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David, Just a hint for you, when you start, use a fishing tackle box when you strip it down, it keeps everything in the one place. Also, be sure to photograh the carby in situ before you take it out, especially all the hoses, etc. Cheers and good luck Stuart Thanks for that, I thought there'd be ext...

Thanks for that, hope the move went smoothly!!

TOONGA wrote:The carby is safe in a box in the shed

Im hoping to be in Perth in a couple of weeks, on the weekend. I will call you before I come up.

TOONGA

Hey Julian, what happened to the carby? Stuart :( As the title says Ive moved house (still renting :( ) I didn't realise just how much stuff can fit into a house in a period of 5 years ... now I know ... as well how many car parts can i collect to use on my "projects" Still waiting for telstra to ge...

Do you have one of those interfence busters for ignition coil to prevent normal radio interference, wonder if a newie would help and/or one connected into the drivng lights power circuit? Hey, just checked and nothing there, perhaps that would be a good place to start, thanks to you all for the inp...

How much are you prepared to spend ? New old stock carburetors are available from ebay all the time. http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0&_nkw=Ford+Pinto+Mercury+Bobcat+Carburetor&_sacat=0&_from=R40 very similar to webers and way cheaper If you really want a 32/36 ...

Webers are a pretty good carby so they don't really come dead cheap. I think I paid around $400 for mine NIB with an adaptor plate. Electric choke was more of a headache then a benefit, so it got taken off (just let her warm up before tromping it ;) ). Worth every penny. I took mine off recently an...

jims wrote:Have you looked on at ebay International sales? Saw some a while back shipped from UK for about $350. Still a lot of money though!

Yep, I do international searches, I thought perhaps there might have been a local secondhand one out there.

Cheers and thanks tho.

Gannon wrote:Does it do it with the engine off?

I tried it in the garage with engine off and on - wouldn't do it either way, doncha just love it!!

Maybe there was interference from power lines or something?

The spotties are powered direct to the battery

I am thinking of changing from the Hitachi to a weber. I have looked on ebay but they want 600 +, if anyone has one, can they let me know the details, thanks

Stuart:)

I was just looking thru the ebay website and noticed that the US Brats had engines from 1800 - 2000 - 2200 - 2500. Does anyone know if these are interchangeable with our Brumbys. I would expect that they would be close to a simple drop in......... maybe that is just wishful thinking!!!:D

Gigi, I did a rebuild on my Hitachi just recently, still didn't fix it. I couldn't get the main jets out. Think that is still the problem as it coughs and splutters on acceleration.

I am actually thinking of swapping it out for a weber 32/36 carby.

Thanks guys,
I will have to check the wiring, the switch wiring runs close to the stereo.

The lights are standard Hella spotlights that I have had hanging around for 20 odd years!!!

I have just replaced the ignition on the steering column with one I bought on ebay. Just as a word of caution, the one I bought has a stalk that is at a slightly different angle to the old one and sits differently. Now my indicators wont cancel!!! Dont know what is worse, dicky ignition or indicator...

This has got me beat, I have recently wired up some spotties to my Brumby as per the instructions. I listen to 100.1 Curtin FM cause it has country! I notice that when I put the spotties on, the radio goes all static and the sound quality drops. High beam doesn't do it. Do I need something on my coi...

I just replaced the ignition on my Brumby today. Bought a replacement on ebay for $135. I used a centre punch on the two security bolts and they popped out quite easily! I was bloody happy with that, I thought that would be the hardest. Put the new one in and bolted everything up, fortunately DID NO...

Just put another replacement headlight in. Only put one in about 16 months ago. Bloke at auto-one said could be a bad earth overheating the filament?

I cleaned up the area so I will see how it goes.

Woo Hoo !!! After I put the sloppy gear lever kit in, I then drilled out the old hole in the selector sleeve and rod. I then got a bolt with an oversized shank so that it fitted nice and tight. Bolted it all up and it goes an absolute treat now, nice and notchy and into reverse like a rat up a drain...

Well today I put in the sloppy gear lever kit from Andy. Thanks Andy although it didn't fix the problem. What I ended up doing is to drill out the hole in the shaft and put in a new bolt. It looks like I may have fixed it, will test run it tomorrow.

C.K.'s in Wangara is a reasonably good place, knows his subarus.