fattie
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I have a feeling that a 83 convert in Florida will have some serious rust issues.
rust on a florida car ? my boss has a 83 f350 he bought from a fisherman last year down in FL. frame is practiaclly spotless. sheeet , ive seen 2 year old cars here in maine with rust starting.
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Yikes, poor clutch. D/R swap time
d/r rocks !
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will do chris.
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Ridden hard by previous owners?????! I think not. I crawled off road, and never broke a thing.
you know what i mean. when you drove up that hill in your driveway. that wasnt crawling.
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That sux!!!! What in the world were you doing to cause that? Wish I had access to a lot of older Subies (or any down here for that matter) to help you out but shipping would be difficult and I'm not sure if it's EA82 specific as I see you have discs back there and I haven't done the swap yet and haven't had the chance to check out my set up yet either.
just a mile long bumpy trail. im the newest owner and im sure its been ridden hard by previous owners. ive only owned it for 2 months and driven a total of maybe 8 miles offroad on some truck/atv trails. it happens to old rusty metal i guess. and btw it let go on the tar , after i had exited the trail.
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can anyone help a brother out with a replacment ?
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What broke to cause that?
idk what its called but i would assume the rear subframe/control arm/thingy
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My grandfathers did the same thing on the same side, they handle really funny like that
... You have any parts lined up? They are getting hard to find up here :-\no parts lined up. it litterally just happend. i just got home and uploaded the pics lol.
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so i went out for a little trail ride this evening in the brat and got some fresh new stance action goin on. im just glad i got out of the woods before it happend.
last pic was taken about 40 minutes before it broke. i had JUST gotten out of the woods when it let go.
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well its still doing it. it sounds like its a rotating clunk , wheel baearing or axle. ive been too busy to tear into it latley.
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i get a popping/clunking sound when i accelerate. it doesnt do it if im real easy on it. i just replaced driver side inner and outer tie rods , but it did it before too. went over to bratman's ( i bought it from him ) and we went over it and everything appears to be tight in the front end. any ideas ? thanks
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Welcome. You have some reading to do in the OffRoad and Old Gen forums. Essentially there isn't a whole lot you can do on the camber without converting to different hubs or a major surgery basically.
yea after some looking i kinda figured it would be a PITA , it doesnt really ride all that bad so ill just keep drivin her and hope i dont roll over or something lol.
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well all i had on hand was " lock de-icer with lube" in the little aerosol can. seems to work alot better till i can get it really fixed. ill look for the spray graphite. thanks
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It sounds like the ignition *lock* has a problem, not the *switch*.
Remove the lock, take it to a locksmith, and have it rebuilt and new keys made. (in the meantime - turn the switch with a screwdriver)
Replace the switch with an OEM one from the dealer when you get the lock back - about $25.
GD
i meant lock , i just call it a switch. im not quite sure how to take it apart. are there any how-to's on here ? i tried searching but it kept saying no results.
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it sticks and its really annoying. any tips or tricks to get it working a little better till a replacement can be found ? screw driver ? lube ? BFH ? thanks
oh yea , 86 brat.
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awww , no1 wants to say hello ?
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hey , new guy here. i bought bratman 18's brat. i hope to learn all about these neat little cars here. my old man use to have 2 of them when i was a kid and ive wanted one ever since. my first thing i wanna figure out is how to correct the positive front camber. heres a pic of the brat taken this morning at my house.
Spotted a 360 in the woods
in Historic Subaru Forum: 50's thru 70's
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wow i so want one.