Elation to Deflation.

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:38 pm

Took myself down to the wreckers yesterday cause I had a bit of time to myself (unusual with a 2 year old, and a 12 week old) - it was as busy as hell and wasn't quite why.... till I got to the door.

The sign read - ALL YOU CAN CARRY............ FOR $49!!

Grabbed the basic tools I had in the 90 Brumby and ran down the back.

There wasn't much there to pick from, a couple of L's..... oh hang on - there's a Leone there (2WD)...........

Took a look inside - Power Steering Pump, belt & rack all ready to go and in good nick.

Hooked in, ripped it all out excited as hell that I was going to have p/s in my beastie. Got it all out - right.... what else can I grab????

Called a mate to see if he needed anything - over to the Nissans to rip off 2 break callipers for him.

Walking out pretty happy - going passed the Mazdas.......... "hang on ......... did I read on ausubaru that cumfy arse Mazda 929 seats fit into the brumby with a couple of little mods? I think I did!!!!???"

Put the rack, pump & callipers down and ripped out two mint front seats out of a early 90s 929 - Whoo Hoo!!!

Right - Now all I got to do is carry it all up to the checkout (The Suby & Mazda stuff is right down the back corner.. damn...).

Any way, I got a bloke to stack the rack over across shoulders, put the pump & callipers, tools & the starter motor of the bloke that helped me (so it didn't cost him anything as a thank you) into my backpack and a seat (complet with rails) over each arm. Woop.

Got upto the counter - got a clap form one bloke. The last 100m to the Brumby was the hardest but got there on adrenalin and excitement about the new creature comforts.

Got home, ripped out the brmby seat and rails, grabbed the 929 seats... hang on the didn't line up.... not even remotely close. Played with it for about an hour playing around and seeing what I could swap over, rails, seat backs... nothing - will look for help in the modification section, otherwise onto ebay.

Wasn't too dissapointed, as I still had the powersteering set up form the Leone that I was going to put in.

After eggs and stuff was finished this morning - went out and and started trying to install the pump. Put the bracket in I grabbed of the Leone - fitted.. got a little excited. Grabbed the pump and tried to install it... but oh no it doesn't quite fit.... FIRETRUCK! The bracket needs to go further away from the carb to clear a couple of bits on the manifold (I guess that the earlier Leone manifold was a bit different). I tried packing out the gap between the bracket and the pump to get some more clearnace with some longer bolts - but was very dodgy) SO pump didn't fit either...... SIGH!. I'm hoping that I can just get a different bracket for it?? But I've got a feeling that the rack may not either fit either as it was 2WD into a 4WD.

The callipers fitted on my mates patrol & I hope the starter worked out for the other bloke......... but for me.. not to be.

End winge.

subybrumby · Post by **subybrumby** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:46 pm

Never mind, which wrecker is this?

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:48 pm

ABC Self Serve at Wacol, Brisbane.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:50 pm

Was that an all the time price? Nice work on the acrobatic carrying

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:56 pm

Nah SWK - just an Easter Special.

BaronVonChickenPants · Post by **BaronVonChickenPants** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:21 pm

The trick for the 929 seats is not that they bolt straight in but that the mounting holes between the seat and the slide mechanism are close enough that they're interchangable, just need to elongate one of the holes on each rail a mm or 2.

I did it for my tourer only to have it cubed

, damn nice seats too.

Jordan.

PS: Thats an impressive effort, those seats alone are heavy and awkward let alone everything else.

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:56 am

do you know if they're open today? I should go down and take a look.

Reg Brumbys · Post by **Reg Brumbys** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:30 am

yeah - I think so.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 10:36 am

You sorta suspect imminent closure when you get a deal like that

Mighta been worth finding an Islander buddy to do the carrying for you, hang a whole car off 'im !!

I thought you were gonna lay blame on me for the seats, but I had said I'd seen 626/Telstar seats in a Brumby (just as well Jordan showed his hand here !). I did not however ask how much work went into fitment.I have got 626 seats as a work in progress. If it helps I have sort of removed the lower slider section of each side in order to retain the adjust up down stuff on driver seat. It looks like as a proto type fit I will be able to rivet the inner Brumby rail to the top half of the 626 runner, bolt into place and then work on the outer rail fit. I carried my seats out one at a time. Laughed when I stripped lower rails off, they are the heavy bits !!

Power steer stuff ? You trying to fit L into an EA81 Brumby ? I am about to toss two MY pumps, brackets and rack. Pity it is heavy and you are so far away postage costwize

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Mon Mar 24, 2008 11:00 am

sounds like a nice score, i hope you can get the seats to fit mate.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Thu Apr 17, 2008 12:33 pm

I wish wreckers down here had an "all you can carry for $49"... I'd be so in the gym right now prep'n up for the big day...

Bennie