
78TurboBrat
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About 78TurboBrat
- Birthday 11/08/1974
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Mechanic
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like building fast cars
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Not to mention that you left an oil trail all the way out to the main drag, i have a nice puddle behind the bosses house. LOL he can clean that up, not me. Not to mention saturday was just a bad day all around. you blow up my motor, i wreck my truck, what could be any worse. LOL
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DFW Shop day/night?
78TurboBrat replied to calebz's topic in Meet n' Greet. Your USMB Welcome Center
Sounds like fun to me, you buying the beer too -
Cmoing home for a few days
78TurboBrat replied to calebz's topic in Meet n' Greet. Your USMB Welcome Center
Where is that? EDIT.. Ooops.. I'm on someone else's computer.. this is Caleb -
OK, who's bright idea was this ?
78TurboBrat replied to 78TurboBrat's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
If only us texans could get enough snow and ice here to do something like that -
http://www.big-boys.com/articles/roadstunt.html Pretty funny
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what engines fit gen 1 brats
78TurboBrat replied to garner's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Already have the 5 speed push button in my 78 brat. Size was ok, but linkage was a little tricky with the shifter being pushed back a little more. But no big deal. -
Brat Power Steering upgrade?
78TurboBrat replied to RedBrat's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
As far as i know i dont see why it wouldnt be possible. You could probably get all the parts you would need from the same era of car you have. like the P/S pump, lines, and the rack, and put them in to your brat. But i would wait and see what anyone else has to say on the idea. -
'84 2WD tranny into '84 D/R 4WD?
78TurboBrat replied to Mac's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
about 4 months ago, i put a 2wd trans (auto) from an 87 wagon, into the 83 brat i had. everything was bolted in, onlything i ran accross was tranny mount needed a little help if i remember.other than that, it went well. and wasnt very hard. -
The wire method is usually what i have had to do to get it to drain, does it try to drain at all if you pinch the end of the drain hose i know some chevys have a closed end with a slice in them and sometime enough dirt will clog them. just be careful when using the wire method and just make sure you dont poke anything that feels too solid, or you can go to the store and get a coffee straw and try putting that into the drain hole and getting it just past the clog and stop when you get a stream of water come out of the straw. things you can use with out puncturing anything valueable hardline vaccumm line like those plastic ones coffee straw, thick walled vaccumm line
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I like the painted floor, will add the extra grip you would need to hold that car down. Come help me get the gt40 car
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Simple project what could go wrong?
78TurboBrat replied to spinner's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Is your car using the glass fuses, i know at times the clamps that hold the fuses get corroded and loose. try taking the clamps that hold the fuses and cleaning them with some sandpaper, and using needle nose pliers to squeeze them together some for a tighter fit -
Welcome to the board and glad you chose an older subie to show europe what they are missing. have fun and lots of good people here
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Well not quite the same thing, but i am working on a 88 wagon got the top cut off , now working on makeing the back work like a brat tailgate, then i have to work on the back wall of the cab, so it would end up being a 4 door brat with a truck bed. but never really thought about takeing two brats and doing that with, but i guess if you had one that had a messed up title or no title you could do it and not feel so bad about it. i just finnished building a new computer, so as soon as i get everything loaded i will post pictures of the project periodically.
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Tranny not shifting...?????
78TurboBrat replied to vodoobrat's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
i have a dead 3at with a bad front and rear diff, but the trans itself shifted fine. if you need it let me know. i can pull the governor out and send it to you, -
I know its not completely related, but i did take a 3at from an 87 turbo wagon and put it into a 83 brat that needed a tranny desperately. the only thing i saw was that the crossmember from the brat had to be used and that the mounting holes were different, so i had to drill new ones in the brat crossmember. again though this is going from a ea82t to an ea81 and a wagon to a brat, but everything else was fine.