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Well then, oops :oops: Should have checked more thoroghly before I made the same thread :lol: It's going great I would say, they got onto painting a lot sooner than I expected while the underside was still original condition. Was cool to see the upcoming Subarino 5 stud conversion kit and how it's s...

I think this is easier ;) I don't have the factory ECU or wiring loom for this engine, I watched Angry Engineering (youtube, local SA guy too) do his EJ20 swap and how much work it was to strip down the front half of a Forester to get the wiring out...and I don't have the option of doing that work a...

For anyone who hasn't noticed, Australias best 4WD channel (lol) is doing a Brumby build! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut1bof-rNoE It's cool to see those guys handling parts that we've all handled a dozen times before and they're seeing it for the first time :D And the latest episode from this we...

I keep forgetting things, like the fact that when I get stuck on what goes where on this engine I can just pop the bonnet of the Forester and have it all laid out :lol: It has the same P/S pump, engine even looks the same but 2.5l. I'll have to get creative with the reservoir location I think. What ...

This weekend I've kinda taken two steps back, two steps forward to end up back where I was at the start :roll: Went to U-pull it again yesterday to get a P/S reservoir and some lines but me being a dummy didn't even take a photo of my P/S pump and of course I grabbed the wrong one :roll: Then rememb...

Reading through those old threads...it slowly dawns on me I've read them all before but back then had not the feintest idea what any of them were about :lol: Now I understand. From what I can tell, what I'm going for is what Donkeytits1 describes on page 5 of AlpineRavens thread I can confirm that t...

Always appreciate your input Bennie ;) Up till now I've been going off info from a couple of guys locally, Jordan being one and the other a guy called Matt who's also built an L/EJ hybrid box for his ute. The vid I'm on about is in a closed group, might be difficult to share it through FB. So for a ...

I may yet pull the intake and get it treated, there is time while I do all the other work. The EJ flywheel I bought separately from a Subaru wrecker, didn't think to ask for the flywheel bolts as well :roll: :lol: The adapter plate is a home made jobbie that I bought years and years ago for Dad's (n...

It's in! :biggrin: https://i.imgur.com/5pWeQJW.jpg Brought the engine home Friday afternoon and tore into the job of beeping out all the wiring in the grey and brown engine harness plugs, which wire goes were to connect the ECU up. Made myself a mud map that all took a couple of hours. Was geared up...

I reckon you’ll find that 8mm fuel line overkill. I reckon you're right :lol: :roll: I should have gotten the Forester fuel pump hanger before I ordered that stuff; the outlet is 6mm at best, but with the barb/bulb on the end it necks down to 5mm! on EJ25! All the online research I did said stock E...

Oh those pics bring back memories :razz: Something about yours threw me off a bit...now I realized it has a grey touring wagon interior on a non-touring body, and with the non-touring dash/instruments. Fun and games. This is where you realize there's a lot more to do than on a Brumby. There's almost...

Thanks for the offer of support Bennie. It's all under control now though, problem is solved with one little invention called a bulkhead fitting ;) Was ranting about my problem at work (with two other car guys we regularly share weekend shed stories) boss says, "why not just use a bulkead fitting?" ...

I did send a question to Haltech about that and got a reply this week. The short answer is no, still need a mechanical fuel pressure regulator...What's the point of all this programmable everything ECU and sensors and PWM fuel pump if I still need to rely on an archaic mechanical spring device to ma...

Heh, yeah it's been a few years since I took an engine out so had to re-learn one or two things :lol: Wasn't pushing hard either. And the lights are fantastic, I'm still amazed every time I turn them on. In the little shed now I can see better at night than I ever could even during the day, can actu...

Exciting! I've never had mine throw flames from the carbie(s) before, that timing must have been way off :lol: It's always the ignition system on these engines that people set up wrong or neglect, always causes problems. Sam, any leads on where to source new window rubbers for the windscreen, side a...

The engine swap is officially underway this weekend, the blue wagon has driven it's last km under EA81 power :o Took it to get the A/C gas vacuumed out after work yesterday and then the drive home was the last. Pumped the last fuel out of the tank (less than 1L came out, talk about cutting it close!...

Welcome to the club! Good to see another MY wagon saved from the scrapper, they're more rare than Brumbys by a large margin. All the best with it

I've had the torsion bars out of my wagon once years ago. From memory all I did was undo the 3 bolts holding it to the trailing arm and then there are 1 or 2 bolts in the housing tube that clamp onto the rubber bush at the outer ends of the torsion bar housing. Then you *just* have to pull the assem...

Just my opinion but I think a Haltech upgrade/swap is going to be easier than re-purposing the factory ECU and wiring :o The Elite 750 has only a single connector 34(?) pins and I won't even be using every pin. A couple dozen wires only into the engine bay and adding a fuse or two for the ECU power ...

Thanks Bennie :razz: It's going to be good can't wait to get started. There's one simple fact that decided a few things about which engine, ECU to use etc and that is; I already had this engine sitting around the side of the house for about 4 years now :lol: (this is why not the EJ25) But with littl...