What did you do to improve your soobie today

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:36 pm

Taken the idea from another forum cause I want to bring it to this forum and for some reason this one feals like home.

Well today I wired up the l series fitiment of interior lights to my Brumby with extra added LEDS. Fair dinkum the interior lights up like January 1st.

Worked out the PCD for the EA82 flywheel fit to the EJ20 motor.
Realised I didn't mix the paint well enough when I sprayed the wellback nd the wellback is the slightest shade lighter.

Earlier in the week I fitted the L series interior lights and added the LED's.

Share you creations please.

2nd Hand Yank · Post by **2nd Hand Yank** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:59 pm

Wanted to buy some stuff, but stores close shortly after I finish work.
So just a bunch of research, really.

Went to the Bunbury Subaru to pick up some extra grille insert screws,
only to be completely ignored at the parts counter for 5 minutes, so I just left.
It was late and by the time someone returned they'd probably tell me "...they're closed, sorry..."

Want to get some tabs welded on to my roobar for my Narva Ultra Compacts,
but the place that gave me a great quote for TIG welding is only open during the hours I normally work.
So that will have to wait for the rare chance I get to go home early, or my next RDO.

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:24 pm

Bought engine stand from supercheap to mount ej20G engine and start slow rebuild process as finances permit, ..expected standby replacement for brumby.

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:39 pm

Adjusted idle speed from stalling while stopped at lights to running nicely. Only to find later that day the idle speed is now way too fast...just can't win sometimes

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:54 am

drove it, passed a Hilux cruising at 85 in a 90 zone (the hide to dawdle!) did it in 4th (top) with ease in the 5,000km old complete rebuild EA81 that SNORTS due to the LPG carby sitting on an efi throttle body directly on the manifold

Mr Hilux gave me a dirty look too ??

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:47 am

I'm gonna do an oil change this weekend.

Hey revmax, you live in Coffs Harbour, I live in Nambucca.

Steptoe, so you are using a turbo EA81 intake manifold with your carby EA81 to run gas?

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:52 am

Hey Gannon yer I noticed you were "out Bowra way"
no fixing today but will be taking a drive to Kempsey to look at another Brumby for parts/farm ute.

Post by **TOONGA** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:23 am

I connected the VSS up to the ECU in my vortexand put 20 dollar seat covers over the seats to hide them from potential children damage.

TOONGA

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:14 am

I bled the cooling system with a Coke bottle

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:19 pm

niterida wrote:I bled the cooling system with a Coke bottle

And a few months ago i fixed my exhaust with a coke can. Lifes Good. What would we do without coke?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:46 pm

Hey revmax, would you like 2 front brumby guards in good condition? I tried to sell them ages ago, but freight was uneconomical.

Gimme a carton of beer and i'll drop em off in coffs next time im up there

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:23 pm

I took the roof top camper off to go 4wd'n tomorrow, plus I'll get even better fuel economy than what i've been getting already recently

Cheers

Bennie

Davidov · Post by **Davidov** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 10:39 pm

Mounted some narva 160/115 spotlights to my new subaextreme bull bar that i received and mounted on 5 days ago.

Haven't had a chance to properly test but initial thoughts are quite impressed. Plus they look great on my bar.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:04 am

Never seen the rooftop camper you have there Bennie, neat.

Coke eh ? I need to flush my Vorts cooling system again .......

Gannon, I grafted a Lancer? efi throttle body to the EA81 carby manifold and found a piece of silicon hose to couple that to the gas mixer directly above....

where is my camera??? I couldn't post pics up last time I drove this baby

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Just shoved the 170F 77C thermostat in, thought it odd, no thermostat in there and it was running like it had one, about half way, then rise a bit, drop, maybe rise further to trigger the fan. Back to old thermostat theory - needs a restrictor to replace the thermostat if running without. My Vort EA82T runs five degrees C cooler without a thermostat. Two engines running differently to each other with no thermostat ??

Then, I spot the 180F 82C thermostat on the driveway - it came out in the burst of release as the gasket let go, martian blood everywhere and a bit of my own

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:31 am

How come I havent seen this before, I thought you would have done a write up.

I changed the engine oil and filter and installed a transmission oil cooler yesterday afternoon.

There have been ongoing road works on my way to work and the dust has taken its toll on my air filter. Gonna have to get a new one on monday

Green_eyed_liberty · Post by **Green_eyed_liberty** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:55 pm

i put fuel in mine?

....replaced a buggered driveshaft last week tho

revmax · Post by **revmax** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:32 pm

Green_eyed_liberty wrote:i put fuel in mine?

ROFL
Spent 20min trying to find a rattle in the door of my Brum only to find I haden't done one of the panels up in the ute back and it was the culprit.
I hate rattles !

Foghorn · Post by **Foghorn** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 8:48 pm

I washed the mud off

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 10:20 pm

Did it about three years ago, and it is not finished - temporary install - supposed to fit the twins up when the EA82 mpfi set up goes in other Brumby

niterida · Post by **niterida** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:17 pm

steptoe wrote: Coke eh ? I need to flush my Vorts cooling system again .......

I never used Coke - just the Coke bottle.

Don't know if anyone else knows of this trick - it was in a Zoom magazine. Basically cut the bottom of the bottle off, turn it upside shove it in the filler neck and seal it with blu tack or similar then just run the car with the heater on full until bubbles stop coming out. As it gets hot the water will expand up into the bottle. Let it cool down and suck the water back down, replace the radiator cap and good to go.

Although I haven't driven or checked the car since so I don't know if it has worked or not and the article did say you may have to do it 3 or 4 times.