danbennett2u Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I Just bought my first Subaru! It is a 1987 GL wagon, carb, 5 speed, 4x4. 176k miles, decent body and interior, suspension seems good, only problem is blown engine, but for 200 bucks I cant complain. I guess I am going to be attempting the ea81 engine into ea82 car swap, as I found a complete 84 ea81 engine with 100k for 160 off of ebay with local pickup! Wish me luck, I am anxious to drive my new car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bella Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I Just bought my first Subaru!It is a 1987 GL wagon, carb, 5 speed, 4x4. 176k miles, decent body and interior, suspension seems good, only problem is blown engine, but for 200 bucks I cant complain. I guess I am going to be attempting the ea81 engine into ea82 car swap, as I found a complete 84 ea81 engine with 100k for 160 off of ebay with local pickup! Wish me luck, I am anxious to drive my new car! Wellcome and good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guido32 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Good luck to you, you are gonna love your Subaru:clap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subarian Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Welcome, and you've found the right place to ask your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet82 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 You have plenty of resources (board members) in your area if you get stuck. So...what kind of parts don't you need on your 84... Welcome to the board, Glenn 82 SubaruHummer 84 GL Mad Max 01 Forester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbennett2u Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Thanks, not sure what parts I will have leftover, I dont know what I am going to have to mix and match yet, but will let you guys know if I have something I dont need when I am done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 how is your otor blown up? head gaskets can be fixed. broken timing belts dont hurt anything the intake on the 87 will fit on an ea81 if you go that route Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blownbimer Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Is this the one that was on C/L that was run without oil? Lotsa us denver guys are around...Ask for help anytime Thanks Erik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Is this the one that was on C/L that was run without oil? Lotsa us denver guys are around...Ask for help anytime Thanks Erik Sounds like the one. If so, it probably can't be fixed too easily. But putting another engine in it is a good option. I've never done the EA81-EA82 swap -- wish I'd known about it a few years ago when I blew the engine in my '85, and had a good '84 parts car. If I'd known about this forum back then, I wouldn't have hesitated to tackle that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbh Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hmm, EA81 in an EA82 chassis... going to have some space to play with. Maybe shove a few big subwoofers under the bonnet and make it sound like one of those big gurgly offset-crank V8's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbennett2u Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 yep, was the one on C/L that was run without oil... rest of the car is in decent shape so I figured I would tackle a engine swap. I found an ea81 in westminster with 100k miles on ebay and the seller said he would do local pickup. I guess the guy he got it from destroyed the suspension on a curb that last snowstorm we got. I dont think it will be too bad of a swap, 84 carbed into an 87 carbed, both manuals. I will definately be asking for help on here if we get stuck on the swap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbennett2u Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 Update: unhooked a bunch of stuff to get engine ready for pull, and hmm, no antifreeze from the radiator hoses. Drained the "oil" about a cup of oil came out, then lots of fresh bright green antifreeze... I know this can be from broken block/heads, but there was a whole lot in there. I am wondering if someone along the lines thought the oil fil was for the radiator... looks like it except it says "ENGINE OIL" on top of it. Jeez no wonder the engine is toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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