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Welcome to the board! I also will say that the weber will definitely help your hill climbing. I had one on my 86 wagon, really helped climbing grades. After the carb upgrade, look into opening up the exhaust with a custom 2" cat-back - that'll help the engine to breath better with the bigger carb. EA82 cars have alot of personality, you'll find a very strong attachment to them. Before you know it, you'll be treating the car as family.

That sounds about right. My father gets 28 in town, 35 on the highway, and 30 on the interstate in his 97 legacy outback. The PandaWagon got 34 while cruising at 55, however, it drops to 25 if I'm buzzing down the interstate at 80+. Wanna go fast? You will pay for it at the pump. Wanna sip the fuel? Cruise the lesser known highways and set the cruise to no higher than 60.

Welcome to the board! Beautiful XT6! Also check out http://subaruxt.com/forum/ for more XT/XT6 related info.

Ooo it's shiny! Vacuumed out my blue wagon, looks much better now. Now, if the daily monsoon rains would stop, I could get that car, the PandaWagon, and the truck to the car wash.

Thanks, I'll make sure I get a screen protector for it. The dust always manages to cover everything out here. Might have something to do with being a desert.

Thanks cmiller, I'll take a look at it.

Those of you that have a GPS in your wheeler, what do you have? I am looking for a unit that works well in the boondocks - good signal, current speed (for checking speedometers), GPS coordinates, and a decent map. I still will carry a paper map since the map data can be a bit dated or missing. There are times it would be helpful to know that the unmarked trail I turned on, is the actual trail on the map. Ya know?

Is the battery getting drained? If you jump it, does it fire right up? Oh, and welcome to the board!

Replaced an axle, replaced the rear view mirror, relocated the fuel filter to a better spot, cleaned up a little wiring, and cleaned the undercarriage on my blue wagon. Still need to do rear struts and the heater core.

Cleaned the air filter and vacuumed out the PandaWagon after the WCSS road trip, still needs a bath on the outside, but monsoon season is still alive so, it seemed silly to wash the car just to get rained on later in the day.

Coaldale, NV where US 6 breaks off of US 95: Friday afternoon: Saturday morning: I thought this Baja was cool! Dave, why you looking so bored over there? The 360 van was neat: US 95 about 30 miles north of Tonopah, NV: All the rest of the pictures I took are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44982071@N04/collections/72157627515352384/

Just arrived home safe and sound with no mechanical issues. Total mileage: 3674.3 PandaWagon's Worst MPG:25 - Best MPG: 33 Had a great time. It's always wonderful to hang out with fellow Subaru fanatics. WCSS Staff - awesome job guys and gals!:clap: NVZeno - It was fun caravaning with you, will look forward cruising with you next year! Twitch and GirlWithALegacy - it was great meeting you and being able to put a face to your board names! I will begin the picture upload process in the morning, but for now, need to catch some z's

I'll have all the bits (less the fuel pump and filters) to convert your carbed ea82/ea81 to SPFI.

Yeah, those wild gates are very sneaky! Glad you and your car are ok.

I understand. When my first Suby lost it's first timing belt, I had to drive my parents taurus wagon for 2 weeks while I waited for the belts. Yeah, those taurus trannys shift funny. I nicknamed it "The SloshMobile".

Looks nice! I finished putting the PandaWagon back together, it lives again! Installed my scanner antenna and added the pigtail so I have AM/FM radio again. Probably won't use it often, but it will be available if needs be.

Replaced the axles, inspected brakes, added a wee bit more greese to the wheel bearings, installed an oil cooler, and changed the oil in preperation for the trip to WCSS13 on my sister's Subaru. Found the vacume leak on my brother's SVX after he replaced the spark plugs - It doesn't idle very well when the air control valve hose is disconnected. I had a oil pool the size of a Justy wheel under the PandaWagon the other day. And where is it leaking from? Oh yes, the backside of the engine. So, out comes the engine - found the new rear main seal and the access holes for the piston pins were leaking. Replaced them, and put the engine back in. I just need to finish reinstalling the wiring and hoses, add coolant and oil and the PandaWagon will be set for the trip to WCSS13.

Oooh, they're shiny!

Yeah, the vss goes to both the EJ ECU and the CCU, so does the Tach output from the ECU to the Tach and CCU. I have a one-way valve between the intake manifold and the monster vacuum canister, then it tees off to the control unit: intake manifold | one way valve | Canister --- control valve Hope that makes sense. A little history: This car originally had the 3AT with the dealer installed CC - it worked then. When we converted it to a manual tranny, the pedal box did not have the clutch switch. However, we never got the CC working since my brother does not believe in cruise. When my brother switched to the EJ22, he pulled it out to "reduce weight". When I got the car, I put it back, however, since it does not have a clutch switch, I wired it into the same line as the brake light switch. If it must have the clutch switch, I can add it, what signal is it looking for? You said it is a loop, from what I have traced, there is only one wire going from the clutch switch to the CCU. Does it switch + or Ground? I'm going to look at the FSM wiring diagram and see how the 3AT was wired into the CC. Maybe I can trace how it was wired then and transfer the idea from that to the clutch pedal. Thanks, Ted

I swapped to a 180 in my carbed EA82 in the summer thinking it would help it run cooler - nope, didn't help at all, still ran at 215 degrees in the mild desert heat on the interstate. What was worse, was the non existent heat and horrid mileage during the winter. Switched to an OEM 190 and my heat was back, mileage went up, and since the valve is larger on the OEM 'stat's, it ran cooler in the summer. OEM FTW!

Yup, that's normal for an EA82. As long as they are not leaking, you'll be fine. Now, if the cracks begin working their way under the valve seat, that's when it's time for new heads.

Let's take this from the other side of the coin. I live in the high desert of southeastern Arizona (~5000 ft elevation), when I take a trip down to Tucson (~2400 ft elevation) in the middle of the summer heat running 87, my EA82, ER27, and the EJ25 pinged quite a bit more there than they do at home. Even though the air temps are the same between the two locations; with more available air, they are more prone to ping. When I go to Phoenix, the pinging is more pronounced, since I'm now at roughly 1100 ft. Assuming I don't switch to a higher grade fuel. When I had my XT6, I could get away with running 87 at home with maybe a hint of ping when it was near 100 degrees outside. However, when I drove to WCSS10, I had to switch to premium in order to keep the pinging to a minimum while I drove though the Nevada desert. Now, part of that is because the desert floor temps were in the 120s, but also because I was near sea level in some of the areas. I will most likely run mid-grade in the PandaWagon when I go to this years WCSS just to keep the engine happy. So, yes, the higher in elevation you go, the lower the octane rating you can run since there is less air available. I would not apply this theory to turbocharged motors.

Has anyone been able to get the EA82 Cruise Control to work after doing an EJ swap? I've got power and ground, the VSS and Tach are hooked up, the brake switch is wired in. The light in the switch on the dash comes on, but when I hit the set, it does nothing. Are there any type of diags in the thing?

I will be bringing the PandaWagon: I missed the last two, but I'm goin' this year!