L Series into a Brumby?

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Sun May 11, 2014 5:07 am

What can I put in a Brumby from a L Series?
I've read heaps about the box (tail shaft and pedal box included), but what else can be used? Without too much cutting and welding

FYI I'm not interested in putting the engine in

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun May 11, 2014 7:37 am

radiator, with some work - considered a downgrade from twin to single core

and allegedly the water pump bolts right up from EA82 to EA81 ? Or was that vice versa? to use L bottom rad hose.

radiator cap

fuses and relays, most light bulbs

seats with some cut weld

inlet man and carby

pedal rubbers

as yet cannot recall if the heater fan swaps over

carby fuel pump

not much more

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:11 am

Interior light
Y-pipe

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Sun May 11, 2014 8:21 am

Thanks guys.
I've found a 90 sports wagon with 170k on the clock for $500.
I'm trying to work out what else I can use other than the box swap and 14" wheels

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Tue May 13, 2014 12:35 am

Just picked her up. A very quiet engine and good box. It's such a shame to take her off the road for parts. FYI not 14s

but paid $350 so can't complain too much

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:42 am

Any rego on it so you can drive it about for a while ? You know, get to appreciate the L's for what they are. Bought one like that years ago, was a crime to part it out - but got a lot of use of its bits. The EA82 made a nice difference in the Brumby

If the rear diff is same ratio as Brumby you can also use that or its mounting rubbers anyway, CV protector flaps ....

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Tue May 13, 2014 5:38 pm

Yeah the rear diffs are the same ratio. That's why you can swap the boxes.
We went over it today on the hoist. It's such a tidy car it'd be devastating to use it for spares.
No rust. Bit of surface rust at the only dent, size of a 20c coin.
The logical choice would be to keep the wagon and sell the Brumby. But my heart wants the Brumby lol.

If only I could easily put the dash, ac and elec mirrors in the Brumby.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue May 13, 2014 10:33 pm

don't drive the L too much or you will fall for it - more vents in the dash, just a bit quieter, bit more refined. I bought my first L for parts, drove it over 100,000km before I parted it

Shelve the Brumby for a while ?

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Thu May 15, 2014 9:59 pm

I was having major dilemas about this. But someone offered me more money than I paid for it and I get to have a box, tail shaft, pedal box and dash.
After reading more threads I might grab the Y pipe, cat and inlet manifold lol.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue May 20, 2014 11:24 pm

The entire dash board as such will not fit in the brumby without some serious work. If you're talking about the instrument cluster I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it fit in the brumby's instrument cluster's position...

Must have found someone that either wants to do this body up or use it for parts to do up another one... Good that you sold it for more than you paid for it and were able to keep the bits you needed too!

Cheers

Bennie

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Wed May 21, 2014 7:37 am

I had an L cluster sitting beside me when I had the Brumby cluster out and forgot to see if it fysically fits !! Be close. Binned the cluster since due to the tacho bein' crap reliable

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:20 am

The whole dash is only about 10mm wider

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sat May 24, 2014 10:45 am

zookcruzr wrote:The whole dash is only about 10mm wider

So your aim is to change the interior in the brumby to that of the L series?

Could be interesting.

If you go a head with it, make sure you post pics, pics, pics!!!

Cheers

Bennie

zookcruzr · Post by **zookcruzr** » Sat May 24, 2014 8:45 pm

Yeah I'll post pics, but it won't be for some time. Need to find a spare dash chassis from a Brumby. Plus I still have many renovations in the house to do lol

coxy · Post by **coxy** » Sun May 25, 2014 10:16 am

Good that it went to keeping another Subaru on the road rather than Sims metal and the crusher, Way too much good gear has been lost that way, witness how many classic Aussie mag Wheels have become poison cost wise because they melted them down for scrap, Price a set of Torana Globe Sprintmasters to see what I mean there.