das GL!

IBratmanI said:
I'll keep my eye open for you!! And just for reference if you call places looking for it, it isn't a torsion bar on these cars. I guess it would be called the rear subframe. But I have a couple people I can check with.
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Yea, I looked in my Haynes before posting on USMB, and they just called the sub-frame. I didn't want to be ripped apart on there using the wrong terminology
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I'll probably just end up welding it up, I don't know when the dirt drive is yet, but I'm NOT missing it.

 
I know of an entire rusty Loyale wagon with 5 speed push button and solid rear crossmember for scrap price! $200. Just let me know if you're interested.

 
OOOhhh, hmm. Maybe. I REALLY need to get out to Ben's and see what he wants for one.

But I could def get 200 in scrap for it...

What else is good on it?

 
Not entirely sure. but it is currently stickered, but won't take another because of the body rust

 
So I made the front bumper all nice and black.... Heat gun FTW! Thread about that elsewhere.

I pulled the driver's side front quarter panel off. It's rusted through in multiple places, has been bent up into the wheel well a few times, and won't pass inspection. So I put a nice blue one on. All it needs for a sticker now is some rust hole repair (some of which is my fault) and a light bulb. And subframe. I'm getting one tomorrow I'm pretty sure. So hopefully this weekend or next week I'll have time to get that alive.

Still on the list is the passenger's side fender. The one on there is getting iffy.

Paint the rear bumper. Haha. When I have the welder at my house for rust holes I'll probably finish that at the same time.

EJ SWAP. heh. some day

And I want to paint the whole entire car flat red. Right now it's full of scratches and the paint is awful. Especially now that it has different colour fenders, and the hood is a different colour red.

I also want to get some chevy or yota 15" steel wheels I can drill out so I can have grabbers or something for more offroad traction and dirt driveage!

 
IBratmanI said:
Nice!! Glad that fender I gave ya was put to good use
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Yep! I had to cut the front bottom thing off it, and drill out the holes for the trim. Dunno why someone bondo and welded over them.

It's in the garage right now so if it gets rainy I don't have to work on a wet car. I HATE working under wet dripping cars.

 
If the god damn rain stops on a day I have free...

It would be easier for me to get it from that guy, just because he's contactable.... But I really don't want a whole car to deal with. I have way to much on my plate at the moment.

I think he tried to send me a facebook message, it said so in my email. But I did something and my facebook is messed up so I can't do messaging anymore...

 
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Yeah the rain sucks!! Supposed to be decent the next few days though. Of course tomorrow night is the meet!! If you need me to contact that guy, just let me know. Hopefully you get the part soon!! Then clean it up and paint it, and install!!!! If you need a hand, feel free to ask, as long as I am not working or anything!!

 
IBratmanI said:
Yeah the rain sucks!! Supposed to be decent the next few days though. Of course tomorrow night is the meet!! If you need me to contact that guy, just let me know. Hopefully you get the part soon!! Then clean it up and paint it, and install!!!! If you need a hand, feel free to ask, as long as I am not working or anything!!
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Now that I think about it, I'd take a whole ej car, esp. 5speed for thee or four hundred bucks. I could use the tranny, engine, wiring, and sell the parts.

But I really don't need an old POS loyale heh heh. Useless transmission, engine, and no market for any parts off it.

Thanks! It might be good to have an extra hand getting the rear end back up, that POOP is heavy! hah.

I've loosened all the bolts holding the subframe to the car just to make sure they move. So that's good. I'm going to have to drop the exhaust, which kinda sucks. I'm going to have to sawzall the spring bolts for the mid pipe, no way those are coming apart. And get a new gasket. The flanges look pretty thin, so I need to be really careful not to ruin them, I really don't like welding crusty exhaust. It would probably be easier just to drop the header, but the bolts are all on the verge of being stripped in the head, and I really don't feel like tapping them out. Not to mention the wiring to the O2 sensor is weird... It involves a wire nut and a lot of electrical tape. I don't even want to go there. Ohhhh the joys of a rusty old subaru
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Well I have a full exhaust system for that car of you end up needing anything. I'm almost positive I put those spring bolts on there, but I guess they could be bad. I will keep my eye's and ears open for an EJ car for ya!

 
IBratmanI said:
Well I have a full exhaust system for that car of you end up needing anything. I'm almost positive I put those spring bolts on there, but I guess they could be bad. I will keep my eye's and ears open for an EJ car for ya!
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I sorta took a quick look at them and sawzall popped into my mind. I've never had a spring bolt come off for me. Maybe I should give these a try then... haha. The heads usually break off or something. I have all that sort of stuff laying around anyway. If the exhaust breaks, I'll make it better. The bend coming out of the header is wicked kinked (I know it comes from the factory that way, but it looks restrictive.) I'd love to weld some pipe in there.

Or just EJ swap... When I find a full donor car. I'm not doing it without a full donor. I can get the motor running in the car with all the wiring pulled out, then I know I'll be ready to swap. I don't feel like messing up the harness and having my GL broken with pooched up wiring.

 
Making profuckingress! The whole rear end of the car is on the floor. Since I can't get my axles out (which a bigger battle than I feel like waging) I had to drop the diff, and both ends at the same time. I'm one person, I don't have a floor jack. It was a pain in the back.

Getting the subframe out wasn't really that big a deal, AMAZINGLY all the bolts came out. My sawzall and big mean tools were ready for a fight.

It only weighs about 30lbs maybe, maybe a bit more. Light compared to what I'd just pulled down. Actually replacing the subframe is easy, it's getting to it.

So far though, nothing gone bad, hopefully putting the new one in goes just as smooth. Only major issue was I broke my 1/2" to 3/8" socket adapter, so I had to run to town to get a new one.

Here's some pics:

Rear end hanging out. GOD DAMN that thing is heavy!!

I wish I was more than one person and I had a floor jack or two. Then I could drop that and the frame as one piece. Oh well

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Here's the damage!! A LOT worse than I could tell just looking at it on the car! Holy FUUUUUUUUUUU, it's so flimsy I'm lucky I didn't have it break on me. REALLY lucky.

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I'm working on uploading a vid of a cold start with just the header on... Sounds SOOO good. I NEEEEEEED to make a straight pipe for it
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