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WOW, I just saw that video the other day and thought "they dont even know"

Thats the way I see it, BRATS are pretty much extinct. I have a smashed up 85 Brat that hit a truck, got parted out then I got it for free, Its basicly just the body but I couldnt stand to see it go to the Junk yard. Right now its between a 4in lift kit or the Brat, I honestly dont need either but it sounds fun. I CANT POST PICS:mad:

From my understanding, since you allready have the quad lights for an ea81, all you need are the bezels from an 85+ DL(quad light)which hold your headlight in, and the wireing from an ea81 with 4 lights that plug into your 4 ea81 lights, then you will need to splice in the ea81 4 plug wiring to the ea82 GL(plastic lights)which only has 2 plugs. 1 per light. Make sense?

My Bros 86 Brat that we got from the second owner who had it since '92 mfg. in 05/86 #125640 Ill get the wagon # next time im out there

Originally the guy wanted $1000 which is way to much.Before I had even seen it I got all excited and foolishly offered $600 cash. I suck a bartering and he kinda played me:mad: He also told me that hes not hurting for money and in no hurry to sell. I found My brother an 86 thats 94% rust free that I picked up about a year ago with a bad clutch for $500.(the 2nd baru in the family) It sat for a bit while waiting for a new clutch and I detailed that Mofo from end to end,looked like new,I was to scared to drive it in traffic,i still am. I Basicly treated it like it was my baby:)Then it ended up getting driven way too much by my mom when her 76 F-250 and the Dodge Spirit died. She kinda trashed it goiing up and down the dirt roads, Thankfully I just put a timing belt on her Spirit, and it all worked out good.Now that the Brat will stay still for more then ten minutes at a time I will order the "six pack" of POR15 and make it 94%rust free forever........Anyway back to the other Brat, Ive got an 81 wagon that I was going to fix up to MoB around in but I have no title for it. I beleve it has most of the little parts i need for the Brat. leaving me in need of a good ea81, unless i can rebuild the one in it.Keep in mind I do most work outside in the gravel. oh yea both the wagon I have and the Brat I want have the Passing lamp:). I really just need something that I can truly call my own.

Do you guys think $600 is too much for a halfdead ea81 Brat,I was told its been siting 10+ years. I know for sure the engine is shot(busted rod). I can here it clunk when I turn the engine by hand. The Tranny seems to run through all gears fine.4x4 lever too. no rust on the fenders, but a decent amount in the door jamb down to the rockers. Behind the rear bumper is pretty rusted also. tail gate is pretty well gone.(Its got jumpers) .the dash pad is all cracked out and almost looks like its swelled up. its pretty dirty from sitting so I cant tell its condition 100%.anyway I really want the damed thing for some reason but im not sure if i want to spent my hard earned money on it, and i dont even know where to find a good engine for it if i were to get it. Do I really need another project? But Its A BRAT, I almost can deny it. Please help me decide. Thanks

It seems odd the way they went about lifting that thing up, in the second pic it almost seems you could of backed it up out there. but i didnt see it in person

Nice deep blue color,looks good. was that done with a spray gun?

U should post some pics of the beast

I had a thought, I can buy 1 lift kit......or.......Buy a welder and make several.they might not be as pretty tho:grin: Plus once its lifted ill "need" to tap out sum studs and drill sum holes then get some tires and wheels. A few quick question for Scott, why is the 6" lift so much more beefier looking then the 4". its also boxed instead of the " [ " shape. How strong are these things? no offence to your intelligence/skills, but it the hardware going to hold up? I just want to make sure everything is all good before I drop all of my hard earned money on this. What if one component were to break? can I get single replacement part without buying a whole kit? Have you ever heard of one of these breaking? Lots more questions to come, but this should do for now. Should have the cash by the end of next week if yall can wait that long

To me it seems alot of people dont know not to engage or disengage the 4wd with the wheel turned, ive seen a few people smashing their 4wd lever with the wheel cranked, Ive told them and they think im bull************ing them. If i remember right I recall reading that in my 81 wagon owners manual

Just this past week ive been working for my friends dad, and ive been getting around 50 bucks a day. Ive got close to 200 right now, so hopfully in the next week or two I will have the money in hand. Could I just send you a money order, or do i need to do it online? I want a 4" lift for my Bro's ea81 86 Brat.:banana:Im so excited right now im having a hard time typing this:grin:anyway, so what all do i need on top of the lift kit to make the brat ready to roll? longer brake lines?shocks?skid plate? shift linkage? steering linkage? any random lines/hoses? and ????

