January 19, 201016 yr Author ya, I've had a lot of people asking about shipping to New York. Lots of east coast interest in this one.
January 19, 201016 yr Lots of interest period. Saw the question and answer page of your auction. I cant remember the last time i saw that many questions about one car. Good luck with the sale. It came out great!
January 22, 201016 yr Seriously! I have video proof! Enjoy :-) -Ben Man, That is sooo funny... Dang... the Brat looks so small next to all the large American cars and trucks... I can just about drive my brat up on the tail gate of my Nissan frontier... -Daniel
January 25, 201016 yr I see that it's back up for sale. Missing the gas pedal...? Are they pure rubber, or is there a metal core? If it's just pure rubber, I might be able to mold you up an exact replica for the price of the silicone. -Ben
January 25, 201016 yr Author I see that it's back up for sale. Missing the gas pedal...? Are they pure rubber, or is there a metal core? If it's just pure rubber, I might be able to mold you up an exact replica for the price of the silicone. -Ben No they are plastic....and very hard to come by.
January 25, 201016 yr No they are plastic....and very hard to come by. I took a look at mine today. It would have been be pretty easy, except for the fact that the hinge is made of flexing plastic. I doubt that anything that can be cast-molded at home would hold up in that scenario. To make one that would work, my first thought would be to use a stiff, more rubber-like casting compound (like a hard shoe sole), fill in the "hollow with ridges" part, and put a stainless steel hinge at the bottom. Probably not worth the effort unless several people needed them (unlikely). There would most likely be quite a bit of trial and error to get it right with some rejects. Oh well... thought it would be easier... -Ben
February 11, 201016 yr Author It's gone!! The guy just came and picked it up today. New home is Idaho.
February 11, 201016 yr whoa - just read this whole thread what a mint wee ute, how much did you sell for in the end?
February 11, 201016 yr I would have thought you would have got more than that also. I paid about the same for my 79, three or four years ago. Mine needs paint, but other than that has never been touched.
February 12, 201016 yr Author Hmmmm, I just got a call from the guy I sold it to and the BRAT overheated on him. He took it to a mechanic and they said the the passenger head gasket blew. Only one of 2 things could have happened, 1 I got a faulty head gasket or 2 my torque wrench is way off. Anyone else have any ideas?
February 12, 201016 yr I surely don't have all the experience some of you guys do with these engines, but I do have some. There are a couple things that could have happened IMO. Probably the most likely is a bad gasket, or he was trying "to see what it could do" too soon. Also could have possibly been a sticking thermostat and it got too hot. I don't think it's your torque wrench!
February 13, 201016 yr Author So the guy I sold the BRAT to blew up the motor on the way to the coast. :-\ I'm not sure what he did, but I felt bad for the guy and now I'm going over there to deliver on of the motors I had sitting in my garage. It sucks 'cause it's a hydro lift EA81 that I'm getting rid of. I had big plans for the motor, but I gots to help a brother out. I'm getting the motor out of the BRAT back so I can tear it down and see what the hell happened. What I think happened was that he was going over the pass and really rapping out the RPMs then the thing stated to over heat and he continued to limp the thing to the coast.
February 13, 201016 yr Dude! suck! Keep us posted on the ongoing saga. I too would like to know what the prob. is -Caleb
February 14, 201016 yr Author Well I dropped off the new motor today, but they didn't have the other one out yet. The guy I sold it to said that they had already stared pulling the motor. The shop was very snotty with me and said that they will not have it finished till the end of next week. I can't really figure out why it would take them so long, I could swap a motor in and out in a day. At this point I'm not sure if I'll get the old motor back or not, if I don't get it back then I smell something shady here. :-\
February 14, 201016 yr Sorry about all the hell you've been going through Earl. I hope the person you sold it to isn't THAT much of an idiot. Nor that much of a crook. Twitch
February 15, 201016 yr I would tell them that as long as you are providing another motor the one they are taking out is YOURS, period, end of story. And, if it really is bad, why would they, or he, want it?
February 15, 201016 yr Author I would tell them that as long as you are providing another motor the one they are taking out is YOURS, period, end of story. And, if it really is bad, why would they, or he, want it? That's what I'm saying.
February 20, 201016 yr The shop is probably pissed because you provided a replacement motor, and they couldn't sell the dude one at a huge mark-up. That sucks the motor blew on the guy to begin with, but thats awesome you went and gave him a replacement.
April 16, 201015 yr Author I'm not sure if I ever posted any final photos of the brat yet so here they are:
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