TomRhere

I will do my best to try to remember to take my old oil pump, and my old temp sending unit to work tomorrow. There, I will be able to do a thread and size comparison. From which I can give you guys an answer on the adapter size/thread you will need. And yes, the EA-81/82's have the same thread pitch and diameter on the sending units. I can confirm this, cause I have the EA-81 units in the EA-82 that's in my '82 BRAT. Later.......Tom

Would the info in the link in this thread be worth putting in the repair manual? http://usmb.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2799&highlight=Interesting+reading Tom

Can we Please put this to rest now?!! He has asked of this, and I do beleive that he has learned a great lesson from this. So Please, let it be. Thank You......Tom

This is on your '82 BRAT, right? On my '82, I found, (thru tracing out wires), that there's a PINK 6 wire connector under the hood, near the battery and strut tower. In this connector, there is the Blue W/Red fuel pump wire, and a Black W/White "key on" hot wire. They be right next to each other. I used a relay, powered from the Blk/wht wire, grounded thru a switch on the oil pump, back to the battery - to fire the relay. The contacts of the relay are wired with a fused "hot" wire from the battery +, and wired to the Blue/Red wire for the pump. Didn't have the oil pump switch at first, but Skip pointed out my error in Safety First. Told the counter guy what I had, what I was doing, and what I wanted. He sold me a switch, it works. I just can't find the receipt to give you the part number. I still have the FPCU units connector plugged in, no problems with other components, sofar:-) , and it's been in there for 1400 miles/3 months, give or take afew. I do know that the Chevy Vegas ran the fuel pump power thru the oil pressure switch, not sure if that's the one I have , or not. Good luck.......Tom

http://www.dune-buggy.com/turbo/index.htm Couldn't sleep last night, (might've had something to do with the nap I took), and was surfing around different sites and found this one. Real interesting, atleast to me. Gave me an insight to the world of turboes, that I didn't have before, mainly cause I've never owned a turboed car. Lots of charts on various aspects of the system, including one that lists what turbo is on what make/model of vehicles. Even has indepth info on fuel injection, both electronic and mechanical. Well, it mentions the CIS system atleast. Really worth the reading, in my opinion........Tom

No, they're not. The center shaft is part of the bearing itself. I tried making my own set, machined out of aluminum, and 2 bearings in each pulley. PS one lasted while it was in there, but the DS one failed with less than 20 miles on it, and tossed the belt. Went out and ordered new replacements, and installed them. No more worries of failure now. Really hate when that happens. Here's a link http://www.awep.com/ for a parts supplier that was in another post, (parts is parts), prices seem reasonable, and are close to what I paid for mine. As far as lifespan of the tensioners themselves, I can't say, but you would check for any stiffness or wobble of the bearing...Tom

Have the same problem with the '86 BRAT. Can still get it to turn off most of the time, but it gets real iffy sometimes. Thought of trying an air blast, then some lock-ease for lube, but haven't done it yet. Hadn't gave much thought to a work around for it until now. Thinking on splicing into main power feed to ignition switch, and installing a keyed on/off switch in one of the empty switch holes in the dash. Just have to make sure the new switch can take the load, as in amps. Not sure on how much that would be though. Guess I need a good DC ampmeter to check out the full amp load thru ignition switch with everything on....Tom

Real good job here Guys!! Have to figure all this stuff out, but I really like it. :cool: .............Tom