88wagon

Hi, I need to replace one of my Wagon's wheel hub, the problem is that were I live Subarus in Junkyards are pretty rare, theres only one Gl wagon left that I am aware off with almost no parts. Do you know if another model of subaru or another car uses the same hub as in the GL. I know of a 1981 EA81 DL left in another junkyard and it is pretty much complete, but I dont know if the hubs are compatible. I cant really afford a brand new hub right now. :/

Hi, I need to replace one of my Wagon's wheel hub, the problem is that were I live Subarus in Junkyards are pretty rare, theres only one Gl wagon left that I am aware off with almost no parts. Do you know if another model of subaru or another car uses the same hub as in the GL. I know of a 1981 EA81 DL left in another junkyard and it is pretty much complete, but I dont know if the hubs are compatible. I cant really afford a brand new hub right now. :/

Sorry I messed up, posted on the wrong forum, I was on my Phone, can someone move this post to the correct one? Sorry again.

Hi, I need to replace one of my Wagon's wheel hub, the problem is that were I live Subarus in Junkyards are pretty rare, theres only one Gl wagon left that I am aware off with almost no parts. Do you know if another model of subaru uses the same hub as in the GL. I know of a 1981 EA81 DL left in another junkyard and it is pretty much complete, but I dont know if the hubs are compatible. I cant really afford a brand new hub right now. :/

Thank you for the tips! No problems so far. Previous owner offered me a full engine with transmission, (timing chain broken), rear driver and passenger windows, and some other extra goodies, for $80 USD total. So I am going to pick that up tomorrow morning. Also I found another wagon in a Junkyard with a intact interior, electrical windows and that sort of stuff, maybe its some deluxe version, so I am pretty exited. No mechanical stuff left unfortunately.

Ok, here is the update: I replaced the transmission seal, Autozone Part number 3771 (5 Speed Manual Transmission TY75F), -So TY75F is the transmission model? I also found a golden sticker near the starter that reads "049029" so maybe thats the transmission SN. Anyway, put a set of new tires all around, replaced the transmission seal because it was leaking, reinstalled the driveshaft, and added new fluid to the gearbox. Drove around a few miles with no apparent issues regarding binding. When I was at my garage I stopped the car and do some testing with the 4wd lever, now it seems that it is engaging at three points, bottom, middle and up, when I let up the clutch the car moved forward on all three settings, before it was only engaging at the bottom and on the top. So those two 4WD settings are only for off road, am I correct? Con transmisión manual de 5 velocidades Con transmisión TY75F

I'll check that too, rear diff has a sticker that says 3.9, I'm going to look for something similar in the front.

Ok, I will do that, maybe the problems it´s just something simple, I will reinstall the driveshaft, left the car in the garage until I can get some fresh tires and hope for the best. My tires are the same brand and all, but maybe they are old, maybe they are deformed In some way and they are causing me trouble. Here´s a timeline maybe it could help. Got the car from the previous owner, drove 20 miles on highway with no issues, then I drove a little bit on dirt with the lever in the top position (Im assuming 4wd Hi because the car felt more "revvy"), then I put the lever all the way back again, drove something like 300 meters straight and the car began to do that binding/skipping thing that I described, I drove very slowly another 300 meters, pulled over, put the car in reverse, then in first gear and the problem was gone again. Next day I drove around normally, put some air in the tires so they where the same PSI, changed the rear diff oil, and on my way back home from my parents home, on the same straight road the car began to do the same thing as before, this time it did not go away. So again I drove very slowly to my house and when I was parking my gear shifter locked, thats when I put the car on jackstands and released the shifter. Maybe when I removed the driveshaft the rear diff unbinded.

I will check that tomorrow, thanks, but I did a little test, I disconnected the steel rod that connects the lever with the selector on the transmission. Moved the selector by hand on the transmission housing and it seems to move only back, middle and up, same as with the lever connected.

At this point I am not sure anymore lol, transmission is manual with a lever selector with no decal or way to tell if its in FWD, 4WD Hi or Low, I will install the driveshaft tomorrow morning, lift the car again and check that lever, because as I said before, It seems to move only up and down in two steps, middle does nothing, the car just revs. I dont know if the car was originally an automatic or what because the there´s PRND on the dashboard and what seems like a selector switch (electrical) hidden in the center console, so maybe the dash was swapped, or the trans. Found this pic online, my car looks like that.

The car has only two 4WD settings, the lever only moves up and down so I am Asuming 4WD HI and Low, so yeah the car is always on 4WD. Its find hard to explain what the car was doing exactly, it feels like the wheels on the back started to lock/unlock/drag when going faster than 20-30mph, and the car felt slugish, limping. Last time I moved the car, the manual gear shifter locked and I was unable to change gears, so I got the car on jackstands, started it and the gear shifter unlocked. That's when I removed the rear driveshaft, lowered the car, drove around with no issues. I know, but where I live most mechanics don't want to touch Subarus, they are always saying, "Oh man Subarus are so weird" "Its hard to work on them" , even junkyards don't have any. Managed to found one Wagon similar to mine in a God forgotten Junkyard, but theres nothing left in it, aside from body and interior. Back to the post, the rear diff was very low on fluid and I found some metal particles on the magnet, not a lot but enought to worry. I will try to find a good mechanic and report back! This is my first Subaru and I am trying to get as much feedback as I can, so thank you very much everyone for your patience.

1988 Subaru Gl Wagon. What can be done about a damaged rear differential in case it cant be repaired, because where I live parts are almost non existent. Previous owner drived the car low on diff fluid, when I bought it I had "intermitent" binding on straight lines. Even after replacing the fluid. The problem was gone when I removed the rear driveshaft and the car move freely now, can I drive like this temporarily? The car has a bearing in the middle connecting the two driveshafts. Can I swap the rear differential with one from a newer subaru? Like a legacy?

Thank you for your replies, I found out that te rear differential was causing the problemas, I removed the rear driveshaft and the car seem to move freely now. Its there any problem if I keep driving like this until I can grab some money to fix the rear differential?

Hi, I am new to this forum. So I got a 1988 Subaru GL Wagon, drove it for a few miles when I bought it with no apparent issues until going uphill, when it started to feel like a wheel was dragging/locking/shaking, feeling like one of the wheels was not turning at the same rate as the others, FWD mode was engaged. When I got home I did some basic maintenance routine, engine oil change, rear diff fluid change, and I added some fluid to the manual transmission. Drove again for a few miles with no problems, and on the way back home the same thing happened, this time on a flat surface. I´ve already checked the front brakes and the tires spin freely so I think they are not the problem. I am going to see a mechanic tomorrow, but where I live mechanics really don´t want to work on Subarus because they say Subarus are more "complicated" than other cars. (We own 5 in my family, mine´s the older.) My theory is that maybe something is wrong with the CV´s. Any help is apreciated! Also, does this model has 4WD HI and LOW? Because when I push the lever all the way down the car moves normally, If i push the lever to the middle it just revs when I let off the clutch, and if I push the lever all the way up I can feel more traction and the RPMS are higher so I am assuming that is 4WD HI. ??? Thank you! And sorry if my english is poor, Greetings from Baja, Mexico.