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UGH, tell me about it. WHY? WHY? Do you know the difference in solder types? Ive got heavy gauge 50/50 tin and lead. 60% tin/40% lead rosin core? Then I found flux cored 98% tin/2% silver Dose it really matter what I use?

I found this upon closer inspection of the main harness. The only 2 wires that were left untouched are a white wire with a black strip that goes to the green fusable link and I think it was a yellow wire with a green stripe that goes to the T stat housing I thought was the temp sensor but thats on the radiator. What the hell would prompt someone to splice into that like they did? Oh, anybody else getting mass database errors?

Maby try a little WD40, It dose more then you think. I just did this a few weeks ago.

I thought I saw miles fox in one of his trashwagons back in the day running 2 lugs per wheel but I cant say for sure. I found the Strut nut but I cant find the wheel studs:mad:

Hey, later today I would like to tow an 85 Brat about 7 miles. I tore the front end off and knocked out opposing studs to mock up some 33s awhile back. Im just curious if anybody has ran aroung with only 2 lugs holding on the wheels. It will have the original tre size on it and im not planning on reaching speeds excess of 45, oh yea I lost one of the strut mounting bolts too. Just one tho. SAFE OR NOT SAFE IS THE QUESTION?

You could always hop in your subaru with some 44s and float it on down the river, It will take you straight to it:lol:

i was going to ask the same thing, i really want to go. I might be able to work something out

Glad to hear you got it up in the air,im ready to see some pics. once I get mine lifted my life long dream will be completed

I honestly might give that a shot. im digin ur user name by the way

Dose anybody know if it is safe to run around with the steering colum unplugged? Id have no blinkers, but hey? what to do? I need some wheels with MPGS

Looking good! Do you know the measurements on your strut blocks, I found a 15' chunk of 1 1/2'' square tubing just layng on the ground that looks like perfect lift material. Did you just drill new holes in the mustache bar? thanks

Damn Uberoo, I want to check out your car in person:grin: What T case are you using?

Ive tried looking at wiring diagrams in a Haynes manual and I cant make much sense of it.What colored wire where?What grounds are for what?After jiggling some wires around I got the oil pressure gauge to work,(for now) but my highbeams are still ************ing with me. I have a spare steering colum with the blinker/headlight switch I had though about just swaping out with the old one. Then I thought, If the current one is frying, whats to stop the second one from doing the same? I think I could unplug it and check between the connections for volts/resistance but I dont know what it should be. I checked all fuses and I have power to all.I found a few plugs near the fuse box going to nothing. I also saw a Green connector going into a blue connector, It dosent look right to me but I didnt mess with it because I dont know what its for. theres also the female end of one of theses near the power cable coming from the stereo. its a light green wire with a red stripe Circled here http://www.flickr.com/photos/59058330@N03/5999073272/ Some Blue on Green action http://www.flickr.com/photos/59058330@N03/5999073192/ Any Knowledge or Ideas? or grounds to check? Thanks

That is a pretty sick BRAT. the first thing I saw was the Bumper,pretty sick

That was badass!Cool pics. I never knew a touring wagon had a taller roof.

I cant find a good ea81 around here. I got one that I thought blew a head gasket maby 4 years ago before I knew anything about subarus or engines in general. I tore it out of the car about a month ago by hand, and carried it over to an old office chair and just used that as an engine stand:) And I found out it was just a freeze plug:mad:. There is also a little crack right above the EA81 Branding on the block that I thought about JB welding. Its all full of rust too. I noticed your kind of in the area, do you think you could help me find an other ea81 around here

Dose anybody know what is up with this? Its got an early ea81 steering wheel.IFS and some sort of EJ

where? have yet to see

Im in the process of tracing the wires, ill update when i find anything unusual. I might have to change the thread name while im at it Dose anybody know if the Opsi G and the high beam switch would be tied together? Or are they shorting each other out?

Is there to much power going to the switch,or did i overload it?

here is a quick video, I hope its not me being stupid. http://www.flickr.com/photos/59058330@N03/5976462598/

Thats bad news, Im pretty well broke. It should all be original wiring, im the third owner. I got it from a guy who had it since 1991.he seemed to maintain it ok. it came with a haynes manual that had every other page book marked. the only thing aftermarket is the stereo which had to of been installed in the mid 90's Well, wish me luck:-\

Ive been driving the Brat very little lately since the oil pressure gauge, and its been bumming me out. that car is what motivates me to get up every day. well on my way home last night my bright lights just went out on me right as i was pulling into my driveway,still had low beams to park. today I drove it a bit to try n cheer me up(Brumby rumble). and I noticed that when I flash the brights the voltage gauge drops to zero, it returned as soon as the switch did. sometimes it would do this and other times not. I made it home ok with the oil pressure gauge temporarily working. Then just about ten minutes ago I fired her up just to here the sweet sounds and I flashed the brights to see if they'd work, first try all was good Second try out went the lights,then I noticed a little puff of smoke rise up from the steering collum with the unmistakable smell of burnt wire:eek: I instantly shut down the car, popped the hood and dropped the ground wire off the batt. as fast as I could. Now im very worried the Brat will be decommissioned, I hope all will be ok if you have any ideas what could be causing this wiring problem please speak up, anything helps. keep in mind I treat this car better then my nuts, no offroading or anything more then road crusing

I just picked up a cheapy DMM. its a Gardner Bender GDT-311. Dose AC/DC volts and OHMS. I drove the BRAT once about 3 miles and the pressure gauge worked upon start up. about a minute later it went out. I somewhat rely on this gauge when I drive so im not comfortable driving it untill i get this sorted. anybody know of any common places to check for shorts, possibly where wires can rub together? I know its not a huge problem,but any input will help. thanks