bratbuggie Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I bought a dune buggy with what theey said might have been a substitutes brat motor and tranny. i figured out it was a EA71 so that corrolates with a 78-80 brat. Defineately would like to know the exact year the other number I found was 731242 any help would be greatly apreciated and im definately gonna need some help with wiring. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecky Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Cool, I've never heard of an EA71 powered buggy, but I'm sorry I can't help with the year. Wireing and I are like oil and water... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 The wiring would be entirely dependent on what distributor and carburetor are installed on the motor. The only other items plugged in on the motor are the oil pressure switch and coolant temp switch, which is usually on the radiator I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Quixpunch Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 I don't know for certain that this translates to the EA71, as I have an 81 Brat. But the temp sending unit on the radiator only triggers the radiator fan. I have another temp sending unit mounted to the engine that feeds the idiot light. I think it's the one on the back of the intake manifold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratbuggie Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 its definitely going to need some work im not getting enough spark/gas... sont know which. its a single barrel carb.. did this come standard i had her running fine and then the battery just drained?????? no clue where to go from here but not giving up hope. a mechanic friend is going to come look at it later today and try and help rewire. there are so many wires everywhere and half of them are not connected/cut/burnt. lovely situation. she tries to fire but just cant get there all of the sudden.. any thoughts would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kostamojen Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Can we see some photos of it? That might help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bratbuggie Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 how do i add images when i press the insert image button it says to enter url i could definitely email them. theyre not the best pics but i can send what i have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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