Subaru Scott

**UPDATE** I GOT ONE, I GOT ONE!!! (my very first dancing banana) JDM dual range 5 speed, 4.11 FD with 1.44 lo range (I think... with all the research I, and many others have done, the last 4 digits of the trans code is still a mystery, but it SHOULD be) In any case (pun initially not intended, but I'll go with it ) it is definitely a dual range. The key to finding one is to look at the pics to spot the lever, as doing a search for "dual range" will get you nowhere. And you can also search trans code #'s, if the sixth digit is X, it's dual range. Thank God for the Japanese government and all others who helped me find and obtain this sacred transmission with only 39k... I have been blessed

Yeah, I did upgrade to Outback 4wheel discs several years ago, but I really need to fit the SVX hubs and brakes that I have already... in a barn back in Indiana...

Not XT6, just a regular XT body on my homemade frame with 91 Legacy running gear. 2nd body on this chassis, been driving for 12 years, about to click over 400k. Oh, and I should really post a disclaimer: "Kids, don't try this at home! Just because an EJ22 will pull a car hauler with a bigger car on it, doesn't mean it can STOP IT!!! Mustn't do... very dangerous!!"

Really nice! Good work. Can you post some pix of the suspension?

You mean like this? Very impressive... you've got me thinking...

So, all the failures were solely due to overheating? Hmmm... interesting!

I have an EA trans still in a barn in Indiana, and that thought had crossed my mind. I did make my own adapter plate to GM pattern for the boat. Really want the EJ for the bigger clutch though... Have some pics here: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/134361-greetings-fellow-subaru-freaks/ Well, it originally had a 4eat but I didn't think it would be reliable enough for heavy towing. Yes, I would like the CVT for having the perfect ratio all the time, but I really don't know just how low it can go. When I was a dealer tech, I was driving a Justy demo to Columbus, OH for Subaru training. Back then they called it an ECVT, but they have since dropped "electronic" because all autos are electronic now. It was late at night with no traffic on I-70 so I opened her up to see how long her legs were. When I got to 100 mph, I let off the gas and it actually upshifted!! So it had the gearing to go even faster but I figured I shouldn't press my luck and get arrested in a loaner! What I would like to do with a CVT is bypass all the computer control and rig a manual ratio change lever... how hard can it be?

bump... I found the Australian company that makes the kit to make a dual range out of a standard 5 speed, about $1500 shipped, may go that route if I can't find one... any help with finding would be greatly appreciated

+2 on the strut. In the 30+ years I've driven roos, I've never seen a factory strut or shock go bad. Remember seeing rear shocks with the upper metal guard completely rusted off... still not leaking a drop or bouncing at all. EXCEPT: the air rides (that trick never works), and a Budget rental '86 sedan while I was a dealership tech, that had bottomed out SO HARD that the rubber bumpers on the front struts which ride on the shafts, had been crammed down over the body of the strut!!! Yeah, those were leaking... that car saw some AIR!! Nothin parties like a rental!! My rig has almost 400k of hard miles hauling trailers, boats, limestone piled on till it hit the stops and still on originals. As for the exhaust, there's only six nuts, one bolt, and a few rubber hangers to slip off and pull the whole works out from under the car where you can have your way with it... why torture yourself?

Let me know what you want for a set of injectors (the gray top ones) and crank, cam, knock and throttle sensors.

How about a dual range EJ trans?

I would like a spare set of injectors and sensors for a 91 EJ. Low mileage preferably

My 91 EJ22 will turn over 400k by the first of the year. Still runs like a sewing machine. I have always run it hard and pull trailers several times weekly. Never had a 2.5 so maybe I don't know the power I'm missing but it gets the job done and I'm happy with the power it has. Aside from peripherals, belts, pulleys, water pumps, clutches, and plugs, it had one injector fail at 300k and I just replaced the valve cover gaskets... that's it. PS: Castrol GTX

I pull a trailer and haul equipment 3-4 days a week and have hauled "Lima Bean", my EJ-22 powered houseboat across several states. But until the other day I had never tried pulling it up a boat ramp... oo-ooo that smell! My buddy had to tie on to me with his CVT Outback. Anybody have an Aussi or JDM D/R to sell? But I also wonder, has anyone put the CVT to severe towing/ horsepower tests? It would be a challenge, electronically, to fit that to a '91 drivetrain... but if it would take it, I'm up for it!

Yes indeed, very rare! One of only three, maybe four known to still exist, and one of two that actually runs Very little online about them but it was actually featured in Life magazine 1970. I bought her in a Boat Angel auction on ebay without knowing the first thing about her... just thought she was cool looking! Promised myself I wasn't going to bid over $500 and then late, late that night after much wine, won her for twice that much. Which I feel was well worth that now, even though I had to gut her to the bare hull and rebuild everything. She had been sitting behind the original owners garage in Ft. Lauderdale for 25 years and had developed her own ecosystem inside, complete with plants, animals, and some 70's furniture. Still lots of interior work to be done as well as the jacketed exhaust and an engine cover aaaand lots of other little things, but we regularly cruise the 250 miles of Cape Corals canal system and the Pine island sound around Sanibel and Captiva where she draws a crowd wherever we go!

