Doug's EA81 Rebuild stuff.

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:27 am

RSR 555 wrote: Somewhere between Tims Thicket and Whitehills. Hopefully too far for you to come

Fair enough

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:16 am

TOONGA wrote:Fair enough

TOONGA

You're welcome to join us but you don't like traveling more that 10kms from home

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:47 am

Its 100km's one way for me.

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:46 pm

Howdy,

Shortened the 4wd selector and tidied up the bracket I made for the selector to bolt onto as this wagon was an auto.

Looks shorter!

Heaps of clearance now! that used to rub and whack when I changed into 2nd or 4th when in Low range.
Ended up taking around an inch off the selector length. Still feels relitively easy to select. Much nicer as well because I took a lot of flex out of the setup by welding the bracket to the tranny tunnel.

Needless to say Im gonna have to test it out some time in the near future

. Is it cool if I bring my beach rod Paul?

Regards

Doug

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 9:46 pm

Sweet.. looks the goods now Doug. Best to try it out tomoz

and go on then.. bring your big rod along

Oh and here's some pics for ya..

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:49 pm

Dang, I hope that actually holds. Looks like they just put a larger sleeve on it. Like I said before the proper way to join something like that is to turn it down to two points, weld it all back up and machine or grind it with a tool post grinder so that its balanced.

Yeah no worries, If I get up in time to make it down there for some wheeling Il see you down there. Still use CB ch11? Rods in the car mate, too late to take it out now

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Il bring the Gopro, we'll have to get some good footage to submit to this;

http://subaru360-degree.com/

Not enough MY's in it at the moment

Regards

Doug

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 1:04 am

I'm not too fused how it looks, as long as it does it's job. Personally I would never build this setup, as it means you have to keep modified spares, something I'm not a fan of because not too many places around have modified WRX shafts on the shelf. But shafts should never break hey

Yeah bro, come for a spin. We'll be heading down around 9am and having a bbq on the beach, then coming home around 2pm

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:06 pm

Thanks for coming down to the beach Doug. It was great fun and glad to get out and test the cv shaft. Can't wait for next weekend

Rock Ape · Post by **Rock Ape** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:20 pm

I take it your cv is still in one piece? I got to look at fishes yay but bub enjoyed it and I have valuable brownie points!

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Sun Oct 27, 2013 11:52 pm

No worries mate, cheers for lunch. Definitely keen for next weekend, though I wouldn’t say no to beaches that arnt as chopped up

. Poor old wagon wasnt running too crash hot when I got home . Wouldnt idle so I Pulled out the idle jets and they were clear. I ended up just starting from scratch with my idle tuning settings and now it seems to be running fine. Probably a little bit of dust, or perhaps a glob of oil inside the carby blocking some passages, and when I pulled the jets out and gave the carby a spray out its cleared it. Anyhow, running good otherwise. Il have a go at fixing the reverse jumping out situation tomorrow as its friggn annoying. If its what I think it is, it shouldn't take more then half hour to modify the bracket. I just hope the internals of the box arnt damaged.

Oh and do you think you could draw me a mud map of how you mentioned to plumb in the catch can?

Regards

Doug

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:05 am

Rock Ape wrote:I take it your cv is still in one piece? I got to look at fishes yay but bub enjoyed it and I have valuable brownie points!

Yeah Dan.. held together perfectly. I really didn't put it under too much strain (compared to when I last broke it at Two Rocks) but the little yellow car, now named Honeycombee (yes with 2 ee) as she is as yellow as honeycomb and has about the same amount of holes

Glad you got some brownie points in.. just make sure they are recorded on the calendar for future fishing plans

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:21 am

Subydoug wrote:No worries mate, cheers for lunch. Definitely keen for next weekend, though I wouldn’t say no to beaches that arnt as chopped up . Poor old wagon wasnt running too crash hot when I got home . Wouldnt idle so I Pulled out the idle jets and they were clear. I ended up just starting from scratch with my idle tuning settings and now it seems to be running fine. Probably a little bit of dust, or perhaps a glob of oil inside the carby blocking some passages, and when I pulled the jets out and gave the carby a spray out its cleared it. Anyhow, running good otherwise. Il have a go at fixing the reverse jumping out situation tomorrow as its friggn annoying. If its what I think it is, it shouldn't take more then half hour to modify the bracket. I just hope the internals of the box arnt damaged.

Oh and do you think you could draw me a mud map of how you mentioned to plumb in the catch can?

