TomRhere

Miles Fox has, using various sizes of drill bits to "step taper" the hole. One can get a tapered ream to open the hole up, not sure on cost though, could be pricey.

No need to modify frame rails to put EA-82 into EA-81 vehicle. You have to move the hill holder towards the firewall the distance of it's mounting holes, but that's about it. You'll have about 3/8" clearance on both side of engine when it's sitting in there. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/82%20BRAT/EA-82framerailroom.jpg That's the PS view of clearence, DS is the same.

Never thought about that. 1st time I've had to replace just those pieces on any vehicle. Thanks....

Was our turn for that ice storm last night. Lots of trees and branches down. I should've came back home after having to detour twice within the 1st 1/2 mile this morning. But no,,, I had to be hardheaded about it. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/White%2086%20BRAT/Treedamage001.jpg (white blotch is a snow flake) More pics in the album. http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/White%2086%20BRAT/ Besides fubaring the lights, it bent the fender, the hood has a dent in it, lost the PS mirror, turned the antenna sideways. Luckily, no broken glass though. Came real close to puncturing the new radiator, Didn't see the branch until it was to late, barely got the "O" out of my mouth when I hit it. Had an idiot behind me running with his brights on, and he was only about 20 feet behind me. Wouldn't pass me regardless of what I did, I even slowed to less than 15 MPH at one time. Nope, he just stayed right on my bumper. Not sure of make, but it was a full-size pick up. Lit up the inside of the BRAT good enough one could've read a book. Made it real hard to see the road in front of me. I managed repairs with parts from my 1st BRAT, but it's not right. The headlight adjuster screws and plastic nuts are bad, won't hold against the spring tension. I've got them somewhat close, and wedged them so maybe they'll stay for a bit. Anyone know if those screws and nuts are still available, or are they yard items only? Tomorrow morning could be even more "fun". Got atleast a 1/2" to 3/4" of ice on stuff, and they're calling for 4-6" of snow overnight. That'll be good enough to bring down more trees and branches. Between 4:30 AM and 5:50 AM (when I got to work) I probally saw close to 20 transformers blow. Them things are damned bright when they do that......

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Speed-o reads to 120+ so it has to be from somewhere other than the US like , Hmmmmmm Canada?!?!? Snow, 120 + on speed-o-meter, EA-82 vintage Subaru Wagon,,, sounds like our neighbors to the North..

Happy Birthday to this thread.... It's now 4 years and 4 months old since Miles Fox posted into it...

I so whole-heartedly agree. Try going from a BRAT to an XT6, then back to the BRAT... Whole different world as far as drivablility, power, yada, yada.. Love driving the BRAT, but miss not driving the 6 when I'm in the BRAT.. Just a whole different world of driving ...............................

I have 2 FWD EA-82 axles here I could send your way to use until you get some new ones. No history on axles, was a towed to the house parts car.

Over-tightening the mount studs/bolts can and will warp base of carb. Could be your issue.... Also, gasket squished out into bore, causing plates to bind on it, throttle cable worn, throttle shaft slightly worn, weak return spring, any, or all, of the above................

Any body man/gal worth their salt could fix that.. We deal with that alot here too. Don't know if I could do the repair myself, but I've done some work like that, just not my cup o' tea.....

The resistor in the "light circuit" will also allow the alt to "charge" if the bulb should burn-out or otherwise blow. So I would suggest putting one in.

Just went thru this with the XT6, and it was that surge thing on the pump that GD mentioned. Couldn't see anything just peeking under the car, but I sure could smell the gas. Wasn't until it got to leaking worse that I could tell where it was coming from.

I see that alot... I wrench on vehicles for family, friends and co-workers of the Wife and mine. Just did a Topaz, needed new T-stat and one must pull the filter box to do so. Man,,,, was that filter nasty. Plus, there was enough acorn nuts under it to fill a 2 pound butter bowl. Owner is much happier now, she has "heat", and her car is running better. Gee, I wonder why?

Believe it, or not.... But ATF is a pretty good pre-wash hand cleaner. Gets all the really nasty stuff off fairly well, then use whatever else you like to finish the job. Me, I do the ATF, then Fast Orange, finish with some Dawn dish soap.

What Emily said!!!! If you really look at the routing of the 2 belts you'll see why that offset is there. Some one made a boo boo in the placement of one of the items that the 2-4 belt drives. Well now, can't change cam placement that easily. Hmmm, make different size cam sprockets, lots of re-tooling work there, equal lots of money lost, same with making different belts.. Much easier and cheaper to just change the position of the key way broach in the crank sprocket, hence the offset.

Clutch fan held on with studs/nuts is Factory AC. If it's held on with bolts, it would be Non/Dealer AC. I just don't remember which one is the shorter of the two.... And yeah, take the old one with you when you go, less headaches that way.

Just went thru this one my '86. I have extra columns here and looking at them it just looked like to much work to swap the key switch. So I opted to just pull the whole column out, swap trim pieces and install a good one. Not sure how one would pull the lock tumblers out of the switch, so I can't help there.

I took a look at a manifold I have in the garage. Yeah, it splits to both sides, left side just above the temp sensor, right side just above PCV valve. There are plugs there where the passges turn into the runners, but it don't look to easy to get them out. Somewhat of a slight attempt at putting a slot for a straight blade screwdriver, but it looks way iffy on the possibility of turning them out.

Nice!!!! And no, that is not the original carb. I have the tall (2-1/2") filter, cover and clips here. I could send them your way, or you can get one here. http://www.carburetion.com/Weber/weberpartsair.asp edit: Forgot about the stalling/flooding issue. You may need to put a Fuel Pressure Regulator in the line to the carb, $20.00 at a Parts Store. Some have had to, others haven't. Also, is there a fuel return line on the carb? Do believe you need one of those also. Not real familular with the 1st Gens, do they even have a fuel return line?

Thanks for the info......

Would this also hold true for an '82 BRAT that was originaly a feed-back carb model?

The EA-81 engine crossmember will not fit the 1st Gens, it's a bit wider. Miles Fox has tried this, and it didn't work out for him. (Where is that boy anyways)? Don't recall the exact difference, but it is wider. Now, on the other hand, if you do that 4" lift you mentioned, you can offset the blocks to fit both the EA-71 frame and the EA-81 crossmember.

Coolant from the weep hole on the water pump is a no-no, bad pump. There's 2 pumps for this engine depending on if it was Factory AC, or not or Dealer installed AC. If you click on his name and go to his Home Page you can see pics. I want a Trike so bad I can taste it. Maybe I build me one..........

20 MPG running a Weber is the SUX!!!! I don't know about the roof rack, but I'd be looking at stuff like tire pressure, brakes dragging, front-end alignment, driving habits, ignition stuff. I'm averaging in the high 26.x to low 29.x MPG in the Webered '86 BRAT, depending on how I drive it. And this is with, or was with, front-end issues. I've replaced alot of stuff under it, and she just seems to roll much freer than before, so maybe I've freed up some more MPG's, we shall see. This same Weber was on an EA-82 engine in my '82 BRAT, and I got consistant 29-30 MPG in it while it was on the road. Are you using a Fuel Pressure Regulator? Some have needed one, (like me), some haven't. On mine, (and in both BRATs), I could see gas dripping down the barrels of the carb while it was idleing. Putting a FPR in the line to the carb eliminated that. The fuel pump can over-power the float in the carb, causing the float level to be to high, leading to it over filling the bowl, making it run rich at low engine speeds.