That's an old copper tank I picked up at a boat salvage store, serves as a fill point and expansion tank for the coolant before the heat exchanger. I've been toying with the idea of installing a "keel cooler" instead of this system, which is basically a copper pipe that runs down the side of the keel on the bottom of the boat, eliminating the need for a separate pump to supply the heat exchanger. Of course then you have to worry about running that aground on rocks or coral... not that I"m planning to... :-\

OK, finally rounded up some pics of my other project, this is the Lima Bean: She is a 1971 Combo Cruiser houseboat, designed to be used as a camper while on the trailer, and a boat. Originally equipped with a 140 hp GM 4 cyl, I replaced that with: What else?!?... EJ22 Mated to the original OMC electric shift outdrive, it performs very well and is, of course, smoooooth and quiet. The exhaust for now is just regular pipe heat wrapped and run over the transom, but I am building a stainless, water jacketed system to run out the drive. It is also, of course, fresh water cooled through a heat exchanger to keep the saltwater from eating it like a snack! Still SO much work to be done and progress is slow because this is also my home... yes, I have been living aboard for over 5 years now and would have done so many years earlier if I'd only known... Tis the pirates life fer me

X3... just drive it! Take some oil, ANY kind of oil really, if it's leaking THAT bad, the thicker, the better! Don't freak out!! A Scoobeedoo won't let you down that easily. That being said... when you get to the land of no rust, find a Leone or Legacy and UPGRADE! I know some of you will give me ************ about this, BUT... if Subaru were to get an enema, Loyale is where they would put the tube!!

Rust! On the caliper pad brackets, especially if the car has been sitting, will hold the pads from moving freely and feel very similar to air in the lines. Pull everything apart and clean off the rust. Take a file to the pads and face off the areas that contact the brackets from rust and even thick layers of paint and sharp edges that come on most aftermarket pads. Make sure the pads slide into the brackets freely with a little room to spare. Worse that can happen if they're too loose, is you might hear a little pad rattle if you have the windows down and no tunes playing . Better than too tight! Then, to flush and bleed the system. Open one bleeder at a time, starting with the furthest from the master cylinder, right rear. Pump all the old fluid out of the master cylinder, then, add new fluid and continue pumping till fluid runs clear. Don't worry about bleeding yet. Just flush all wheels, one at a time, with a good stiff pumping of fresh fluid. Nearly ALL failures of calipers and wheel cylinders is the cause of dirt, and especially water, getting into the system and going (where does water go in oil?) to the bottom, and easily corroding the unprotected cast iron, which then causes the seals to fail. Just because the fluid in the reservoir looks clean, means nothing. You probably have GLOP at the wheels, just pump it into a clear container and take a look! Now to bleed: ALL old Subaru's will GRAVITY bleed (I can't speak for newer ones cause I haven't worked on any made since 96). That means open up the bleeders one at a time, starting with the right rear, letting it run till all the bubbles come out (keeping the master cylinder topped off, of course) and that's all you need to do, two people are not necessary... I've done it hundreds of times like this. If you perform this flushing about every 4 years, you will most likely NEVER have to replace a caliper or wheel cylinder ever again!

Well, I had some time on my hands recently so I decided to make the plunge and replace the cab on Frankentruck. The ol Civic was getting pretty rusty and well... never was very comfy to begin with . I had originally planned on building my own cool all-fiberglass body from scratch until I found out how much I would have to lay out in raw materials alone for fiberglass and resin, not to mention building door and window frames, glass, controls, gauges, etc. Even designing it around donor pieces, with all the fab and finish time that would be involved, it would be way easier and cheaper to just... cut the front off an old XT and slap that on there! Voila! Of course, as you can see, I didn't cut it off. I couldn't decide exactly how as I wanted to make it an extended cab, so to speak, and wasn't sure how to finish the back off just yet... so I just put the whole body on and my girlfriend sez "It's cuuute! Don't cut it off!" And I have to admit, for once, she's right So I guess for now it'll be Frankencar.

02-03, stayed at Best Western. Although they were all excellent, my favorite Brewpub was the Milwaukee Ale House, in the old hula-hoop factory, still have the tshirt "Ale's what cures ya". They had this rockin seafood pot pie, crab, shrimp, whitefish, and veggies in a full size pie crust, mmmmmmmmmmmmmm... I could eat a whole one... but it was hard to walk back to the hotel And of course, lots of tasty brew samplers!!

Found a few more: A day at the beach! Out on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Tires at 15 psi and it'll cruise through even the deep, soft sand

Licensed as an 87 Honda, cause that's the only part with a VIN, but kept getting pulled over back in Indiana because it wasn't a truck plate. Last cop said "Son, it's legal but you need to get the title changed or you're gonna KEEP getting pulled over". So, I had to get an affidavit signed at the state police post stating that yes, it was a truck now, then also asked them about bumper height law while I was there. They told me Indiana law states the bumpers should remain similar to, and proportional in height "as provided by the manufacturer". So I, being the manufacturer of this vehicle, was free to make the bumpers any way I chose! Well, while working up north, I had a Chicago cop pull me over, and after explaining that little known loophole of the law, he got in my FACE and said if I ever showed up in his neighborhood again without bumpers and mudflaps, I was getting a ticket! My work in the area finished up soon after that, so I never complied. BTW, xbeerd, while I was in that area, I had a BLAST in Milwaukee!! There were FIVE brewpubs within walking distance of my hotel room downtown! And then there was Summerfest... with ALL those bands... and ALL those girls dancing and playing in the giant fountain cause it was so hot... and the water was so cold... :slobber: :slobber: :slobber:

YUP! You got me... my other hobby

Thanks xbeerd and I75eya , Frankentruck has served me well! IMHO the 89-94 Legacy platform is the "Maytag" of the automotive world, hands down. Some are more exciting, exotic, powerful, more potential, etc. But for solid no muss, no fuss, drive it around the world on the coastlines... you can't go wrong!!