TomRhere

Fired it up yesterday. Whole lot of cough, gag, choke, spit, sputter, at first. But she runs......... On the way old gas even. Really bad nasty smell from the exhaust. Still need to do work on it, Y-pipe install, swap radiator(leaks), accelator cable, correct oil pressure switch, proper accessory drive belts, few interior repairs. Christopher helped me out some by swapping out the headlights, broken tailight. Checked power window operation, auto seatbelt operation and what nots.

Link to Service Manuals, http://www.box.net/shared/4fmearkah4

I have a Thrush CherryBomb(CB) under my '85 BRAT. Had to do some custom fabbing to fit it where it's at, but it was nessecary with what I had to work with. The flange for the doughnut gasket on the end of the Y-pipe had broke off, plus some of the rest of the system was in sad shape. The system looked to be an OEM replacement complete with the way-to-small tailpipe out of the muffler. I put the CB on the end of the Y-pipe, and used the exhaust piping from under the XT6 I had, as that piping was like new. However, the muffler had rusted-out. I used a length of 2" EMT conduit to extend the exhaust out past the bumper where the muffler should be. It was something I had here at that time. It's surprizingly quiet for having a CB under it, but that's probally due to it being sofar up near the engine. Acts more like a resonator than a muffler. I hear more intake noise running up through the gears than I do exhaust noise. It does have a nice burbble to it idling, and downshifts have a nice sound to them. I imagine that it would be louder if I had the CB back where the muffler should be. I kinda remember hearing a Sube with a CB under it where the muffler should be, but it's been a few years ago, so I really can't recall just what it sounded like. Do know that I could hear him coming down the road.

If the axle did come off the trans, sounds to me like you were given an axle for an EA-81 instaed of an EA-82. The EA-81's are shorter, and may be short enough to drop off the trans.

Email me, and I could do that. No have link available, but have the downloaded files saved to send you.

Got the Pics. Thanks.........

NICE!!!! :slobber:

What is the correct way to run the cable from the firewall to the attachment on the engine? I had to replace the one on the '85 BRAT last night, as the housing on the old one had broke, causing some interesting moments... Few zip-ties properly placed during my lunchbreak allowed me to drive it home. I swapped in another cable, but it didn't look right, routing it the way the old one was. To much of an angle at the bracket it attaches to. So,,, I routed it under the oil dipstick attachment point, seems like a better alignment, but I don't know.. Nothing else here to go by as any EA-81 I have is either missing engine right now, or things are no longer stock under the hood.

Email addy link isn't working. Email gets bounced back as 'undeliverable". Sent you a PM with my email addy in it. Not much of anything done lately, No Time.....

I agree. Nice find.

Yeah, you need to move the bracket for the cable over to the other side. You may need to put a couple washers on the throttleshaft of the Weber, before you install the cable pivot. The barrel end of the throttle cable can catch on the choke linkage, thinking I have 3 washers on mine to get it to clear. edit; You use the cable pivot from the Hitachi on the Weber. Use the fuel inlet fitting from the Hitachi on there as well. You may need to get some new fuel lines to do so. Some of us that's swapped Webers on have had to install a Fuel Pressure Regulator (FPR) in the supply line to the Weber. About $20.00 from your local parts store. Not always needed though....

I'll keep that in mind. Haven't attempted anything with the one I have yet, so don't know if I can repair it or not. Hoping I can though... I found a link to download the Service Manuals to this here laptop. So I'm good there. Thanks for the offer though.

PM sent. Thanks

Not much done yesterday. Had lots of errands to run yesterday, so the Wagon didn't get much time spent on it. Spent time digging around for PCV hoses just to see what all I have here. Not enough to do the job by the looks of it. Really could use a good pic of just how the PCV lines are run. The diagrams shown in the Manuals aren't real clear. I need real-world pics of that stuff. Vacation time is over and it's back to work this morning. Going to take longer to get it going now with only a few hours a night to work on it.

Agreed.. Either lost it in the light assembly itself, or where it plugs into the main harness that feeds the back. The ground (earth) point for the rear lights is behind the 1st side panel from the tailgate. Here in the States, it's on the rightside standing at the rear of the BRAT. Pull the light assembly and the panels and check all of the connections. You can pull the other assembly out, plug it into the "bad" side and see if it works right. That will narrow it down the the assembly itself.

Don't know about the extinct part, but yeah they're getting scarce around these parts. None of the yards around me have anything for these older ones. Seeing an EA-81 or EA-82 on the road around here is far and few between. Haven't seen one in awhile now. I know of only one other BRAT in the three counties around me. Not sure what all broke on yours, but maybe you could rebuild the area by welding in some flat steel.

