G'day from a new Brumby tragic!
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 3:39 pm
Hey all, I'm Lucas, i decided i needed a cheap but different car to put the tinny in the water and go to the tip...
So i brough a 1991 Targa Brumby with a head gasket issue.. i promised my wife id just do that and a little bit of welding (no surprise the door hinge area) and we'd just smoke around in it
Turns out it wasn't a head gasket at all and was in fact a welch plug, Dave at Subarino has been awesome with advice and parts
Try as i might i could not get the plug out with the engine in so took the whole thing out
I have ended up doing
Engine out, welch plugs and head gaskets replaced (including 2x inlet manifold studs snapping flat with the head) and heads skimmed
Rear main seal replaced and new gasket kit fitted
Drilling and tapping a barb into the top of the engine where a small water pipe had rusted out
Change of inlet manifold because the old water pipes had rusted out/been sealed up
Welding to the sill, lower door hinge area on the passenger door and the car, 2 x holes next to the T top and both rear removable panels below the tailgate
Dash swapped out for an uncracked one
Replaced ignition switch and door locks
Floor covering swapped for better
Seat repair
Windscreen seal
fixed up tailgate latches
The engine is back in now and will start and run (nicely) briefly before cutting out, i know i don't have all those bloody vacuum hoses right but for the life of me i cannot figure out the complex system and how to get it all back together. i known there are diagrams on the web and in the manual i got but the seem to relate to the US?
Is there a decent Aussie diagram anywhere?
So i brough a 1991 Targa Brumby with a head gasket issue.. i promised my wife id just do that and a little bit of welding (no surprise the door hinge area) and we'd just smoke around in it
Turns out it wasn't a head gasket at all and was in fact a welch plug, Dave at Subarino has been awesome with advice and parts
Try as i might i could not get the plug out with the engine in so took the whole thing out
I have ended up doing
Engine out, welch plugs and head gaskets replaced (including 2x inlet manifold studs snapping flat with the head) and heads skimmed
Rear main seal replaced and new gasket kit fitted
Drilling and tapping a barb into the top of the engine where a small water pipe had rusted out
Change of inlet manifold because the old water pipes had rusted out/been sealed up
Welding to the sill, lower door hinge area on the passenger door and the car, 2 x holes next to the T top and both rear removable panels below the tailgate
Dash swapped out for an uncracked one
Replaced ignition switch and door locks
Floor covering swapped for better
Seat repair
Windscreen seal
fixed up tailgate latches
The engine is back in now and will start and run (nicely) briefly before cutting out, i know i don't have all those bloody vacuum hoses right but for the life of me i cannot figure out the complex system and how to get it all back together. i known there are diagrams on the web and in the manual i got but the seem to relate to the US?
Is there a decent Aussie diagram anywhere?
