What did you do to improve your soobie today

Subydoug · Post by **Subydoug** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:19 pm

Today I put on my "new" Hub caps. I think it looks pretty darn sweet!

Regards

Doug

tambox · Post by **tambox** » Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:33 pm

Finished off fitting the "flares" to the towner.

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:44 pm

This post could have gone in any number of treads but...
Whole eeee Crap !!
Yesterday while dodging vomiting children (still got one going for it) I managed to change over the bushes in the 4 speed EA81 gearbox on the MY gear stick (thanks FROG) and cut a slit in the selector sleeve with info on the forum (thanks Bennie) and I now have 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and reverse. All tight !!.
Previous to this I had 1st, 2nd, 3rd, grind and reverse/grind.
Absolutely amazing. If someone has a sloppy gear stick in an EA81 MY/Brumby 4speed, get some new bushes and cut the slit in the selector. 2 x hacksaw blades side by side on the frame will cut a reasonably wide cut which will be fine. I used a socket head high tensile bolt and a nyloc nut so it wouldnt come loose.
Again, amazing difference.
I can drive on the highway again where as before I could get out of 3rd unless I was prepared for some horrid noises.
Do it, do it now.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:17 pm

Cliff R wrote:If someone has a sloppy gear stick in an EA81 MY/Brumby 4speed, get some new bushes and cut the slit in the selector. 2 x hacksaw blades side by side on the frame will cut a reasonably wide cut which will be fine. I used a socket head high tensile bolt and a nyloc nut so it wouldnt come loose.

I'd also re-check that tension on the bolt after a week then an extra month after that. I've just found that Sunnie's is loose again

I'm hoping the bolt will be able to squeeze the shaft and get a better grip once again!

Cheers

Bennie

Stretchomatic · Post by **Stretchomatic** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:41 pm

New driving lights!

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Cheers, Stretch.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:09 pm

Took the slack out of my EA82T's timing belts.
They have not been touched in 45,000km and have gone a little slack.
Simple enough to remove fans, radiator, fanbelt, fixed pump fan for best access
ripped the covers off - my rubber o rings on the cover bolts meant no swearing.
Diagram tells me top bolt of both sides is the pivot bolt, lower is the lock bolt of each tensioner pulley. Loosened them off, allowed the spring tension to do the adjust, nicked 'em back up to the piddly 15 ftlbs and put it all back together. Washed the radiator overflow bottle out, quick hose flush of the crap in the radiator, new anti corrsosin stuff and she sounds a bit tighter

happy !

tambox · Post by **tambox** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:23 pm

L series No3 got its clutch fan taken off and replaced with an MY A/C thermo, cools down at the traffic lights, rather than getting hotter. A/C is happier in hot traffic.

Cliff R · Post by **Cliff R** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:51 pm

Found out the ea82 in the L series can idle with the A/C on and with a lead off on the dizzy cap.
Running on 3 cylinders.
Limpted home through traffic (turned A/C off at this stage) plugged the lead back on and off we go again, all good.

60766244 · Post by **60766244** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:27 pm

Gave brumby a really really good detail internally, washed and waxed the outside. treated the tray with some more killrust to be sure. Good fun overall!

pezimm · Post by **pezimm** » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:32 pm

Gave the Foz a really good wash to get the salt and sand off from a long weekend at Phillip Island carting kayaks and surfboards around...

Also, fitted my off-road tyres for next weekend shenanigans!

Pedro.

Brumbyowner · Post by **Brumbyowner** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:42 am

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

Wooster · Post by **Wooster** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:14 pm

Working hard on motivating myself to get under the brumby to change the rear shocks......given the rain will need to up the ante on motivation!

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:08 pm

No real need to get under as such on the normal Brumby rears as I found recently.... Long extension in 1/2" , breaker bar and 17mm to poke above wheel still in place - just spray some good CRC556 on the backs of the bolts and let sit for a while, then reach under for the botttom bolt. One tip is when fitting leave bottom bolt up to last so you can juggle the top bolts in and make sure you start their threads off by hand before any tools or risk stripping coz you got the angle wrong like I did once

T.Farm.Brumby · Post by **T.Farm.Brumby** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 10:10 pm

Detailed the interior of Roxy properly this arvo. Cleaned out all that lovely human slime from 28 years of prior owners

Grabbed a can of touch up paint in the right code for when I patch all the rust, fuel filter (way more expensive than a Brumby filter

) and a new set of Platinums and leads all from Autobarn this arvo. Keen as a bean for the weekend now!

Brumbyowner · Post by **Brumbyowner** » Thu Mar 21, 2013 11:00 pm

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.

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:07 pm

Welded up a trolley for the mig today. Took a while plus some of the welds are a bit dodgy but its much needed practice lol

What has that to do with my Foz you ask?

Its the 1st bit of welding I have done in over 10yrs, practice for doing some welding on the body lift kit I have (tieing the rear trailing arm blocks together) then the biggie...fabbing up a combination bullbar mount/recovery point/winch mount. I'll really need my skills honed for that one!

Brumbyowner · Post by **Brumbyowner** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:23 pm

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 drainpipe.

Thanks to Andy and all the other contributors, you make life so much easier!!!!!

Rodeo4jake · Post by **Rodeo4jake** » Mon Mar 25, 2013 3:40 pm

That is a good fix, if you find it loosens up again you will have to cut the slot in the sleeve so that the bolt clamps the sleeve onto the shaft. But doing what you've done should last as long as it did from factory till now.

Cheers Jake

Wooster · Post by **Wooster** » Tue Mar 26, 2013 8:14 pm

Sorted (organised) a body pretty up, inclusive of getting rid of the numerous little pits, crows feet, blistering & a 100% body job and repaint.Just waiting for the finished job, targa top and reo red.................soon. Now for the 427 chev donk.........I wish

Brumbyowner · Post by **Brumbyowner** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 2:53 pm

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.