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I've used the redline gear oil before and it works ok. Switched to amsoil svg and the tranny shifts better with it even on the coldest of days. No notchiness, just smooth shifting. I am curious if the subaru extra-s is a synthetic fluid?

Regarding the clock, try getting a little fresh solder on the pins of that resistor. It's like the old solder oxidizes somehow and doesn't conduct well. I've fixed two clocks that way and both looked like they had been a little warm on that corner of the circuit board.

strut mounts may make some clunks as well. I replaced them when I did the struts and shocks and all sorts of noises disappeaed then.

Did you have to use this thing to get out of Duluth? The flooding looks crazy there, hope you are ok.

He put a '96 in mine, last of the non-interference motors. The advantage is the obdII which is nice for diagnostics. As far as the debate goes, I sold off my legacy but I'll drive my ej swapped GL until the wagon breaks in two...

My cousin had an '83 Tercel 4x4 wagon. Looks like they kept that body style in '87 even though the rest of the Tercels were the next gen. You won't win any races from a stop light but they are tanks. My cousin's went for 350k miles, surviving two teenagers learning to drive a stick, before being totalled in a wreck. It was still running good and wasn't too rusty for being a MI car. IMO, they are great vehicles.

I think I had some ethanol free gas when I got in the mid 30's. I've put 50k miles on the wagon since I bought it from you and the mileage is regularly around 30-32 mpgs.

30-32 mpg in mine. 34 mpg with an ea82, so they are pretty close. The ej22 is so much nicer to drive though.

One of the nice features about the ea82 era is the tight turning radius. Someone down the street from me was throwing a party and I was blocked in with about a foot on each end to give. Jumped in the car and bump...bump...bump.....bump....bump....bump and I'm out!

my loyale bogged down like that when the element in the catalytic convertor broke loose. I could hear it rattling around, but didn't give it much thought until anytime I would go uphill it would plug the exhaust until I got leveled out. Might want to check if anything is loose in your exhaust.

out of the '90 loyale manual: fuel pump relay (blue) lock tab on top BW BW LB LW L=blue B=black W=white I think it should be the same colors on yours but when my relay went out I found out that someone had already replaced it with a different colored relay and different colored wires which made the job take a little longer to figure out.

I wired mine into the factory radio and it complements it perfectly. Not the tightest bass in the world or the loudest or lowest but good enough to fill out the completely missing bottom end from the door speakers. Barely fits under the passenger seat. I also picked up a factory cassette deck with the 7 band eq from a board member and run my tunes through an adapter so I could dial out a little mud. So everything looks like the stock radio but sounds much better! The eq helped out a bunch, but mostly with the low-mids and midrange frequencies.

If you don't want to take up your cargo space and don't need it too loud, I've been using a kenwood under-the-seat sub and it actually sounds good. The door speakers just don't make much bass on their own.

mine would idle high until I grounded the pin that told the ecu that it was a manual transmission instead of an automatic.

Looks like it'll last another 25 years no problem! It takes some work to keep them from rotting away here in the rust belt.

Of course the lights won't come on with the battery disconnected, but it will drain any residual voltage in the ecu.

A little foam on the oil cap is normal in the winter time, it's just condensation. My old loyale ran alot better with a new o2 sensor. Seems the old one was lazy enough to make the car run like crap until it warmed up enough to get into closed loop. Try resetting the ecu by disconnecting the battery and turning on the lights for a few minutes and see how it runs then. -Doug

The leather seats that were in my '00 Legacy were pretty hard on the back. I've been very happy with the '07 wrx seats I put in the old GL though. Sounds like subaru seats have been hit or miss through the years.

After driving without one for 30k miles and then adding one, I'd say it makes a noticeable difference in driving. Tighter shifting, less vibrations, etc. Makes the old wagon feel less old....

I have a pdf for the '96 ecu pin out that I got from Numbchux a while back. PM me your email and I can send it to you.

I like the old ones better myself, but I drive a more customized wagon these days. With a nice ej22 swapped in by Numbchux, it has plenty of power and runs very smooth. Put in some '07 WRX TR seats and now it's comfy too! I'm doing my best to keep the rust at bay and I expect this car to be around for quite a few years. It'll go anywhere and drive through anything I need it to and if it gets a new dent somewhere, so what!?

wow... good for you! I'd love to have a new old gen subie in my driveway!

11k miles, not a typo? Did someone buy this car and just forgot about it?

I think my neighbor paid the dealer over $200 for just the parts. How many of these cars are out there? If most of them need this repair, it turns into a nice little profit maker for subaru. I'm sure the engineers who came up with this are pretty proud of themselves.:-\

helped a neighbor replace theirs last week, what a horrible design.