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Thanks for the response! I'll try to clean out the evaporator box again, but it's already been done multiple times--the first couple times it was definitely nasty and needed a thorough cleaning. Even after it's cleaned out, it starts leaking a day later. If it was just a little bit of water I'd be able to just let it go but it is a crazy amount of water. it ruined the carpeting on the passenger side :-( I try to vacuum it out and air dry it when possible but when its 80% humidity outside it doesn't do much good. I'll take another look at the evaporator box and see if its clogged enough to lead to that much water leakage. thanks again. -Colz

Subaru Nut, normally I would think that a possibility but the owners before were an elderly couple who only used the GL for weekend trips to Ruidoso, NM--which explains why the mileage was so low when I bought it. When I first bought it I found some wiring in the back that was more than likely hooked up to some subs. I took those out and am trying to keep everything in the GL as original as possible :-) -Colz

Thanks for that info! It makes a little more sense now. Even though they aren't factory speakers, I have no clue what could have gone there in their place. If I get them hooked up and working I'll let y'all know! Thanks again! -Colz

My 87 GL has some serious AC leaking going on. It's just water but it's so much that I think it gets backed up trying to drain out of the hose. I've had the guys at the dealership look at it 3 times and several other mechanically inclined friends but no one can figure out how to stop it or control it. I'm starting to think I should just jury-rig something that would work as an additional drain-tube of sorts. Does anyone have any advice? I'm attaching some pics. The one with the areas circled in red are the areas with the most leakage. -Colz

Loyale 2.7, I was poking around in my Ru earlier today and took some pictures of the speakers I mentioned. I tried to take out the speaker on the left (driver side) but when I unscrewed the mounting I found out that the wires were still connected to something...not sure what and I don't like messing with wires so I'll hold off on that one. The speaker on the right, one image is the view from inside where the glove compartment would be and looking up, it's kind of hard to see the speaker but I couldn't get a better angle b/c it's a tight space. The last picture of the right speaker is the view looking through the vents (where the AC should be blowing). The amount of effort it must have taken to create these custom mounts and install them in such hard to reach and cramped spaces is insane! Even crazier, is that the kid who owned it before me never mentioned them. He told me everything else he did with the car so I'm baffled as to why he left this out. Oh well. If I can get them hooked up and working for pretty cheap I may just keep them. -Colz

Thank y'all! I will try chatting with the folks in the older gen forum. seriously so excited about this website. my wife gets so tired of hearing me talk about my Ru haha.

At the risk of sounding dumb...I haven't made any serious mods to my 87 GL, yet. But the kid who owned it before me definitely did. While I was trying to figure out an AC leak, I removed the glove compartment for better access and saw a speaker--right behind the center-right AC vent. Then I found one hidden to the bottom left of the steering wheel. I've never owned a Subaru before and I have no idea if these speakers are supposed to be there or if this kid made special mounting brackets and just found room to place them. I've showed them to several car audio places and the general response is something like, "what the hell?!" If this is in fact a mod, then I'll probably take them out (they don't work right now). What do y'all think? I did find it strange that the only speakers are in the back, with the exception of the tweeters in the front doors. I can't tell y'all how happy I am to have found this forum. I'll probably be browsing all these topics well into the early morning hours lol.

Greetings everyone! So happy I found this forum. I bought my first Subaru about 9 months ago while I was in El Paso, TX and ended up taking it with me when I moved back to Florida. It's an 87 GL hatchback and I freakin' love it! The interior is in good shape (with the exception of the dashboard from the El Paso sun) and the body is scratch and dent free, but it could use a new coat of paint. It had about 115,000 miles on it when I got it and it runs great. I've been doing some poking around, trying to learn all I can about it. I'd really love to start fixing any minor things that come up but for now I try to ask the guys at the parts and service desk at the dealership as many questions as I can. If anyone reading this knows about these GLs, I have one burning question that I can't seem to find an answer for: AC leaking. The air blows ice cold but it just dumps water into the passenger floorboard. The tubes have all been flushed and cleaned and I've taken it to the dealership three times for this issue but nothing works. For now I'm just switching out putting towels down to absorb the water but I'd like to find a real solution. I try to not run the AC too much, but it's summer in central Florida so, yeah...it's REALLY humid. If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it. I look forward to chatting more in the future about my Ru (that's what I call it) and other people's Rus as well :-)