BlueRu

oh ya, your right about the fiats - what a mistake!

well if i just grab the fork i can jiggle it around, but if i try to push it in -imitating the same funtion as the cable - i am unable to make it budge by hand. is this normal?

the cable was an after market - some fancey italian made thing - however it appeared to be of a better quality than the original. the clutch has about 10,000 miles on it. how can i check the fork free play? thanks man!!

the clutch cable was new - installed a few months ago. i just dont understand why the clutch would keep getting harder and harder and need all this constant ajusting. if it was streching -wouldnt that happen shortly after a newly intalled clutch cable - not months down the road?

I have an 86 Brat that had a CCR rebuilt tranny put in about 8 months ago. in the past to weeks -every few days i would need to tighten the clutch cable - or the car would not shift or go into any gear (the cable was not loosining its self - always the same # of threads on the adjuster bolt). Every adjustment resulted in a stiffer and stiffer clutch pedal until the cable broke today. why would i need to keep adjusting the cable every other days to be able to shift? why would the clutch pedal keep getting stiffer and stiffer? any ideas? -thanks

sweet!

yep- its the EA81

hitachi carb 2 barrel- can u swap a 1986 with a 1981 without a mod?. the only real difference that i can see is that the 86 has 2 diaphragm things in the back were the 1981 has only 1.

WELL ODDLY ENOUGH, WHILE I WAS LOOKING AT THE BUSHINGS, I DECIDED TO REPLACE THE CLUTCH CABLE, AND NOW SHE GOES IN GEAR LIKE NEW!!! WELL ILL BE A GREASE MONKEYS UNCLE!!!!!!

will a short throw work in a brat? Is their a cheap but good brand to use. thanks

ill check out the 4-speed slop. the car does have 215k miles on it, im not sure how long the bushings last. THanks man

Please if someone has or knows where i can get shifter bushings for my brat, please advise!!!!! stick with rubber, or go to poly? Thanks -BlueRu:-\

A BIG TIP OF THE HAT TO MR. TomRHere. I see now the 2:1 ratio deal. Ru fired up and is running. :banana: Many thanks!!!!!!!!!

Thanks man, after i ge done stuffing my face, ill go back out to Ru and double check my "procedure" and see what i come up with. THANKS AGaIN!!!

Hey Guys! I have a problem with my 86 brat Ea81 1.8L. IT WILL NOT START. I have spark, I have compression, I have good fuel supply, I have good air. Heres the deal: Car has always had an irregular idle. I installed new fuel and vac lines with a reman carb. Start engine, it runs fine, but i still had an odd idle. I had a reman dist. assembly (with new cap and rotor) and new high end wire set i then installed ( and yes i was careful to put the dist back exactly as it was). car would not start. Checked and rechecked everything and could not find any reason for this not to work. I noticed the ing. coil looked like it has been in the car for over 200,000 miles, so i when and got a new one and installed it, still no start. Then we decied to reinstall the old dist and wire set as the car was at least running with the old config. Still the car will not start. So we decided to re-time the dist. found dead center and aligned the rotor to #1 cycle. Still wont start. we set the timing back to dead center, HOWEVER the rotor was pointed 180* off,so we reset the rotor again, and the car did not start, and again found the rotor to be off 180*. No matter how you reset the timing, the rotor is always 180* off. What the heck is going on!!!. i would like to think that the timing gears are fine as the engine came from CCR about 1.5 years ago. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!! thanks BlueRu