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I'm not sure I can take my Subaru with me this time,
as there might not be a place to park it when I move.
I might have to move as soon as next Friday... 11 days?

Options:

-Sell it. A bit hard though, as it's a WA plated car and I'm in Townsville now

-Give it away or have someone "keep" it for me for a few weeks to see if I can bring it down or want to sell it.

-Bring it with me anyway... though it's still in somewhat questionable condition. I have some lighting to fix.

Thoughts?

Anyone want a nearly rust-free, lifted, tinted L Series in North Queensland?

Cheers

Damn, too bad it isn't in WA.

TAKE IT WITH YOU! Take it anyway, if it runs it will get there.

taza wrote:Damn, too bad it isn't in WA.

TAKE IT WITH YOU! Take it anyway, if it runs it will get there.

"Mrs. 2nd Hand Yank" will not let me.
My L Series recent reliability issues has let her down too many times;
broken timing belt and now, speedo/tail lights.
So minor... this really sucks.

Surely , just an emergency wire up to get tail lights and one of those clip on LED lights to illuminate the speedo - even if you run both from a cig lighter socket, and wire run down the carpet ?

Tell the Mrs about the former mrs tweety

Put her on a plane. Then u can take ur time while she prepares things. Put it as though your moving her shoe collection and need the space... take some spares and talk before hand to members along ur route so u have support if something goes pear shape.

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2nd Hand Yank wrote:"Mrs. 2nd Hand Yank" will not let me.
My L Series recent reliability issues has let her down too many times;
broken timing belt and now, speedo/tail lights.
So minor... this really sucks.

speedo lights? or speedo not registering speed? tail lights not working?
a simple fix is check the fuses.

if the speedo cable has stopped working(again) all you need to do is get under the dash look up and plug the cable back in

take your car to an auto electrician another way to get the electrical problems sorted.

I'm pretty sure your wife wants you to buy a brand new family sedan or wagon so the babies will have somewhere to sit on those journies to the shopping centre

TOONGA

TOONGA wrote:speedo lights? or speedo not registering speed? tail lights not working?
a simple fix is check the fuses.

if the speedo cable has stopped working(again) all you need to do is get under the dash look up and plug the cable back in

take your car to an auto electrician another way to get the electrical problems sorted.

I'm pretty sure your wife wants you to buy a brand new family sedan or wagon so the babies will have somewhere to sit on those journies to the shopping centre

TOONGA

I checked the fuses. Tail light illuminator fuse is blown, and keeps blowing fuses instantly as power is sent to them.

In her opinion, she has seen so many people trying to help me with my car, simple fixes they're supposed to be that get dragged out. I do waste a fair bit of time on my car I believe because I don't have a 93 L Series specific shop manual. Gregories instructions say things like "remove the screws and remove instrument cluster." (How? Too vague imho)

Auto electrician sounds like it might be a good idea.
Too bad Bunbury is so far away because I know who to ring there.

The wife's opinion is that rental properties are very expensive in Newcastle NSW so we are only bringing one car with us. Since I can't drive mine at night now (:mad:) it makes most sense to bring hers which is in perfect working order, is pretty new, but she's not overly fond of. It's a nice car for what it is and I like driving it.

She actually doesn't mind me owning a "work-in-progress" even if it took a year to fix up,
just that we have too many unkowns and sometimes that distracts me from work.
*If only I had a finished EJ conversion L Series* (sigh)

I'm thinking of leaving my car with "Matt" in Townsville.
Perhaps if there's room for my car in Newcastle (doubtful but possible)
I might be able to fly up to Townsville and drive it back home.

This morning the Missus said she doesn't mind me taking my car to Newcastle.

Honestly I thought we wouldn't have any space to keep it.
But after a chat about properties we might like, she said it shouldn't be a problem.

I don't need approval from her to do anything usually, but having an extra car adds to the moving cost, plus it takes up extra space... so that might mean us needing to get a more expensive property just for my Subi... which isn't even that reliable at the moment. I think I'll have an auto electrician look at it if I can't find the short circuit myself. Might also consider paying someone to do an EJ-conversion for me to save my time.

*BTW, is New South Wales stricter on EJ conversions? :think:

I think I heard that an EJ22 conversion might be too big a motor in an L Series licenced in NSW, however the EJ20 squeaks by?

I hope that's BS because the EJ22 seems the best candidate for what I want to do;
keep the 5spd 4wd transmission but add a lot more torque, plus reliability & fuel economy.

