jonpaul03 Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 I finally started pulling the motor for a rebuild. Here are a couple of pics before the tear-down. The motor has 85k miles, but it sat for 18 years in a garage. Time for some TLC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 The motor pulled...and the beginning of tear-down... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 She's burnin a lil dirty... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 I am trying to get everything cleaned up while I am still looking for replacement cylinder heads (one of mine is cracked ) I decided to go with bedliner in the engine bay. I think the gloss black and clean aluminum is gonna pop under the hood! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 Here are some pics of a little more progess in the engine bay. Still trying to find heads to complete the motor at this time. If anyone has any leads on a set please let me know. Thanks ahead of time... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 These are the original starter and alternator/generator. They worked perfectly fine before I tore the motor out so I figured I would just give them a makeover for reinstallation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Subaru-EA-71-1595-cc-1267-cc-/181321512905?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2a379ab7c9&vxp=mtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 I am trying to decide...at a closer look it seems there are cracks in between the exhaust and intake valve seats on that head as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 unfortunately i think there are on all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevint143 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Where ya located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 I am currently located in Denver, CO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Well...I ended up getting the nice pair of rebuilt heads from the folks in Sarasota, FL and got them installed... Now that they are installed I am only looking for a couple more pieces. I am looking for the Air Injection tubing (Spider) and the EGR valve pipe that runs from the head to the intake manifold. Here are a few pics of where its at now.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 nice lookin engine you've got there! what paint are you using? looks like POR15? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 your brat is looking great. keep it up, i cant wait to see it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Thanks...to be honest I have put 6 coats of dupli-color gloss black engine enamel and six coats of clear engine enamel on each black part. So far I like it except it has will crack away where I tighten bolts. I am willing to repaint in the future, but I just wanted to see how it works for now. I have all of the other parts done, but I wont be installing them until I find the tubes I need and get the motor back into the BRAT. The heads are treated with a protective coating and will eventually look like the rest of the motor once it is running. I cleaned the mounting surfaces and had enough. The oil pan gasket I received with the rebuild kit shrunk so I am waiting on my new gasket to arrive and then that will be installed. I had one broken oil pan bolt in the block, but I was able to extract it without breaking out my tap and die set (luckily). My new clutch kit will be arriving tomorrow and I can get the flywheel and clutch intalled. Those damn tubes are the only thing holding me back now!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Share Posted February 27, 2014 I went to replace my clutch and ordered a clutch kit through rockauto.com. When I went to put the new clutch in I realized there is an oil seal in front of the pilot bearing as well (the book says so too). Does anyone know why all of the clutch kits dont come with an oil seal? Do I have to order the Timken pilot bearing in order to achieve that affect or do I just install the pilot bearing the clutch kit comes with and forget about the seal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subyrally Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 i havent seen many that come with seals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bantum Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 It wouldn't hurt to do the seal while you have it out, save having to do it again later when it starts to leak ... Great ride though - looking good will keeping an eye on this one ... Cheers, Bantum ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruscot Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 That's a cool stripe job on that Brat man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaruscot Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Woops, I'm new to this commenting on stuff. That was a cool stripe job on it when it was still black, it went very well with the lines of the 1st Generation body style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 I dont have the part number for the individual seal, but the pilot bearing fromTimken looks like is has a seal built in. I might give it a try. - Thanks for the great comments on my BRAT! As soon as I get the oil seal on the pilot bearing figured out I can just about put the motor back in and finish it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 The new Clutch kit is installed and the Air injection tubing is repaired and installed. We had to braze the flared end back together and it fits perfectly. Just waiting for a full day of nice weather to drop the motor back in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyBrat Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 that is a thing of beauty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 The Alternator and a few other odds and ends have been installed. Now its just up to the weather to cooperate. The new EGR Valve tube is on its way and she will be complete! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpaul03 Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 I finally got the motor dropped back in! Unfortunately I found that my voltage regulator has crapped out. I have a new one on order and should be able to fire it up this week sometime. Anyways...here are a few pics of the motor back in its home. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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