wallaby

Do you have a habitat for humanity store? thats my first stop for ANY building materials etc good cause too - and they will take what you have leftover after a job

winter means kind of cold for camping, are there hotels in ellensburg? maybe look at possible locations/venues then the dates might clear up dogs would be another consideration - wonder if all 3 would fit in the brat.....? spring is kind of busy for me but the weather would be nicer i"m interested if the dates line up for me - would be good to meet everyone

^ +1 about tire pressure if you get stuck - let 'em down more just enough to hold them on the rims low range shouldn't matter its about being in the power band but not spinning wheels - dig in soobs don't have much power anyway so you won't have to worry about that enjoy!!! sand is the most fun you can have - very hard to do body damage:banana:

i'll continue to believe what i believe my mitsu NEVER let me down.

that looks a lot like a momo check with a company called saas in australia they may have adaptors as well this is a bad picture of my SaaS steering wheel - still has mitsu button as my adaptor is hand crafted this is leater with chrome spokes

you can store it at my place and he won't suspect a thing of course i'll keep it running occasionally:grin:

i have quite the opposite problem to evil_ my speed omater works fine but odo and trip don't:-\ get a gps - might be easier than pulling the tranny:lol:

i have a DL that is the same color (cept for the rust)and it has dual range my blue one only has single range - i believe it was an option at the time niether have t tops or a tach in the dash:mad: nice for $200 tho:)

what about sidedraughts? i ran triples SU 's on a 3.3l 6 cyl in OZ and made it go like a bat out of hell:banana: they use them on minis in pairs too SU's or SD strombergs even sidedraught webers - not sure of their avail in North America but they are plentiful in oz for the holden red 6 still req custom manifold.... but you want eye candy......:banana:

am i smelling a stretch limo suby.......

thats right the air has never come out of there if you want to replace the speaker with a better one you can get to it by removing the glovebox and possibly the junk tray under it - pretty easy just screws and the you can get to the speaker

if you want something tough and i mean living on the back of a pickup or truck in extreme conditions.... these are the only one people on the road in australia use http://www.fabertoolboxes.com.au/ stand up to years of use/abuse i may be selling them in the usa soon probly a little extreme for you garage though.......

now my $0.02.....(you asked for it) snorkels are NOT designed for water crossings think about it, the engine will go under before the snorkel they can help if you set up the vehicle with other preparations for deep water crossings i have heard a lot of horror stories of people thinking that if they have a snorkel they can go though water (think hydrolock) BUT snorkels are excellent for getting cooler, cleaner air into your engine if you drive in a dusty environment, they take the cleaner air from the top of the windscreen - thats why rally cars have them. also great if you do a lot of convoy type drives in a club of something - always in the dust..... i would recommend a snorkel of any kind for a off road vehicle - anything is better than nothing. the best would be a bowl type precleaner on the top - like a tractor then the air would be even cleaner before it got to the air filter PVC or ABS works great and can look OK on an off roader Stainless pipe looks wicked but is expensive Safari is not the only company to make snorkels either - check all the Australian 4x4 stores

good to see some pictures are you gonna send pics of the gutted legacy to the PO? I'm sure she'd love to see what happened to it... good luck

i am waiting for the information on fitting the ea82 p/s rack to a ea81 brat.. does the ea82t have the same rack? ....... just happen to have one of those and a brat with no p/s what more interesting creations will come from Bill's castle:)

Do some searches - there is a few posts about backpressure and cylinder scavenging and that kind of stuff. i just removed the insides of my cat and left it in place - seems to work fine with a standard pipe to the rear axle then a 2" x 24" hotdog(cherry bomb) not loud but a better sound

watching this thread with interest....... my 82 brat died and won't start..... will continue watching

it will flake of in huge slabs used to work in that field - did a boat trailer once thought we did it right but came back a few months later with huge areas peeling off make sure you get all the rust and oil/grease of the surface - wire or nylon brush on an angle grinder is good - also need a kind of rough surface for the stuf to stick to. we had to scuff the paint in the truck beds to make the stuff stick.

Thanks he said to make an offer and he would probably accept it..... so i'll make an offer:grin: i may be looking for some 23 spline stub shafts

thanks Bill so any 23 spline stub shaft will work? like the ones from my 4 speed i may go though the gearbox anyway - brgs, seals etc i can't see the sticker on the diff to see if it has LSD but i would need to put in the diff anyway if it is a 3.7 i'll have a 3.9 right?

to change the stubs in the trans..... do you need stubs from another 5 speed? is it possible to use stubs from a ea81 S/R 4 speed(no good for anything else)

if you want it to be any good you need the spray on stuff. i have seen it done on a whole pickup before - surface prep is super important - can't be stressed enough. have fun

so if it has a 3.9 diff ratio it will have 23 spline axles - or is the fact that it is a turbo confirm it will have 25 spline axles? is there a way to confirm this? the next question i guess is if it is no good to me is it useful for anyone else for parts?

may be able to buy an 85 turbo dual range sedan at the right price will go look at it tomorrow what i want to know is - how much of the stuff can i use on my brat from my seaches i have found that the dual range 5 speed has different axle stubs and also may have a higher final drive ratio and possibly a higher low range - this would not be an issue as this brat is mostly street or gravel and is my DD - not a trail rig will the axle stubs from my S/R 4 speed fit in the 5 speed? it should have rear discs ? that i can use on my brat fairly easily... the engine is dead but can i use stuff like power steering, a/c(thats a stretch)? what about fuel delivery? does the turbo engine use a fuel injection system? could it be adapted to my ea81 like a n/a SPFI? i will continue seaching as there is a heap of info on here on a side note i am going back to Aust for a holiday is ther anything i should sqeeze into my suitcase for the trip home (other than a bullbar, some 14" speedies etc) thanks in advance

Try a aftermarket truck shop - one that sells bedliners, nerf bars etc brands wound be auto ventshade (AVS) or weathershield but those shops have access to databases for cars as well as pickups