Thanks for the damn near professional advice. very helpfull. now i know what a Oetiker clamp is:)

Honestly if it were my Brat that would spend 99% of its time on the road I would keep those stock size tires and wheels on it, im sure it would ride alot smoother (better milage)then those "nastier" tires would. The adjustable suspension will only give you about an inch more clearence, But ive seen completly stock brats mob it up off road just fine with street tires and the stock "lift".If I remember right all you need is a 21mm wrench. Most of the lifts are just body lifts with spacers between the frame rail and the suspension/crossmember/strutmount. It will make since when you are under your car looking at it. SJR makes good lifts for your BRAT. As far as redrilling hubs its fairly easy. this website gives ya a step by step process.http://www.subarubrat.com YOu might be able to fit 15s under your Brat with a little fender trimming:) I hope this helps. Also the search feature up top can be your friend

If the CV spins against the wheel bearing seal wouldnt that chew it up in a mater of no time? Also I have a few spare axels laying around that I would like to learn to rebuild,is there a special tool for removal/installation of the metal bands holding the boots on? I got them off no prob with a pair of needle nose, But they seem like a pain to back get on. Any ideas or tips?

Thanks for the answers.Looking from above, is the heat sheild whats stamped with "subaru" or is that the cat its self? So an EA82 CV WILL fit in an EA81 hub, its just a bit longer overall? What would stop it from working? I went to AutoZone to get a Cv axel and told him it was an 84 Brat not an 86 which it realy is. he looked it up and gave me a CV that had both male ends, which is not right. then I told him the EA81/EA82 deal EA81(80-84)wag+87 Brat, EA82(85-92?)wag. then he told me that they changed the CVs several times through thoses years, And preceded to tell me that I dont know ************ about my soob or any other cars And his computer is always right, so I just turned around and left before I hit him in the face with that CV:) Then I went to O'reilys then they gave me a CV axel for what they said fit 85-87? I measured it end to end compressed and it looked the same as the old one, so that night In my awsome gravel driveway shop I swaped the CV axel torqued it to about 200 ft lbs and it seemed to fit fine. Its had about 200mi since then and all seems good.I'm just curious if this could be an EA82 on my car?

Are all (81-84)EA81 CV axels the same all the way around? Do they change for auto trannies? Whats the difference between EA81 and EA82 axels? Can I use an EA82 on an EA81? Dose the CV spin against the wheel bearing seal? Has anyone had problems with the catt. cooking the passenger side CV? Hopefully none of these are stupid questions, Id love to hear some input. Thanks:grin:

Nice job for the first time, when i changed the clutch in my '86 Brat for the first time I thought I could just unbolt the tranny and leave it in the car, I was a little more then wrong. After a bunch of hasseling with it(a week later) i finally droped the tranny all the way out.Napa gave me the wrong clutch kit(EA82) 24 spline vs 21 splineEA81. I bolted that up to the flywheel, threw my tranny in, fired it up and no power to the wheels:mad:. I was angry and confused where I went wrong.(another week later) I pulled the tranny again(shoulda pullled the motor) and figured out my problem.(the shaft was spinning freely inside the friction disk) I got the right cluck kit for it which was 80 bucks less. For an 84 Brat not an 86 which NAPA had listed as an ea82? the clutch Its self wasnt that bad, The hardest part was lining up the transmission shaft with the Pilot bearing, after all of that was done I fired it up and it would not disengague all the way, It turns out my pedal box was bent not alowing full travel of the cluch pedal:-\ I bent it back the best I could then I ended up putting a spacer between the clutch fork and the end of the cable. Now It seems to work great with full travel

Thanks for the replys, they were very helpful.Where El Presidente says,"The PCV hose may work, but because of the design of the suub intakes, I'd use a vacuum port on each side and put a 1/6(thats half of a 1/3) of a can in each port to ensure one bank doesn't get more than the other" Will the PCV port on the top of either valvecover work fine. I'd think that would be the same as adding it to the oil Since it would go to your rockers,Right?. I think i might just go down the carb. I also herd that it will foul your plugs, usualy thats no biggy, but when I first got the Brat I changed the plugs and on the way out there was quite a bit of resistance, the threads in the aluminum head are on their way to being stripped:( the new ones went in O.K enough to work, but I fear if i change them one more time they will blow out on start up. has anyone experinced this with an EA81, I definitly dont want to do a head swap in my driveway,this is a nightmare for me to think about. anybody have any ideas?

My '81 Wagon with the center light has a mirror in the glove box. There is also a dealership paper from 1986 saying someone traded in a '74 Mustang for it.

So I finally got a can of seafoam for my Brat, Im still uneasy about this for some reason. In my mind if you were to pour Seafoam in your oil wouldnt that dilute it? I'd think It would raise your oil level causing excess pressure and then blow out all your seals?ON to the intake,Is it better to pour it through a vacuum line or straight down the carb? It seems like the carb would distribute the seafoam to the cylinders better, If I were to pour it down the carb should I pour it down both barrels?Ive herd to do this while it is running then use the seafoam to stall it out.Ive searched and couldent find any for sure answers because everybody seems to have their own opinion, some say its great stuff, others say its bad for older engines because it could break down carbon that is sealing a potential leak. I might be overthinking this but I just want whats best for my SUBARU. Thanks