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  1. what year is the Dual range from? if it's an 81-82 dual range, you are stuck with the 8" clutch (200mm) unless you do some fabbing to mount the larger release bearing onto the '82 bearing holder...

     

    the 81-82 D/R had a smaller release bearing (same as 2wd) and it does not properly hit the 9" pressure plate becasue the hole in the center of the PP fingers is larger....

     

    as long as you keep the whole ignition system together should be no problem. (if you happen to have one points type disty, and one electronic....)

     

    the top bypass outlet on the ea71 waterpump is larger diameter (OD) than the ea81

     

    not sure if it's the water pump or oil pump. but there were 2 different ea71 styles, because starting in '80 some of the ea71's had a fatter engine case that was the same as the ea81.... changed water jackets or something... not totally sure....

  2. perfect Tom. She runs now....

     

    after I got it running, I may have uncovered part of the problem....

     

    I think perhaps the feed from the Coil for the tach is bad, as my tach needle sits almost straight down at like -1500 RPMs. it does move up towards the Zero line if I rev it thought....

     

    this same feed to the tach also feeds the FPCU....

     

    I don't have the pressure switch in yet, so it's running like my 78 Brat now....

  3. I used the great search function, and it found lots of fule pump related stuff, even real old stuff.... :D it was great.

     

    except I didn't find what I was looking for....

     

    For those of you that have hard wired the fuel pump, where did you tie into the harness at for the wires, and how did you wire a new relay in for the safety feature.

     

    i remember that someone had put in a pressure switch on the oil pump to serve as the safety mechanism....

     

    I have my passenger seat out, and the ignition relay below it seems to work okay....

     

     

    (so much easier in the 78 Brat with the fuel pump right there in the engine compartment :brow: )

  4. no GL-10 Brats....

     

    you could get a ea81 GL-10, in a coupe, sedan, and wagon(I think) though. Qman has a coupe, and I've gotten interior parts from a sedan. Moosens parted out a sedan also...

     

    Most of the ea81T's were GL models, but the GL-10 package on a ea81T was badged a "Turbo-10"

     

    the badge even has a part number :)

  5. okay, looked over the whole 82 FSM, and the 83 FSM, and the 84 detailed wiring book, to no avail....

     

    pulled out the Bentley manual, and there was a very detailed schematic for 82 with hitachi ... more detailed, and different than the FSM. this one showed the ground from the pump actually going to the ground, where the FSM had it returning to the FPCU...

     

    I found some connectors just like the ones on my fuel pump, and made a new "spacer" connector to fit between the normal connectors, and ground the pump to one of the mounting bolts.....

     

    turned the key to the "RUN" position and I could not hear the pump running, but then I tried to start it, and it started, and stayed running!!!! YAY!... idle was almost right. a little slow maybe, but I figure it's not too bad since this is the first time this Brat has run in maybe 14 years.... I dropped in a feshly sealed motor and weber in it.....

     

    woo hoo!!! now to finish getting it ready for my off-roading weekend coming up.....

  6. yeah, looks like the 82 is a little different. the wires at the pump are the same wires, but in the 82, both the pump and fpcu are fed 12V from the IG. the ground from the pump goes into the fpcu, as well as a wire from the NEG terminal of the coil.

     

    obviously, this has been an issue before with this Brat, as the FPCU was mounted to the fron ECU bolt for easy access :lol:

     

    more tonight after a day at the state fair.......

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