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Went to a gold mining claim last week with my 1985 wagon, and..... was towed home 106 miles on a AAA flatbed. After two days camping, mining, and getting some gold, everything was great. Then driving on a dirt road near the claim with a fully loaded wagon and stock "vintage" suspension, I hit a deep rut, HARD, on my passenger side. The rut was deeper than I expected but the same elevation on both sides so it was a very intense......BANG... and I kept forward motion and speed. It shook and banged hard enough that I thought....oooouch, that'll break something. About a 1/2 mile later ...bang, band, bang. Felt like I was hitting good sized rocks in the road and I could feel it in my shifter too but there were no rocks ...just a dirt road. I got out, looked and saw fluid or something dripping into the dirt from above the rear passenger wheel and I was on a forestry road miles from the pavement. The Subaru didn't totally fail and I was able to slowly drive to the highway, call AAA, and get towed home 106 miles....(the last 6 miles cost me $54...so the insurance paid about 10 years of dues right there). On the way to the pavement the bang, bang, bang, was violent but not constant and got worse if I went faster than 1st gear mainly coasting-in-gear-speed... The passenger side rear axle boot was already torn and now the wagon also leans about 4 inches towards the passenger side.....Is this what is called Subie "STANCE"? ..lol. 1) Was the bang, bang, banging the axle failing? 2) Was the fluid dripping I observed from the rear shock obsorber being destroyed by the impact from the rut in the road? Thanks USMB
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My 1985 GL started blowing blue smoke out the back as I was driving on the highway the other day. I pulled over and had it towed to my mechanic. He took a look at it and pronounced it to be a serious engine issue -- either a valve blew, or the rings. I received this car as payment for work done for a former professor, who was the original owner. After retiring in the late eighties, she only drove it about 3,000 miles a year. It had 42,000 miles on it in 2010. I've put 50,000 on it. Unfortunately, she also only did one oil change a year as well. And she smoked. I've had the transmission rebuilt, new pieces crafted and welded on (it has a good frame), and finally got the smoke smell out of the car. It has been very high maintenance. It still needs a new radiator and a new exhaust. So, should I sell it to the scrap yard, as my mechanic would want me to do?
