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Post by Brumby Kid » Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:37 pm

Ok so i have decided to put electric windows in the brumby.
So I have two questions.

1st What is a good product to use? I have seen various on here but there wasnt much info on them. I want cheap, easy, and reliable!

2nd I need for all sorts of reasons. (Broke my central locking:rolleyes:) How do you take the inside door trim off?
I really need to know this and have no idea.

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Post by revmax » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:03 pm

This time you beat me to it.
I am hoping to adapt the electric winders from the MPFI L series I am wrecking.

to remove door trim.
uncrew door armrest then bottom plactic can be gently pulled off, popping the little plastic lugs out of their holes one at a time.
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Post by spike » Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:35 pm

did the my's come with electric windows? grab the whole doors

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Post by mud_king91 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:07 pm

i seen a us spec with them im sure they got power with the touring wagons... good luck finding one
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Post by guyph_01 » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:14 pm

i've got a set of power windows motors and rails from the 1800My wagons if any of you guys are interested.

Bennie has used them and wrote a build thread on how to install them to suit the brumby doors.
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Post by Matt » Sun Oct 09, 2011 9:56 pm

You can install the MY Wagon Power Windows into the Brumby relative easily, i did a write up ages ago
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Post by Matt » Sun Oct 09, 2011 10:06 pm

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Post by phantomD » Mon Oct 10, 2011 1:13 am

I have a complete touring wagon power windows loom and switches/motors/gears etc. The main thing that's stopped me so far is wiring...I need to know how the standard loom can be applied to a Brumby - I assume the connectors in the factory wiring are there somewhere to provide power. I don't want to use the centre console switches as these are designed for a four door.

And that's before you consider modification for the Brumby windows.

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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:00 am

So i need the parts from a MY touring wagon then i do a lot of complicated stuff.
When i take the door trim off is there anything i need to be carefull of braking?
revmax wrote:to remove door trim.
uncrew door armrest then bottom plactic can be gently pulled off, popping the little plastic lugs out of their holes one at a time.
Using whole new doors seems extreme but simple, i would just need to put my central locking in the new ones.

Cheers Cam
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EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
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25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Post by RSR 555 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:40 am

Some MY coupes had electric windows, so they would be the best ones to use, as their doors are the same as the brumby. But they are a lot harder to find now days.
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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:43 am

Yeah, if anyone has some that they want to sell im HERE
Any colour, dents are ok. Plz PM me

Cheers Cam
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car

EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi
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Post by El_Freddo » Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:18 am

spike wrote:did the my's come with electric windows? grab the whole doors
Or just grab the regulator, electric motor and the wiring in the door.
Matt wrote:You can install the MY Wagon Power Windows into the Brumby relative easily, i did a write up ages ago
And I'm pretty sure there's a link to my write up too. Or check out what was done to Sunnie the Brumby in my build ups and restorations section... That should give you some ideas for your brumby!
phantomD wrote:I have a complete touring wagon power windows loom and switches/motors/gears etc. The main thing that's stopped me so far is wiring...I need to know how the standard loom can be applied to a Brumby - I assume the connectors in the factory wiring are there somewhere to provide power. I don't want to use the centre console switches as these are designed for a four door.
There's a pink plug under the dash on the RHS near the fuse box. This is a direct plug and play for the power windows :D
As for the console, use it! You don't need to hook up the rear window so those switches will do nothing. It's the easiest way to go. The hardest part I found was modifying the regulators to do what I wanted them to do.
Subarino bolted his in and did what they should do, I don't know if his was from a coupe or a touring wagon.
Brumby Kid wrote:So i need the parts from a MY touring wagon then i do a lot of complicated stuff.
When i take the door trim off is there anything i need to be carefull of braking?

Using whole new doors seems extreme but simple, i would just need to put my central locking in the new ones.
Not a lot of complicated stuff, just annoying stuff. But once you've got it nutted out you'll be sweet. It's just tedious, once it's done you'll love it! Best bit is the auto up and down switch :D

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Post by mud_king91 » Mon Oct 10, 2011 11:40 am

theres a red touring wagon in someones yard just sitting there its just past the turn off for morphett vale via clarendon
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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:01 pm

El_Freddo wrote:There's a pink plug under the dash on the RHS near the fuse box. This is a direct plug and play for the power windows :D
As for the console, use it!
Cheers

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Bennie, Is this in the Brumby? If it is do i just plug it in and im done for wiring?
BTW where did you mount your switches?

Cheers Cam
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My First / Project car

EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
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Post by El_Freddo » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:11 pm

Brumby Kid wrote:Bennie, Is this in the Brumby? If it is do i just plug it in and im done for wiring?
BTW where did you mount your switches?
Yes this is for a brumby. If I was near it I would show you some photos of it, but for now I'm trying to dig up some pics. Here's the link to the build thread.

And unfortunately this is the best pic I've got of the cabin, but you can't quite see the touring wagon switches:

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The wiring will plug into the brumby wiring - it is an MY after all!

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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:19 pm

Thanks Bennie,
It sounds so simple as if it was ment to be there. (Wiring)
Just mounting the winders sounds hard.
Your switch panel on the drivers side, is it 1 switch 2 switch or 4?

Cheers Cam
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Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
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EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
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Post by El_Freddo » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:22 pm

Brumby Kid wrote: it 1 switch 2 switch or 4?
Sorry cam, which switch are you talking about?

The electric window switches are mounted on the centre console and are straight from the touring wagon so it's got the 4 switches, but only 2 work as that's all that needs to be wired in ;)

The Auto up/down switch is mounted on the dash just below the instrument cluster.

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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 12:32 pm

Yeah the operating switchs, near the instrument cluster ah? Ok Il probebly put them by the handbrake in the centre.

Cheers Cam
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Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car

EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
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Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi
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Post by phantomD » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:17 pm

What auto up/down switch under the dash? :twisted: Where does the normal wiring loom take you - under the seats, behind the dash???

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Post by Brumby Kid » Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:31 pm

Il probebly get my hands on a twin switch, so i dont have any switchs doing nothing.
Yeah near the gear stick in the centre console is where im thinking, like in the bmw's
When life gives you a corner, drop a gear, pitch, and stomp the loud pedal
Bianca: 1991 Subaru Brumby
My First / Project car

EA81 Rebuilt by Tony Knight from knight Engines
2" body lift
25" 185r14 Yokahama Delivery Star, light truck tyres
2" Sports exhaust
Rear Aguip step/bar
Liberty seats
"Bianca"
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Dads Car: 02 Impreza WRX STi
Mums Car 08 Liberty Wagon

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