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Noooo. I've still got the ej20G closed deck engine sitting on the stand in the shed...probably go with that in case I ever want to sell the car again..would be a more viable proposition with the subaru motor in it...

Very tidy Rowdy and great colour...where bouts are you???

Many years ago I did an engine conversion on an LH torana. Basically pulled out all the 6 cylinder running gear and made it into a V8 which is basically a bolt up proposition. I was doing the job in the back yard laying under the thing in very trying conditions as something wouldn't fit when my fath...

Not hijacking the thread but have been facing the same issue for a few years now with pressure mounting from my minister of finance over owning two brumbies. One is my runaround go to work and everything else and the other is my good turbo brumby for weekends only. Its only the rego thing because I'...

My youngest son was born on this day (St Pats) and his name is Shaun..His mum and I took him to a fair dinkum irish pub for tea for his birthday a few years ago and they went nuts over him,,even gave him some free green beer and a big funny hat. When he told them that he had just come back from work...

Yep...getting too old though to be laying under a car with oil in my hair and my son raining coolant all over me as he takes the head off...but hey its a father son thing right.."quality time"

UPDATE****** Eldest son and I bit the bullet and pulled this engine down last Tuesday...cleaned and order parts..got the bottom end back in yesterday and started it up this afternoon..all well. It would appear that while the compression rings looked ok..lot of carbon and burnt oil about..oil rings a...

Hey Steptoe, What spark plugs are you running in your ea82T ..just wondering...thanx T.

Thanks everyone. All good replies with good info. Smoke is blue, can smell the burnt oil in it. Don't think it would be coolant burning because as said, the coolant is fine. No smoke before the gasket issue, car has always run really well. I didn't see it goin to town for repair, my son took it in, ...

Thanks Jan, yes my thoughts also. My eldest son who is out on the job past Winton has been speaking to me on the phone about this. We both thought that any visible sign of something wrong in the block would have been seen by the Workshop mechanic for example, scoring from a cracked ring or glazing e...

Hi Guys....Not subaru related but just after some ideas. My better half drove her little 3 pot Daihatsu sirion over to the coast recently and blew the head gasket across the narrow part between cylinder 1 and 2. We've had the car since new and it is a 99 model M100. There is no evidence that the car...

Hi Matt. Congratulations..looks the goods and a top job. Yes briefly the car had L hubs to carry the L series calipers. The hubs are different to the MY hubs so I had to go back to Brumby hubs to correct the over positive camber. L series control arms corrected the camber but put the wheel too far b...

In the paper here yesterday...I have seen it around as he lives near me...


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You can have my tonneau cover if you can find the bastard that stole it....and the chrome cross bar which they took too.

Lake Moondarra...Yes, I went on the underground tour years ago...very good. (Sorry off topic)..Julian my eldest boy, often works at Mount Isa and heads out to the Ernest Henry Mine in connection with his work. They often get together and ski at Lake Moondarra just north of Mt Isa and apparently he w...

Freshwater crocs are normally known as Johnson river crocs. As far as I'm aware they are relatively harmless. I saw a bit of that program and like all those shows, it was a beat up.

My eldest boy waterskis at Mt Isa and they have never bothered him there and are regarded as fairly shy and harmless.

We had trouble finding one too, this link may help....can send you the photo if I can find it.

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We use them at work...good fast repair...suitable for out in the bush but I don't think you are supposed to use them in a registered vehicle on road use ????

And how is Groover...got over his accident when someone (can't remember) run over him or something??? Mork wants to know too (chihuahua in avatar)...Trevor

Good question. It was recommended to me by a very experienced mechanic as I tried to resolve the problem. As the car has been running great since and the filter was part of the fix up package, I just stayed with it.