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Ooh this is getting exciting!

Do you have a plan C in the back of your head incase this plan B unexpectedly doesn’t work as intended?

I wish these gaskets would bloody well hurry up!

Cheers

Bennie

Well Redback is definitely back in business! 300 or so km of towing today without any issues while picking up bits and pieces (not cars parts) was a good shake down. Before the carby rebuild Redback didn’t like towing, just the “free spirit driving” without a wind sock out the back. Happy days! Bennie

Ooh that chrome trim piece looks awesome! I hope it lasts for the life of the vehicle looking that good! That wiring loom looks simple when you draw it out like that. Good time to change throttle body to a drive by wire if you a) don’t have one already and b) your ECU can run a DBW throttle body. Th...

Yeah I was very glad that it was an easy fix! I haven’t touched the rocker adjustments for quite a while and with the carb refurbish running the engine smoother I’ve found myself in the upper end of the rev range without realising until looking at the tacho. That could have something to do with it, ...

On my way to work today I was several kms out of town, things were still warming up properly, 100km/h, cruise engaged and things are normal. Then the cruise seemed to be working hard to maintain 100km/h and the engine sounded more rattly than usual, and was quickly struggling. I couldn’t work out wh...

Hmmm, I can’t see your pics but that could be my phone - so I got the link from your post and checked them out. I also couldn’t see how to grab a code to post on the forum (if they’re working for others), that could be because I’m not a member of imgur or the account holder… That gizmo under the con...

G’day Tim! Welcome to the forum. Where are you moving from to the great Wait Awhile land? As Subyroo said, your image is hosted from a third party site and the link dropped in here with some basic coding if not already provided. Sadly it’s not as easy as dropping a pic directly in here, it’s old sch...

Ooh that’ll be an interesting job replacing all of that wiring and sensors! I hope it works out for you. I’m still trying to get my head around how you’ve had so many issues with all of the factory wiring and sensors. It doesn’t add up. Hopefully that wiring loom will sort out your issues. Maybe the...

Got the idle adjusted nicely now, stoked about that! Seems that I may have set the idle mixture too low which wasn’t helping. Filled up today - first tank used since the carb rebuild. At a quick glance I’m pulling better than 10L/100km on my daily commute which is 80% country driving and about 20% u...

This is a good one, every idea I come up with I then realise that it doesn’t fit the bill. Even the thought of the coil pack being dead doesn’t fit - they usually don’t just kill the engine and go again. I had a coil pack that was dying and it didn’t perform well under load. No stalling though. Swap...

G’day Mark, There’s a way to read the codes with some plugs under the dash if you’re into some DIY on your Liberty: https://ausubaru.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=14372 Also consider that it could be other things that the ECU isn’t responsible for. Eg: a dying coil pack or fuel pump. How many kms on your L...

Yeah I’m glad I did the work as driving in the brumby again is awesome but now the carby gremlins are at it again - this time with the idle and powering into the next gear. The issue with powering into the next gear is a momentary lapse of power/acceleration I expect even from the EA81 and I believe...

Neat work with the fuel line! Hijack/side discussion:And how many hives are we taking for that amount of honey? That’s a fair effort! I’m early in my bee keeping journey with a flow hive - I want to clean out the flow frames this winter… anyway, probably should start a new discussion about that! Do ...

Carb kit put through Redback’s carb. That took roughly six hours from start to finish. Lots of cleaning crud off the carb happened. Then carby cleaner for all the other bits. That stuff is serious business! Probably not good for your skin… At the peak of the rebuild it all looked like this. I didn’t...

Hey SB, you should be able to repin the factory plugs to reuse them with new pins. You just need the correct tool and new pins - Halteck might be able to help out with those items. Could be a good excuse for a u pull it run to get a set of plugs 8-) That TPS reading is concerning and I doubt a new T...

Did you tell your dad he’s funny? Other thing to ask: what voltage does the ECU use for the various sensors and can this be changed within the ECU parameters? If you’re going to the point of a donor vehicle you might as well cut down the factory wiring loom, throw that in and call it a day… What’s t...

Whaaat?? I’m gobsmacked! I can’t work out how so many issues have arisen like this! I’ve never heard of the intake wiring loom being an issue like this. The first thing that came to mind is the earth straps/wires from the body to the engine and gearbox, and the one from the negative battery to the b...

I hope you didn’t do that work tonight just before it’s off to the dyno tomorrow! I’ve watched these wasps fill the gaps in a crank cam gear on a ledge near my project - amazing how they fill in the round holes as well as the elongated holes! I hope all goes well with the tuning! Will you be driving...

Subyroo apologies I locked in that your foz was a 2013 model, not a 2003 model with 13 years ownership. Sad ending but kind of good knowing where your car went, what happened to it and that it (I hope) saved its occupants in the T-bone incident that sent it to its grave. SB, damn straight mate! I lo...

G’day Will, I sat on this one for a day or so after initially reading your post as this is a perplexing issue. I have an issue with my brumby sometimes where it feels like spark is cut as the clutch is engaged and throttle applied in the next gear up. I don’t know what causes this issue - but I’m no...