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I bought the axles at autozone until 2 weeks ago when I got one at O'reillys. Have not been impressed with autozones boots. As far as the linkage goes are you talking about the shift linkage? Do you think that's the linkage inside or outside the tranny? thanks again for the help

Yep I sure did. I figured if it had something to do with the clutch then it wouldn't stay running with everything locked up and my foot on the clutch, correct?

So I have a 91 Legacy wagon AWD, 2.2, 5spd 270k miles. Non Turbo, No ABS. This car has drivin like a champ the whole time I have owned it. I was driving in first gear at about 3000 rpm on a bumpy dirt road. No prior warning or noise. I was going about 15 miles an hour and all a sudden the engine revved up as if I was down shifting from a high speed to first gear. I immediately pushed in on the clutch and at the same time the wheels locked up and the car came to a sliding stop. This was all accompanied by a loud single knock when the wheels locked up. It wasn't the pushing in on the clutch that locked everything up. It didn't feel like I just put the ebrake on, it felt more like all four wheels locked up but I could be wrong and it might have just been the back. At this point I am on a slight downgrade. I couldn't shift out of first gear. When I tried to drive it would just kill the engine. I finally just gunned it and it unlocked and started driving. It drove like there was no problem at all. I jacked it up and I looked at all moving parts and I see no issue. I drained the tranny and the rear diff and checked the plugs. No metal shavings just the normal amount of very fine metallic dust on the magnet. I put my finger inside both drain plug holes and i didn't feel any metal shavings. I have changed all the cv joints recently so it wouldn't be them locking up. I have also put in a new clutch (kit). Any ideas? Has anyone ever had a rock bounce up into the drive shaft and lock the wheels up? :-\ Anything helps. Thanks.

So say I have a motor out of a 96 with a 2.2 and I have the headers that came with it (single port motor) then all I would have to do is bolt that header to my cat/exhaust on my 97 that had the 2.5 correct?

Damn so it looks like I need to find a 95. I can find a bunch that are not 95s but they need the damn single port headers. Ummmm is there an adapter plate of any sort to make a single work with whatever the 97 I have has in it?

Sorry if this has been posted somewhere else, I am new to this site but in my searches I didn't get all the answers I wanted. I want to put a ej22 into a 97 legacy outback with a automatic transmission AWD Wagon. I was wandering a few things. 1 does it matter what ej22 I get as long as i have all the parts off the 2.5? 2 does it matter if the ej22 was on a standard or automatic car? 3 What all would I have to swap as far as wiring and the computer goes? 4 and I got to make sure I get this right, If I am going to get an emissions check done on this after I do the swap will I have any problems? Is there any other info I need to know? Thanks.