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Thanks for the suggestions on the springs. Now that I threw some wheels at her finally (not exactly what I'm after but the price was right and I hate steelies) I may need to bring her down some.

What springs do people typically use to drop these a bit? This wagon has definitely been fighting me a bit, keep having to replace things, but that's how it usually goes for a car that wasn't driven much or maintained and then just starting to throw the miles at it. Either the rear caliper itself or the brake hose is failing (or both) as the brakes are dragging on the right rear. Had a coolant line develop a pinhole. Replaced most of them with silicone hoses. I took a crack at the TCM board, I can't see anything obvious. Gonna have to look at the joints with a magnifying glass. Front left window starting to jam up. Regulator has sounded bad since I got. Old man that owned the car before me basically soaked everything that moves with white lithium grease so the regulator in that door and all the guides are all gummed up with 20 year old dirty sticky grease.

It does look good. I bet it's enjoying stretching it's legs again.

Replaced the TCM with an unknown junkyard unit, same part number as the original, all is well. Kinda inclined to crack open the O.G. computer and see if I can spot anything wrong. My suspicion is it has a cracked solder joint somewhere that would intermittently make contact and allow everything to function properly. It's so nice having more than just 3rd gear. The original computer would cause all sorts of random problems as well, sometimes it would get stuck in 1st, sometimes it would lock the torque converter and I wouldn't be able to stop without the engine stalling, it wasn't pleasant.

Alert! Alert! Another 1st Gen wagon saved. Though this is a post facelift model, she deserves some love. Older gent owned her since the late 90s, he passed on. Family friend drove the car and blew it up. Sat for a year and was given to me free of charge. Dropped an engine in it, threw new pads and rotors at it (front and rear), new radiator, replaced the ball joints, in the middle of tinting all the rear glass yet. The 4 speed auto operates in limp mode more often than not and I'm fairly certain it's a faulty TCM. The interior is a little dirty but it's pristine. With a good steam vac the interior will look new again. The body is pretty straight, ding here, little spot of rust there. The clear coat is flaking off in some spots unfortunately. But I love the storage room and it's a lot easier to cart my kid around in than the 2 door Impreza. Needed yet: Front coil spring (drivers side is broken) Resolve transmission issue shocks front and rear Fix exhaust leaks Find roof racks Tint remaining rear windows Find nice 16" alloys (looking for the later model legacy snowflake wheels)

Got it seated. Turns out the smaller diameter shaft sticking out of the transmission of the two in one style input shaft was the problem. It itself wasn't seated properly and was preventing everything from being recessed the way it was all supposed to be. Thanks for all the kind words all.

Thank you all. Every TC I've ever seated had been 3 steps and I appreciate the confirmation it's the same here. Good to see you GD!

Yeah I was pulling the starter engagement gear all the way out on it's travel and it wasnt reaching. I'm trying to avoid dropping the engine in and having to take it out yet again. I want to make certain the torque converter is fully seated before I drop it in again. I have seated many TC in my day. I have never dealt with this before. Think this is only the second automatic Subaru I've worked on though.

So getting my fingers between the transmission casing and the back of the torque converter and the starter gear not reaching is definitely a sign of it not being fully seated, yes?

I struggled with this damn torque converter in this 94 legacy for like an hour. It still doesn't seem fully seated to me (i have the starter bolted up and if I pull the starter gear all the way out, it doesn't reach the ring gear on the torque converter. Also, I can get my fingers behind the torque converter). I can get it to slide in once, then twice, and that's it. It seems like it should have one more groove to fall into.

There are a lot of good parts on this 93 loyale. It also has a very rare interior from an 85 RX sedan (not the checkered flag one though). I pulled the engine and trans and the ej computer. The rest of the car is up for grabs. Make me an offer, bring a trailer. Text me at 717 fore 9 one 54 six five. South Central pa.

