1992 Subaru Legacy You might have fun with this one.

Transmission problem
1992 Subaru Legacy All Wheel Drive Automatic 199000 miles

I bought this car from a friend. I helped him put in a used tranny because the old one went bad. The newer tranny appears to be the same, supposedly with the same gear ratio as the original. This was purchased from someone a few hundred miles away by my friend. I believe the transmission came out of a wrecking yard somewhere.

At any rate, this car, in all wheel drive, has problems. Only in all wheel drive. It will suddenly yank to one side, usually the left side, will act as though you are going thru mud(for lack of a better explanation), and today when I put it back into all wheel(I've been in front wheel for a couple of weeks, but winter is coming), it was worse than before. Now it also whines, and the power is not there. Putting it back into front wheel drive gave me the power back.

We had the CV joints both replaced by a mechanic who told us they needed it. This did not solve the problem. The mechanic is fairly sure that this is a "3rd solenoid" problem within the tranny. He has not done that particular work before. And he is a bit hard to get ahold of.

I just need to know where the problem most likely lies, and if you have any idea, on what a potential cost would be for parts.

I appreciate any help you can give. The car does run good in front wheel drive. I had a 1991 legacy prior to this one; it ran perfectly. It was one though, that I sold for financial reasons.

By the way. This car in all wheel drive typically acts up in the speed range of 30-40 mph, and mostly with the tach between 2200-2700 rpms. Although it had started to go beyond that just before I put it into all wheel drive. Obviously, with snow coming in the pacific northwest, I cannot leave this in all wheel in its current condition. That would be an accident in the making.

Thanks,
Dave