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Have you replaced the fuel filter?

I have one hooked up to my Mercedes. I plumbed it into the intake manifold.

there was a guy around town here a few years back with a home made trike. It was a full rollbar type deal with two seats up front. I took a good look one day and it was Soobie powered!

I talked to the not-so-local Subaru guy. (probably close to 100 Soobs in his backyard) He is about 40 minutes away. He told me probably just dirt in the carb. He told me to run it hard for a while. 70psi is normal in an older motor like that. (150,000) I think I am going to go with the motor I have. I need to install oil pump seals, rear main seal, water pump, thermostat and a few hoses. I will put it back in and see what happens.Now that I am thinking about it I used to have an old '84 wagon that did the same thing. I revved the hell out of it and then put my hand over the top of the carb until it almost died. I did that a few times and it sucked the dirt through and ran normal after that. I should dig out a pic of that wagon. One hot looker. Never seen another like it. It had factory air, sunroof, power windows and locks, cruise and digital dash.

Does anyone know what I am talking about....?????? Hellooooooooooo.

I found an '87 XT today for $325. 115k and he says it runs good. Supposing it is not a turbo is this motor still fuel injected? DId they have carbed XT's? Will the motor from an auto bolt up? (just change the flywheel?)

What are good comp. numbers for an ea81?

Does any other motor swap readily in place of the ea81? I have heard of some swaps. Just don't want to go wild replacing the tranny or anything. Any newer motor bolt right up to the stock tranny? '86 Brat

Depends on what kind of mechanical experience you have. I got the motor pulled from the Brat today in about 2 hours.

Car makes good power. Didn't notice any oil in the coolant. Didn't really check the oil closely.

Well, I decided not to get rid of my dad's Brat. After thinking about it I just couldn't do it. I haven't been fooling with Soobs for quite a while so I need advice. Here it goes. He overheated it a while back and upon investigating I found his radiator was 1/2 gone. I put in a new radiator, water pump and a few hoses. A while after that he came back and said it would not idle properly. I think the damage was done. Warped head or blown head gasket? I tried to adjust the throttle cable, that wasn't it. I replaced the cap, rotor, plugs and wires and that wasn't it. I fooled with the idle screw and now it will idle but rough. It starts great, idles good with choke on. Soon as it warms and you hit the throttle to shut off choke it dies. I pulled the motor tonight and I am pondering on what to do next. Should I buy a headset from E-bay and pull the heads, check them and reinstall? Should I spend the time and look for another motor? BTW, I am not up on the codes here. Is an ea82 the OHC 1.8?

A used clutch? interesting. Wouldn't go near it. If you are in there just put a new one in.

I never dropped the struts. Just unbolt at the bottom where they go into the spindle housing. I took my housings off the first time and it was easier. The second car I left them on.

So you had this thing dynoed?

The idle bug has got me. My dad's '86 has about 150,000 on the clock and this popped up recently. I just replaced the plugs and wires as well as cap and rotor. Nothing. Still idles so low it dies. On cold start you pump the pedal 3-4 times and hit the key and she fires right up. After about a minute of warmup you hit the pedal to turn the choke off and it dies. I tried adjusting the cable but nothing. Looked for vac leaks. Nothing. Could it be the fuel filters? Car runs great and accelerates fine. What else?

The front end of my dad's Brat is pretty soaked. Dripping from under the oil filter. I bought a reseal kit for the oil pump with all the gaskets and o-rings. Is this pretty straightforward or what? Just unbolt, cleanup and reinstall with new gaskets and o-rings? Thanks

My dad's '86 has been doing it for 3 years now.

Do the belts first thing!!!!!!!

Incorrect gap

Fram doesn't have many friends anywhere. I don't know why really. I use them on my Soob and it now has 241,000. I was told by several people that the dealer/Subaru filter is the best because it limits the oil pressure and is better to stop oil seal leakage.

Just keep it in a good state of tune and you'll be fine. Try your local dealer for the mudflaps. If not maybe e-bay.

WOuldn't it be easier from the bottom of the car?

cam seals?

I have gone several months with clicking axles. I have gone a few weeks also. I had one pop on a Brat and I lost power. The inner joint popped and the axle was just bouncing around in the housing. Ball bearings everywhere! I just pulled it into 4wd and took off. Anyway, don't put in a used axle!! For the money just go and buy a rebuilt/new.

My rears were so bad I couldn't drive the car anymore. It was a total pogo stick in the rear. I replaced with non-sdjust KYB. Awesome.