mickeykreg

I haven't spent a bunch of time exploring this yet but it looks ok on first glance. http://pdftown.com/Subaru-EA-82-Service-Manual.html

I went to the junk yard yesterday and found three more EA 82's with this same splice. Any of you wiring gurus know of any other potential "shady spots" in the wiring harness?

All of you are obviously warm with zeal for the subaru queen! Thanks for all the input! I figured it out today! It was a bad splice from who knows how many moons ago! Amazing what poking around with a test light will get you; other than poked fingers. I found I had power to the fusible link portals and power leaving the black link in the big white wire; which leads into the wiring harness. I took the harness apart and found where a, 1 into 2 wire, splice had been made about 18 inches downstream of the fusible link box. Pretty shady looking business and can't imagine the factory putting things together like this, but who knows. I hope this is clear and proves to help somebody soon

oops, sorry about the use of the word power ...forgot to mention that i checked the fusible links too, just gave em a wiggle, didn't pull em out. So can they appear ok but still be burned up or do they sever like other fuses?

I got my Loyale 5 years ago for $280 and it just parked me on the side of the road for the first time, so I guess it doesn't owe me anything. No power! The only thing that has power is the 4 way flashers and the jingle bell when the door is open with the key in the ignition so it seems the battery is ok. Everything else is dead, no click in the ignition...surge of guages etc. I thought it was the alternator so I replaced that with no change. Also checked the 15A ignition fuse in the main fuse block checked all the connections between battery, alternator, starter. I've been looking at the schematic in the Haynes Manual that shows a relay or two that could be culprit. Other than tracing wires how do you tell which relay is which? Any ideas?

I have a 90 Loyale w/5 speed 4wd and would like to retrofit a dual range 5 speed transaxle out of an 88 GL. I'm thinking of getting everything, including the trans, linkages, console, shift levers, bell housing bolts, dirt, etc. from the same donor car that is complete. Since the body styles are the same it seems pretty straight forward but I'd be interested in hearing from somebody that has done this. Is rear drive line modification needed? Front CV axles the same? Are mounting systems including cross members, bell housing, clutch stuff, etc. the same? How about exhaust? The 32mpg at 75 mph is really cool and it makes me nervous to mess with anything but when the trans does finally go I'd like to do this project. Any thoughts would be very welcome