compressor to the EA AC system; and I needed to reference the compressor clutch wire (from memory) to the EJ ECU wire that is used to idle up when the AC is in operation. It wouldn’t be much different to the Link system too I reckon. Cheers Bennie

Welcome NW, My question is what are you wanting from your mild off-roader? - carry gear, sleep in it etc. The outback will have more room than the Impreza. Since a dual range is hard to find state side, an auto will have the advantage over the manual when off-road. Cheers Bennie

Not on an ‘83. They’re replaceable. At least they are in Oz right up to the last brumby run in ‘91. L series, totally staked. Machining required to convert to replaceable uni joint yokes. Cheers Bennie

4wd will probably be a hand brake kind of effect if the diffs aren’t matched. I believe series 1 4wd touring wagons got the 3.9 diff and the DL 3.7 (could be wrong, they could all be 3.9 in the series 1). Series 2 I’ve only ever seen 3.7s across the board for the 4wd models. Cheers Bennie

Rogie. I’ll get them organised and check postage as that could be the killer Cheers Bennie

How do you determine the ratio by just looking at a box @FerGloyale? Quite a skill! In all seriousness, “easiest” way to work it out is to engage 4wd, mark the rear output shaft, rotate the diff once, counting how many times the rear output shaft rotates. You may have to work out what .7 of a rotation looks like to decipher between 3.7 and 3.9 (which will be closest to 4 rotations). Cheers Bennie

Welcome back! That wouldn’t happened to be the Wonder Brumby II that your old username refers to would it? From Tassie? Cheers Bennie

I saw that earlier today. Best H6 note I reckon I’ve ever heard! What a beast. Cheers Bennie