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Just wondering if there's anyone out there willing to give me a hand with the stripping of this here harness. I've had a complete spfi swap sitting in the back of my hatch the entire time I've had it, which is only a couple months. Hatch runs great with the Hitachi but I'd rather try an spfi swap. I just haven't been able to find the time to actually sit down & start tearing it apart since I work 5-6 days a week. Realistically I can do this myself, but I was just thinking I could find someone to help me, I've stripped the turn signal & horn plugs from the ea82 harness but that's about it lol Willing to pay in cash, beer, herbs, whatever you prefer. I'm in south hill/Puyallup but can come to you. Hoping to get it done before WCSS, just put the car in my name this morning & I'm pre registering for the show tonight. Cheers

Now that you mention that I don't recall my last hatchbacks fuel pump priming or coming on with key on power either. This is my 2nd ea81 vehicle. Only owned spfi wagons before. I wonder why I can hear this one come on & stay on after it starts. Beats me.. ha.

Any idea why the fuel pump would come on & stay on after the car starts but not prime then go quiet when the key turns to the ON position?

No need to check if disty is moving if it's an ea81. You have a blown fuse possibly or you're coil isn't grounded or has gone bad.

Just had ny roommate cranking over while I checked the voltage at the pump. Getting around 10.5v while cranking, not horrible but it's not 12v. I unplugged the wire that was rigged to make the pump run with key on power, pump doesn't prime when I turn the key over but after it starts the pump turns on & I can hear/Smell it while it's running .. I'm stumped lol

Ok, so I switched the wires around. Black/white wire from harness & disty to + side. Yellow from harness, disty, & black wire w/ yellow ring terminal on it from left side of ignition condenser all to - side. Still not priming the fuel pump as normal & runs the same. Has a sputter/surge in all the gears. New ngk plugs & wires. Cap rotor are new. Timing is dead on. Ill do some more tinkering on it now that it's home. Figured I'd post an update

You're kidding me. So I've been driving this car for the past few days with the coil wires backwards? Is that even possible? if it wasn't sitting in a value village parking lot right now due to my steering extension failure I'd go have a look at it but I pretty sure all my yellows on are the + side & all my black/white wires are on the-

Thanks for the response. Ive got all that figured out. Now what im trying to figure out is why my pump turns on when the key is in the Acc position. Then after I crank it over, you can hear the pump continue to run, no bueno. It should prime for a couple seconds then go quiet. Pump is brand new, swapped out fpcu, I believe im not getting a signal from the yellow wire that is a part of the fpcu plug harness & controls the tach & gives the fuel pump the signal to turn on when cranking ... Any ideas ? Do I need to trace that yellow wire back to the tach on the gauge cluster & see if its got a poor ground ? Id rather not tear into the dash but if I must ...

Did you run a ground wire from the pump or the computer ? and did you just ground it to the body somewhere ? i got the car running, but it will only run with the wire that someone rigged from the + side of the pump to a connector under the dash with key on power. Pump comes on when key is in ACC position & it shouldnt. Also does not shut off after car has started. Continues to make priming noise .. Obviously not safe to run a pump thats on at all times, in case i crash, roll over wheeling etc... did some research & found that the yellow wire on the FPCU plug is for the tach signal & it was getting 0.58 on the meter. bad tach ground not giving power to pump ? ive got a couple FPCU units but dont believe thats the issue.

Any of you electrical/Ea81 gurus out there have an idea as to why this black wire keeps blowing my fuses? I swapped the yellow & black wires around & it made the fuel pump prime but every time i ground that wire it blows a fuse!

Here's a few pics to help with the situation. Now every time I ground that wire & turn the key over its not priming the pump like it was before, still blows Ignition fuses when grounded though.... Here's my coil, 1 yellow wire from disty to + side. The black to - obviously. Then I have another yellow coming out of the harness that goes to + side & another black w/ white stripe wire that comes from the little cylinder thing mounted to the coil bracket that goes to the - side of coil I believe. Here's the ground wire causing my issues.. it comes out of the harness I believe it was a body ground. And the right side wire coming from the thing mounted to the coil bracket going to the ground/mount on the air filter housing Believe the little cylinder thing I'm.referring to might be the ignition module? There's also a red wire tapped into my fuel pump plug that runs all the way under the car up into the rubber grommet by the drivers side firewall & down into the kick panel where its tied into a green wire that goes to one of the main white plugs under the dash ... thinking someone wired it for key on power?

Thanks for the reply ... I also found that mine had to do with a ground. Roommate of mine accidentally put one of my.body grounds onto the negative side of the coil when helping put it back together after a clutch job recently. Grounded it back to the body, turned the key over, fuel pump primed for a few seconds then went quiet like normal. Still no start. Found out I am now blowing Ignition/Coil fuses everytime I put one in... I'm thinking my coil wires are backwards or something now but I've swapped em around & its still blowing fuses ...

Yes & yes.

Hey Bratlife did you ever figure out your issue? I just had the same thing happen to me yesterday with my 86 hatchback. Was driving around the block & all of a sudden it dies. No more power going to the pump ... checked all my connections etc.

Just got the 86 hatchback I picked up to move under its own finally. Take it around the block & it chokes an dies. Was low on fuel so i put 2 gallons in & go to crank it & i notice the fuel pump isn't priming. Unplug the connections @ the pump & the relay still getting no start. Its got a brand spanking new pump in it as well from the previous owner ( Monstaru ) I don't have a multi meter handy so i can't check to see if it pushing the right amount of power. Checked all my fuses as well & none are blown. Everything's grounded etc. Possibly just a relay that decided to go bad at the wrong time? Kx

9/10 it's a hit. I personally haven't had to extend the steering coupler on a 2". Grab an outback steering coupler just to be safe & throw your lift on & see what happens.

You don't need a steering extension with a 2". You'll do Just fine without. If anything, go snag one from an Obs or an Outback if you want the steering extension. They're slightly longer than a stock ea82 coupler.

I have a nice set of 235/75/15Lt wildcat ext I'm trying to get rid of if you need new tires nick & don't wanna buy new. They've got good tread left. I'm not gonna use anytime soon since the hatch has new Swampers on it. Text me of you're interested .....

Ahh gotchya, yeah those things are like extinct now. been keeping my eye out for one ...

i spy a Grant steering wheel & adaptor. where did you find that !?!?

I believe Uberoo had legacy Dojs on his ea81 rear axles ...

+1 MOOG Ive used Moog suspension parts on all of my Subarus & my truck. Never had any complaints & rockauto sells em for cheap. I did both outer tie rods & ball joints on my hatchback a couple months back for around $75 shipped fom rock auto

Gloyale, you wouldn't happen to have any up close pics of the perches you made to fit the bilsteins would ya ? I picked up some bilsteins as well for cheap & just wanted to see how you mounted em in there. Got a 6" drop going on my hatch. Just figuring out my shock situation . Thanks

And Mundog, thanks. I appreciate it.

Mykey Pm me your number. I owe you some transmission mounts for your hatch. I've had em for months I've just been slackin on getting a hold of ya lol