03Foxtrot

And now the roof rack has arrived and gone on. Still fiddling with a slow brake leak somewhere and the oil leak onto the exhaust, and an exhaust leak at the collector.

Found some old Nissan P/U wheels and tires for $100 for the wagon! They are 195/75/14s and they fit with no trimming. Way smoother ride and better handling than the 185/75/13s I took off.

As for the windows. Inside the switches/master switch. There are copper contacts with carbon touch stones which over time get oxidized causing a poor connection, you can take the master switch apart and clean the contacts. Just be careful, they are a little tricky, and making sure the copper contacts are in right while reassembling is of most importance. I can't remember if the master switch also has small springs inside as well. -Tom Tom, I took the switch out today and used a q-tip and sometimes a pocket screwdriver to clean the very dirty contacts. Just for future use it does not have tiny springs inside. Pretty simple little project and now all the master switches work as designed. Thanks again.

So I found a perfectly good forester 6disc/tape deck factory stereo at the junk yard. I used the cargo tray in front of the shifter as the trim bezel since that stereo is so deep. Not quite finished, but I now have a radio.

Jeff, I just found your post, mine was doing the same thing and the Chiltons manual was no help. I had pulled the trim panel but was not sure what to check. I will unplug it, thanks for the post. Kris

So today wheel cylinder replaced, I turned my attention to the lack of heat. I unhooked both heater core lines and sure enough, it is clogged on th inlet side. So I used the garden hose to push from outlet to inlet, clog gone and voila! Heat.........and then the fuel filter decided that after 24 years it was done filtering. Lol, never a dull moment.

Doh! I should have known.

I like it, should be a great tinkering project. What size are those tires? Looks like stock 13" steelies but those tires appear huge for a 13 rim.

Tom, I would be interested in the wheels, and if that gray loyale has the retractable cargo cover I want that too. I will post more pics soon.

Thanks Tom, I found it on craigslist in Cincinnati, always wanted an old Subaru, and when I started checking out mods and off road ideas for it your threads were some of the ones that convinced me to buy it. The red stripe on the moulding was my idea, I had some 3/8" red pinstripe in the garage and it fit the moulding perfect. Interesting thought about the short causing the turn signal issue, it does have trailer wiring and the factory hitch so I will follow that and see where it goes. I actually just found the same KYB struts you mentioned on Amazon for $44 each, they are my next purchase. The roof and hood were completely sun-faded all the way to the primer, so I scuffed them and Plastidip sprayed them, turned out better than I expected. The steelies I had to scrub and paint, and I found the centercaps on ebay. I want to find either some 185/80/13 tires, or some 14" Pug steelies. The factory wheels and tires do not look good they are way too small. Future plans would be fog/driving lights, roof rack, maybe a 3.9 LSD rear if I can find one, nothing major just a cool old cruiser that will go anywhere.

Update: 1-The soft brake pedal is a weeping RR wheel cylinder. Ordered today and will install soon. 2-The no heat issue seems to be clogged heater core lines, I will clean them out and check again. 3-I hooked a mechanical oil pressure gauge up and got 60PSI at idle when cold so oil pressure is golden. 4-The window and turn signal issues are TBD, and after driving around a little the original rear struts are definitely garbage. I would like to find some 14 or 15 inch steel Pug wheels. I am in SW Ohio if anyone has some let me know.

Just picked up a '91 Loyale for $399. replaced the front diff and CV axles, and muffler. Still having a few issues: 1-brake pedal is soft when running, and pumping the brakes at idle causes an engine miss. 2-with the lights on, the left turn signal causes the stop lamp dash light to flash. 3-the temp slider does not change the air temp out of the vents. 4-the windows all roll down from the master switch, but only the drivers window goes up from the same switch. 5-the oil pressure gauge is 15ish pounds at start up, but drops off to below zero when running. Any help with these issues would be much appreciated.