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damonmlime · Post by **damonmlime** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:12 pm

Friday my girlfriend bought a 91ss w/150K for 1750, we get the car home saturday and the awd is not working, when i was driving the car home it didn't give any signs that it wasn't working but there was no snow or anything to test it in, I was looking through the glove compartment and found receipts that indicated the car had had about 2k worth of transmission work less than 10K ago what should i do

should i go back to the car lot i got it from and take the car back, even though it was sold asis i paid w/credit card and that gives me some buyer protection. btw i searched the board and found some other people had this problem and it turned out to be worn center diff clutches or duty c soleniod, how do i change those? where are they? thanks damon. ps, the car is auto

91White-T · Post by **91White-T** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:53 pm

I had a similar problem w/ my old 91 SS. Had the trans rebuilt and the AWD never worked right again. This was at about 170K for mine.

damonmlime · Post by **damonmlime** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 5:57 pm

so what did you end up doing?

Post by **Legacy777** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:18 am

Is the power light flashing at all when starting or driving?

The AWD system is in the rear extension housing, and can be pulled off the tranny without removing it.

So I guess it's up to you whether you want to start digging into it, or just take it back.

BAC5.2 · Post by **BAC5.2** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 12:49 am

Check to see if the FWD fuse is inserted.

damonmlime · Post by **damonmlime** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 1:24 am

the power light comes on when you first start the car, stays on for a few seconds and goes out, the manual function works fine, i was gonna check for that awd fuse but it's too cold, besides, the awd comes and goes, it seems when you go from a dead stop it doesn't work until you get moving, it kinda feels like it does when you have a clutch that slips, tommorow i'm gonna take it in and see if there are any codes and i'll go from there, if there arent any codes i'll buy a couple bottles of that lucas transmission stuff and put it in. btw will that duty c solenoid cause a code? will they be able to tell anything about that power light by checking codes? thanks for all the responses. damon

tris91ricer · Post by **tris91ricer** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 7:08 pm

http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/subaru.html

That should take care of it.. it's pretty simple, if you just follow the instructions.. I've done it NUMEROUS times.
You can even pul your ECU codes, in D-Check mode, as your car still drives.

damonmlime · Post by **damonmlime** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 1:31 am

thanks, i'll do that tommorow if i have time, how do i know which code i'm getting? is it something like a long blink=10 and a short blink=1? thanks damon.

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 5:49 am

i think this is the link he meant to give ya: http://www.surrealmirage.com/subaru/trans.html

and yes a long blink is 10 and a short is 1

illnastyimpreza · Post by **illnastyimpreza** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:27 am

what does the manual button on the 4eat shifter do?

THAWA · Post by **THAWA** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 6:29 am

It doesn't allow the transmission to shift into 1st gear. It only works with the selector in 2 or 3.

illnastyimpreza · Post by **illnastyimpreza** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 7:41 am

wierd...mine is defaulted to manual. So its doing nothing?

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