I'm BLUE Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 That photo says " YES ! .... Santa came early this year ... :hyper: " :lol: ! I bet it's pretty satisfying to hold the horse by the reigns again huh ? Nice ! :thumbup: Love suby's. Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Do the dew in your Subaru. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted November 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 alright guys im finding myself needing to take a trip back down to california to attend a funeral this is around a 800 mile round trip ive noticed that around here the speed limit is 55 mph that is about 3500 rpm the speed limit in cali is 65 which ive tested and found that to be about 4200 the question is would this thing be able to handle it for roughly 600 miles? seems like its alot of revs for a long time Quote Link to comment
converted_to_datsun Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Cool car dude gotta love those old subarus. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted December 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 this pic belongs here good shot to show how big i am compared to the tiny ass car i cram myself into Quote Link to comment
zerow Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 this pic belongs here good shot to show how big i am compared to the tiny ass car i cram myself into I see no pic of the shoehorn... Quote Link to comment
gothicteo Posted December 24, 2012 Report Share Posted December 24, 2012 nice snow pic!' Merry Chritmas or in swedish..... God Jul! Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 got bored today Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 well i was driving home from bend on sunday and as i pulled into the driveway at 9 oclock at night it died and wouldnt crank over due to a dead battery well today i finally got around to looking at it and found my problem after looking it over i looks like it was the original belt or close to it new belt and problem solved Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 well while i was compression testing the truck i compression tested this around 100psi on all 4 cylinders fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck good news is this is the cheapest of the three to rebuild and i have a spare engine to build while i keep driving it now Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Does it still run okay? Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 yeah it still runs good but its only a matter of time its got almost 200k on it so im gonna get a re ring kit for it and go to town Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Don't you have a 610 that needs engine work or something? Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 all 3 of my vehicles need engine work currently :( washed out the rings in the 610 the chevy has a head hole and the subi has low compression not having alot of luck with my vehicles right now though granted the truck isnt much of a concern right now Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 That's kinda what I was getting at ;) . If the Subarub runs fine, why sweat it? Just get the 610 back on the road first. 1 Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 main reason im conderned is i dont want it to leave me stranded it is my only functioning vehicle after all Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 well since the engine thats in the car is low on compression i pulled the complete engine that i got with the car out of the shed and took a look at it to see if its worth re ringing it so i can just swap motors instead of having the car down for a week parts 2 of the bores had some rust in them after cleaning this one turned out nice this one not so much and with the oil pan off so were gonna try honing it and if that bore doesnt clean up then ill pull and re ring the engine in the car 1 Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 tore it down some more now doing some head scratching to figure out how to get the cam gear off Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 the subaru is showing signs that its low compression cannot be ignored any longer so ordering parts tomorrow and doing work! Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted March 16, 2013 Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 This might be a silly question but, when you did your compression test, did you have the throttle plates open or closed? It makes a big difference in the numbers on some engines. My motorcycle is so tight that the numbers almost double by opening the carbs vs leaving them closed. Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2013 open but cold im sure the numbers come up when warm but that doesnt change the fact that its getting to the point that its no longer driveable Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 ordered the re ring kit i sprung for this one http://www.cleggengine.com/subaru-h-4-98-1-6l-engine-rebuild-kits-1976-1981.html now im just waiting for them to show up Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 it begins Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 well spent a half hour lazily pulling things apart im waiting for my dad to get home so i can borrow his picker and yank it so i figured i would pull some shit off that im gonna have to pull off anyway tomorrow im gonna drain the oil out of it and unbolt the rest so that its ready to pull when he gets home friday Quote Link to comment
bonvo Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 well i leaned something new about my engine the water pump is completly contained the cast pipe up top is what connects it to the cooling passages instead of having everything inside the block half casting found my exhaust leak all thats left now is oil pump exhaust bell housing and motor mounts some may say that im going slow with this but i cant do anything else till friday when i can get the cherry picker so im taking my sweet ass time to kill bordum Quote Link to comment
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