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Got a NOS key for the Leone today! This is by far the coolest factory key I've ever seen. Built in LED flashlight! Massive amounts of awesomeness right there... now I always have a little flashlight on me if I need one.

I'm not sure how exactly... I'll go check it when it's not raining. What I do know is he it himself... he was very crafty when it came to this car.

We did grind the little knurls out and I used the special u-joints from Rockford Products made for this car. It wasn't too bad getting them installed. Forgot to mention just as a quick test we put the car on the lift and sure enough even without the rear shaft installed with the car in 1st gear and the 4wd engaged at a low speed the whole car was vibrating. We could see the upper driveshaft shaking a LOT so I have a feeling its u-joint is shot. Figured with a new u-joint it would be good. I want to replace the mounts while I have it apart again since they are worn out too.

Okay, I changed the two u-joints in the rear driveshaft and reinstalled it only to be rewarded with some unpleasant low speed vibration. Noticed the front propeller shaft also has a u-joint to replace in it. Now that I have the service manuals I see no information on how to actually replace the u-joints or driveshaft orientation! I guess Subaru just wanted the mechanics to replace the driveshaft if there was a problem. At any rate, if anyone can take a picture of their GL's driveshaft so I can make sure it gets put in right I'd appreciate it. There's a little subaru sticker on it so that would be a good part to take a picture of.

Nope, no alarm and no power door locks in this car. The previous owner ran the wiring from the hatch to the dashboard switch for the gate power door lock when he put the lock motor in the hatch. Junkyard upgrade Speaking of junkyard upgrades, there is a 92 Loyale at the local pick n pull... I think it's going to get stripped of pretty much any and every option it has that this car doesn't.

If I had a copy of the title I'd show you guys it's a GL. When it's light out I can take more pictures of it if you want. I had the Subaru dealer run the vin so they could order me a key and according to them it was also a GL.

Not a DL... the title stated it was a GL. It is a wierd car... probably is the lowest level equipped 4WD GL. I guess power mirrors were a standard feature though... From what I can tell on the interior stuff... alot of the blue stuff that would have seen a lot of sunlight turned a grayish blue. It also didn't help it was darker outside when I took those pictures. If you look at it in the light it still is faintly a bluish color. Edit: Just to be sure I took a flashlight out there and shined it on the plastic. It is indeed blue like the rest of the inside.

Figured the easiest way to check was to see how many wires ran to the rear doors... only two for the speaker that was added in by the previous owner for the radio. I don't think Subaru used rubber tubing with electrical tape on the ends to make a gromet for the speaker wiring. I'll be replacing the front door speakers in the near future and I'll take a picture inside the door to make sure there's no power door lock motor in there. For all I know it might have been a radio delete car as well originally. The previous owner did a lot of real nice things for the car like custom create that brush guard, wired up all the speakers to an external amp that hides inside one of the rear cubbies, and made a special plate for the extra gauges and fog lights among other things. I don't doubt that he wired in the rear hatch power lock switch as it's very nice to have compared to screwing with the key to make it lock and unlock especially if the car is still running.

I haven't seen an old Subaru around this area in over a year except for a 92 Loyale in the junkyard... so around here this thing is very uncommon... hence why I posted a bunch of pictures of it since I haven't been up close to one of these in god knows how long. The hatch lock and switch was added in by the previous owner. Like I said... that's all that it does... there are no power locks on this car. I wish there was, but there is not.

I just copied the post from a thread I made on a different board... There, now it's all gone. Way to make new members feel welcome! :-\ It doesn't have power locks either... there's a switch on the dashboard to lock and unlock the gate... and that's what it does. The EGR was removed by the previous owner. I don't have it, nor give a damn if it's on the car or not.

There's one picture here, don't *************** me out about it

I just wanted to share something I just picked up. I really like these older Subaru's and was able to get a decently clean one for next to nothing. YEAR: 1986 MAKE: Subaru MODEL: Leone GL TYPE: 4 door wagon COLOR: Janitor approved WHITE INTERIOR: GL series cloth seats ENGINE: 1.8L Subaru Boxer EA82 Carburated Engine TRANSMISSION: 5 speed manual with dual range 4WD MILEAGE: 218K Engine modifications: Weber 32/36 - Redline kit #731 High output alternator conversion Accel coil and plug wires EGR and catalyst delete Other modifications: Class II hitch and wiring Rockford Fosgate 4 channel amp for door speakers Pioneer CD/MP3 player AutoGage oil pressure and water temperature gauges Front badass push thing with four bright rallye lights Prewired for subwoofer Power hatch lock and power mirrors... and manual steering! Pictures here since people have an issue with pictures in posts! http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e92/teamaenoy/Subaru%20Leone%20GL/