Dann's 92 Subaru L Series Build

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:58 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Dann, I have the adaptor plate and wedges here for you

Thanks paul getting close...ish now

can't wait

Ok well this is the liberty That is going to do the transplant in my subaru

It's a subaru liberty 1992 257 ***km on the body and 130 ***km on the engine not the lowest KM's but it's getter than my one. Runs great, no oil leaks, power steering (yay) aircon body is abit dinged but i'm not really using the body. it should be good though.

libert front by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

EJ22 engine by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

did abit of work yesterday and today unbolting things and removing bits and pieces to get to the engine, taking out the engine tomorrow so more pics to cum

liberty engine by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

tony · Post by **tony** » Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:45 am

hey tony yeah it's original paint, i quiet lyk it nice blue colour:), yeah love it the previous owners had never took it offroad... til I came along

as for the EA82 motor it does leak abit of oil and the push rods are abit noisey occasionally.

ha but its got to be better than one with two pistons with holes melted in them, cracked heads, and sump full of cream...noisy tappets would be a dream...

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 4:07 pm

hey guys
The last week I've been busy with the liberty preparing all the bits and pieces, I've taken the engine out now and have started work on cleaning it and making it look nice and "new" again, bought all new belts and spark plugs and shit lyk that.

EJ22 engine out finally by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

liberty wiring by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

Finally managed to get all the wiring out, all ready for dave to cut down,
Pulled the power steering rack out today, need to get new boots and Lseries ends for it now,

liberty power steering rack by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

Question - Because i'm using the liberty power steering rack I know you have to change the ends, I'm pretty shore I know the part that needs to get changed but just confirming I've taken a pic of the liberty ends, so i just need to get the l series ones lyk these or is it more??

liberty power steering ends by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

Also got nice new Drive shafts now for the front cause the other ones where about to go.

new drive shafts by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

I'm going to try and fit the liberty seats in the L tomorrow anyone got any handy tips they can pass on to me to make life easier??

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 5:03 pm

Haha, did you cut up the from of the car?

I think you also need to get the L series rack ends that would bolt to the lib rack

Wagonman · Post by **Wagonman** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 9:55 pm

WOOO!! You started!!! Hooray for you

im not looking forward to pulling my lib apart.. its covered in spider webs..

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:07 pm

haha yeah i've started, And yeah i've killed two red backs and got bitten twice by another spider, little brown buggers, while under working on it. Almost finished working on the car it's self just trying to get all the things off it so i can get rid of it and free up space

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:32 am

Dann wrote:Pulled the power steering rack out today, need to get new boots and Lseries ends for it now,
liberty power steering rack by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

Question - Because i'm using the liberty power steering rack I know you have to change the ends, I'm pretty shore I know the part that needs to get changed but just confirming I've taken a pic of the liberty ends, so i just need to get the l series ones lyk these or is it more??

Yeah Dann.. you'll need use the Tie Rods from your L (as well as the Tie Rod Ends) onto you Liberty Rack

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:44 am

Should get up that hill at Two Rocks with the 2.2 lol, great going.....Like my new sig pic, my fav pic of the car so far, bloody under-tray & things getting in the way & stopping me

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 1:43 pm

haha nice tom

. and paul sorry i'm still new to terms even though i've had my subie for lyk a year already haha. so the tie rod ends are the little bent things right at the ends of the rack with the little ball joint on them, and the tie rods are the two rods right at the end that the tie rod ends attach on to??
just confirming thanks.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:07 pm

Looking good dan!

You'll love the EJ!!! L series (4wd one's at least) should have come from the factory with 27 inch tyres, 3 inch lift and EJ22. A well tried and tested setup!

130,000km on the EJ is still a baby - especially for a conversion. I was lucky to find one at the wreckers with 124,xxxkm on it. Since then I've done about 40k kms with it and no major issues (touch wood).

Keep the pics coming - its what we love around here

Cheers

Bennie

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:44 pm

Cheers bennie :P
Yeah I can't wait for the EJ, still stripping it and cleaning bit and pieces, here's a pic of it at the moment;

EJ22 at the moment by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

I managed to put the liberty seats in the "L" today not much work 4 new holes and they went in just fine, very happy with them, pitty they not the same colour but i'll just get sum nice seat covers for em.

My new liberty seats by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:56 pm

Great work dann, were you able to keep the 'up&down' feature of the seat?
Hows the head space?

Engine looks very clean:)

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:41 pm

guyph_01 wrote:Great work dann, were you able to keep the 'up&down' feature of the seat?
Hows the head space?

Engine looks very clean:)

Yeah I was able to keep the up and down feature, not that I need it cause when i put it up my head is touching the roof lol, But yeah it's an added feature

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 7:59 am

Dann wrote:haha nice tom . and paul sorry i'm still new to terms even though i've had my subie for lyk a year already haha. so the tie rod ends are the little bent things right at the ends of the rack with the little ball joint on them, and the tie rods are the two rods right at the end that the tie rod ends attach on to??
just confirming thanks.

Nps Dann.. this first pic is of the sterring rack with the Liberty Tie Rods attached (which you'll need to swap for the L.Series ones)

Dann wrote:

These are the L.Series Tie Rod Ends that will also be needed

Dann wrote:

guyph_01 wrote:Engine looks very clean:)

+1.. should look sweet in the engine bay

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:54 pm

ok awsum one more thing i've got sorted

Does the tie rods have to be from an L series with power steering to??
hows the rest of the kit going paul have you heard from the guy yet??

angosurf_81@hotmail.com · Post by **angosurf_81@hotmail.com** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:12 pm

hey Dann,

Just curious about thos 6X9 in the rear, i put 6's cause i didnt think i could get 6X9's in. Can you put a pic up of them or something. Cheers mate.

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:58 pm

angosurf_81@hotmail.com wrote:hey Dann,

Just curious about thos 6X9 in the rear, i put 6's cause i didnt think i could get 6X9's in. Can you put a pic up of them or something. Cheers mate.

yeah no worries mate. heres a pic of them mounted and how it looks, I wanted to put them long ways but they ended up being to low down so i mounted them upright, also cause I didn't wanna cut anything.

6/9 speakers mounted in rear door by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

The next pic shows the backside of them on the panel, I put thin MDF on the back to take up the room inbetween the panel and the door, to stop vibration. And to strengthen it.

rear side of the 6/9's by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

And the third pic is of the in side of the door i had some sound proofing lying around so i put that in aswell, (really does help) and if you can see i have taped all the wires and anything that can rattle down so if you tap the back door you can't hear all the rattle from wires and shit.

I also had to screw the panel on because if I didn't, the speakers are so heavy when you close the door they fall off.

inner door contents by Dann_Evans, on Flickr

Hope that helps abit

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:32 pm

Dann wrote:ok awsum one more thing i've got sorted
Does the tie rods have to be from an L series with power steering to??
hows the rest of the kit going paul have you heard from the guy yet??

Yep.. if you're using the Liberty Steering Rack in the L.Series Engine Crossmember then you'll need to use both the Tie Rods and the Tie Rod Ends from the L.Series Steering Rack and fit them to your Liberty Steering Rack. If you're going to use the Liberty Engine Crossmember in the L.Series (and convert to 5 stud), then you can use the complete Liberty Steering Rack without modifying (so hang on to your Liberty Tie Rods and Ends)

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:31 pm

Hey Dann.. guess what I have for you???

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:36 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Hey Dann.. guess what I have for you???

Ok I'm intrigued!

Bennie

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Dann's 92 Subaru L Series Build

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6X9 in the rear