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all i need to do is check some bolts,bleed my brakes and i can drive her.....i am stoked!cheers, brian

dig it! i wanted to buy those wheels , but would have had nothing to put them on that did not destroy them.glad they went to someone to utilize them proper.lookin good mang.cheers, brian

the size is irrelevant.some people like things to be proportionate.i fit 235s on my brat when it was at 4".and i hated the way it looked.those same tires on lilly look hawt.....................and she's at 6".

still have only driven it in the driveway.but i am not worried about it.cheers, brian

i have not gotten to the axles.mainly because i am waiting for my "free machining" to be done.it id free, and will probably take another like, month or two.but oh well.i will be trying out some stuff on the green wagon now that i am going a different direction with the hatch.so ,when i get the pieces back i will start building them. cheers, rbain

advice, don't use an ea82!!!!!use an ej22..cheers, rbain

yeah, bill did this one.and once again he outdid himself. ya see,i traded bill for that lift kit originally for the hatch .....then ended up building a subframe for it. so i had some of my brat stuff layin around.i didn't really want to bring a stock subie to the offroad meet,so i built lilly.well, am building lily. SO, a tale of steering linkage.. once upon a time there was about 4 configurations of steering linkage devised to fit for the ea series vehicles.and a few for the legacy models. at first i took an ea setup and lengthened it.bad angle . no go. then i took several pieces and melded them together with pieces of ea81 manual steering rod(the one that comes from the rag joint up).went through several configs. until found one that worked. then took an ea82 manual piece, and an ea series short joint and it almost worked.angle was still bad but in theory looked good. then took a legacy piece and an ea piece with some rod in it and it worked, but VERY clunkily....so i thought i would buy a bushing to connect the rod to the framerail.but the rod was to big.i had bought the only bushings that they had that would suit the mounting space constraints. welp, then i thought , you know mang,that ea82 manual piece and short ea81 piece worked for doug(mugs)maybe i'll try it again.(thanks mugsy) so i lined her up , found where she was rubbing(and not allowing full movement by the way) and filed those areas ever so slightly.voile', mounted her up and she works like a charm. anyways,mounted an auxilary fuse panel a minute ago.am working on the stereo,and such inside.need some weld time to get the skidplate on.and she will be wheelable.i will be driving her next week to do any shakedowns needed.hopefully including a few hours at the local ORV so i can see her limits.gonna be a little different than a brat.cheers, brian cream,thank you.:grin:but will take milk if its the only option......

just take the ************in swaybar out.,,,,,,,

she is the lillypad per my daughter .i call her lilly.you don't really get to call her anything...... and jeff,i will get some more pics up in the next couple of days.i have to put a bushing on the steering linkage to get the "clunk" down.....then i will drive her.i got tabs today. i drove her in the driveway yesterday to adjust the clutch cable.but that was only about 2 ft one way and 3 ft the other:lol:....cheers, brian e3dit;i fixed the steering via transplant to different steering model , and it works.its a DOUGLINKS model.

better departure angle.cheers, brian

any standard six lug (toyota,chevy,nissan,isuzu)is what you are looking for.i do not know chevy, but i am thinking the 6 lug back then is a little different...probably not though. the easiest way to tell is to either measure for 6x5.5 (center to center) ,or take a subaru hub and knockout two of the lugs then see if it fits.i did that to a hub and just took it with me everywhere i was likely to run into rims . there are alot of questions answered up top of this(offroad) forum.FAQ......i had some charts a long time ago , but i do not think they got stickied. cheers, brian edit:there is no sticky.the search is ok,but i would just browse the posts. http://www.subarubrat.com/ http://www.indysworld.com/80s/general/USRM/subrepair.htm these are a couple of places that you can get started with a bunch of basic info.but , specifically the subarubrat page leads to a link that is for six lugging your wheels, or hubs, i can't remember.look there.there is other info that your gonna want anyway.

yeah, i love green things.:)she is in contention for my all time favs........ it will be weird to have all that room in a lifted rig.i am used to stuffing everything in a brat.should be fun.cheers, brian

i'm not here to argue, but i can't believe that it is a safe thing to do when you would be losing all of your torsional rigidity that the doors offer. and i can't see a guy opening all four doors at the same time while flexing. there is a difference in opening them, and having them non-existent also....going over bumps,driving over rough areas etc..... just sayin.....just from the weight of the BODY itself, i have jacked up a brat and had it deflect 2 inches from corner to corner.when i was measuring to put that blue brat body onto the toyota frame........anyways. i love the doorless look too.but would at least put a bar between the jambs if i was you.cheers, brian

look at the trees....they are all proper,i would bet it is real...cheers, brian

besides the fact that you will lose alot of rigidity when you take the rear doors off. they are designed to be part of the puzzle.just be aware of that...cheers, brian

why yes, yes it will rob.i will finally get to offroad with you guys.:lol:in a subaru..:banana:cheers, brian

welp, she should roll pretty good now.i'm kinda proud of her.she looks better than i thought she would, as i am a brat/hatch kinda guy. but i had some stuff layin around to do it with so........ she runs, but does not drive yet.i got as far as building the steering linkage, carrier bearing mounts,and tranny linkage today. out of those the steering and tranny linkages are basically done.i have to mount the steering linkage,and i am finished with the base of the tranny linkage.i still need to lengthen the shifter itself.so.she is really close to driving. i made the carrier bearing mounts, but they are only half way mounted 'cause i was tired. not bad since friday. install engine and tranny,make it run install front lift with new brakelines swap out the rearend with the one on the hatchsos i could have the 6 lug and discs steering,and tranny linkages i basically just need to mount the rear shocks,the carrier bearing mounts,and adjust the clutch.then tab her and start driving her again. then i can start to put the skidplate on,and other goodies .enjoy... cheers, brian

ok, so , who is going early to claim sites?i thought i would bring this to the main thread.......i am planning on leaving here on thursday night.that means i will be coming in pretty early in the morning. however , i am the suck at searching....so,,,if someone helps me out here to understand how to get there.i can get some "this seats taken" goin on. anyone else looking at getting there this early?cheers, brian

yeah, try the regular throwout bearing.dontcha think?cheers, brian

i will attest to the fact that the there are color changes in these wires.most of the ones i have found have been either straight opposite from what they were before,or different colors altogether . ,but have found it to be true in wagons and brats. specifically the years from 83-84 wagons,and 86-87 brats. defenitely get the schematic for your vehicle. cheers, brian

" thats kinda how i feel.only i don't know how to drive!:lol:cheers, brian

how does a welder help?

i will be there , roo or not.but should be driving the green lilypad.cheers, brian

alot of things would be different.:)but a bang up job it is.:drunk:cheers mick , brian

sweet............:grin:thats awesome mick!when you takin it wheelin?cheers, brian