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G'day Guy's, Well with that new head gasket on our subi wagon being a waste of time as water kept leaking and a subi car local the same blowing a gas tank but the engine and front section are still good. I could have 2 old ones to make either a 6 or 8 wheel drive farm buggy. I did go and look at a 6...

G'day Guy's, Anyway ended up getting some M10 x 1.25mm Graded 8.8 bolts and used them, I had to run a die down on some to make the bolt thread the right length. Got the motor all back together and she kicked into life pretty well straight away. No more coolant leaks and the motor is running sweet no...

G'day Guy's, Well got to work on the subi today and got the head off and found it wasn't tight so no wonder it leaked. I am surprised it lasted so long too. Anyway the head gasket is in as new nic so I'll re use it and put some Hylarmar on to ensure it seals. Now all but 2 thread holes were stripped...

Hi Guy's, First thanks for the info on the thread size. Now 7/16" is 11.11mm and 20 tpi works out to 1.27mm pitch. So using a thread guage and verniers yes one would think they are UNF. It doesn't surprise me in the least they used M11 which is a non standard thread however, it is an ISO thread. Aft...

G'day Guy's, The reason I'm asking the above question as in none of the documentation I have here including a hard copy of the service manual does it state the thread size. When my father in law redid the head gasket on my L series I only just found out the threads were stripped and he heli coiled t...

G'day Guy's, Well got the subi into the nu shed after a heap of fun. got it down the hill ok but all of a sudden it died and would not start. So got the tractor and towed it into the shed. Did a compression test and the results below Drivers bank (left looking from the front of the engine) Rear 1000...

Here's a juicy story and they couldn't decide if it was a Bull Shark or a White Pointer http://www.njhm.com/matawanmaneater.htm Make sure you read part 2.... Now a mate told me when I lived over West that when they found a car near the beach that had been left there for a few days they were told to ...

Aussie Poem The sun was hot already - it was only 8 o'clock The cocky took off in his Ute, to go and check his stock. He drove around the paddocks checking wethers, ewes and lambs, The float valves in the water troughs, the windmills on the dams He stopped and turned a windmill on to fill a water ta...

Hi Alex, When we got the car back and fixed the timing problem the was going sweet as. Then all of a sudden I noticed it was starting to lose coolant and adding coolant over time the motor was still going alright. All of a sudden it was running like s**t so I left it for 2 weeks with the radiator fu...

G'day Guy's, Well after putting the new carbi on it went well for a couple of months, then it starting using coolant. Now the friggin thing resembles a steam train with the amount of smoke coming out the exhaust. Even with the car stationary the coolant level dropped and this morning I had a good lo...

The main problem with eskies in vehicles is when it is 42C in the shade outdoors car interiors heat up even more. So trying to keep food under 5C is going to take a decent refrigeration source. Power this by your main starting battery and soon you find find the battery is dead and you won't be going...

G'day Guy's, For rusted or stubborn screws nuts ot really anything too tight to remove go grab a can of that 'Loctite Freeze and Release'. In the right places it is less than $10 a can and once you've used it you will see just how good this stuff is. Just be aware that it is flammable so keep open f...

G'day Guy's, There is a brand of the repco sockets and spanners that use the old snapon dies. I bought a set of metric/imperial spanners and 1/4 & 1/2" sockets including deep sockets and allen sockets. They do cost a tad more than the real cheapies but my set is now 10 years old and still like new. ...

G'day Bennie, Eh I'd luv to go on a subi road trip but as I'm on applying for another job I'm not sure what I'll be up to at that time. However, in just over two weeks and if I'm still in the same job things may just pan out and I'll stay there. Then I will have holidays up my sleeve and I'd luv to ...

Eh silverbullet, Last weekend when I was up at that Murray Bridge wreckers the L series '83 wagon model did have a complete EA81 engine in it and as I got that EA82 carbi real cheap it might be the way to go if you can get up there. Yea if the EGA valve is blocked that will fool people into thinking...

A good test to see if the flue is blocked is keep the door of the wood open until you get a decent burn going then shut the door. If the smokes or just goes out real quick then yes there is a blockage in the flue. We run our fire just about everynight in autum/winter and sometimes until early spring...

G'day Cam, The wreckers are called "Bridge Jap and Aussie dismantling" and they are located at 51 Clipsal Road Murray Bridge. I found the easiest way to get there is tke the second turn right onto Old Swanport road when you come off the expressway. Then follow that road to the end then turn left. Cl...

It does seem where the mass's are forced to buy food from oversea's we left the main stream over 9 years ago. We grow all our own veges and herbs and get stray lambo's on our place that go straight into the shearing shed for the chop. Until one can taste the difference using fresh home grown herbs i...

G'day Guy's, Well this morning the subi wouldn't start so I had to take the filter cover off and stick a screwdriver in the choke to hold it open so it would start. Anyway went upto Murray Bridge to the wreckers and got a new carbi and air filter housing with a brandnew filter in and all the polluti...

G'day Guy's,
Thanks for the tips guy's, on talking with the missus the ignition module was changed over about 12 months ago and today I got some spare fusible links from the wreckers and put them in the glovebox.

Cheers Bryan