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Wanna thank everyone for many suggestions..may not be solved completely..but car now back at top of drive by house. Didn't use any starting fluid. was 37 degrees on Sunday. Didn't start. Started when poured gas into carb , then died. Pulledgas line at bottom of driver strut. Fuel coming out when crank...slow steady stream. Tried number oftimes. Put some iso heet in number of times in carb. Still nothing. Pulled distributor cap, is rotating Replaced fuel filter leaving plate in place. No difference. Pulled fuse. No fuel coming out of line. Put fuse in..fuel coming out of line. Think relay ok. Never found computer under dash. Finally when checking fuel line again no fuel came out. Tried again no fuel. decided nothing to lose..didn't want to try last bolt holding fuel filter plate in place. Had soaked all day pb blaster, had tapped, gently tried to turn..broke off...arghhhhh. Pulled electric connection apart...12 v juice. Put together. Felt pump..was running. Pulled gas line..now gas coming out again. Got it started..warmed up..conked out few times..finally got it up drive..everything seems fine..but tried few times start..some times starts sometimes not. So not sure if it was warmth of all day, or pump shaken up when dropped or electrical wire to pump (has duct tape on from previous owner). However pretty doggone sure is just fuel system carb or fuel pump problem. Will try during week. Problem is now have no way to attach fuel filter plate to car..just hanging now....any suggestions or analysis welcome. Thanks all, Steve

Pulled battery and recharged...put in at midnight (full moon). Went down this morning (storm of 6-inches moving in). Pulled distibuter wire..have spark.. Pulled off gas line in engine where rubber connects to metal line bottom of driver strut...crank gas comes out steady flow. Put back together. Tried start..started..ran couple of minutes..was idling ok for cold....was letting warm up because didn't want to die going up drive and completely block drive. As deciding, died. Won't start. Decided to leave til storm over. Now not sure why started but I had been putting pb blaster on bolts under fuel pump, also had tapped with hammer. Also had been 29 degrees yesterday in full sun 8 hours. Would think this means fuel relay ok, that pump can pump (unless intermittent problem). Have new sparks to put in and fuel filter. Worried about trying to change fuel filter. CAn't chance taking off fuel pump plate. After 3 days of blaster, tapping with hammer, on first gentle try bolt broke. Noticed on ones hidden by lip that another broken. That leaves one bolt holding all. Will try start again, if doesn't will pull fuel line again and try number of times to see if getting blocked. Any other ideas? Thanks, Steve

Thx everyone. Really excellent help..very much appreciated. Problem is car 200 feet down drive in snow plus cold wave here..usually zero or below when i can get out. Plus need assistant..so maybe during daylight on weekend if I can find parts. Subaru dealer here can't find fuel pump relay or even part number...still looking at auto parts stores.... Have been spraying PB blaster on bolts etc to make weekend easier. QUESTION:Found one interesting thing in engine compartment. Never have worked in there on this car. Unplugged electrical connector. Does anyone know what this is and does? Is cylindrical plug with two wires..red and green on front of engine is metal horizontal plate sitting between power steering fluid reservoir and alternator. On top of this wire runs to front of plate into a small black piece that sits above and hangs down in front of flywheel between steering fluid reservoir and alternator. It is the high flywheel on air conditioned GL. Is this a sensor? What purpose? (revolutions?) Don't think it just came loose since other side of plug tucked away (like on purpose) Thanks, Steve

THX. Very good instructions. Will try when light out and can work on. Problem is gets dark too early. One easier thing that might be wrong....already checked fuses (ok) but I hear there is a fuel pump relay inside car. I replaced one on another Subaru. Do you know where it is? How to tell apart from other relays by color or wire conector colors? Also is there any way to tell if bad by sound when turning car to on position but not cranking? Any suggestions welcome when you have time. Thanks, Steve

Is carburetor. Also car manual says fuel filter is cartridge and doesn't need to be cleaned???? It's 15 degrees and 20" of snow..crawled along passenger side in front of rear tire..don't see anything..where the hell did they hide it? Also in engine compartment don't see one by driver strut. Aren't they usually opaque whiteish plastic?

Have 87 GL wagon picked up recently. Is starting fine. New battery. Haven't put on road yet. Put in 5 gallons gas and dry gas yesterday. This morning started, maneuvered, went down drive, back up, down, then backed up driveway in snow..lost power stalled. Turned around went up driveway then as going back down at idle stalled out. Can't start. Cranks, no start. Waited 2 hours. Cranks,No start. Tried start fluid, starts, dies immediately. Need ideas while sun up. Was 10 degrees last night, 19 now..but started and ran fine. Where is fuel filter on 87 Loyale wagon? Fuel pump? How to test fuel pump? Pretty sure battery, starter, plugs ok... Any locations, tricks welcome.

Thanks, I disconnected pink. Hooked up a boom box and the front played. So problem has to be before connector or in radio. Your colors are right. Pink connector is front speakers and 2 blue/blacks come in and leave as blue. The other i believe is white. Do you know color of connector and location for rear speakers. I took glove box out and found brownish just like pink but it goes to glovebox light. Any ideas would help.

The left side speakers both work fine and there is no output from the passenger side speakers, both front and rear. I have the panel off under the glove compartment. It looks like most of the wires going to the door go thru a white connector and a pink connector. The pink has a blue and a white wire. The white has a blue, white, blue/white and yellow wire. Are any of these the front speaker wires? With voltmeter what should be the reading on each wire from the radio at the connector? Also, what color are the wires to the rear speaker and what is the routing? My Chilton's doesn't show any wiring. Thanks