Yo'J

I bought my 2.2 with the car for $500 blown tranny 150k miles and the sjr kit with flywheel for whatever and the clutch for $200 something. $75 for a turbo gas tank and I'm just about over a grand without muffler and pipe. Have you tried CCR motors in Co.? Fresh motors.....their quote to me last year was just over a grand w/ delivery, $1200 whole thing.

silly wire rub on some harness somewhere? I was blowing fuses like a fool trying to figure out my rear lights once when I found a rub under the radiator, a melted plug bank just above it and a single wire by the muffler, not that yours would be there but all mine were fine until I would hit a puddle then the next one would go. It was one at a time. Just a thought.

Why was 5lug not the best choice for a lifted rig? It sounds to me like your out of beer, (time off with the guys) or the honey do list is getting you down! (This is the way it is for me) Remember the good old days of being on vacation when all you really wanted to work under your car on the latest problem that occurred or the newest cool thing you got? (I know the cold is not as nice as it seemed to have been back then, when we look back on it even yesterday.) With this economy I keep getting forced vacations but they just get harder to accept. It seems to me you could have it all done in a couple of weekends maybe minus the 5 to 4 lug re-conversion. So a lady friend is having car trouble. She takes her older Jimmy 4x to two shops after her boyfriend gives it a tune up, cap wires plugs rotor, with the complaint it doesn't drive right and blows blue smoke. One shop says they cant figure it out, doesn't want to try. The next shop says the firing order is wrong (stirring a complaint from behind) $50 bucks later, they don't take the blue tape said boyfriend put on them with the numbers in sharpie, same order. Fight ensued. I get called. I show up. I'm no mechanic. Its carburated, I can tell that much. So I stick my head under the hood and find the pcv and the egr. The egr is attached to a hose going to the base of the carb from passenger side head. I pull it and the thing is solid rust, carbon and yellowish crud, it only rattles dirt out onto the ground. Its right in front, on top, first thing you see. Next I try to push the pcv to see if its clogged and sure enough its free to move but I dont think the engine can force it with that much pressure if I have to force it so hard. So I look into the carb and find the line from the head on the drivers side is spewing blackend oil into the carb, just under the little plastic cover. So they got the lines cleaned and new egr and pcv and all is good right? Still on the first hundred miles or so but with out the excess block pressure it isn't blowing smoke and drives fine. Remember this is supposed to motivate you. So lets think about just having the money to pay a shop to fix your car for you, on a whim. .... Do you want the first shop or the second?

Nice photochoppin!

That is the stuff dreams are made of there!

I'm Weberized, personally, I wouldn't ever go back, but I was just wondering about the feedback vs. non-feedback, hitachi vs carter weber designs.

I would love an uncracked dash, if its possible to pull. They all fall apart once touched. Might not be worth your time.

My heater s got a similar problem due to the air dam not closing all the way, I have to reach up under the dash to fully close the flap or it blows luke warm air. I think its a hard cable (solid wire in a housing) or something, I havent torn it all the way apart.

I know you forgot your negative here, trying not to put in a double negative or something courteous.

Geez, thanks! No offense taken here. Brats should (I believe) have a higher value as they are rarer and neater. More people bought wagons as they are more versatile. Insurance companies seem to look for the bottom dollar amounts to shove in your face. Like anyone would really save money and waste time to go and search for a 82 wagon gl. I know we all would or have but that is irrelevant to them. More for us. Some antiques like Biedermeier stuff, people love. Its the Ikea of 1815 to 1845 to me. The beginning age of industrialization in wood craft. Some of it is o.k. but not in my house. Look it up and then look up other stuff from the era, you'll catch my drift if you think "FINE Wood Skillz" Any hoo, the insurance co.s don't care for your brat and it reflects in the nada guides, vice versa. Their thinking is "what is granny going to buy?". That is why they don't cover all the other maintenance items. After all granny is the best mechanic:lol:! Might be all they take care of. :-\ right.... This is what the guy explained to me. I would have recorded him if I could have. Just to pin him down like voodoo doll. (There really does need to be a emocon bashing with a hammer.)

On the stock subaru carbs, don't they respond to the ecu preferentially? Like they need the ecu for that type of carb? If you did the stock carb swap would you need to swap the ecu for best gain? Pins are different arent they as well? Or, do they all work with the carb style ECUs?

For things like that tell them its a brat. It eases the confusion for ea81s. +1 for cutting the filter up 91oct has more cleaners in it, that might have freed some gunk. Bow Wow auto parts or Autovice carries the weber too, for a price check. They beat Napa quite a bit of the time.

Every little bit helps! Thanks for the nada guide post!

I wish it was a brat. Mine is an 82 gl wagon.

So first update. I've submitted $3000 current reciepts and $5000 for the 15 months that I've worked on the car. Funny, they don't recognize "Maintenance items", shocks and stuff. The first offer back now is $419, waived salvage and paid deductible. They don't credit a lift in any way, they said it would only be to the buyer, or buyer specific. They can't find any "Dealer" lifted rigs on the market, if you catch my drift. And why not?

Lookin' good over there! You know I'm jealous!

I'm a wood guy, so I would use wood as it is easily cut to any shape or size. I've had wood racks on all my cars, some shapely some more utilitarian. I've always wanted to do a wood brat camper top, resume' quality. Sleek and rounded, brightworked for sure, with phosphor bronze visible. But I still want to do a subaru boat too! I guess it depends on your theme. Nice job by the way!

Never thought of that.

Hey, we have mufflers! Its the other end that falls off!

Around here they found the evidence of someone trying to steal some heavy copper wire. It was live, running 405volts. They found the hacksaw in the line with a melted handle. No trace of any person though!rofl

Thermostat for 7 bucks, don't forget! If it didn't go, it will. Every big engine anything,why go back twice?

How did you do the strut rods? I do love that body style. I keep thinking of selling my truck for a third roo, and that would be the one. (or a restorable brat) Whats the motor?

Hi Ya'll, and thanks for the support, I'm sure the Ins co. will be fair with me I just have to present my case properly. The car being a 82 was in restorable condition, as restorable as it needs to be. We will figure this out. Thanks again for the support and listening to me vent. I'll keep you all posted. I'm still going through my reciepts organizing them for the scanner. You think 300dpi?

Hmm so it really doesn't need to be messed with as long as it looks good and isn't a vacumn leak? I could buff and paint all the solenoids shiny to go faster! Fit the egr to a turkey baster under your seat for when someone takes a look at your car? punka punka punka! seriously now ... Does it work with the reed valve or is that a different set of "gasses"? I put on a plate and have not blocked the reed or the pipe to the head. I would like to know whats going on, just for the knowledge. I wouldn't mind them there if it wouldn't affect the weber or operation.

...after inspecting the damnage.. a total of.... $130 something? Where is the emocon for slapping your self in the face? close enough... for a "totalled", but driveable ea81 wagon. Had no dents, all plastic, all working parts fully upgraded. Minus fees and deductible. They say they can find fair market value at $3oo and like $15? Uhh, I'll take three thank you! Any one else down>? Drive the cost up. I admit a drivers side doors and b pillar fix professionally would be very expensive on a new car, more than the cost of a un wrecked ea81 but $130 something? I haven't sent receipts or anything yet so I haven't made my claim yet but this is 2009 and this is just a note to keep your receipts. We will see how this goes. This was a hit and run so I can't sue anyone. I could only get under insured motorist coverage. I wonder what they would give for health?