work sucks if not i would be down!

 

i guess i should update this...

almost 100K miles...this is the original radiator cap on the stock radiator...
changed coolant every year... green coolant and distilled water only...


saturday...got hung up trying to split the block from the trans...WTF never ran into dowels that were so tight...normally a good shaking of the engine and its free....so ran down to the local hardware store to pick up this...


after some heating...this is the areas you want to heat up:

 

nice, i bet you ripped it out super fast with all those nifty tools lol pretty easy ya? next thing you will find stuck are the stupid allen cam gear bolts

 

Wait a minute..... Dont mean to be picky especially in this super sweet thread but doesnt that pictured radiator cap go on the expansion tank and NOT the radiator?? Unless yall call it a radiator cap and I call it an expansion tank cap.

tomatoe tomato

 

Nice work! All of that definitely make's it a bit easier I would guess.

Tough luck on the dowel pins, can't believe you had to take a torch to it.

 

sorry bro, straight from the subaru bible...

Number 26 - "Radiator cap (engine coolant filler tank)"

Number 25 - "Engine coolant filler tank"

Its technically a reservoir aka tank but i dont know what an "expansion tank" is


for christ sake its just a cap

 

Where'd you get that brace to keep the transmission from falling out? Looks nifty.

 

any of the tool trucks sell them...i think napa as well...it normally has a third bar and is an engine support...used mainly when doing front wheel drive trans and any other job to support the engine...

i was gonna mount the engine on the engine stand today...but none of the hardware stores carry a long enough bolt...so its gonna be for another day...will probably have to go to hawaii nuts and bolts

 

for deals

1000 Lb. Capacity Engine Support Bar

for last minute and rich people lol (sorry google their ph numbers, dont know if im allowed to post it)

Matco tools- Roy Tomihama

Snap on - Ross Miyashiro

 

so hawaii nuts and bolts didnt quite have the length i needed to mount the engine on the stand...so i had to trim some of the ears of the brackets to accommodate... would really hate to support the engine by a few threads...

did a cylinder leakage test...


exhaust valves or seats arent holding ...
video

gonna be taking the heads to genuine auto in kailua for repairs...

 

hmm intersting, this is a stupid no brainer question, but did you messed with the orientation of the crank in an attempt to close the valves? my cylinders were caked with build up and even looked like one of the valves touched. i had good compression on a leak down tester tool like yours tho, tested while hot/ warm in car. i worked on legacy with 100k that needed a valve job and it also showed the same build up. the owner took the heads to Auto Machine Shop Kailua, HI - RK Industries with good price and turn around time. Apparently servco subaru also takes some of their valve jobs to them. ive taken my stuff to snydermachineworks in the past.

 

the legacy had a slipped timing belt, not quite related to your situation, but just in reference to the madd build up... this was my piston

 

i rotated the crank to make sure the lobes werent opening the valves...
i did the same thing to test number 4 cylinder and it came out good....
did i do something wrong?

that is quite some buildup on the piston...suck in some ATF fluid and thatll clear it up ....though dont flood it to clog your cats...but a little at a time....with a nice smoke screen...

 

lol no just wondering, i also usually have to fight the piston from moving when doing that test and it opens the valves.. they have all kinds of tricks of removing build up... suck in water, seafoam etc... tried a few them and i even had water meth injection but thats what i found...

 

from the pic...it looks like the carbon deposit was breaking up...

a little more done this evening...the 10mm allens zapped right off...didnt need the tool to hold the cam...though its good having it so i can rotate the cam