I've got 2 from a brumby i'm gonna have spare...they're pretty much brand new although i'm in Sydney. If you can find a cheap way to post to SA i'll happily sell them.

Hey,

I'm looking for a brumby instrument cluster...or one that fits from another subi. Preferably a digital one but i'll take analog. My one is dodgy and does crazy things. Anyone got one for sale?

Also after some lowered front springs and shocks.

Cheers!

Hey guys...I'm new to the forum and subarus. More familiar with nissans and toyotas. Recently bought a brumby. Great fun car but has a few small probs. Just wondering if any of the following are common issues.

Main problem it has is, it will splutter, lose power and shoot flames out the exhaust, although only when going up hills and on mid-full throttle. I'm leaning towards a fuel or carby secondary chamber issue. Car runs well in any other conditions.

Fuel gauge reads backwards...so when you fill up the tank, it goes off the scale down past the "E" lol. Maybe reverse polarity on the sender connector or faulty sender?

Analog clock does not keep correct time and ticks super slow.

Odometer has stopped, speedo still works.

Drivers door light is contantly on but cant see any door switches...randomly turned on one day when door closed properly and has never turned off.

Radio does not hold memory of radio stations and is factory subaru tape deck style.

If anyone has experienced any of these probs in the past, particularly the splutter uphills and has any ideas on fixing, please let me know. Cheers!

spewin we jus took a 86 4runner to scrap metal the other day got $100 for it had IFS as well sorry mate i'll keep an eye out though.

Bugger!  Good timing eh?  Always the way.  Not to worry, I'm sure there are more units out there

Are you talking about IFS rear for a hilux? Didn't know there was one. I'm planning on doing a wrecker's run in the next couple of weeks, i might be able to get some measurements then.

Nah mate, the front diff, spin it around and the input should run in reverse to the direction it runs in the front end = the diff running in the right direction.  I'm pretty sure this will work.  If not there's a rear diff with the same insides but a different housing that I could swap out if need be.  I figure the subi being lighter that the diff running in reverse will hold up ok.

Its just a matter of time and patience, I thought I'd share the info to see what others have seen/heard around the traps.  All I know is that with a bit of work an air locker can be fitted to the rear of the early subi's.  Fitting one to the rear of the liberty & onwards will require some more time and effort due to all of the strengthing framework that holds the rear diff in place in these subi's...  Anythings possible I guess.

Venom, I realise you'll be under the pump with the collection of your parts.  I read that post in my emails - just remember that at centre road they don't have hoists to carefully drop the gearbox out from under the vehicle, you have to pull it off and let it drop onto some back seats or something padded - this is what they told me after they scoffed when I asked for a hoist if they had any...  All the best with it.

Cheers

Bennie

Cool project Lift it 2" lift didn't do much at all to the handling of my Gen2 Lib. In fact the difference was less than the improvement i gained by installing new shocks and springs. So overall the car handles better. I really like the King springs in mine too, good ride quality but still really tight around corners. Makes a great camping setup.

Looks like a big job repairing all of that hail damage.

Cheers,
Rhys

Are you talking about IFS rear for a hilux? Didn't know there was one. I'm planning on doing a wrecker's run in the next couple of weeks, i might be able to get some measurements then.

Cheers,
Rhys

spewin we jus took a 86 4runner to scrap metal the other day got $100 for it had IFS as well sorry mate i'll keep an eye out though.

That's a tough one, as "common sense" leans towards saving fuel but I know Mythbusters done something on it and the results were surprising!

The myth busters one was about driving with the tail gate up or the tail gate down.  Logic says tail gate down is more efficient but the MB's found that the tail gate up produces a vortex or rolling air in the tray which acts like the roof of a sedan.  Drop the tail gate and this vortex is lost resulting in a lot of turbulant air behind the vehicle.

Cheers

Bennie

G'day all

After attending an offroadsubaru/subaru club of Victoria meet a few weeks back I've been hatching plans for an air locker in the rear of Ruby Scoo.  I know it can be done as one of the fellas there with a sick MY had retro fitted a hilux diff in the rear of his subi.  I'm waiting on some pics and details of this modification.

I'm thinking I can use an IFS hilux diff from an 85-95 (I think that's right), they appear shorter in length to an R160 and could possibly be a bit wider.  Just looking at pics I reckon some of the meat on the side can be shaved off to make for a narrower diff housing.  The real problem will be working out the drive shaft connection method and what the overall width of the diff is.

The mounting of the diff in the rear shouldn't be a problem to work out, a couple of meaty brackets should do the job just fine.  The tail shaft would be the next problem, I've got a couple of old holden units lying around, hopefully the import deals of the 80's means the same uni joints were used on the subi's, so a subi front and rear shaft/mounting plate could be used.

Really to get this started I need to get hold of a diff, something that's not going to happen up here in the snow.  At the moment I'm really just sharing ideas - if anyone has an IFS hilux or surf diff (not clam shell) could you unbolt the side shaft and take some measurements for me?  I would also like to know the distance from the end of the pinion shaft to the centre of the output shafts so I can compare to an R160 diff.

Any help in this is greatly aprreciated.  If I can mount this diff in the rear the biggest hurdle will be the purchase of the ARB locker = $$$$!

Cheers

Bennie

where abouts in sydney?
suba-parts in seven hills have a fair bit of stuff for brumbys and a lot of subarus,
02 9674 7000 is their number