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I just got my car home from the shop. It sounds, great, runs great, drives great. Feels to me more like a new car than a 22 year old car. Time will tell but as of now I'm happy. For some background, I have a 1996 Outback Wagon with the 2.2L engine and manual transmission. I bought it around 2005 with 57,000 miles on it. The engine finally gave out a few months ago with 350,000 miles on it. BY FAR the best car I have ever owned. At that point I decided I was going to try and find me a nicer Gen 2 with the six cylinder and the LL Bean trim. I didn't really have anything else I could trust to drive, so I was kind of in a pickle. So I got the car I wanted, just ended up paying more for it than i thought i was going to have to, due to my own stupidity. I have always freaking loved those old Outback Wagons. Before that it was GL Wagons. I think I'm going to try and find a motor to drop in that '96. But this time there won't be any pressure on me to get it done and I'll do it myself. As always, thanks everyone for the advice and support!

Clutch fork and the pivot point need to be changed if swapping from hydro to cable clutch or vice versa. Plus you need the clutch cable mount bracket on the gearbox, mods to the pedal box and a suitable hole in the firewall for the cable to pass through. Much easier to just maintain/replace components on the hydraulic setup as needed. And I’d argue that clutch cables require just as much maintenance as the hydraulic setup. Cheers Bennie