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My beloved touring wagon-1989 GL 4WD.It's the large A/C unit....Hitachi? It wasn't working and summer was all over us.I saw the collector was a healthy green through the glass.I knew the car hadn't been used "properly"-inlaws were using it-so I took it up to the workhole and went over the connections. THere was some corrosion in the black round connector that powers the A/C on the tounge.I took a very thin blade flat screwdriver and wrapped it with some 400 grit paper.Got it in there and cleaned it up.Dab some dielectric grease in there and also cleaned up the grounding points on the strut tower and radiator support for kicks. Bam! Instant relief....shooooooooey!!!! Cool as a cucumbrrrrrrrrr in CT:cool: Hope this helps some fellow sufferer.I can't stand the summer heat.

35 minutes up the road....welcome...Go Yankees! Hey Ho Let's Go!!

I might have the fender for you.I've got some from a stage I....I'll try to send a picture later.

THere's one here in CT."WagonsOnly owns it and hopefully it'll be running someday soon,on batteries,not petro. We also had someone from Ohio drop one off at the Carlisle show that a group of board members attended.The owner wasn't one of us and as far as I know it was dropped off Friday early and picked up Sunday...maybe the others know more or actually met the owner. I believe the vans are the most rare and even if they weren't they are probably the most desirable.I know I want one. THere was one on the road right near me untill a few years ago.It was last in Stratford,CT,but none of the people I know who have seen it before have seen it lately......a confusing sentence but i think you get the point. Getting to be more New Englanders here.It's about freakin time!

John,I just emailed you. Very interested in any 70's wheels including the sport mag,even if just one of those.REaly would like any centercaps for those if possible.Also interested in any 70's wheels and maybe some others if the vultures leave any for picking.

Left a message,sorry I missed your calls. Talk to you soon.

Jesse,my '86 ran the best with next to no emmisions crap on it and all hoses checked,and either removed or blocked up.....all of a sudden I had no flat spot and power like a muthuh.....and then I sent it to the crusher just to "move on"....wish I had at least donated it but at the time nobody I knew close enough wanted it. But of course if you want to sell it you'd better keep all that crap on there and try a good cleaning,maybe a rebuild on that carby.

Just replied to your email.Tag it for me.Thanks To all: The coupe is still at Pat's and I'm trying to raise the dough to get it back.

Hey Brad!! Good to see you around.I'll trade you the boil for the ten man dome. That sounds like me/us.Must have been Saturday the 3rd around 2PM??Maybe a little later.Sorry I didn't notice you.Too many Legacys and Imprezas in New England to take note these days. Ahhh,the Cape...so when do you pack it up for the season?I plan on hitting lower Maine sometime in the next couple of months.Could stop by there or B'town if you're back at the winter quarters by then.Minor email coming right after this.

Maine seems to be a decent place to find a few left.Lots of '87-94's I didn't notice many '85-6 grills though. There was at least (2) '80-84 wagons up there including a near double of the one we were in. New Hamphire still hanging tough as well.Saw many '87-94's. Vermont-not much of a report since I mainly tore through I-91 southbound leaving a trail of dust.Did stop for dinner and there were plenty of newer Legacys.My car got many looks,and smiles at the eatery. I saw the infamous 7K '78 wagon that sold on eBay a while back.It's now at a dealer in NH where they're asking $10K !!!!!! yes,that's ten thousand dollars they're asking......no comment on the pricing needed please,but it sure made me feel good about mine. No Brats on the roads during my trip-that I saw. I stopped in one Subaru specialist shop.Got tons of smiles,talk with the boys about all sorts of older Subarus....we all know the same sources,funny,they even know the guys here in CT and who's a rip-off as well.LOL!! So,you want to hear about the "Griswold's" eh?? Well,there we were looking totally vintage touring chic when this bitchin VW microbus pulls up a few campsites away.Well,I gave him my best thumbs up and told him "nice bus!".He didn't notice my wagon untill they split,when he was driving out,and said "hey,sweet wagon you got too!!". Otherwise we were definitely touring in the oldest car of all the vacationing folks. The car did great.Great gas mileage-well considering it was packed.Had one instance where the car wouldn't start but it was wet wires and poor connections only.Found this out after hitting a junkyard,but it was ok because I scored some cool parts for a decent price as well. So,speaking of junkyards,there I am scrambling to get to Freeport to see Gabe at his yard.In the back of my mind I know his place closes early but I'm trying like hell to get there for 3:30.....round about 3:38 here comes Gabe going the other way.He didn't notice me and I didn't have any phone numbers for him to let him know I was coming,or that he just passed me.Luckily there's 2 yards in Freeport and the other was open 'till 5...decent enough people too. We never did get a picture of the car all loaded up like we wanted to.It was a sight to see.Total submarine technology,everthing packed to save space.Had the Sears "exCargo" pod on top of mint condition vintage Thule racks.The car and set up looked like they were 3-5 years old,not 20!!!The rack parts were mostly new,just unpacked the day before we left as I had a ton of stuff from my windsurfing days still new! All was great.Thr trip started with a visit from "rogue43"-a.k.a. Milt and his wife.They are from Maine but picked up a car in NJ and drove it back-stopping at my workshop to make it more roadworthy.THat was Friday afternoon/evening.Then I KERRRRRANNNNKED out an all nighter on my packing and got home around 4:30 AM,hit the bed for a short nap and then back to meet Milt and his wife after loading up my family here. We tandem'd up for quite a strectch untill I sort of broke away near NH.Somehow we got more delayed after that and they were at our campsite waiting for us.Good thing our cell phones were working so they didn't wait for us after a conversation.We got caught in some wicked fireworks traffic....oh well. Camped at Camden Hills State Park then Bar Harbor-Acadia Nat. Pk. (Blackwoods),then hit Rogue Bluffs and camped on the ocean at Milt's place.I call it heaven,very hard to leave.Hit the Bah-hah-bah area on the return,then NH for Storyland for the kiddies.Ahh,the White Mountains!!! Thanks to Milt and his wife Norma for all their help and kindness. Gabe,sorry I missed you.The yard looks great from the outside.Hope to make it up sometime before the end of summer. Downeast Maine is highly recommended. Hope you guys get a great vacation in this year too.Thanks for reading. Cheers!

