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Here from Chino California introducing my new 1984 GL Turbo Wagon. I believe im the second owner after all the hassles I've been thru with DMV. I found the car on craigslist after just browsing thru the ad's, It was a barn find. The guy I got it from had it parked over ten years. What got me interested was the low mileage. I has 95236 original miles on the odemeter. The car is pretty much complete. Just a dent on the driver side door. What sold me was that it came with the complete factory service manual. And the car manual with the maintenance book with all the services done at its proper mileage.

So, when I picked up my '84 GL, I noticed it had the stock AM/FM stereo. So, what to do.... FYI - You truly don't need to upgrade your unit if the stock stereo & speakers work fine. Let me explain......... Any 1 DIN NAV worth a damn costs over $500. All of that is a pain in the rear to install. I have a $15 solution that requires no installation, and uses the cell phone you already use (which is hopefully either a newer Android or I-phone). In my case, I have a LG Fiesta 2 - which uses the Verizon network (the phone cost me $60 last year) and this phone allows for bluetooth audio streaming... which is the key. So, you already have a smartphone, this only adds to its capabilities and costs you nothing additionally to use. Here is the solution. Get a cell phone holder for your car vent (or the $5.88 Walmart cell phone holder that sticks to the windshield). Then get one of the below Bluetooth/FM Transmitter/USB devices (it plugs into your car's power connection/cigarette lighter). You then take your Smartphone, plug it into the USB charging port - connect your phone via bluetooth to the device's bluetooth. It will then broadcast your bluetooth audio stream to whatever FM station you decide the device should be broadcasting at. I usually pick 89.9 (as it usually doesn't have anything being broadcast locally that prevents the usage of that frequency). I am then able to listen to Pandora or Spotify, listen/look at google maps, and receive/end calls. They are integrated with each other on the smart phone already, so if you get a call... Pandora and Google Maps go silent while you take your call. When the call ends, Pandora and Google Maps audio stream then returns automagically. I even played SlingTV (ssshhhhhhhhh) and my son watched the movie "Guardans of the Galaxy" in the middle of nowhere Idaho in Hi-Definition on the smartphone. And we listened to it in stereo on the stock AM/FM-stereo. This works so well, I am putting it in all of my vehicles. I used this setup in my 1984 Subaru GL Wagon last week (and my cell phone integrated nicely with the stock AM/FM radio)... and multiple people asked me about it during the drive cross country. As such, we no longer need to buy expensive NAV units or rip apart dashboards. Or if you have a bad stock stereo, just get a 1 din stereo that is flat, has USB and it will fit in the stereo's limited space (there is no need for DVD or CD's anymore as music can be played via streaming or you can use a SD Card to store music). Folks - we already buy cell phones, why not use them as our car's infotainment device as well? As a matter of fact, I don't use the uconnect NAV on my 2013 Chrysler 200 Limited (as I am tired of updating the maps for $170 yearly), I just use Google Maps on my cell (Google Maps is updated daily), & I tie into the 200's stereo directly into it's bluetooth connection. So, there are 3 for sale at Walmart (or also at Walmart.com) for less than $15.00. For your case, I'd go with the generic device I posted below (that is selling for $14.97) as it also allows you to start or end calls without touching your phone). I personally use the Monster device & also the cell phone holder in mine costs $5.88 at Walmart & sticks excellent against the windshield. I hope this makes sense to you. Just make sure you have a cell phone data plan that is 2 GB or more https://www.walmart.com/ip/Bluetooth-V4-2-FM-Transmitter-for-Car-Wireless-Bluetooth-FM-Radio-Adapter-2-Ports-USB-Car-Charger-with-Hands-Free-Calling/621185790?athcpid=621185790&athpgid=athenaItemPage&athcgid=null&athznid=PWVAV&athieid=v0&athstid=CS020&athguid=4f2c6ad3-163-16e156f1def069&athancid=null&athena=true https://www.walmart.com/ip/Monster-Inc-Mn-Fm-Bluetooth-Transmit/925473573 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Monster-Gooseneck-FM-Transmitter-with-LCD-Screen/598089849

aftermarket axles are notorious for being junk, so it could very well be the axle itself... unless you bought a genuine Subaru axle...

Nope, I've got a FWD Subie as well. 255,000 miles and just drove from Yakima, Washington to Illinois.

For a few weeks of online research, I looked into youtube videos of people soldering stuff (bluetooth units, AUX) onto the back of stock radios as well as that iSimple thing that you recommend (based on your earlier recommendation). My goal was just to get sound from my phone to my 2003 Legacy's stock radio while keeping the stock head and having good quality. After reading/watching more reviews, my solution turned out to be an FM bluetooth adapter. Some of those units must have improved a lot in quality since you tried them, because the quality is essentially perfect (as good the FM radio coming through the speakers, haven't tried a CD yet in the stock deck) on my car with this $13-$17 unit. I'm now glad I didn't waste my time trying to solder stuff on the back of the radio head unit. It is as clean looking as what I had before (I had a USB charger plugged into the cigarette lighter already, this was just a simple swap). I selected FM107.9 for the frequency because that's always far from any station that I listen to (typically public radio on the lower end of the dial), even on road trips, and the higher frequency might (?) keep quality marginally higher than in the lower frequencies. In 6 weeks thus far, I haven't noticed any interference with FM. It's a 100% perfect solution for me. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GJ7DHMP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2 1/2 years later LOL

@nighthawk2006 the directions you give are to my house, but I have no tan car. I don't think this car is from Lyons, it's to small a town for me not to know if it was. It must be somebody nearby enough though to be coming by here from time to time.

You should test for power ot the pump when cranking. The FPCU (relay) won't send power though to the pump unless there is an ignition pulse (tach pulse) The unit itself is attached to the drivers side kick panel, just above the hood release. 6 pin connector, has 3 diamond logo on it. ONe of the wires(solid blue?) should get power with key "on" The yellow wire should give a tach pulse. The Blue/red wire is the Fuel pump wire and should get power whenever the Tach wire get's a pulse Black is a ground.