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I'm definitely in. THAT'S how to get to a show!

I need to replace the fuel rails in the lifted Brat and was wondering how much of a chore it is. I spent 4 hours yesterday on the side of the road trying to fix a fuel issue I had. The Brat would run fine, but would seem to run out of fuel in certain places. Fuel is getting to the pump fine. the pump works. there is no fuel getting to the filter before the carb. I took the line off the filter and tried again to see if the filter was clogged. Nothing. So somewhere between the pump and the carb is a clog. Which is way weird cause I had all the lines blown out with compressed air yesterday and it still had a problem. I may end up grabbing a length of braided steel hose and just bypassing the whole hard line. Any thoughts?

I've heard that there's a rubber distributor boot from a toyota 22re (I think) that fits perfectly over the soob boot with only needing to cut a hole for the vent. Thesubarujunkie; who told me this has a small piece of hose attached to the vent as well, with a fuel filter on the end of it, with some of the top cut out. It seems to work well.

So move it. I would have but I'm no moderator. Us your super powers and get it done.

I have yet to really see what my Optima will do, but I'm gonna be lookin real spiffy, cause I got one in now and a second sitting here for the dual batteries. Dual optima's?? :eek:

Lookin good, sorry to hear about the boo-boo. Take your time and it'll get done.

HOPEFULLY the lifted brat will be runnin and I want to wheel it up peavine to see the fireworks tuesday night. Anyone else interested?

I'm thinkin of running another battery to run my winch, lights, and other stuff, but am unsure as how I would wire it. I know a couple of you have done it, so any help is appreciated.

So how much longer does the ea81 driveline need to be? I'm tired of waiting for a guy to weld in the plate for the 2 piece driveline.

Do I use the 4speed speedo-cable, or 5 speed cable? I was having trouble fitting the 4speed into the 5speed, but didn't spend a LOT of time on it, so was wondering. Thanks.

replaced the one under the hood, along with the air filter, have one ready to go in before the pump.

I got my 83 brat runnin again, had a bad axle, but it now makes a really bad knocking noise on the driver's side when accelerating. Also it seems that the carb or soemthing may have gotten water in it, it seems like it doesn't get fuel and does this whooop whoop thing. The same thing happened to my other Brat and I sprayed carb cleaner in it and it fixed that one, tried it with this one, and it still does the same thing. I let this one sit for a while before I drove it though so maybe that has something to do with it? Any ideas? Could the engine have hydro-locked? Problems started after driving through lots of water.

Bump. It doesn't look like this write-up made it to the USRM, and I wanted to give it a try.

So where's your Roo trying it out?

Lookin Good!!

Looks awesome! Great Job. Keep up the work.

It just depends on what you get and where you get it. Also, check into things first and get a real good idea of what you want. I made mistakes building the brat with just buying stuff, then having to get other stuff done like a dominoe.

Ok I have a couple of questions. 1) How do we fit the clutch cable in with the 5 speed swap? Its too short using the ea82 Clutch cable bracket. Should I use the ea81 Bracket, or get an ea82 cable? 2) How do you mount the shifter plate underneath the boot to the body? There's a threaded part that bolts to the ea82, but not too much on the ea81. How have you done it? Thanks.

What year Brat? Garner did it to his 79. An 82+ should be easier as well.

What have other's done with Jerry's 5 speed kit as per the clutch? I know I need an ea82 clutch disc, but are there any other ea82 clutch stuff I need to get the Brat rollin? Any tricks or anything? Jerry told me to use 2 lock washers on the bolts for the starter cause the ea82 starter needs to stick out 90 thousandths more, but anything else? OH - I use the ea81 4wd shifter right? BTW - Jerry's kit is AWESOME!

Looks like fun dude! Rallyin is way fun.

Good to hear ya made it back OK.

What a friend was going to do is weld a piece of 3/16" steel 36"Lx8"W to the undersiude of the Brat then mount the carrier bearing to that. That would work right?

Who's running an ea82 2 piece driveline in their lifted rigs? I've heard bad things about getting vibration when the driveline is not set at the correct angle and was told a 1 piece would be better. I'd like to get a 2 piece though so I'd be able to get it up and out of the way. Pros Cons? Thanks.

Well, it was nice meeting you Craig, thanks for stopping by. It's too bad we didn't do any wheeling, but maybe next time. Have a safe drive back home. See you at the show in August.