Go you good thing...bring the L series to Newcastle.
We are home to the Sygna and the Pasha bulka ship sagas (in keeping with the whole Roads and Maritime NSW thing).
Good place to live actually.

2nd Hand Yank wrote:*If only I had a finished EJ conversion L Series* (sigh)

An EJ conversion wouldn't have helped you any with this issue! If anything, it would have added to the headache due to the amount of wiring under the dash... Best to get things working as they should before doing the EJ conversion

2nd Hand Yank wrote:*BTW, is New South Wales stricter on EJ conversions?

Get in contact with a NSW engineer, they'd be the best to tell you. Don't go by the first one you hear from, if they're anything like victoria, it depends on the engineer and what they're happy to sign off

Glad to hear you get to keep your pride and joy!

All the best with the move.

Cheers

Bennie

Good to here you get to keep the car and moving to Newcastle. rent in the cbd of Newcastle is expensive it depends on where work is and if you like to drive to work, you could pay less. plenty of houses for rent so car space shouldn't be a problem

I'm in Newcastle today.
Looks pretty nice from what I could see arriving at 4pm.


Decisions, decisions... To EJ or not to EJ.

Well I probably won't be using my Subaru as a daily driver, so fuel efficiency is less of a concern.
I'm wondering if putting a EA81 or a low km EA82 in would be better in my situation.
As it is, I want some kind of motor swap because I have some noise from the main bearings at times.
The main reasons I'm thinking EA81 or EA82 is so that I don't need a transmission adapter, or an engineer's certificate.

Would it even be worth it though?
There seem to be a lot of NSW members wanting to yank their EA81's and EA82's.
EA81 conversion with a Webber carby?

Hmmm...

EJ mate. EJ all the way. Power won't be an issue there, especially when offroad and the car is loaded up!

^^ Makes me wonder why Subaru never built any L Series with EJ22's. Didn't Subaru have EJ22's back in 1989?

Seriously though,
I'm wondering if I can get a MPFI EA82 swap (from LT65? )
then I won't need a transmission adapter plate
OR an engineer's certificate of approval. (Is this correct?)
The "adapter plate" + "approval" sound like they'll cost about $1500.

My main reason for a motor swap is this death-rattle from my bearings.
Low end power is enough to get started anytime anywhere... but after the acceleration sucks.

2nd Hand Yank wrote:^^ Makes me wonder why Subaru never built any L Series with EJ22's. Didn't Subaru have EJ22's back in 1989?

Seriously though,
I'm wondering if I can get a MPFI EA82 swap (from LT65? )
then I won't need a transmission adapter plate
OR an engineer's certificate of approval. (Is this correct?)
The "adapter plate" + "approval" sound like they'll cost about $1500.

My main reason for a motor swap is this death-rattle from my bearings.
Low end power is enough to get started anytime anywhere... but after the acceleration sucks.

Or get another EA82, put a Weber Carby on it and a 2 and 1/4" exhaust. That should make it heaps better!

Then there is no need for approval, no need for new wiring, etc...

2nd Hand Yank wrote:^^ Makes me wonder why Subaru never built any L Series with EJ22's. Didn't Subaru have EJ22's back in 1989?

Seriously though,
I'm wondering if I can get a MPFI EA82 swap (from LT65? )
then I won't need a transmission adapter plate
OR an engineer's certificate of approval. (Is this correct?)
The "adapter plate" + "approval" sound like they'll cost about $1500.

My main reason for a motor swap is this death-rattle from my bearings.
Low end power is enough to get started anytime anywhere... but after the acceleration sucks.

Here we go again..a 2HY engine swap debate. Reckon you should buy a Prius. That way you double the fun not choosing one but two motors.

sven '2' wrote:Here we go again..a 2HY engine swap debate. Reckon you should buy a Prius. That way you double the fun not choosing one but two motors.

lol

I was thinking V8 behind the drivers seat in the wagon, a spare R160 up the front, could have a crazy powerful, well balanced subi and still 4wd with boot space...

Well it needs to be weighed up:

1) do you go EJ and pay for engineer's approval to do it right?

2) do you go through the hassles of the EA82 MPFI conversion - when a little bit more/less work can have you an EJ conversion?

3) do you go option 2 or just drop another EA82 in and forever lust for the EJ22 conversion?

There are ways around the adaptor plate, I've got an EJ22 in my L series but there's no adaptor plate - it's all about how far you're willing to go to get what you want the way you want it, or how much you're willing to pay some other fella to do it and not necessarily get it done the way you want it done...

Still glad you were able to take it to newcastle.

Cheers

Bennie

Welcome to Newcastle!