Another day of wrenching has ended. Figured out alot of it, just by looking things over, and over, and over......... Seems I did have all the right stuff here to mount the PS pump, A/C compressor and what-nots. Just needed to get stuff found and do some trial-errror fitting of things. Plus at first, I was wanting to use the wrong bosses on the engine to mount the PS pump bracket. D'OH!!!! Got the motor mount studs thru the X-member by using a prybar. Dropped right in like it supposed to. Not sure what was keeping it from doing that before. It's real close to attempt starting. Need to fix the Y-pipe, (cracked), and get it under there, along with figuring out how/what needs to be done to hook it to the rest of the exhaust piping, (looks like some pipe is missing just eye-balling it). Still need to run all of the PCV hoses on it. Really don't think I have any of the right ones here, so it'll be a custom job at best. Install the disty cap and run the plug wires. Find a correct length accelerator cable for it, as this one is "way to short". Get new drive belts for Alt, PS pump, water pump, A/C. Dropped a battery in it just to check some of the electricals out, but it needs charging some. Did manage to cycle the fuel pump a few times, and I need to hot-wire it to get that nasty old gas out of the tank. Gauge reads 3/4 tank, but a I have the front of the car 3 foot in the air, so it's probally less. But boy, does it smell bad, so it's way old. I was letting it run into a small gas can while doing this. So,,, tomorrow, it may run again. Here's hoping for that.

8* BTDC is the correct setting. But as GD says, you can go 10*.

Had this vehicle for awhile now, just getting around to work on it, make it my winter beater. Had fun dragging it around from the rear of garage to the front so I could start wrenching on it. Both front wheels were locked up from the rust on the rotors/brake pads. Made steering it "fun". They've broke loose now. It's FWD with Auto right now, but I have a FWD 5-speed here to go in it, maybe now, maybe later. Just wanting to get it running for now, figure out all the issues, go from there. Wagon used to belong to OHNoah, aka CIS_Subaru, and is the one he did the VW CIS conversion on. Noah kept all of that stuff, I got just the body, no engine either. I'm in the midst of dropping a carbed EA-82 engine in, with the SPFI stuff installed. Hoping I can figure everything out and get it running that way. If not, I'll just swap the manifold out and put my Weber on it for now. Been digging thru old threads for needed info, found some stuff I needed, still looking for other info. Did find a link to download the Service Manuals for it, so that should help emensly. Biggest issue I have right now is bracketry for the Power Steering. Seems I don't have all the parts here. I have the pump bracket still on the pump, but I seem to be missing other brackets to mount it to the engine. Also the correct A/C bracketry is MIA. Have round compressor, but square compressor bracket. Not going to work that way.. I dropped the engine in lastnight, it's bolted to the trans. But, it seems something is amiss here as the motor mount studs are sitting behind the slots in the x-member by about 1/2 an inch. I'll be checking that issue out when I get back out there this AM. One question for now. Is there a difference in sending units between Digi-dash and Analog dash? Ifso, I need to swap oil and temp stuff out. Really could use some good clear pics of how everything is hooked-up on the engine. Things like PVC hoses, vac lines and what nots. This is the 1st EA-82 SPFI vehicle I've ever worked on, so I'm a bit confused on things. Meh,,, make that lost.... Underhood sticker is un-readable... Haven't looked at those manuals I downloaded yet, so maybe the info I need is in there.

I asked this same question a while ago. You change the whole bracket out, no replacement for the bushing. Any EA-81, EA-82, XT6 bracket will bolt right up.

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/x,carcode,1267725,parttype,1704 Those 1st 2 are what I bought for mine, doesn't matter that they say for A/T, they fit. Vented rotors are $22.XX or $12.XX on close-out. My previous post wasn't directed at you. I was merely commenting on the mix-n-match that was brought up. It don't work to well....

I want to say that the wiring should be there, from the factory. But I don't know the EA-82's all that well, so can't be 100% on that.

No,, it don't work so well to mix solid-vented brake parts. Whoever the former owner of my '86 BRAT was, (before 86subaru bought it), swapped in an older solid-lifter motor. No problem there. But,,,,, they also swapped a solid rotor onto the PS keeping the vented caliper in place.. Worked ok, until the brake pads wore down. Then it decided to chuck the outer pad out of the bracket when I hit the brakes. Luckily, I was just a few hundred yards from the driveway when that happened. 4 year old Grandson and I made home with no issues. I promtly put the correct parts back on....

Read thru the entire thread, good stories in here. Here's mine. Few years back, I used to give another co-worker rides to work/home. Bob gave me all kinds of grief about reving the engine so high while running up thru the gears. '86 BRAT GL, Webered Solid lifter EA-81, D/R4Spd. After hearing him constantly bemoan my driving it "normally". I asked him how he thought I should do the shift-points. "Keep it under 3 grand"... So I did, just to show him how doggy it was doing that. He never said anything about it again.... Can't say right now what the 1-2, 2-3 shift-points are. But I do the 3-4 one at 50 or 55 MPH, depending on what road I'm on. I have hit 70+ in 3rd a few times getting on the highway, or passing a line of slow cars on one of the backroads I normally drive on. Drive the "bone-stock" '85 BRAT the same way. I've been thinking of swapping the Weber over to this one, but the Hitachi is still doing it's job fairly well. Maybe, next Spring,, I'll swap the carb out.

Can't say I recall the name, but welcome back. I'm over in Hillsdale, Mi. Contact 86subaru thru a PM. He lives in Ohio, and finds all kinds of Subarus for sale while driving his big rig around. He may be able to help you get one.