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I don't suppose Oscar Zerks middle name is Unijoint? Funny how down under we show respect to the Welch brothers for their invention but northern hemisphere just call them freeze plugs

The patent for the Zerk fitting was granted to Oscar U. Zerk in January 1929.

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I listed it before you asked. Just confirming it is indeed for sale. I can pull the harness as well then.

You’ll probably find you will have little visual access to the cylinders with the sump off in the EA82 from what I remember of my rebuild well over a decade ago - so I could be wrong. I just remember a rib like cage below the crank area, probably for strength. Personally, I’d say hunt for a good EJ. Cheers Bennie

If you want the proper turbo setup from the 86 you’ll need to swap the heads and cut down the wiring loom for the engine management system. Or reloom the whole vehicle with the turbo loom. The 90 - mpfi or spfi? If spfi, you could both that directly onto the 87 and run the engine management system from the donor car. You could add the turbo, but it won’t last for long - those that have done it end up cracking the NA pistons. Cheers Bennie

After digging into it a little further this afternoon, I agree that a reman head is - like you said - not the way to go. That being said (read: you're probably right... BUT) - I have so little into the car and there is negligible zero to anything other than that one lobe of the cam that I'm willing to roll the dice against that probably very sage, obviously much more experienced advice. I've (finally) managed to source replacements for the parts that appear nicked up, including the camshaft itself (surprise surprise, deltacam.com out of Washington will send a fresh one out for $65+core charge). My intention is to pop the oil pan to clean out the bits of lifter, and scope the cylinder or remove the head to inspect it. If it's not too too bad, I'm going to try to rebuild it. If it's trash, I'll be doing a swap of some kind or another.

Not long after my last post I ended up tearing meniscus pretty badly while rock climbing which lead to me having to get surgery and spend about 7 months in bed, having to do lots of rehab to walk correctly and gain mobility back in my knee. Unfortunately this also meant that I was unable to bend my knee enough to safely drive the brat as I'm 6'4" and barely fit in the thing to begin with. After about a year I finally got it back on the road, but not after some trouble with the fuel tank. So anyway on to the update of the car, I replaced the rocker arm which had broken a spring washer and started driving it a bit but had trouble with the car stalling out often and sometimes not starting at all. Turns out that after sitting the fuel tank had rusted again pretty badly and the sediment from the tank was clogging the in tank fuel lines. The fuel lines turned out to be badly rusted inside as well so I tried to take a industrial pipe cleaner to the inside which was a bad idea as the brush on the end of the metal line ended up breaking off in the line making the problem even worse. Unable to get the brush out of the line I was forced to make a new line in the tank. I did this using some 3/8" brake line I bent to reach near the lowest point of the tank, drilling a new hole in the tank on the drivers side of the tank, then feeding the brake line through an opening in the baffle. After a deep clean of the tank using vinegar and then degreaser with many flushes of water to make sure any gasoline fumes and varnish had been removed I brazed the new line to the tank. To hopefully stop future problems with the tank I sealed the tank using por-15 fuel tank sealer following their recommended procedure of prepping the tank with a degreaser and then their metal prep which is an acid based solvent to etch the metal and get rid of any of the remaining rust. new line by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr new line out of tank by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr new line in tank by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr On to other news while unable to drive the brat I was forced to get another vehicle big enough for me to fit in so I picked up this 1988 Toyota right before my surgery. I also started cutting up the donor brat I took the ea81 from to make a trailer out of it. Brat with CC2 by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Brat with CC by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Brat trailer project by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr After getting the brat back on the road I decided it would only be right that now that it was no longer lowered I would flex it out to check the suspension travel. Here are the results right as it started to three wheel. Flex2 by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Flex1 by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Front Flex by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Rear Flex by Luke Hoffman, on Flickr Now that it's back on the road I've found some new motivation for it and will probably be doing little projects on it here and there. Some things I'd like to do next are a rear bumper and some mods to try to squeeze some more lift and travel out of the suspension. I also decided to ditch the idea of fixing the topper as I'm not a huge fan of how it looks and it was just pretty messed up with a rotten core and missing windows, so I cut it up and am hoping to make a fiberglass tonneau cover using some of the pieces from the topper. As far as the second gen brat trailer goes I'm trying to make it a capable off road trailer I can pull behind the Toyota or maybe behind the brat for camping and doing utility work, so I'm going to be building a steel frame for it with new suspension, haven't decided if I'll go independent suspension like timbren or leaf springs and a straight axle yet. I've also got a build thread going on for my Toyota which I'm turning into a off road camper on expedition portal if anyone cares to check it out https://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/threads/1988-toyota-custom-cab-build.207189/

I have the flange and downturn of an aftermarket downpipe if you'd like that to start your custom downpipe. Located near Seattle, happy to ship it to you.

Check your timing. O.

Never heard that term before. Always a grease nipple over here. We love nipples Cheers Bennie

Ok fresh a few minutes ago. Touched up the paint on wheels and haven't washed it off the tires yet.

Not a chance.It does not do anything unless you have AC anyhow. The auxiliary air valves are long gone too.