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Well, got a manual, checked the wiring diagram.... Went to brumby, turned on ignition switch.... and have lights again.

It appears my ignition switch is on the blink, and was purely coincidental to occur when I'm messing around

Any form of roof mod is a nightmare for rust: Targa, moon, sun etc they all encourage rust :( Doing a big QOL (quality of life) update on mine: seats, amp, bluetooth stereo, alarm, kill switch, repairing fog/spot and work light wiring etc etc and it's been a grind: Nothing worse than repairing wirin...

AWESOME! Good job mate. I know the pain. I've got a (non-subaru) sleeper here myself. 2011 was the last time it seen the road, engine was in a couple years later, it runs but was modified, so I got to change injectors/fuel pump etc etc.. and TBH it's a chore I don't enjoy, for a car that's now worth...

I'm guilty of not checking in very often.... yes, social media is 'where it's at'...

But it's not really: We need to drop reminders across social media groups to pop over here, keep it active.

Sorry I'm so late. But NO! Australian consumer law, gives us the right to choose who we use to service (and repair, but no one will do dealership warranty work as their pay is soooooo shit). All you need is proof that it was carried out. So receipts for oils/filter/parts, and evidence that you did i...

Have a read of the post from the 7th of Feb 2023 on page 18 of Redback Brumby.

Do you have a link? I can't find it sorry

With the carb, original Hitachi? If you can still get a kit for them the rebuild is easy enough for an afternoon. Last one I did for my ute (yonks ago) ran like a swiss watch afterward. Can confirm; My cream brumby sat for a few years, then was a dog to move at all: I think the primary jet was bloc...

That's amazing... Don't think I'd do it. As for testing, fill it with water, and then pressurize. The water can't compress so there's no energy being stored. Unlike air. I recommissioned an old air compressor, and wondered how to make sure the tank is safe. The professional tank testers use nothing ...

Thanks Bennie! Awesome knowledge base you have.

Sorry can't help on the diagrams. Yes, the last of the carby cars suck when it comes to vacuum/emission hoses.

You've done some great work since having it. Makes me feel lazy

Agreed on the exhaust situation: I grabbed a EJ22 the other week. When I was unloading it at home, it hit me... Where's the exhaust???? I must of had brain fade, because I'd looked at the heads to make sure it was the dual port head (eventually I'd like it turbo'd), but never clicked the exhaust was...

Thanks Bennie! That makes it an easy decision: Next spare day, get that box then

Yes, interesting about the rust: Surprising how bad the a pillars are. Oh well, it's well worth saving, it's the best EA81 I've owned too!

I've got a Dual Range ej 5speed and rear diff, with 3.9 diff ratios. Thing is, I've found another 5 speed with the 3.9 ratio, but the rear diff is already gone: Does anyone know if any of the auto's or single range 5speed Subaru's have 3.9's so I can grab a matching diff for it? Restoring/building t...

Getting there Benny, good work. Those EGR blocks.... Always suck to repair on high mileage ones, as they often pull the threads out... On my first Brumby, a 10,000km old 92 model (a long time ago) I kept blowing those damn gaskets: My tradeschool teacher told me to use silicon on them (not exhaust p...

IIRC the reason we didn't do a full loom swap was because they were two total different trim levels (power windows/mirrors seats etc, where as the aus cas isn't), being a jap import, even the dash cluster is different (jap one has max 180km/h) etc. So merging the two looms is the best/easiest/safest...

Ain't no shame in using an aftermarket ECU, the flexibility will be a blessing. Backwards engineering a wiring loom into a different vehicle, isn't that much fun, unless it's like some of the nissan/mitsubishi etc where the engine harness is it's own thing. When my mate converted his patrol from car...

No genuine units available new
And second hand is ..... not common.

Universal, what ever I can find it is... I'll get on it.

Awesome, thank you. I better check, but I'm confident that Gen 1 box I got was a 3.9 I'm working on two brumby's slowly... My targa is the 'good one'... my other is gonna ge the beater/hopefully daily: I'm thinking I'll use the L series 5spd in that, and leave as 4 stud to wear out all the 13 inch t...

Nice job on the wiring. Can confirm subaru ECU wiring is NOT conversion friendly. Many years ago (~2008 IIRC) I was given the task of a full swap of JDM 2nd gen sequential turbo (I can't remember now if it was the EJ20H or the EJ20R, I think it was the R.... I'll explain). The car came over in 2 hal...

Yeah, there'll be tickets coming my way...