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  1. I replaced the 4spd in my 84 brat with one from another brat. The bad part is that when I was tapping on the back of the transmission to try and slide it into place. I broke off a piece of the ring around the shaft were the rear seal sits. Now the tranny wont hold fliud. I tried taking apart the old transmission and swapping out the rear sections but I cannot get the end to come off the old one. Is there some way to "fix" the broken ring so it wont leak? What is the secret to breaking apart the old transmission?

  2. I did a search and could not find the exact answers. Not sure why the offroad area would be able to help me with seats and alternators but I guess I could try that.

    The other reason that I posted the new questions was becouse I was looking for some first hand experiance. The reason I joined this site and continue to tell others about it is becouse the members are willing to share the info that they have learned already. No sense reinventing the wheel. Hopefully even someone local knows something about my problems and I have a chance to make a new friend.

    I understand that I am new here but I dont belive answering questions with a request to use the search is the best way to continue building the community here.

    When I get some more time I will search some more. There really is alot of great info here. Even if I dont find my answers I will learn alot about the brat.

  3. Ok everyone has been great so far now I have 2 new questions.

    Will seats from an 98 inpreza fit? From what I have read I will have to use the tracks from the brat seats but then it will work.Is this correct?

     

    I talked with a person that told me a nissan alternater is a direct bolt on. Is this true? Also what year and type of car?

     

    Thanks again for all the help. I plan on buying and installing a lift this summer. Not sure though if I want to go 4 or 6 inches.

  4. My parents have a place in Florance and my brother wants to build a bugy. Then I just heard today about some poeple running gutted out subarus on atv paddle has full time sand cars. Does any one here know of this practice or ever seen it done? Running a little subie out there sound a lot cheaper way to go then building or buying a buggy. Any thoughts or tips on this would be great.

  5. Ok wierdest thing. It worked today. :banana:

    I started the Brat and nothing. So I took the tray out from under the glove box and found the vent tubing. I disconected that and then started the car and turned on the fan again. This time it worked. So I left it on and put the car back together. Hopefully it will still work in the morning.

    Is it possible that a vacume leak had something to do with this?

    I had a hose unplugged under the air cleaner and the brat wanted to die at idle. Plugging that back in is the only thing I did on purpose.

    Thanks for the ideas guys.

  6. Looked around and couldnt find the answer so I am looking for ideas on what happened. Defroster worked great last wed. but this morning when I went to drive my 84 brat to work the heater/fan never worked. I couldnt get the windshield to defog and had no heat. I played with the fan knob but it made no differance. I checked the fuses and everything was ok so what else should I try before taking apart the dash looking to solve this problem?

  7. I have decided to just cut the fenders rather than lift my 84 brat. So my question is has anyone ever took the time to weld and fab fenders with flares into them? Kind of like the offroad style fenders that they make for the ford rangers. More room and a larger opening. I have a 110 wire feed welder and fenders are only 30 bucks each at my local u-pull-it yard. I am hoping this has been done before so I can just copy it for mine. Please post picts if you have them. Thanks for all the help.

  8. Now that the brat is running it is going to be my commuter. I have been putting 400 miles a week on my baja for way to long. I took it to work today and found a few things that need to be addressesd. First and most important is, I have no cup holders!

    I am going to buy some of those ones that hang on the door. It will work for the short term. Does anyone have any good way to add cup holders to the car? It is a 84 brat with the 4 spd.

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