SkankinPickle

it's an eighty and not the stock engine. i think it's JDM cause the only writing on the only sticker on the valve cover is in japanese only.

besides markings on the valve covers, how do i discern weather or not my EA-81 has hydraulic lifters? the thing that made me wonder is that there are these metal clips on the valve adjusters, which prevents me from using the adjusting tool. Where as my 83 wagon does not. thinkin that i probably have em, but how do i tell?

this is kind of an isolated solution but... near my house there is a cadman gravel site and at one of the exits there is a high pressure undercarriage rinse for the dump trucks. most of the time they leave it on all night. it has to be the tightest thing ever because there is a half mile stretch of gravel and dirt road before the wash. it also just so happens to be the fastest way for me to go to work other than a brick road. can't pass up a free rally and wash... ...yet the self serve car wash probably is the best solution for all the reasons listed above. just bring some jackstands, take the wheels off and have your way with your subaru.

yeah, by the time you have evrything off the engine it is not that much more work to just unbolt it from the tranny and take it out. i tryed to do it on my 83 wagon keeping the motor in and could of done so but since i was that far my throw out bearing needed to be replaced so i took it all the way out. if you keep it in you will need to unbolt the engine from the cross member and pry it up and to the side a little (i used a broken hockey stick) as well as loosening the tranny mount bolts to pull one of the heads off. i forget which side but it's the one that sits further back, twords the firewall, than the other. Also, very important, before you start read and make this: http://pub110.ezboard.com/fultimatesubarumessageboardsfrm7.showMessage?topicID=136.topic will save you a lot of hassle if you have this before you start. forget all of this though if you have the special subaru socket. don't worry yo, with a torque wrench and a little time it's a peice of cake on the EA-81's.

hey carb, i have a set of essentially new rear drums that i took off my hatch when i bought it (put disks on). if you haven't already bought new or used ones hit me up and we can meet somewhere. they're all yours yo! just sitting under my bug collecting dust. -justin

or just another one exactly like yours, but for an EA-81.

looks nice!!

cool, thanks GD.

Yep, looking for an 86 D/R. Going to pull off the switch as soon as i find one. Also no turbo parts involved. Can I or should I use EA-82 axles if I’m going to replace them anyway? (as in advantages)

will the EA-81 axles work with the EA-82 transmission? and/or can i use EA-82 axles on my 83 wagon? thanks in advance.

count me in for one please! -Justin Patterson