dr fang

Hello chaps, my brumby/brat ute has just developed an alarming noise from the gear box ? area.. It goes clunk clunk clunk in time with the speed i am travelling. engaging the clutch, or putting it in neutral and coasting stops the clunking. As i type this i am thinking it may be a universal joint:confused: a happy easter to all.N

hmmmmmmmm, thats very interesting, all the utes here had points distributers. i did a hunt and found a copy of a gregorys manual available online.Quite adequate for my needs. Thanks to the person who took the time to scan and upload.

hello all, I need to check/re set the ignition timing on the brumby. does anyone have the specs for.. point gap, degrees before TDC for points to open and maybe plug gap OR a link to the same info. thanx

Thanks for the advice, I might pull it off and remount it on something to absorb some of the vibes.

gentlemen, My 82 brumbie's fuel pump is very noisy, i can hear it thumping away like a jamacian rythem band over the engine noise at idle. Is this normal? I am also 102 years old and starting to grow hair out of my ears,,is this normal too? ( oh sorry , wrong message board) a replacement was quoted at AU$ 160, so i dont want to buy a new one for the fun of it. How noisy are your pumps?

Quite so, i intend "when i have time" to buy a junked motor and operate on its innards, cam,deck port and polish the heads etc. I had a play with the carbie today, intending to give the coathanger treatment (subaru4.net)to the secondary intake. Twas only after running back and foward from the pics on the computer to the carbie that the penny dropped. The mod will work on left hand drive cars, the right hand drive carbie is a bit different.i have sussed out an alternative method, but i think it would invole carbie dismanteling, and is best done on a spare. I am still confused about the vacum operation of the secondary. It should be possible to override the vacum advance "somehow" perhaps by a solenoid of some sort. And yes i know life is too short for this sort of nonsense but what the heck,,its a harmless hobby and i like it!

have a squiz at the fuji heavy industries web site ( history) they also made a turbo version of this 600cc power house, unfortunately not exported from japan

greetings all and hello from melbourne Australia, I am now the proud owner of an 82 brumby ute, and naturally am seeking more grunt!. Apart from the wrx option, which a company in melbourne will cheerfully do for an undisclosed sum,i would like to get a little more from the tonka toy. I like the idea of drilling the air cleaner housing, but then thought that a flexi pipe from the origional air intake nossle, possibly pruned a bit shorter, and a large diamater flexi hose directed to the front grille would force "cool" air into the manifold. My 280ce benz has a similar set up. I cant be bothered replacing the carb with a webber, but the chap at subaru4.net has rigged the carb (on his ea81)so that the secondary barrel opens earlier. he acheived this feat with a bit of bent coathanger.hmmmmmmmmm, this made me think that it might be possible to rig up some sort of override to the vacum sensor that actuates the second barrel intake. I dont know whether it needs more vacum, or less to open the second barrel. any one have any clues?? (ps i hope this is the correct way to post,,,visualise dr fang prostrate and grovelling if not so)