Haredawg Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Can someone please tell me the difference between a DL wagon and a GL wagon going Saturday to look at a DL and would like to know if there's anything I should look for thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 not a whole lot of difference.just the headlights, trim, and a DL`s interior isn`t as plush as a GL.what year is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subarubuddy Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 not a whole lot of difference.just the headlights, trim, and a DL`s interior isn`t as plush as a GL.what year is it? what about a GL-10?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 gl-10 was like the top of the line model.lazy boy interior, all power options and a/c standard.i think they also had better awd options or standard equipment, again basically the same.also turbos were all gl-10 i believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobmater Posted October 5, 2005 Share Posted October 5, 2005 Yeah, the dl has 4 headlights and its not quite as luxurious as the Gl the Gl-10 was the turbo, and was like the fancy pancy pancy car. They are pretty much the same car, just little differences. As for what to look for, don't be alarmed if there is some oil leakage, its something us subaru people are used to and deal with. But dont get me wrong, if there is a puddle that looks to be like your going to be leaking a quart of oil like every 500 miles, then i would be a little bit leery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haredawg Posted October 5, 2005 Author Share Posted October 5, 2005 I was told it's a 1989 he also thought it was fuel injected motor,would that be correct.It's also gonna need some things like a back hatch window. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobmater Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 yeah, that would be right, its a spfi (single point fuel injection) i want to do a spfi swap onto my 85 gl wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 don`t pay way too much for it. it should be spfi i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haredawg Posted October 8, 2005 Author Share Posted October 8, 2005 How good is this spfi motor and what would be considered to much for this car. And thanks guys for all your help I'll be going Sat. to check this car out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75subie Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 $700-1000 is a decent price, but go as cheap as possible, if you want to go more, thats up to you, but resale is not so good on subes. spfi is great.good milage, and very reliable. good luck with it Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobmater Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 the spfi engine is a very good engine(ea 82) i lot more reliable that the carb'd wagons. i see wagons any where from 200 to 2500 dollars, depends on the shape of the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyewdall Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Around here, ones with around 200k sell for $800 to $1500 -- more for the newer ones, with less rust. As cheap as $300 if they need some serious work. I picked up my '89 GL for $500 with a burned up rear wheel bearing, 189k miles, and everything else really nice condition --all the maintenance records back to 40k. I considered it a steal at that price and would have paid $800 even with the bad wheel bearing. I've seen them as high as $3,000, for a Loyale with only 50k miles and no rust. SPFI is better that carbed IMO, but oddly I haven't really seen the pricing reflect that. No noticeable difference between DL and GL pricing either -- although it seems that all of them I've seen are GL or the Loyales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haredawg Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 Well guys I bit the bullet am now the proud owner of a 89 DL wagon/rust.Now for the important ?'s.The check engine light stayed on the whole trip home (130 miles) is this something that needs to be fixed or don't worry about it.Also the car seems to have a low howl to it running down the road could it be rear end is dry or on that order or tranny maybe.Next I tried the 4x4 a little better when i got home seems to shift in ok but bangs kinda hard coming out and going in reverse seems a little noisey.Anyhow it's at a friends house who's gonna do the work for me and just looking for some answers as he's never even seen under the hood of one of these beasts.P.S. could use a pr of front fenders for it.Thanks Steve and I only paid $300.00 for this gem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hondasucks Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 gl-10 was like the top of the line model.lazy boy interior, all power options and a/c standard.i think they also had better awd options or standard equipment, again basically the same.also turbos were all gl-10 i believe. You coudl get a non-turbo GL-10 although they are not very common, and my Turbo wagon is NOT a GL-10, it's a GL. The Turbo option was available on the GL... Actually you could order a GL with all the GL-10 options, I saw one once that had everything the GL-10 had -- air susp, AM/FM cassette, turbo, digidash, sunroof, etc.. BUT it didn't have the GL-10 interior... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobmater Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 definatley a good buy! thats cool you got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haredawg Posted October 9, 2005 Author Share Posted October 9, 2005 Now the fun begins.Will parts from a Gl wagon with and automatic trans work for me.I need splined rotor hub also will the axel shafts be the same as mine is a 5sp trans.I ask as I know where a car is sitting and would buy it for parts if these parts inter change thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abucoral Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 here in israel the common price is arrund 35000 nis in $ it is 7600$-5000$ Israel i think has the record of subaru runing since it had no japenise competition. until 88 i think that the only japenis car was the subaru. i love my dl loyale 4wd that drove president rabin when ii was new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuBrat84 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Now the fun begins.Will parts from a Gl wagon with and automatic trans work for me.I need splined rotor hub also will the axel shafts be the same as mine is a 5sp trans.I ask as I know where a car is sitting and would buy it for parts if these parts inter change thanks Steve As long as it is an "ea82" gl wagon the stuff will be interchangable.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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