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Ok so a friend of mine is looking into getting a soob. Price is 500 bucks, 1985 GL turbo wagon, auto tranny 4x4. Description from from seller below

 

"was fixing it up for a commuter. 108233 miles. New CV axels, K&N air filter, Plugs, Wires, Distributor cap, Rotor, Tires, cat, and exhaust. Most everything works, even the electronics (radio has some issues though). Even made a home made grill for it. Just needs some mounting brackets made. Motor runs strong. The problem is, the transfer case has a big hole in it. I bought it for 800 and put 1400 into it. Done spending money on it. Maybe you are good with cars. Maybe you need some parts for your Subaru. First $500 takes it."

 

What's your guys take on it? I'm not an expert on transfer cases so I need a little wisdom here. Thanks all

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Well, on one of these cars there's no 'transfer case' as such, unless he means the centre diff housing? So it's probably got a destroyed auto trans. So if you can source one cheaply and swap it yourself it could be a good deal, especially if he's done so much work already. But watch out for rust, I got burnt on that when I bought my turbo wagon (same drivetrain).

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Ok so a friend of mine is looking into getting a soob. Price is 500 bucks, 1985 GL turbo wagon, auto tranny 4x4. Description from from seller below

 

"was fixing it up for a commuter. 108233 miles. New CV axels, K&N air filter, Plugs, Wires, Distributor cap, Rotor, Tires, cat, and exhaust. Most everything works, even the electronics (radio has some issues though). Even made a home made grill for it. Just needs some mounting brackets made. Motor runs strong. The problem is, the transfer case has a big hole in it. I bought it for 800 and put 1400 into it. Done spending money on it. Maybe you are good with cars. Maybe you need some parts for your Subaru. First $500 takes it."

 

What's your guys take on it? I'm not an expert on transfer cases so I need a little wisdom here. Thanks all

The rear differential case is the same for all GL's.  Buy one for a GL, if you can't find one for a GL-10, and swap out all of the innards.

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