TomRhere

No it ain't!!!!! My wife would be totally over joyed if I never owned a Subaru in the 1st place. Since I bought the 1st one, "(and started to collect,, ""others"")", she's turned somewhat sour on them. Although, she has "authorized" the purchase of the one I found for sale here in Mi., originally from Ne. Glad to hear that the OP of this thread got out with nothing more than some scratches, coulda been much worse......

I'll compare the spare '86 fender to my '82 and let you know. It'll be later tonight before I can do that though.

Jim and Miles Fox did the swap. I was to be there for it, but had to work. I so wanted to be involved as I have one here I'm wanting to do the swap on and wanted to see how things were done. Believe me, if Jim would've had the parts, it would've got the power windows and locks. Kinda suprized that he didn't have them though. If an area of his house wasn't needed for "living area" it was used to store parts. A true Subaru nut!!!!

ER-27, stock system minus muffler = even better growl.

Yep, it be on PS, right above the drain valve. http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/White%2086%20BRAT/?action=view&current=86BRATradiator001.jpg Single wire thermoswitch on the EA-81, two wire one on EA-82 and ER-27 models. Check that connector for corrosion, and good fit onto switch. Also check the jumper wire on the top cross brace of radiator to radiator support for good connections. The switch is battery - for the fan motor, and the jumper wire grounds radiator to body. Could be that the switch itself has gone bad. It is a good thing that the fans do work when jumpered. You said "your fans don't come on", so I take it that you have AC. Do the fans come on when the AC is turned on? AC relay sends power to the DS fan, and grounds the PS fan bypassing the radiator switch, (if I've traced the wires of the harness out correctly). AC relay is the single relay closest to the PS fender in this pic. http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/82%20BRAT/?action=view&current=underthehood.jpg

Jim told me he had sold it, and now he's down to just 2 Subarus. Good car.. Jim has always taken good care of any he owned. I've wrenched on a couple of them with him. My last trip to his place was back in February '07. Man was it cold and windy that weekend. BRRRR!!!!! Enjoy!!!! Kinda looks strange not to see a half dozen or so 'Ru's in his driveway......

I believe there's a screw on the bottom left corner also. Been awhile, memory is a bit fuzzy.

Think I would be looking at condition of the front motor mount. Missing bolt from tranny X-member may have caused it, but the front mount should've held engine from pitching that far.... Just my .02

Yeah, it ain't easy.... Replaced both main rear lines on my 1st '86 BRAT. Oh what joy that was... Pre-made lines from auto store weren't long enough, so I had to couple a short section to the longest one they had. Getting new line to lay in the area provided for them was time consuming. I've replaced lots of brake/fuel lines on lots of vehicles, the BRAT was by far the most work involved to do so. Can't say either side was harder to do, but pulling the seats out gives one more work room. You'll probally have to remove the heater blower housing on yours like I did on the BRAT. Working around the steering column isn't a picnic either. Plan on the job taking most of the day to do, when doing both sides..

Would be best to weld holes over, but bondo will do the job. May last long time, may need to be repaired, again if/when bondo is used. Depends....

Looks like my '82 only mines Black. The '82 GL BRAT's have single headlights instead of the dual headlights that the rest of the EA-81 models had. (Actually, if it has a center light, it will have single headlights.) Interior pic shows what I think is a D/R shifter, but I could be wrong. Hey, it happens....... Wish mine looked that good!!! I have the "salted road" syndrome on mine. http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c264/TomRhere/82%20BRAT/Exhaustsideview.jpg And there's more of that nasty stuff around the BRAT. Working on doing some repair to all of that stuff. Taking some time in the doing of it, but I think it'll be worth it in the end. Get the BRAT, and never look back..... Crazy?!? Naw, no more so then the rest of us on this Board. Right now I have 4 Subaru's sitting in my driveway. 1 runs, the rest are in need of repair or are for parts. I require more:banana: , but Wife says "NO"!!! Dammit!!!!

The hose from under carb goes to the heater line that runs under the altenator. Hose on T-stat housing goes to fitting shown in above picture.

quote; I was talking to him in IM, and I think he may have an einge with the front/rear crank sprockets switched out. can anyone remember any search terms that might help find that thread? http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?t=69210

As Nipper said, "if the water flows to fast, it won't pick up a lot of heat". There's not a lot of tubing in that coil, (maybe it'll hold about 4 ounces worth of liquid (if that) total) so the water won't be in it all that long, therefore not picking up much heat. One would have to rig a holding tank with a recirc pump, pumping water in a closed-loop from tank thru the tranny cooler tube back to tank, then draw water from the holding tank for the needed "hot water". Still though, there would be a limit as to amount of said "hot water". One would need to have a way of keeping holding tank supplied when drawing off some water also..

Order the GCK front axles, (no rear axles), right thru AutoZone, part number 8002 for the EA-81 vehicles. $99.xx + tax each, no core charge...

I really don't know much about parts North of Lansing, been to Grayling a few times though. How far are you from Hougton Lake? Got a co-worker that goes up there often, he's there right now matter of fact.

Only place near me that fixed wheels is no longer in business, atleast the one I knew of in Jackson is gone. You need EA-81 or EA-82 rims? I have a few extras of both lying around.

DITTO for my '82 BRAT. Nice 'Ru!!!!!!!!

The piston should sit just about flush with the dust seal, (missing in above pic). So yeah, it needs to go in somemore as it's still out to far.

I want a set of those 3D side marker lenses.......

Yes, the HG's can be done with engine in car. I prefer to pull engine myself, just because I do all seals and gaskets at the same time. Easier to see that you've gotten all old gasket material off of the surfaces. Besides, you're only 6 more bolts/nuts away from pulling engine anyways. As to how to do it with engine in car, I'll defer the answer to that to ones that have done it that way.

I like the looks of it myself... Also liking the looks of that FORD Falcon Ranchero sitting next to it, guessing a '65 or a '66 on that, but me likes.... Can't say as to how body parts would line up, but it's definetly giving me ideas. I have an '88 GL-10 Wagon and an '88 XT6 sitting here. Gotta do some measuring and what not. Thinking it's doable though, maybe not real easy, but doable.. Making it a 2-door might be a real challenge, but hey, they've done it on other cars so why not.....

1st thing I can think of is fuse or fusible link went. 2nd thing I could think of is the connection at the steering column.

Yeah, the XT6 front pulley and T-Belt covers are marked to time disty and cam pullies. Do believe that the the Spider intake equipped 4 cylinder engines were set-up the same way. Or atleast the crank pulley is marked and there's a pointer that attaches to the engine. Haven't seen a Spider set-up in quite a while, so memory is a bit fuzzy.