Can I use a Legacy's quarter glass for my 88 DL? There's 4 in pull-a-part. a 90, a 91, a 94, and a 92. Can I use any of these?

short answer - no

 

the Legacy is a very different car from your DL and the glass will not fit.

The legacy glass won't work, but I may have one in my garage, if you want it.

Sooby, did you just offer me glass I can't use? I almost said yes, then I read it again. haha. Slickness with a quickness.

No. Sorry. I think I actually have some L-body glass in my garage. I'd have to go dig, but I think I have both left and right. Just don't own any L bodies anymore.

Haha, but I don't need Legacy glass. I need DL glass. Mines broke. I covered it with duct tape. :]

L-body he's refering to loyale/DL/GL/GL-10, All of which have "L" in the name and are the same body. He's offering you the right glass for the car.

 

There's two styles of rear 1/4 glass, molded rubber retained and urethane adhesive retained. Which style do you have?

Ah. makes sense now. Well, molded rubber, but unfortunately, I'm gonna have to get rid of my soob, and either find another one, or go with a Handa. It's been a great car, but the previous owner just didn't really take care of it. He did a rebuild on it less than 20K ago and it drips oil out the driver's side heads. The trans has never been touched, and it had 22 year old fuel filter, plug wires, and he re-used all the gasket's apparently. I tried to fix my exhaust problem today, but the bolts had been taken out of the block once already, so they wont seal right anymore. It's just getting to a point where the money going into it is way too much.

see, thats the thing with these old Subaru's - sometimes you need to put a little bit of money into them to correct the neglect from previous owners, but once you do put that money in, it is fixed, and good for a LONG time...

 

look at it this way...

 

you can put a few bucks into fixing what you already have & know about and have a KNOWN good car

 

OR

 

Put money into buying another car - with unknown maintenance issues which may end up costing you even more money...

 

Personally, I go with fixing what you have nearly every time - in the long run it is actually cheaper.

 

"Oil leaks" with a Subaru are SUPER common - they dont leak, they mark thier territory!! is the oil dripping from the head - or - the cam case covers?? either way - unless it is gushing outta there, i wouldnt worry that much about it

 

getting new exhaust studs put in shouldnt cost that much - at least it wouldnt around here - maybe $20-25 or so - big deal.

 

which trans does it have?? Is it having problems?? unless it is having a problem, who cares how old it is?? I have a PU that is 43 yrs old and has the original trans that has never been touched and it is fine...

 

filters are cheap and easy....

 

you have had an offer for the glass you need...I know for a fact that Auto Glass Specialists can and do pull/install glass for cheap - $50 out, $50 in - been there done that. In my case they had to pull the replacement glass from one of our parts cars and install it into my DD...in your case it may be even cheaper if you have the glass already pulled and ready to install.

 

so - all that said, i havent seen or heard anything that would make me get rid of the car - put a couple hundred into it and it will keep on going...

 

or,

 

spend several hundred on "replacing" it, and end up spending even more fixing problems with the replacement...

 

just an example - I bought my first Subaru - an 89 GL wagon, FWD, 5 spd w/142K miles - for $150. I spent about $1100 fixing the things that needed fixing and/or replacing right off the bat and I drove that car for nearly 8 years with little more than basic maintenance after that. Not counting gas and oil changes I estimate that I only spent about $1600 total on repairs & maintenance (includes a couple sets of tires, too) on that car over the 8 years...that is only $200 a year - find me another car that can claim that low of ownership costs...

(btw - that car was still running great when i hauled her away at 265K miles - the body was shot - severe rust -and wasnt safe anymore - otherwise she would still be around!)

 

just think about it before you go giving up on your Subaru....

That was well put. Im not sure what exactly I was thinking. The Celica fell through. Now im hunting down new heads, because my exhaust needs to be re drilled, and no one will do it.

 

People in Nashville are scared of aluminum. Pansies.

Drill it yourself! You've got a clear shot and it's easy. Go to Napa and get the correct helicoil for the studs. I wanna say 10mmx 1.5 thread, but don't hold me to it. Follow the instructions and use the size drill bit they tell you to. Drill straight up 'til you feel resistance and stop. Take the bottom tap with some cutting oil, penetrating oil or trans fluid, start slow making only one or two turns then back it up (not out) use more oil, run it back in however far you came out, add another turn or two and repeat til it bottoms out. Then put some blue Loctite (I use green sleeve locker Loctite so it won't ever back out) on the thread insert and put it in. Double up a couple of nuts on the stud, Loctite the end in the head and run it down tight and take the nuts off. You clearly have some mechanical aptitude, so put it to good use and save yourself some money and hassle by not buying an unknown like heartless said.

No, tap it over to standard. GD has a great tutorial, it might be in someonelses thread but just search the forum and do them all at once with all thread. I did the headgaskets on my first car. Got it free. Lasted years.