March 5, 201511 yr Ok guys so I'm super excited. Last night I looked at an running 86 GL wagon with the High/Low 4WD transmission and the girl only wants $500 for it! Has some issues but I'm really only in it for the transmission so I'm not really worried about it. So here's the question. I'm sure other people have swapped out the push-button 4wd for the high/low. anything i need to know before i get buried neck deep in this thing or is it as straightforward as I think it is?
March 6, 201511 yr It really is as easy as it sounds. Basically just a trans remove and replace. Grab the interior stuff, shifters and trim. It should be all plug and play. Edited March 6, 201511 yr by Crazyeights
March 6, 201511 yr Author The only thing I was remotely concerned about is the fact at when not in 4wd the push-button runs Rwd while the high/low runs Fwd.
March 6, 201511 yr That's not correct. Subarus are fwd until 4wd is engaged, the it kicks the rear wheels in. Doesn't matter if it's push button or dual range.
March 6, 201511 yr Yeah, you're pretty much gold there. The ONLY thing that may be finicky to hook up might be the 4wd and the lo light. Your car most likely has the lo light there, but it's just not wired up.You can just leave all as is of course and throw the trans in, you just wouldn't have the lights functioning, but mechanically everything will be fine.
March 6, 201511 yr not sure where your located but if ALL you want from the car is the tranny, I'd at least check around cuz I'd hope you could find one by itself for cheaper. But if you can get other good parts out of it than go fer it!
March 6, 201511 yr Author So I just looked up replacement clutch kits and I'm finding that there are two different counts on the splines and different diameters. One is a 24 and one is a 21 spline with 8- 7/8 and 7-7/8's respectively why the difference? Also my car is a 92 sedan. The donor is an 86 GL wagon. Edited March 6, 201511 yr by josiahm91
March 9, 201511 yr Author I'm pretty sure that the 24 spline count goes for 4wd while the 21 is for 2wd makes sense. Does anyone know for sure?
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