SubaruMowery

Thank you guys for the quick replies... My first suby was a 95 legacy and sold at around 200k. It had the torque bind and the tranny light never came on... After being told i needed to replace the tranny I just drove it in tight circles after a few drains and refills and it worked believe it or not... Some years later when I bought this car, have had it for a long time and was planning on replacing the front axle and keep it going when I found time... Then this happened, it never really had the buck or bind, from driving it so long I felt like somethign was different but I can't really tell unless i'm backing up in a turn an it sounds like the parking brake is stuck (but its not)...and in the last two days the window swtich broke and the drivers outside door handle haha. I don't have a ton of time these days b/c of grad school so time has been the real issue. Thats why we have been considering a newer suby... Just hate to sell her for nothing.

I have a 96 legacy with 262k on it currently. It started doing the 16 flash A/T transmission light. It ended up being code 24 (duty solenoid C / Valve transfer assy) I put in the FWD fuse and it didn't work at first (no FWD light). I decided to leave it in and see if its working at all. I noticed it might work for a day or half a day or 20 minutes and then the FWD light will go off again. (my thinking is FWD works when the solenoid is working with the fuse in)... I looked into prices and it would cost me around $2-400 to do the solenoid and clutch pack myself. or about the same price for a used transmisison here in phonenix. I don't want to do this job and then have it break again soon with such high miles. And frankly its hard to spend more money on a car that is worth around $2000 these days... So here are my questions... 1. What is the life span of a 96 subaru/nissan 4EAT? 2. Is it worth it to change the Duty Solenoid C / clutch pack on a tranny with 262k on it... WIll another solenoid or someting else likely go out in my transmission soon? 3. Could it be something being plugged up causing the FWD mode to work intermentately... to which a fluid drain and fill could possibly fix my woes? Your advice is appricaited! Any advice.... I've been thinking of selling it and getting a newer suby... I'm just so use to the 2.2 reliability and have been afraid of the head gasket issues of any 2.5 legacy/outback till 2010 which is out of the budget for now.