I think I sent the via Fed Ex Ground before I went away.Yikes,that's a long time even for Alaska....I'll check on it tomorrow. Where you headed out east?Let me know when and I'll make some time.

Same as the Leone We got carb'd up to '87-when the used up the carbs as well-(transition year). That is unless you got a turbo model,then they were MPFI. Best D/R 5spds are the late 80's here.I think my local guru said the early D/R's are better than the later ones for some reason I can't remember right now.Nothing wrong with any of them as far as I'm concerned.My '89 has over 235K(miles) and runs like a champ. That body style ran up to '94 even though we also had the Legacy,and later,the Impreza in '93....so the Leone(Loyale) was them a very basic car so it would take care of the low end of Subaru's line,and allow the new models to be more accepted.

Had a great time!!!!! My son hooked a small salmon and that made the whole trip! Maine rules.New Hampshire ain't so bad either. Many thanks to Milt-rogue43-up in Rogue Bluffs,ME for putting us up and stopping by to check on my wife who had to stop in the hospital for a check up and some med for an inner ear infection thing.I'm very happy for you guys that you have such a wonderful place and a great deal of serenity.Downeast Maine,the best we've got on the east coast!!!!

Later kids. Going to Maine.Just met "rouge43",hope I got that right.Great people he and his wife.We'll be camping a night in his yard on the Atlanic ocean way up in good ol' "downeast Maine". Looking forward to cool nights,and the rustic shoreline experiences. Anyone looking for me tell them I'm in the bathroom and to just hang on a minute. I'll be back next week.If you're waiting for something.....Matt,I think you're the only one left,besides Witte but that's another malady.....talk to you next week. Cheers!

I replied to your email via the board. There's at least one other guy who wants a GSR but I've been wanting one for a long,long time.Yours is probably one of less than 10 left.Just guessing,and hoping that there's a few more than we've heard of. I think there was at least one,maybe two other GSR owner who stopped by this board over the years.

One thing to consider when you don't turn the rotors us the rust rim on the outer edge of the rotor.This will make contact with the corner of the brake pad,more when turning.I've done different methods of removal including throwing it in gear and hitting it with a file. Check that caliper too,you know the drill.The stores have decent enough rebuilds.I have a used one but need it myself.I'll be gone from Saturday to Saturday.Talk to you soon.

There you go John!!!! Good luck guys..... Rednecks?I thought you guys WERE the rednecks! Have fun and don't let the seats fall in the mud.

Todd,is obviously not a parent of small children. I can't BUY 8 hours of sleep....let me know what it's like. Back to the cars.Well,if you can make a runner and you really wanted one of those you'd better pay the $100 since there aren't a lot left to pick from.I'm assuming there's no serious rust like we'd have here on most of them. If you want to see if you can make some dough parting them out well you might,or might not.Personally I'll pay for an uncracked blue dashboard from a late '77 to 79.I'd also pay for several rust free parts like fenders,rounded style rear bumper,lower front skirt,and more. There's a very limited market for 70's Subarus. Please look the cars over,take notes if you can,and let me/us know what's good on the cars.Maybe we'll make it worth your while to part them. If you lift the hood and there's a dual carb set up on one call it mine.

I got lead picture!!!!! AND got a second shot......yeeeehaaaa!!!!!! thanks Dennis!!!! !!

Can't make it,sorry.Have a great time.

...like Jerry said.i have my '88 FSM here now.I also have a D/R 5spd and a S/R 5spd,the S/R being scrap-bad differential. The reverse on the D/r is #1 located to the front on the driver's side. If anyone else has the '88 FSM I'm looking at page 73 of the "Section 2 and 3" book.(figure 189)

....which is why i'm checking back.....cleaning house,sooner the better. Thanks

Yes-'89 FSM No-scanner due to lack of memeory,etc.....I'll see what I can do.

I'm sure it's typical rust that won't damage the structure for another few years.But,I can't tell without looking.Good luck with it Eric. If you get it to Nebraska maybe it'll stop rusting....at least slow down. Eric,remove the fender's lower bolts and move the plastic wheel well aside and get the crap out from behind there.Wash the insides of all wheel wells but especially the rear.Get the crap out from around the gas filler tube too.

Scott,let me know what sort of arrangement you're working up for the shell. I'm gone from July 3-10