dragonwingsubaru Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 well as some of you know i got a pair of wagons last week an 85 and an 87 for parts. now i have put the 87 motor in my good bodyed 85 adn now after haveing a carb issue with the 87 carb i got it running with 85 carb. now my problem is that it will idle perfect but when i go to give it any gas it just refuses to let it rev up at all. now i still have a cpl of vacum hoses to figure out where they hook up on the carb adn whatnot but if they werent already hooked up to something i plugged them temporarily so i could test the carb out in general. now 1 thing i have noticed is i can hear some motor noise but its not constant, and it doesnt really sound like the typical subaru tick either, i have noticed that the exhaust seems to miss at the same times that i hear the sound, it sounds more like a light knocking sound. now when i sit in the car i notice that the tach is going crazy wobbling around and there is no oil pressure at the gauge unless i try to give it some gas then it will work its way ur to almost the top point. so any suggestions?and also does anyone have any info on where all the vacum lines are supposed to go on an 85 gl. thanks in advance and sorry this is so long winded i was trying to give all the info i could to help u guys maybe help me figure this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonwingsubaru Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 so i guess there are no ideas on my probs yet? ill check back in a cpl hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingbobdole Posted February 10, 2005 Share Posted February 10, 2005 We need more info... like: Does the car have enough oil in it? Was the engine know good before? Did you rebuild the carb? Is the accelerator pump all dry and cracked? Is it blowing fuel out the carb? Hows the stream in the carb look? Do you have new ign stuffs? Why not hook up the carb totally, then check it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonwingsubaru Posted February 10, 2005 Author Share Posted February 10, 2005 ok here goes -yes there is enugh oil in it -yes the engine was good b4 or so i was told -no i didnt rebuild the carb it was in very good condition -not sure what u mean by the accelerator pump if your are meaning the fuel pump it is newer -no it isnt blowing fuel since i switched carbs -stream is good outta the carb from what i can see -yes i changed the plugs cap and rotor and the wires are almost brand new -im gonna finish up the carb tomorrow when it is warmer its like 30 here today and its supposed to be like 50 tomorrow so im gonna do it then just not planning on checking the site while im working on it so im trying to get ideas what to look for thats all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weekendwarrior3169 Posted February 11, 2005 Share Posted February 11, 2005 Check your spark plug wires. That is make sure they are where they are supposed to be. Mainly on your distributor cap. I have a 43 Ford tractor and I had 2 wires crossed on the cap. It would run but not rev up. I spent 6hrs working on this thing before I realized the obvious:banghead: . Two spark plug wires were cross on the cap. Man did it run a lot better when I did that 10 sec. fix that I messed up in the first place. Let us know what you find Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonwingsubaru Posted February 11, 2005 Author Share Posted February 11, 2005 im pretty sure i got the plug wires right on the cap but thats a good thought to double check the obvious like that i didnt even think of that lol its gonna be hell figureing out where the vacum lines go since they werent hooked up on either car when i bought them and the haynes manuel is absolutely useless to help me figure that out, so does anyone have a diagram of that, ill also try a search to see if i fin it as well will post it here if i do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonwingsubaru Posted February 12, 2005 Author Share Posted February 12, 2005 well i double checked the wireing and it is all correct, got the vacum lines hooked as best as i could, it seems that part of my problem on that seems to be the choke is holding the flap all the way open, and i noticed that the choke piece is getting really dmn hot. but after i held the flap i could get it to rev up but now i think i got more internal engine probs, there is a really loud clattering sound about in the middle back of the motor and when i go to rev it up the motor will wobble reaally badly. so any ideas on this 1, i can give more info if it helps someone figure this out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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