Rust

Here is my winner for the best subaru post-armagedon survival vehicle.

What is that round button on the bottom of the tailgate?

I believe those caps were from 1986-89. I think they stopped making them when they re-badged the GL/DL as Loyale.

Well after multiple attempts of pulling fuses I can not find the drain. Perhaps my dwell/volt meter is not sensitive enough to pick up the drain, it is a very slow drain. Since the car does not get daily use, I am thinking my easiest solution would be to just put in a battery kill switch.

Thanxs for the tips. Will try some of them this weekend. If I can't track down the leak,I may just install a battery kill switch.....hopefuly that will not be needed.

If I did not have so many projects I would definitely snag this one

http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/4201765493.html

I would inspect all the fuel lines for trail dammage before messing w/ the engine. could be a branch or something wedged in there messing up the works.

I just flip open the door w/ my credit card.

My loyale has battery drain when parked. I have experimented w/ many different batteries, and a faulty battery is not the problem. I have inspected all cables and they seem ok. I am thinking that perhaps the starter has some internal short that is causing a drain, or a bad ignition unit. It is a very slow drain, but if it sits for more than 3 days the volts drop to below 12. Any other ideas where the grounding could be comming from?

A heat gun, soapy water, and a guitar string are your best friends for removing glass. Be careful not to get too carried away w/ the heat gun, just warm up the rubber, don't melt it. Removing glass is always a crapshoot if it will break trying to remove it.

Also note the red over-spray in the wheel wells. Very nice car but not original paint.

The wheels have been re-painted, note the paint that didn't wipe off of the wheels.

Here's a nice home-made bumper set up. I think this is leatherface's subie for mowing down tourists at the local campground.

Could be the door seals, door window seals, or the windshield gasket. Leave a hose on the roof w/ the water running down the windshield and the door. Then get inside w/ a flashlight to track down the leak.

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