SakoTGrimes

Uh, now the lights are off again, frak!

It's an LWB innit?

I certainly did go out the passenger door - several times. I don't much fancy stepping into 2 foot deep mud, plus the door wouldn't even open. All that mud getting jammed into the left rear brake drum (or something like that) seems to have cured my abnoxious knock knock knocking sound, temporarily at least. Here's a some pics of what she looked like today after the mud had dried. I finially got off my butt and started playing with screws on the Hitachi - I'm hoping for 30mpg now, she seems to respond much better to throttle now. I went back the mountain tonight - got lost for a while but stayed clear of any mud. Here's a vid of me doofin' around with a very steep slope, right next to a very deep mudhole that I buried a Toyota truck in a few months ago. http://s24.photobucket.com/albums/c39/SakoTGrimes/Jonsie%20the%20Brat/?action=view&current=dickinaround.flv Can anyone identify the insect in this ow res picture? He was about 3 inches long with barzillions of legs and very slow moving. Took a more difficult aka "more fun" path to avoid smooshing him. we need another random stuff thread!

Pun intended. We'll get to that later. I felt like wheeling today so I headed up to the mildest local off road area I could think of - the Jacksonville Resevoir park. It's really just an unmaintained dirt road with some "they might be private property or they might not" trails branching off it. Unbeknownst to me, the "resevoir" itself is little more than a mud hole, and even further unbeknownst to me, you're not supposed to go down into it. There were tire tracks all over and it wasn't blocked off so I figured it was alright. Anyways I played in the sand a bit and headed for the mud. I got about 15 feet into it and I was stuck. I be thinkin a rear LSD, a lift kit, and some meaty tires would do me good. Pics: After a while of digging and packing the tires with rocks I was getting nowhere and it was getting dark, so I called Matt and he came with his AWD EJ22T converted GL and pulled me out. Then he got stuck in the sand so I pulled him out, :-p tee hee. Mike was there too with his 75 wagon. Wish my camera had a decent flash, there were 3 dirty Soobs with a wide vareity of Soobness between them. Oh yeah, the pun! Since the day I got my Brat (10 months ago) I have not had working dash lights. I've checked fuses, bulbs, connections, wires, everything I could think of. I finially decided some late 70s computer chip thing was fried. So tonight I'm driving home on a pitch black road and I notice a very very pale glow coming from the speedo..... OMG, how did I miss that? The lights worked all this time, I JUST HAD THE KNOB TURNED WAY DOWN! DOH! Retard moment of the century right there

I used a good old Cherry Bomb glass pack and it sounded sweet, but was not obnoxiously loud at all. Then again, I am partially deaf I think it had a really nice tone to it.

Gotta love Japan. Sambar hatch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtOH6CyMvRc Dr. Cox and an XT BRUCE WILLIS!!!1 French Wow, I wish we got these. Before I thought they were just a Justy.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVPcKDqWA3I Not quite.... p0wnage

Video (featuring you) of your car was posted about a year ago.... the person said you sold the car to him.... did you buy it back or was he full of BS? Either way, that's one hell of a sweet wagon.

I've got a few, but you have to apy me in girlie giggles.

What you need to to is get a flathead screwdriver, and jam it into the driver door lock. Yank it around for a bit then pull out the lock. They are easy to break. Then use a phillips to remove the plastic steering column covers and the left side of the ignition switch. Needle nose pliers on the flat metal things unlock the steering and the flathead will start the car. Drop a $20 bill on the ground and drive off with your new Black Diamond. (Don't forget to do a VIN swap)

Yeah I know It's turbo'd too. My cousin has a twin turbo S4 and he just had a $7000 repair bill.

My coworker and friend told me that she's getting an Audi, and that she would sell me her EA82 wagon for.... $100! It's not rusty, bashed or trashed, just needs a new radiator. OMG can't wait to have a "modern" car again!

The exact words I said aloud after seeing that first pic were "Awwww, ***************in! That car is so ****in cool!"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6QEDxTY8FYM

Wouldn't it have been a 260Z in 75?

Now: 78 Brat of course, 72 BMW 2002, 89 Toyota Corolla Alltrac, 2006 Cannondale Adventure 400, 90s Cannondale F300, old school Raleigh Grand Prix, some old Sears girls 3 speed bike (anybod want it?) and a bunch of crap department bikes for parts Past: 79 Camaro, 68 Jeep Wagoneer, 74 BMW 2002, 70 MB 280SE, 92 Loyale, 83 GL, 82 GL x 2, 76 MB 300D, 77 Toyota Corona, 73 Honda CB350, 2004 Raleigh SC30 (stolen, grr!) lots of other bikes

That's a bumpy road. A stock Gen-1 Brat certainly will tackle it, I've had mine in a spot where I was spinning at least 2 wheels and couldn't see the ground in front of me! BTW, let's see some more pics of that Brat!

Did you do the paint, or was it a custom shop job? I really really love that color, it looks SWEET on a Brat.

K, pretty sure Subaru didn't make that. A motorcycle would be a good opportunity for Subaru to redeem themselves by dusting off the EA71 blueprints, updating it just enough to pass emmissions, cut it in half (for an 800cc) and use it to compete with BMW motorcycles.

The 92 and 93 SVXs used a fine mesh filter located inside the transmission cooler, which is inside the radiator. These must be cleaned/changed before they get clogged and the heat does them in. In 1994 Subaru did away with the filter entirely. My boss's trans went out and it cost her $2500 for a new one at AAMCO. The Subaru dealer wouldn't even touch it. It's a sweet car, but I wouldn't own one unless I had plenty of money for unique and hard to find parts.

Cummins all the way.

Yeah, uh, science fiction movie endorsing robots and guys I've never heard of aside, what was the article about? Neither link worked for me.

My 78 Brat has no tach, but it is loaded otherwise (facroty A/C, radio... uh, that's it i guess) and it has quad lights. Does that make it a DL?

take it

Definately running rich. Lots of headache inducing fumes and 12.1 mpg

4 speed. I'm pretty sure I've got good or at least decent compression, she still goes well in the high RPMs like she should, there's just a lot of smoking at idle, plus a flamy backfire on shutdown. I'm sure she would make it to Klamath OK.