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Need help diagnosing problem
nipper replied to 4Cornered's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Easy. Parts get old and brittle, solder joints start to fail. Add engine vibration and heat you have a loose connection. When the parts get hot, metal expands and can develop a poor or open connection. Things cool down (and it has more to do with compnonet heat then anegine heat and all workd again. This is why electronic failures that are intermittent can drive one bonkers. -
For 500.00 he could fix the AWD, I think he is trying to do this on the cheap. I think in this case the easiest thing may be to mechanically neuter the real diff. I do wonder though what would happen if you removed the duty c and found some way to hold it open. Since this is a 4eat you cant just drop the driveshaft. In theroy you could keep the shaft between the tranny and carrier bearing, but the shaft is one peice unless for this discussion. There is always the possability of taking apart the rear half shafts and just have the stubs remain. I dont see why that wouldnt work as I sit here at my desk (meaning I may be wrong). I would do both sides.
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Things more likely: Timing belt Fuel pressure regulator Fuel Pump relay (rare but it happens) This is a rare failure on a subaru but it does happen. How many miles on it When (it is when yes?) was the timing belt changed and what parts were also done at the same time. And as above says, you really need a fuel pressure test
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Need help diagnosing problem
nipper replied to 4Cornered's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Nahhh though never hurts to change the fuel filter. They key here is failure of the tach to work. The tach gets it signal from the primary ignition system. Without that no tach no spark no start. NOw if it failed in the summer only while sitting in the sun then I would look at the fuel pump relay. -
Need help diagnosing problem
nipper replied to 4Cornered's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
This sounds like on first thought that either the spark amplifier or the module in the disty is going. When I had one of these it drove me completly nuts as it was dying, but the same symptons. Look there, as that would also kill the tach, since as far as the car is concenred it can't tell the disty is rotating. My bet is on the module in the disty since you loose the tach. With mine it needed a disty too, so it was pricey at the time. -
Wow this is a first, someone who actually wants them. Well step one is to find a donor car with one that has no ruct, then take all the good stuff from your car and put it in the donor car. That is far easier then the other way around.