mountain brat Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Will a power steering rack from a 2WD EA81 go into a 4WD EA81? How would I go about keeping the cruise control? I've got a donor '83 EA81 fwd wagon with cruise and a donor '92 awd legacy with cruise. My '84 gl wagon does not have cruise. Can I put the column and dash controls from the '83 in and splice them to the wiring from the ej? Thanks...tforce using mountain brat's computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 For the power steering rack you have to change the whole cross-member, but yes it will work - there are no differences between 2WD and 4WD steering racks. But the power rack's take a different engine cross-member to mount up. For the cruise - you don't want the EA81 cruise system - it's a terrible affair with a gigantic vacuum pot and a double throttle cable with a big box spliced into the middle, etc. Use the EA82 system and just install the EA82 pedal assembly - the whole mess is under the dash that way and out of the engine bay. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 The EA81 cruise control steup I had in my Hatch was actually pretty neat and compact, but it was a dealer-installed unit and the Hatch was an 86... It was just a vacuum ball under the hood by the relays, and a computer under the dash with a vacuum can with a chain that hooked to the gas pedal... No dual throttle cables or huge bulky boxes anywhere... -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 The EA81 cruise control steup I had in my Hatch was actually pretty neat and compact, but it was a dealer-installed unit and the Hatch was an 86... It was just a vacuum ball under the hood by the relays, and a computer under the dash with a vacuum can with a chain that hooked to the gas pedal... No dual throttle cables or huge bulky boxes anywhere... -Bill That is most likely a dealer-installed EA82 CC kit. The "factory" EA81 cruise is a total mess of a system. That's one thing they improved upon greatly after the EA81's. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 It probably was the kit designed for the EA82 cars, but it had all the mounts to fit the EA81 Hatch... None of the mounting brackets fit any of my EA82 wagons... Also, the parts in the kit didnt match any of the parts on my Mom's 86 Wagon dealer-installed cruise setup... Anyway if you want cruise control I guess the bolt-on solution is find an 85+ EA81 car like a hatch or a Brat that has the dealer installed unit... -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tforce Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 Hey Bill, it's Tyler...I came down with Justin the other day. Will that factory installed system you're talking about work with an ej22? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 what I had was dealer installed, not factory, but yeah, it should work with the EJ, nothing bolts to the engine. The only problem I see is the computer uses some kind of signal from the coil or tachometer, so some funky wiring might have to be done to make it work. I dont have this setup anymore, I sold it to a guy when I started building my Hatch into a mud rig... -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted August 2, 2009 Share Posted August 2, 2009 EJ22's have a second throttle cable for the cruise. I'm not sure how much different it is, but you would probably want to use the EJ CC. GD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast I Drive Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 EJ22's have a second throttle cable for the cruise. I'm not sure how much different it is, but you would probably want to use the EJ CC. GD The way I see it, either way there will have to be some wiring. To use the EJ cruise, I think you have to have a ECU that came with cruise? Im not sure, but I know the EJ CC plugs into the ECU for a signal. With the EA81 cruise attachment point being the gas pedal, you would not need the second throttle cable that the EJ cc uses, so it would look cleaner under the hood, but you would still need some kind of RPM signal from somewhere for the computer to work... I sold mine because even though it is nice to have, I just didnt need it... But if you can make it work, more power to ya! -Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tforce Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Sounds like it'd be easiest to just use the EJ CC. I'll just pull the CC computer and keep all the wires on the harness for it. I figure I can just splice the EJ wires into the stock EA81 controls on the steering column. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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