wagons

Yes you read that right! I contacted diamond racing wheels and i am going to order some 15x7 for the 1987 GL 4WD. I need some help with offset and back space. Going to lift 2". Looking at a 205-60-15 tire

Lol no no i am the buyer, buying off a friend who lives in Australia and shipping to the USA

1 lucky texan, i have purchased many things from Australia, including body panels. I have the funding and also pay for insurance. Customs can either be quick or slow, depending on how well the forms are filled out and if you include pictures of whats in the crate it makes it even faster.

The limited slip was added by the previous owner by All-Drive Subaroo Australia. I like the Idea of taking a couple gear boxes over an engine but to get the deal i have to buy it and the engine. Theres also a place in Canada that can get me the same diff and even more custom gear sets that also deals with All Drive Subaroo Australia. I was just figuring the cost of an ej swap why not do it right and also get an LSD front for not a whole lot more.

This is a what if thread and a possibility thread. I have a friend in Australia that I buy my track car parts from. I mentioned to him doing an EJ swap in my 1987. He said if you do that then why dont I ship you a crate with an engine with the 5-speed dual range with limited slip front diff?! I laughed because i was thinking about the cost of shipping. He can get me a 100k kilometer engine and dual range 5-speed with front LSD for $2500. Now its also $1000 to ship. Im about to drop $3500 on a used car for my wife but now its got me thinking...... Any input from the Aussie guys here? How do you like your dual-range Legacys?

@GeneralDisorder I love my EA82 wagon but I definitely hate the fact that I have to search for tailights (kids like to drop and lean bikes on them) And all other parts for the matter. I too drive Chevrolets. I have an 1987 Suburban and a 1982 1500 with a utility bed. Just recently the suburban broke a power steering mount bracket. Took the pump and bracket off my 82 which is getting a transmission and was driving within a couple hours. I love EJs because they are torquey, and like an SBC parts interchange over 15 years. This is why I have given up in the EA82 engine. I am looking for a swap, but thanks to Scott @ SJR we can still drive our EA82 with a Weber carb on an EJ! Simple and still seems like it came from the factory, minus crossmember drop and lift to clear the hood.

Dave T, Peterson sells a wet sump external pump. It would mount down low next to the oil pan and have to have a belt system to drive it. A pickup would have to be placed in the pan and the external pump would have a feed tube. The pump would pump it out with an external line to an oil filter relocation kit and then into the engine. Hard to describe really but it would be costly as the pump is $700 alone. For the cost an EJ Swap would be more cost efficient. A lot more power and upgrades from an EJ. Yes the last NEW pump was bought last week Ynotdiy. Makes me angry! Lmao

Aparently our Autozone had the last 3. The old parts guy hoarded them for his Suby. The Old guy I talked to bought two and somebody else just had bought the last one, last week. Somebody who fabricates needs to make an external wet sump pump from peterson work lol. Thanks for the help guys. I should have bought it when it was in stock lol

Thanks GD. My local autozone says they can get a melling. I guess I will have to see and compare it because it may not be the right one

Honestly has anybody ever used the Melling oil pump for the EA82? I just talked to an older Subaru guy here locally and he has two brats EA82 swapped and his GL. All 3 are using a Melling pump from Autozone. Or would i be better off collecting pumps from junk yards and resaling them?

Pump throttle as mentioned above and fire her up! It just got down to 26 degrees last night in my town. I will give you my trick if its a real pain to start. Use a blow dryer and heat up the carb lol. I learned from an old dodge (go figure) guy

my first mods would be an EJ22 swap. This will help with the next mods. SJR lift 4" with redrilled 6 lug hubs and 27" tires. After that EJ22 swap and lift, it would be a custom suspension with aR154 and transfer case to locker diffs. All this is possible but a jeep will be cheaper lol. On a serious note EJ22 and SJR lift would be great.

So I ordered the accelerator and clutch cable from 1stsubaruparts.com. even though the order stated a 1994 loyale the parts are direct fit for my 1987 GL 4X4 EA82.

Thanks! Just places order with 1stsubaruparts.com

I need some help with the throttle cable and clutch cable part numbers and exedy clutch part #. 1987 GL CARB 1.8. I have searched "throttle cable"" clutch cable" "ea82" for the page with the Genuine Subaru part numbers for my 1987 Subaru GL. I need both the throttle cable and clutch cable part numbers so I can order them ASAP!. Or if somebody has either parts please PM me! Thanks in advance

Timesert would be best option here. Don't worry helicoil work great, that's what's on my cam seal cover right now! It needs to be seated tight or it will leak. Just did that one LOL

I have a few questions for the OP. Did you buy this as a kit from Redline Weber? Do you have a fuel return? How old is this Weber? What is fuel psi and how is it regulated? Is the carb set up designed for a Subaru? I had your exact problems, spacer didn't do anything. So here what I did, I rebuilt the carb, not just gaskets and the float, I mean the whole thing. I had oversized emulsion tubes, too small of jets, in short a jacked up carb not designed for a Subaru lol. Make sure it is jetted, emulsion tubes and so on are the same as the ones Weber uses in their kit.

Cool, Im assuming they are long enough? I just tried a set of AutoZone wires today on my Chevrolet truck and behold! They don't fit either lol

So I am finding out the AutoZone plug wires don't fit my EA82 engine right. They don't quite reach the plugs and seat so I get crappy idling and rough running! WTH is with that? Lol. Now that I'm over my rant, what plug wires are you guys using that actually reach? I'm about to buy the universal cut to length ones an make my own. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hey Subasaurus, I can definitely use some guidance, pictures anything to get this bad boy to work. Just getting around to my exedy clutch job so it's going to start being put back together here soon!

How big of parts can you print Dave T? I'd be willing to send you all my EA82 plastics to get new! I have a buddy who is an upholster and can paint/dye any color, even match my EA82 blue! I need new before mine crumble lol

What's wrong with Summer driving? My EA82 wagon is apart this year, but last summer I lived in Phoenix Arizona and I drove the piss out of it, ac on full blast almost 80 miles a day for my job! This was all stop and go milage as I was a merchandiser and had to go from store to store. My truck is flush the system, electric dual fans with sealeed shroud, 20% coolant to water ratio, and a bottle of redline water wetter!

So my dual range in my 1987 EA82 GL 5- speed is getting very hard to put in first gear, I almost have to stop before I can down shift to it. So I talked to AAMCO transmissions where I live and they can rebuild it for about $800. Is this priced Right? Anybody have a good DR they want to give up? I can build engines, trans are not my thing. Does anybody have a service manual for the transmission?

Thanks guys. GD, that thing would be great if it was accurate! I'm skeptical about it's accuracy, but it's not hard to check outside on a dvom and have some tell me what it's reading inside.

So i thought I had a charging system problem. nope! I have a dead volt gauge problem. How do I fix this? I'm thinking instead of tearing the dash apart and finding why it's dead, the AutoZone special meter looks good at $20. Opinions?