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Actually, they're not as evil as I've been lead to believe. My oldest son won Truck/SUV class last year with his '82 Brat. When I was running it with him on the first rallycross of this year, the idle was a bit low so I went to adjust the idle and found his car still had a carter/weber carb! He won that event in class too and was third overall for the day. Not too shabby for a single barrel carb!

Dan, qman works a night shift so you're not likely to reach him tonight. He's pretty diligent about checking the Board in the morning when he gets home. You might send him a private message and drop him your 'phone number and hope he gets it in time. Good luck.

A valid assumption; but in 20 years people put weird things into their cars when they should know better (sometimes they don't because their mechanic doesn't tell them). I learned this the hard way when I found an engine from a 2WD hatch in our '84 4WD wagon and found I ordered the wrong clutch for my car.

That's certainly true providing you originally had the 8-7/8" diameter clutch disk. I can't tell you if the turbo clutch would work. Get a good quality clutch (LUK, Sachs, original Subaru) and you should be okay. In my conversion, I went with changing the flywheel to the EA82 version so all the parts are from an EA82. Only a slight modification needed to the casting to have the EA82 flywheel clear.

Tommy, you have one of two problems. Most likely a bad ground connection somewhere; if it worked before, a bad ground could make this happen now with all the strange symptoms that you now have. How to fix it? Re-wire the original headlamp connector to a set of relays....one relay for low beam and one for high beam. Wire the coil side of each relay to activate on high or low beam accordingly. Use the current carrying contacts on the relay to carry battery voltage directly from the battery to the high or low beam lights that you have now. Make sure there's a fuse in line with that powerline. If you search the board a bit I'm sure someone has posted a wiring diagram. I could mail you what you need but I'm not clever enough to put it into the computer and send it to you that way. Also, change the title of your original post to something more specific....like Headlamp problems with '82 Brat. You might get more looks and responses that way.

It used to take two weeks or so. Unfortunately maybe we are back to that.

If it makes you feel better, this question appears on this forum about every two to three months. Having done this myself, it makes me feel better too.

Me too. Not that I did that well, but last time was such a pleasant surprise.

I'm not the expert here, but the stock fuel pump on my '84 Brat only generates 3 PSI of pressure. I think you need to go to the fuel injected engines to get more fuel pressure. Since you have looked at the fuel pump, I assume you replaced the filter there as well as the separator (looks like a filter) in the engine compartment. I'm guessing here since I'm not sure what a '79 Brat has in the way of fuel delivery. With the age of the car, I'd make sure the electrical connection at the fuel pump is good. Lastly, if your car has a vent for the gas tank make sure it is not clogged somehow....as you use fuel, a vacuum builds up in the tank making it harder for the fuel pump to deliver fuel. A quick test is to take a short drive with the gas cap off and see if the problem goes away.

The Tacoma Pull a Part is off of highway 512 (Steele St. exit).

Boy you guys are getting some good prices for the brake parts. Even for more, it's a worthwhile conversion. No more adjusting the brakes to take up for shoe wear and much easier to replace pads rather than shoes. They do help slow you down much better also. I have a complete set and would be willing to ship but it won't be at the prices you've been getting. Also, I've found shipping runs about $40 due to the weight of the complete setup. If anyone is interested drop me an email or PM.

You will also require an adapter plate to mount it on your manifold because the bolt holes do not match up. That runs about $30. You might come by an look at a few setups. I live in Bothell and there are a few others with that setup that would be glad to "show it off."

Not sure if an EA81 5 speed would fit, but you'd lose the ability of 4WD; all those trannies were 2WD only.

I've never seen a composite lamp in a sealed version for any price let alone $13 to $15. If you find them, let us know. Also, new composite lamps from the dealer are around $175. Wrecking yard price $25 to $60 depending on where you go.

Sweet, get that LSD before someone else snags it. It's less than a 30 minute job if the car is up in the air. Four bolts on the driveshaft, two roll pins on the axle studs (bring the PB Blaster just in case the splines are rusted on), one big honking bolt in the front and two nuts in the back and it should just fall to the ground. Do a search and see how to convert to 3.900 or sell it on the Board--you shouldn't have any trouble finding a buyer.

Cool, the switch to the Legacy is so sweet. Best of luck with it.

How did you adjust the cable?

Rick, funny how the 4 speed trannies all seem to do the same thing. Another one of our cars had the exact same symptom. We learned to take it out of 4th before coming to a stop; otherwise it would get stuck.

I have to concur with Rob. We've had two that did the same thing. I replaced one with a 4 speed and the other with a 5 speed. Nothing you can do that I'm aware of without going into the gearbox.

Good find; I'm glad it went to someone who's willing to use it. Certainly a waste if it went to the crusher. Know anyone who'll make me a good offer on the welded diff?

I've never seen sealed beam conversions that fit. But do you have the quad rectangular headlamps or the composite (two large headlamps) style on your wagon? If you have a DL with the quad headlamps, go for the sealed beam units; I thought you were looking for the composite type. Also, I only have two composite lamps in my "inventory"--both are for the passenger side.

As far as I know it's the same. I've done six already and haven't found a car that they didn't hook up to.

Have you seen the times for Goodwin (appropriate last name I just realized:grin: )and his Justy? More power to you, but this is a guy that beats fully prepared Open class cars and drivers; especially when the track is wet. Good luck Rob, you WILL need it.

Cool, the gaunlet has been tossed! I don't think they'll let him run in Truck/SUV.

I will check to make sure I have a driver's side. I wouldn't send you one that had a chip in it. They cost enough at Pull a Part to keep me from pulling any that aren't pretty close to perfect. UPS shipping to NJ would likely be under $10.