ray_der

Reading this thread made me think somebody was reading my mail. My new to me 95 legacy also had no power to the rear wheels, and I'd gone through everything njdrsubaru did too. My conclusion was to tear into it with the assumption of a malfuctioning solenoid C/valve. I have another transmission from a '91 that I didn't know if it was any good or not, so I pulled the tail off and removed the clutch pack and solenoid. Then I jacked my '95 up and pulled the tail on that tranny. With the parts side by side, I noticed one difference, the solenoids both had the same ohm reading, but the donor clicked when power was supplied, the original was silent. The clutch pack was slightly thicker from the donor, but both drums were grooved about the same. So I swapped solenoids and clutch packs, and spent an hour and half fileing the grooves out of the drum. Everything back together and the AWD works. I used all used parts and traced and cut a new gasket. The whole adventure cost only 6qts of tranny fluid and about 8hrs under the car.