This car STILL LIVES. But it's definitely on its last legs lol. The body is starting to rust out bad, almost every door sill, the rear quarters in the wheel well, all the typical spots. But with an ej 2.2 and a fwd 5 speed with dry rotted old 13" 185 width tires, the tin can is a friggin burn-out MACHINE. And forget trying to drive it in the rain. Also the starter is going bad. Also I will be pulling the drivetrain out of it at some point and well the car, I'm not sure. That interior is super rare. What do I do?

So the Tin Can has been sitting for about 2 years. Got it in me yesterday to get the old girl fired up For those that don't remember (I barely do) she's a 93 fwd sedan that I plopped a 96 Impreza 2.2 in with a 94 fwd Impreza 5 speed behind. Well she didn't want to get going but that's probably because I never did finish the swap, but once she did fire up..... Holy spoob did I completely forget how insane that thing is. Talk about a burnout machine that little car will lay about 300 feet of tire on the ground in 2nd gear. I'm gonna see what I can do to get her legal and have one last hurrah before pulling the drivetrain out for my even longer hibernating GL-10 and sending the body off to that great junkyard in the sky. If anybody is near Pennsylvania and wants a $300 shell of a loyale sedan, let me know. It's got lots of good and rare stuff on/in it New brake calipers and rotors, drums, an RX interior (no not the checkered one) Look up the tin can in my posts to see the car. Cheers everybody. Been awhile!

No speed signal will cut you at 4k is that what's happening?

Well, long story short, Got the original engine back in the car. Ran great then decided to stop running. Mystery problem, never figured it out, needed wheels ASAP so....

Ha! I'm in the exact same situation. I've never really messed with newer subarus but my EA series days are over, there's a 1995 subaru impreza obd-2 ej22e in my loyale now and i really want to know what i have to do to get UEL headers on it. I nabbed the exhaust off an 98 2.5 forester and where i cut it (right after the cat) lined right up with my original ea exhaust pipe. My confusion comes from seeing all these headers with the outlet over just off center from the drivers side. My ea exhaust runs up the passenger side of the car. How do you join it up?

Well, this car got parked for awhile because the water pump went out. First the radiator needed replaced, it was leaking and just very, very deteriorated. I guess having a new radiator installed that actually held pressure lead me to the next weak link in the cooling system as about a week after I put the radiator in, the water pump went out. That pissed me off, so I just parked it and it's been sitting for a while now. In the interim time I've been driving (the spoob out of) the Loyale. What a great car that Tin Can is, I love it. I got my hands on a 95 Impreza with a 2.2 in it with only 133k on the odometer for $200 last month though, and with that, I have decided to EJ swap the GL10 because it is such a nice car. Today I got the engine and trans removed, posted up for sale in the parts classified.

My goodness it's been awhile. Well, plans have changed (naturally); no EJ for the Tin Can anymore, not for awhile anyway. I decided to EJ swap the 86 GL10 instead of the Loyale. The Tin Can is right at 139,000 miles now. The original engine has been out for a few months now sitting on an engine stand as I slowly reseal it. The temporary engine I replaced it with has been completely neglected through it's life and I am not about to start taking care of it. It runs good though. It will be coming out when I finish the original engine and put it back in. The original 5 speed I replaced with another and put a new clutch in. I also swapped in an entire 1985 Subaru RX sedan interior and I absolutely love it. This car is the best $500 I ever spent on a car. The rust in the quarters will need addressed soon, however.

That was a damn thorough and enjoyable read! Congrats on the car, don't worry about the front bumper skin, in my opinion that car looks better WITHOUT it hahaha! They're not the prettiest rooa lol. I've had the pleasure of doing light work on one of these in the shop i work at. Common issues are overheating typically due to a faulty radiator cap (they apparently are very sensitive to that), and the blend door actuator failing on the passenger temp side resulting in no temp control for that side. I can't remember if these have trans coolers...might be a good idea to add one if not. Very cool reading through your detailed work, it's inspiring as a learning tech.