Naked Buell

So guys I am getting things in line and to be honest it only takes me about 15 minutes of reading on the Ej swaps and I am out in the garage trying to find something to work. Well I am getting the harness to the point of test firing before I start to install the harness knowing I am good to go. My question is, the engine is rebuilt, but I have not turned her over since the install of the engine components so I am wondering if I should squirt some oil down the spark plug holes and rotate by hand a couple of times before trying to crank? Any before cranking advice would to appreiciated. There is a lot of knowledge and experience on this site. Thx guys. Believe me, you guys are helping me do this swap more than you get credit for.

The odmeter won't go backwards will it?????

I have the Brat cluster out and was wondering if anyone has ever hooked up the speed o cable to a drill and turn the odmeter back to 0000? I have a rebuilt 2.2T in the Brat and haven't even turned her over yet, but close, and wanted to take the odmeter of 223,000 and have her at 0 for the new engine. Any thoughts?

So asking for confirmation guys; once I splice in the ECS light in my dash to pin 1 of the round plug in the back of the dash, I take that to the plug for the 2.2T ECU, F47, pin 19; right? That is what I am getting from the schematics.

Nice info Wagon Wagon. It's always nice to hear from a man on the inside.

I have seen so many people with O.B.s that really look good. I like the green. If I had one, I have always liked the safari look.

First thing I was change is the fuel filter. Something can be floating in the filter and moves around and cause some starvation problems. You actually might get a great deal if you just look and the basics. But what you do is have a friend follow you there or go there with a truck so if anything happens, don't even mess around. Just tow it back. They don't weigh very much. I used my Brat and I towed another Subie I bought all the way home and come to find out, it was a bad ecu. I had a spare so for giggles to check, I plugged in my spare ecu and she fired right up. Changed back to the bad one, and she would just crank and crank. Plugged the other one in and fired off and ran great.

I put legacy front clip on my 85 Brat, but of course I had to modify a bit and of course it widened the front of the car by 2 inches on both sides but I just put spacers on the rear to correct that. For $100, snag it dude. Well worth it and if the parts you have won't fit for what you need you can see them to guys on here and get the ones you need.

Nice work on the exhaust DaveT. I have not tried to Tig yet and the more and more I see it I want to try it. I paid someone to do the last exhaust on my Rx and then when I got underneath my car I want to beat him with the exhaust. It is garbage. It looks like a child playing making metal stick together, and I paid $400 and got garbage. I guess I should look into a tig machine.

Sounds electrical to me, especially the ecu was telling you before it lost communication. Time to start hunting. Maybe it rubbed somewhere and cut through some wires or something came unplugged, hopefully. I hate when you take your car to the dealer and you are expecting them to know the cars inside and out and they don't. It's like taking them to a auto mechanic who has never worked on a Subaru. That is why I love this forum and work on all of my own stuff. You got these days. Too expensive otherwise.

I don't believe so. I have been under the dash several times and I haven't ever found an ecu, but the Brat probably had option, I'm guessing. And I just confirmed, the door tag said made in 12/84; so it is an 85.

Ohhhhhh. That makes sense. Thx

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It is an 85. But I don't know what you mean feedback carb model?

I have seen a lot of you guys talking about it. Can someone explain that?

I have the spot and there is a bulb in it too. I took it out and shined a light and it is there. So I guess I will just splice one in with the wire already there in the round plug? I will let you know if I need it; Thx. Start heating up the soldering gun.

I have found that if you are replacing one side the other side isn't far behind. Plus, then you know both are good and document it and you can see how long you go before the next replacement. I always inspect every once in a while to look for cracks in the boot. Usually the one close to the exhaust pipe.

I have found that if you are replacing one side the other side isn't far behind. Plus, then you know both are good and document it and you can see how long you go before the next replacement. I always inspect every once in a while to look for cracks in the boot. Usually the one close to the exhaust pipe.

Here is the pics of my Rx. So with the stock size tires on, I have 6.5" inches of clearance at the bottom of the rear diff.

Go somewhere where you can make the tightest turn you can either left or right. Then come to a complete stop and crank your steering wheel as far as it will go, left or right depending on the direction and then make a complete 360 circle. If the cv is bad, you will hear the famous "click, click, clicking" noise to let you know.

Cool. Thx Bratman just ordered the speedo. So I have the dash cluster out and I have two plugs out of the back of the speedo. One white and blue and another plug, black and yellow with red stripe. So I am going with the black and yellow one like you said. So once things are hooked up, with the Brat flash the ECS light in the dash for reading codes?

I am dying laughing right now. So funny, I'm reading the posts out loud to my wife and we are both laughing. Just let someone talk for about 5 minutes and you will know if they know what they are talking about,,,,or if they "don't" know what they are talking about.

I don't have the stock ea speed o cable. So can you get that from Rock Auto or do you have to get that from a Subie dealer???

Cool. I'm on it. Thx Bratman.

Here is how I made a bracket on the Brat. Just going to wrap the filter with some rubber tape and she pushes down snug.