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A little update to let you know I haven't died but progress is slow :cry: Have been trying to keep myself busy with little odds and ends, mainly wiring. The exhaust Y pipe I ordered got put on backorder for nearly 2 months, they updated the product page with that information the day after I bought i...

Top effort Bennie ;) Funny how we all end up fiddling with the same issues on these cars. Those exhaust spacers look like a pain, I'm thankful for never having had them on any of my cars. And those threads in the head for the exhaust studs seem to strip for everyone. If your helicoiled thread fails ...

That's a cool story Spanner, cheers :razz: If I had space to keep a donor car next to the project car I might have been tempted to use the factory ECU and cut down wiring. I honestly believe the route I've taken with the custom ECU is the easier option, for me anyway. Not everyone is happy to do wir...

This is excellent I wonder how many Brumbys are left in Finland? Not many I would bet. I admire your determination with this project.

They did an excellent job, really. The finished product looks pretty mint, and I like the low key decals down the side as a bit of a nod to the past. Think they said time frame was something like 6 months, understandable why they didn't get all of the choicest touring wagon bits like a/c, power wind...

What heater tap do you have in there and is that why the top pipe was modified (going by the look of it)? Cheers Bennie Believe it or not, it's the heater tap from a London taxi :lol: Available brand new, that's why I got it. It is completely wrong from standard though, have to modify the top and b...

Yeah, wow! What an epic adventure :o I did wonder how you came to be at MCM HQ, like were they lurking this forum and pick the most active and knowledgeable member? But yeah, the stars really did align with youself and Subarino Dave. Some much needed parts for the project luckily procured en-route, ...

Solution to making the analog tacho dash temp gauge read correctly. Using the original sending unit in the heater hose. With a sneak-peak at my new heater tap solution, a work in progress.

Is it possible/or better to heat and bend the spanner instead of cutting & welding? Quite possibly, I've got a MAP gas torch that should get hot enough I'll give it a go. If it doesn't work then welding is a good backup ;) Ah Righto, that makes more sense. I didn’t realise the earlier wagons had a ...

Well I'm ashamed that it took me this long to realize where I've seen this Wandi pub bumper sticker before :lol: Who do we know from Vic with a red targa Brumby and scorpion rims.... https://i.imgur.com/lzNJQSp.jpg BENNIE!!!!! Been holding out on us all this time :lol: They really got an all star te...

I can’t work out why you didn’t use the passenger’s grommet under the wiper motor. The same reason I'm fighting a lot of uphill battles with this engine swap in this particular car; it's a 1981 model! :mmm: I know in other utes and later wagons the passenger side grommet almost/is the same size as ...

A couple of pics of my oil pressure gauge solution. Got a machinist mate of mine to make an adapter piece with the BSP thread for the oil pressure sender in one end, and he silver soldered it onto the EJ oil gallery hole plug. The original plug needs a copper washer for sealing and the sender unit g...

Thanks Bennie and yep, SG forester lines required, on it ;) A late night (for a weekday) post because I'm excited :lol: The loom is coming along, today I got the holesaws required to enlarge the choke cable hole accurately ($75 hole that one :mmm: ) but needs must, no other way around it. Stacking t...

Well then, oops :oops: Should have checked more thoroghly before I made the same thread :lol: It's going great I would say, they got onto painting a lot sooner than I expected while the underside was still original condition. Was cool to see the upcoming Subarino 5 stud conversion kit and how it's s...

I think this is easier ;) I don't have the factory ECU or wiring loom for this engine, I watched Angry Engineering (youtube, local SA guy too) do his EJ20 swap and how much work it was to strip down the front half of a Forester to get the wiring out...and I don't have the option of doing that work a...

For anyone who hasn't noticed, Australias best 4WD channel (lol) is doing a Brumby build! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut1bof-rNoE It's cool to see those guys handling parts that we've all handled a dozen times before and they're seeing it for the first time :D And the latest episode from this we...

I keep forgetting things, like the fact that when I get stuck on what goes where on this engine I can just pop the bonnet of the Forester and have it all laid out :lol: It has the same P/S pump, engine even looks the same but 2.5l. I'll have to get creative with the reservoir location I think. What ...

This weekend I've kinda taken two steps back, two steps forward to end up back where I was at the start :roll: Went to U-pull it again yesterday to get a P/S reservoir and some lines but me being a dummy didn't even take a photo of my P/S pump and of course I grabbed the wrong one :roll: Then rememb...

Reading through those old threads...it slowly dawns on me I've read them all before but back then had not the feintest idea what any of them were about :lol: Now I understand. From what I can tell, what I'm going for is what Donkeytits1 describes on page 5 of AlpineRavens thread I can confirm that t...

Always appreciate your input Bennie ;) Up till now I've been going off info from a couple of guys locally, Jordan being one and the other a guy called Matt who's also built an L/EJ hybrid box for his ute. The vid I'm on about is in a closed group, might be difficult to share it through FB. So for a ...