Subie Boys , Lovey80 Resto

dave · Post by **dave** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:14 pm

last celtic warrior wrote:Oops, sorry. That was a trade secret (a simple fix that makes the "technician" look like a wizard).

So, I retract my previous advice and replace it with...:

MAGIC MATE, IT'S MAGIC. LEAVE IT TO US WIZARDS...

Does "Barnes Automotive Technologies" manufactuer magic number plates? mine has a few scratches in it, they are about 25 bucks yeah?

lovey80 · Post by **lovey80** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:50 pm

A shot of the car now running nice. Still got a lot of small teething stuff to do but she certainly looks nice I think. Im not sure how to make the photo come up on the page?

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:00 pm

Looking mint Chris .......

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lovey80 · Post by **lovey80** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:49 am

Thanks Andy! For any members looking for parts I highly recommend Frog to deal with.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:34 am

FROG wrote:

One smick look machine *2 thumbs up*

lovey80 wrote:Thanks Andy! For any members looking for parts I highly recommend Frog to deal with.

+1

thunder039 · Post by **thunder039** » Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:53 pm

looking great

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:48 am

best brumby bullbar ever. beautiful work

nairobery · Post by **nairobery** » Sat Apr 13, 2013 4:06 pm

amazing work

ktmtragic · Post by **ktmtragic** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:56 pm

I really enjoyed the thread and read it from the start. BUT if you think we believe you are doing this out of the goodness of your hearts and parts only you are FOS. We have gained some useful knowledge, but please don't push the envelope it does you no favours

Silverbullet · Post by **Silverbullet** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:17 pm

ktmtragic wrote:Deleted

*Edited* False alarm! Explanation recieved, all is well now.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 2:59 am

ktmtragic wrote:*DELETED*

I have never meet Rick but from my dealings with him, I have found him to be true and honest sort of a guy, so unless you know him personally then I'd have to agree with Silverbullet... Keep your nasty opinions to yourself !!

Silverbullet wrote:Is it so hard to believe there's still some good left in the world? This isn't the place for your nasty opinions, next time keep it to yourself.

I guess it must be for this guy

rtcb65 · Post by **rtcb65** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 9:20 am

Silverbullet wrote:Is it so hard to believe there's still some good left in the world? This isn't the place for your nasty opinions, next time keep it to yourself.

RSR 555 wrote:I have never meet Rick but from my dealings with him, I have found him to be true and honest sort of a guy, so unless you know him personally then I'd have to agree with Silverbullet... Keep your nasty opinions to yourself !!

I guess it must be for this guy

Thank you guys. It is people like this , is one of the reasons why we stopped doing resto's.

A smart person ( not intelligent , i have met very intelligent people to intelligent to be smart.), would do a number crunch. Brumby was with us or 3 years. So i you add up 3 years wages or 3 people , that makes or a very dear subaru. People wont pay around $10 k or a turboed brumby, so who would pay $100k or a non turbo one.

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 10:41 am

just ignore the idiot. 11 posts...

So how is the brumby going? I havnt seen anything about it for a while.

lovey80 · Post by **lovey80** » Sun Dec 15, 2013 11:05 am

What a fcking ass clown!

Rick and the whole Subie team have been nothing but honest, genuine people throughout my whole dealings with them. There isn't a post on this forum that I could possibly contradict. So unless you have intimate knowledge to the contrary, keep your uniformed negative opinions to yourself.

The brumby is going ok. I have been so busy over the last year I haven't been able to get around to finishing off the last bits of it.

Things still left to do include:

Fix a sensor issue, when the car gets warm it can temporarily cut the engine/drive while driving. Pushing the clutch it and pumping the throttle gets it going again. Thoughts on the brains trust on this would be greatly appreciated.

Rear diff, rick lent me an old open diff to borrow while I sorted out the cusco LSD which I still haven't got around to doing. I'm thinking the clutch plate style cusco is too aggressive for an AWD car that spends most of its time on the road. I think I'll try and swap it for a good/new condition viscous LSD.

Rear shocks need replacing. The OME shocks are too fat to fit with these tyres and the mount at the top has a very loud rattle (rick advised against it-lesson learned). I think I'll go back to stock shocks.

Rear tray needs stripping back and repainting, also the paint under the sills where the bumpy stone protection needs redoing.

Interior still needs to be done.

All in all still a lot to do but the little ute has come a long long way already and I can't not finish it.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:53 pm

vincentvega wrote:just ignore the idiot. 11 posts...

Yeah agreed, that's the best way for a noob to impress the regulars. Lucky he's not doing it at someone's local drinking hole - the consequences could be a lot worse!

So quite a bit of work to go! I thought it was all done and dusted ready for a ride anytime!

Get off here and get into the shed

Cheers

Bennie

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:48 am

I'm even more sad now that I hear you're not doing the restos anymore Rick. I enjoyed reading your posts and was always in awe of your ability to turn these cars into masterpieces. Almost like your own TV show.. Rick's Restos

lovey80 · Post by **lovey80** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 1:21 pm

Does anyone have some experience with ej22 engines having issues of cutting out when hot? It seems to be intermittent and when it happens it seems to go away for a while after the engine begins to rev again. The process of pushing in the clutch and pumping the throttle until the engine revs again results in a fuel smell in the cabin for a sec. I'm not sure if the two are related or it's simply a result of one causing the other.

Rick gave me a spare set of sensors but the plugs are different. So I don't want to go purchasing sensors to fault find as cash is real limited at the moment.

Point · Post by **Point** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 4:28 pm

I know it's not EJ22 specific, but cutting out when hot is usually the dissy module. I also know the EJ22 doesn't have a dissy.... but it does have the ignitor module. On the Liberty it is mounted in the middle of the firewall, bolted directly to the metal. Where is it mounted on your Brumby? I think it would be worth checking if it is firmly mounted to a sizeable piece of bodywork that can act as a heatsink. Maybe even try mounting it to bare metal and use some heat compound?

vincentvega · Post by **vincentvega** » Fri Dec 20, 2013 6:09 pm

you are welcome to drop round my place and borrow some parts to test if you like. I have a complete EJ22 wreck you can borrow bits off that was running perfectly.

in exchange you have to take me for a run in the brumby

PM me if keen I have the next 2 weeks off.

ktmtragic · Post by **ktmtragic** » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:11 am

It was my birthday had had way too much to drink when I put up my terrible post. I apologize to everyone on this forum for it. I am truly sorry Rick.

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