Hello Great Subaru Gurus, my hand-me-down 1990 Legacy AWD with 215K++ miles runs fine. Long story made short: Back when my mother had it (she bought it used, drove it forever, gave it to my sister, she drove it forever,....) the local tire shop put one wrong sized tire on, and after replacing the rear-end twice, my brother-in-law and I figured that out.
Car was towed twice during this, and I'm thinking I read someplace where this can wear out some bands ? in the tranny or transfer. Anyhow, no rear wheel power now, although I did have AWD for a while after I replaced the purge control solenoid valve (I think that was what it was called, been awhile). The car was in "limp in" mode for at least 2 years before I did that. At 7000' elevation.
But 2wd was ok, so I drove it, but today, in an attempt to replace the speedometer shaft seal, I broke something; the shaft or something else "down there".
Finally,
Questions:
1. How do you change that seal? I swore at Japanese folks I don't even know today.
2. What do you suppose I broke?
3. At this point, with no AWD and no speedo, should I:
A: take it to a tranny shop for repair
B: try to locate and replace it with a salvage unit.
TIA!