Regards

Doug

Excellent.. glad you got that idling issue sorted. You had a very worried look on your face when you told me.. I was hoping the run home would clear it.

Yeah that reverse gear would piss me off big time. I have another box if you need it? We could fit it one afternoon/evening on the hoist, only takes about 2 hours (subject to mods to gear shifter stuff)

Drawings.. well not so good but I'll try and do something for ya. Main thing is to have your 3 breather pipes all going to the inlet side of the catch can and then the other side of your catch can to your large pipe on the air filter box. Make sure your PCV is still connect as per factory but the top pipe coming off that crank case goes to the catch can.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:26 am

Here's a couple of pics off the web that might help.. Just use the single setup on the second picture

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 12:11 pm

Yeah, It ran fine up high so I was pretty confident that the carby wasnt full of crap. Im pretty sure it was oil in it

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Will try this and see, I know that because of my bracket I made to hold the 4wd selector, the whole assembly is about an inch over to the left (drivers perspective). Its never a problem until the engine loads up and the whole box torques over. I know that up at hill river, I had loosened the gear selector and added a few inches of slack and that make it work well enough to get outa the bog. I plan on just cutting the large flat metal part of the bracket and extending it over an inch or so. I may have to enlarge the shifter hole for it to fit. May take some photos for other's who are going to do this swap, because its a little bit labor intensive. As far as swapping boxes goes, I hope it doesnt come to that but I think if it does I might go with an l series 5 spd. I think the gear ratio's are nicer in the city, which is where I do most of my driving.

Hmm ok think I got it.

Top is what I currently have, bottom is what Il change to. Look right?

Oh and my crank case is definitely pressurising. Yesterday when I went to clean the engine bay out, I noticed that by dipstick had popped out, and judging by sand on it, Id say it happened when I was fanging it on the beach

. Also the driver's side breather tube had popped off of the rocker cover, though truth be told that was a very sloppy fit.

And that little trip burnt the oil down to half on the dipstick, little over 200km's. Il fix this reverse problem but then I think this motor is coming out maybe tomorrow and Il do the rings in it, just to be sure.

Regards

Doug

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 1:16 pm

Here are some pics to show what I mean,

Got some inch flat bar and welded it into the bottom of the gap like so,

Then ran some fat weave beads inside the gap to fill it up,

Yeah probably should have used the stick but I hired a bottle of gas so Im gonna bloody use it!

Might not grind it down, its not visible under the plastic. Just a lick of paint to stop it rusting. Now there's a good inch or so clearance between the shifter and 4wd pushrod. The engine would have to torque over a fair bit to pop it out now

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Regards

Doug

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:02 pm

Hmmm, unfortunately, if I stick it to it in reverse it still decided neutral is better

. Anyone have any idea's? Basically when I load up the engine, usually in soft sand, it will pop out of gear with a nasty sounding bang. Other than that, there is only about 3/4 of an inch of slop in the bushes. It is pretty "grindy" for use of a better word if I accellerate in reverse, then back off. Basically when I drive the gearbox with the wheels rather then the other way around, and it doesnt matter if the clutch is in or out. Doesnt grind when I pull it in, seems to go into gear fine. Whats worn out?

Are the internals of the 3AT that consern the reverse the same as the manual? maybe I should just swap it over if so.

Regards

Doug

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:48 am

If the gearshift feel sloppy then are sure it's going into gear 100% of the way, sounds like it's only half in gear and when you put power on it, it jumps out. The offer of another box is still there Doug or the other option is to go 5 speed

I've never pulled an auto box apart but I'd doubt they would be the same.

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:01 pm

Seems to pull in as far as the rest of the gears. Might hop underneath the car and see how much the selector shaft actually goes in.

Could it be a bent selector fork or something along those lines?

Regards

Doug

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Tue Oct 29, 2013 1:20 pm

Ok, marked the shaft neutral position. Pulled into second and marked it. Pulled into reverse and reverse comes out about 3mm further. Id say that my selector throw is fine, but there is something damaged internally in the box.

Doug

Tweety · Post by **Tweety** » Wed Oct 30, 2013 9:35 pm

When Tweety was boosted with the supercharger my dip stick popped out also. Ended up securing it with a tab then adding the catch can. I had a fitting on the top of the oil filler plus the valve cover alt side both to the can. This ensured the pressure didnt increase. Then one from the can to the PCV. Worked ok.

ignore the blue filter. It was taken off and a tube to the PCV