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So I bought an 86 gl 10 and it had no maf sensor. In my trips to the junk yard I have determined it is the large bulky one with the michanical flap. I did see one their but the cover was off and wires were torn out. I have gotten another maf off an 87 turbo and brought it home and it was different. I cut the harness at the junk yard so I have the femal socket and wires.. the difference between the two are the 86 has 7 pins and only utilize s 5 and the 87 has 6 pins and utilize s 5. The 5 wires are all different. Now can I just splice in the 87 maf and splive in the new harness. I figure same engine? Also how would I know if it was running correctly if it was not working? It runs and drives right now just extremely ritch. tylor

Well my main thought with a full rebuild is just piece of mind nowing that it is not going to have any problems. As far as a legacy swap. Will the ea82 tranny bolt up?

Good input. Thanks .and northwet I wish I could have gotten a 71 510 in 77. Probably realy clean!

Hello all. First of I have been a hiding out reading a lot of posts and would like to give thanks to those of you who do so much research and experimenting with these gls. It is truly helpful. So anyway. My list of toys. 1969 datsun 510. Ive had a dozen or so and love them 1995 chevrolet 2500. Steady old truck 2006 subaru wrx base model. Lots of fun 2009 Honda cbr600rr. To much fun 1985 subaru gl10 4dr sedan. So my story on the gl. I towed it home 2 weeks ago and have been digging and pulling wires and going to pull apart to replace electical conectors and moldings and fans and the list goes on. I need to do a re build on the motor it knocks really bad and I can not see where the oil is comming from because every time the motor heats up it looks smokes from all the oil like its on fire. About the only dash light that will come on is the ecm light and oil light. So here is what I have....a bad motor in my mind. U was told it had 2nd gen heads? They are good? Or better than 1st gen? A fuel injection system that has no clue what it is doing because it has no maf sensor. And a digital gauge cluster that doea not work. No heater.... no power to the heater and no heater contorlls. No 4wd as the passenger side front axle is missing and the push to engage shifter button has been ripped out...... also none of the blinkers work unless I hold the blinker assembly at the perfect angle pushing forward and to the left. Here is my plan. Re build motor. Bore to the next appropriate size. New pistons and rings. Check the crank. New bearings. And grind if need be. Go through the heads get them shaved,and make sure they are up to par. Replace parts as needed Get a new intake manifold for a carb. (I want to see how the water jackets run through, if possible I will make a new one from scratch.) Get a carbed engine bay harness (i am a freak about un needed wires)out with the fi. I have a weber 32/36 and re jet for a blow through turbo. Make my own fmic system. New alum radiator. Maybe aftermarket brz? With prius dual fan? Swap out blinker head light and window wipers from the dash to the 90's column style. And just because I want to all new aftermarket gauges. I will pull the housing from a pull apart car and gut that so I will still have the digital.maybe sell it to someone who wants to tackle the repair? Some like it I guess. The air ride is gone so i am thinking to keep the gl struts f/r go ground contoll sleves f/r and look for some shock inserts maybe adjustable? I want to dump it. And be able to bring it back to stock when the snow hits home. And cutom ss header/up pipe. Down pipe and 2.5" ss exhaust with a no cats. Probably go with an ebay muffler. This may take some time maybe a month but financial reasons cause the sale of my wrx and the purchase of this gl. All of 200 $ without the gas bill to tow it home. So I am on a budget and need to get this going. I am ni wiring guru or I would look into an ej swap more. But with the datsuns and in mind old school is good. I am not looking to get crazy power out of the ea82 just something reliable i can work on if that is possible with this motor? Like I said this is all new for me and any imput on this build is appreciated Tylor