kayakertom

I recently did the back-up lights on my auto to d/r conversion and it was a little confusing. I ended up cutting off the plug on the transmission reverse switch assembly, soldering on a couple of feet of wire to each of the 2 leads, drilling a hole through the front left of the sheet metal surrounding the shfter location, covering the wires with heat shrink (doubled up for the bit that is through the hole) and bringing the wires around to the left over electrical connector. You can use the auto shift mechanism to tell which 2 pins to use or a wiring diagram and verify with a jumper that the back-up lights go on. I just soldered the ends of the two leads individually and jammmed them as pins into the auto electrical connector.

Replacing the cartridges is fairly easy; when I did it recently on an xt, I found that I didn't need to use a spring compressor. I would check your local autoparts store prices to compare costs. The plastic dust shield and hard rubber bumper and spacers may need to be replaced, so I would look into the availability of those parts also. Not sure what are the differences between 2wd and 4wd, but my guess would be in the coil springs.

The 2 center black wires (which may have a stripe) of the electrical connector by the shifter need to be jumpered.

I'll look into triggering it that way, thanks. If the USMB people in the rust belts of the US saw the vehicles in the NW junkyards, they might scream.

http://www.powells.com; if this doesn't work, search for 'Powell's Bookstore, Portland". Warning: your cash may disappear - Powell's is addictive - one of the reasons I won't move from the area...

Have you checked the resistance of the temperature sensor you hooked up? Also, diisconnect the battery, wait a couple of minutes, hook it back up and reset the ecu. Lykke-til.

Sounds good. I'm just trying to decide what size fuse to put in line with it and also how to switch it on - am thinking that I will use the presently unused thermoswitch with a manual over-ride switch.

Went to the closest junkyard yesterday to pick up various parts and one thing on my list was an ea81 low profile radiator fan to put on my 87 3-door in place of the clutch fan. Found only one in the yard and it looked so-so, car had 175K on odometer. The yard charged $7. Cleaned it up today and took it apart to look at the brushes - looked very good with about 3/5 of each of the 4 brushes remaining. Put the fan back together and repaired and lengthened the wire harness. Tested the amperage draw and it was about 5 amps, is this normal?

I clean and wire brush all the bolts I take out and then use a light coating of moly/graphite engine assembly lube on the threads.

Buy it - the xt is a great vehicle, I actually just sold the one I had for 6 years yesterday. They are generally very dependable; if you get it running, then it's easily a $1+K vehicle.

The relays are behind the dash display for ea82, They are circular/button like in shape. Have you checked your headlight ground wires?

I'll buy the beer if some 3at auto trans expert in the Portland area is willing to do a hands on seminar on this topic. I have a pulled 3at with the same problem and am reluctant to junk it.

Intake manifold gaskets: It's not a direct path for getting coolant into the oil, but you don't need much water in the oil to make a milkshake. http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51447 Head gaskets: Depends on how long it was run with the problem.

I would drain the oil pan and the radiator, add new oil, then do a compression test. If it looks good, just change the intake manifold gaskets - just use oem subaru intake gaskets. Another easy fix possibility is that the heads are not torqued down properly.

Update: Was able to fix my ignition switch problem by replacing the back-side electrical module. The electrical part of the switch comes off of the ignition switch with just the removal of one small screw - a little awkward to reach but not too bad. The loyale, dl, gl electrical module has a longer pigtail than the xt, but is otherwise the same. Cheap fix for me - took the module off of my parts car. No more hunting for a sweet spot when I turn the key and hoping that it will start.

I replaced that vacuum module on my gl - one button got stuck because of cracked plastic. I recall there being 4 or 5 vacuum hoses. It was a bit of a pain and I was lucky to have a replacement module in my donor wagon. As I recall, the top and bottom curved plastic pieces above and below the buttons pull out exposing hidden screws. The dash has to come off and I remember there being a wire cable for the heat control lever that was a pain to release from the module. Best to get a module out of a donor vehicle before tearing into your dash. Good luck.

Another possibility is a dislodged valve seat - the disc that surrounds the valve. I found one in my donor vehicle. The head has to come off to fix.

Anyone know if the loyale type ignition switch is a replacement for the xt ignition switch? (The xt switch location is to the right of the steering column not on the steering column and mine is about worn out; already have a new in box replacement loyale switch.)

On the westside - U-Pull-It in Sherwood off of 99W. I'll be going there soon. On the eastside - " " off of Foster I have a set of lightly used unmounted michelin xzx 165r13 tires for sale. pm me if you want to take a look.

Have you checked your oil? Does it look normal or like a milkshake?

I've used washers to shim the pulley on two cars so far with no problems.

Looks like you have a dl wagon; when I replaced my front passenger axle on my dl wagon, I added a small heat shield made of thicker guage sheet metal - used the flange where the heat riser connects as my attaching point. My heat shield has a couple of small bends to curve around the boot for maximum clearance.

Do a search for "governor".

Hi, You have nice basic transportation, but I wouldn't get too attached to the car. Get your real estate license and an entry job in the field and reward yourself with a newer subaru. In real estate, you wind up driving clients around and your car becomes your second office. If I were driving around with clients, I would want a vehicle with up-to-date safety features like airbags. Good luck.

Yes, that's the business.