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Here at the link counts. And my caveat, I haven't started the engine yet. When that happens, I'll know if I've installed the chains correctly. Remember. I found the gold and dark links, so I really believe this to be correct. But we'll see! All shafts are up, in the 12 O'clock position. On the left bank, starting at the crankshaft gear mark going clockwise, the intake mark is the 28th link. Then, from the intake mark, the exhaust mark is on the 12th link. The chain is tight across the water pump and the lower idler gear, and the dark link is on the lower right side as one is looking at the gear. Then back to the crankshaft gear. I didn't have the upper idler or the tensioner installed yet, so all the slack is between the crank gear and the intake gear. On the right bank, from the intake mark and going counter-clockwise, the exhaust mark is on the 15th link. Then from the exhaust mark, the dark links align on the lower idler at the 28th link. Most of the slack was between the exhaust gear and the lower idler. The guide on the top fit with almost no slack. So that's what I found. We'll see. Thanks all for your input! Mike

The past five years I do a fall road trip that ends up passing by this somewhat abandoned 4-eyed 78/79 freak of nature DL sedan, that I have deemed "Imogene". I may need some help from a few of you 70's models experts who knew them well back in the day. What perplexes me is that she has a DL badge on the back, has the DL steering wheel, the seats are not vinyl, but a soft cloth, more in line with what the GF hardtops came with that looks stock. Everything looks stock on her. But.....Subaru never sold a 4 eyed , 4 door sedan in the US. They sold models like these overseas in Europe as the 1600 custom, with maybe some other naming/badging in other countries. My question is do you think Subaru offered a custom order US 4 eyed DL sedan from the dealership, or was she most likely bought new overseas and made it to our shores somewhere along the way? She is beyond hope to ever get back on the road, but please pay homage to her, as she is a rusty, underappreciated beacon of these simple and ingenious 78/79 models. She also has a super cool tiny luggage rack over her trunk....and a stone tiara (as seen in the photo).

No. You can't use any EJ era parts. You need a trans from an 85 to 89 GL wagon. GD

Excellent description, thanks.

uh - wanna share the numbers you found?

Sloppy linkage. If that doesn't fix it then toss the 4 speed in the scrap bin and get a 5 speed dual range instead. The 4MT was a giant POS anyway and in any case you can't get parts for them anymore. GD

inspect the external linkage for slop. Pretty common for the bushings to go bad. Been a few years,but IIRC,the simple fix was to snug the loose parts together w/a bolt

great. hopefully you find a good tooth count somewhere. "good picture to count yourself" - HAHA, nice detective work!

Love it when practicality forces us to alter more than one thing at a time so really don't know if it was one thing or the combination of things fixed it. I have in the past just adjusted my timing belts and got rid of the tick. Not exactly the tick of death either. These poor things don't stop because if this noise