mcbrat

I have 2 now. one for the garage, and one for the house and my guitar repair ops....

there was a thread a year or so ago... the Pug nuts used on the alloys are not a true ball seat, just a very wide base 60 deg angle nut.... the ball seat adapters do work, but are not optimal....

All of the centerlamps had a door/cover over them, but being plastic, were subject to breaking... and a lot of times, the wires to the motor went bad or had issues with the solder joint, so it may have just been taken off at that point. there only 2 screws that hold it to some little side arms. I'm guessing the arms are still there on the sides, but not visible...

it's laying on it's side (dry cell)... pics would be in my build thread... I didn't really want to put it there, but I didn't want to go into the bed with it, since I already used up some bed for the fuel cell....

I have an AGM battery in the spare tire area on my Brat, solely because the old tray area was cut out for tire clearance and I had to make a custom mount hold down system for it, which was apain, plus I had to cut off some of the tray area too. and extending your arms all he way out at max reach with a 60 lb battery to install or remove it, is less than fun....

yeah, you're battery should be fine. I never had any issues with it in the stock location....

one of the auto parts stores I think.... I still have it, but I couldn't tell you where hardly anything is at in my garage yet.... still learning where I put everything....

I actually ended up getting one of the eraser wheels for a drill. worked pretty well.

My friend Chris (BlueJeep) was the designer/fabricator for my Brat. I've made a snow plow mount for my mower ..... pales in comparison, but I'm learning.... I just broke too much soob stuff and didn't want to wait until I could make it myself (probably never) Scott is making this his own though by going with the pivot suspension in the rear.... BTW Scott, ever ride in a vintage Ford?

problem is, you can take sooby parts only so far... hard to find a "purebred" wheeler. somethings always upgraded

exactly! The original tranny in my Red Brat had one of those fall out the first drain I did. I kept driving it, and over time, the tranny got noisier and "loose" sounding.... especially after wheeling it for the Mudwest 2 event.... hammered the snot out of it in the mud, and driving back 3 hours on the interstate, it just got horrible... when I pulled onto my street, the noise was echoing off the houses I drained the tranny before pulling it for the scrap pile, and 2 more of those "keys" fell out... that's when I did the 5 speed swap

I haven't seen anythign hit CL recently I'm keeping the engine and trans... might try and wedge it into a golf cart Alloys will be sold. might keep the seats.... then again, if it still is in decent shape, I might fix the issues and resell. it would be a good commuter for me as well. good mileage since it's a FWD 5 speed....

right, that pic is from 2001

I saw this one originally back in 2001. had 102k on it. guy didn't drive it that much because of an exhaust/tranny problem... then he hit a deer with it... still ran, but hood and fender were messed up... it's been sitting now for a few years... looks like when the snow finally melts away, it'll be retrieved from the field it sits in.... most likely it's getting parted out... it's a 2wd 5 speed....

running that smal of pipe, you'll need to cut into smaller pieces with support T's to limit the flex... does a roof rack count as an "option"

If it's that bad it'll have to be full rebuilding/strengthenig of that entire area, and redo susp mounting points, etc.... but, if it's that bad there, I can only image how the rest of frame rails look. short of a complete custom subframe build, it's only a matter of time before it collapses...

I had a brat a long time ago that had a busted torsion bar, plus the frame rail was rotted badly... I did this... http://www.indysworld.com/80s/general/USRM/mick-usrm/Strutsinrear/strut.html

it'll be fun to watch the build whatever it is

Mine's hooked up to a GM sender unit in a fuel cell. you need to find a gauge that matches up to the sender electrically, or put in an aftermarket matched set. the Subaru senders are almost complete opposite electrically from the GM units... so I couldn't use my stock gauge...

I trimmed the bottom as well for my Brat. I think this was for a mid 90's Imp.

the cheapest way, is to just cut the fenders for bigger tires. the lift alone won't help with ground clearance... I might be getting some used 27x8.50x14 bfg MTs I could sell.

nice. I just got a set of ebrake cables and lever from a '97 4-runner (floor pull like the soobs) I'm going to try and use when I get some different rear axles... or swap to rear discs...

is that the silver coupe? I really should grab the drivers door off that one.....