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thanks, ill have to check near the pedal tomorrow but I already had the cable completely off under thyroid good and it felt pretty smooth.

the stiffness is not the real problem. The problem is that it is not fully disengaging the clutch when fully depressed, thus the grinding going into gears. I have to keep adjusting it further and further down to get the clutch to work. I now have it bottomed out with a 1/4" spacer...

It's an 86

it had a new clutch with <1,000 miles on it when I bought it. Something is starting to make me think they installed something wrong. I just took the cable off and took the boot off the clutch fork and the thing is just wobbling all over the place.

I bought the brat with a supposed trans problem. Wouldnt go into first, barely went into other gears without grinding. I put some washers under the clutch cable adjuster and problem solved. The pedal didnt feel too good though so I put a new cable on it. Only had to set the adjuster half way and it felt like brand new. Two weeks later it started acting up so had to bottom out the adjuster on the new cable. Fast forward another two weeks to today and Im at square one. The pedal feels like crap, its hard to push in and it wont go into first and grinds going into every other gear like the clutch will not fully release. I wasnt aware that clutch cables were disposable and only lasted a month so Im at a loss for what the real problem is.

nice...FYI everyone the brat commercial starts @ 9:16

you're not joking about the rust. The underside of this thing is Rust city. Not sure if I even wanna try patching it up. Major project there.

I think the guy was just not very knowledgeable. He did spend quite a bit of time and more than a couple phone calls trying, he just couldnt come up with anything. One of my coworkers says he knows a REAL GOOD subaru parts guy in upstate NY that can help me out.

lol, thats my son. The kids were crawling all over the thing when I brought it home, they love it!

just out of curiosity where did you find that info? I called the dealer and they said they cant even look up my VIN bc Subaru doesnt recognize anything over 20years old.

pay someone else /thread

Ive been reading a lot about the 5spd swap. Luckily all my gears work great, though I did need to replace the clutch cable. If I end up keeping it after the summer I may do the upgrade, but theres a chance I may sell it I only really bought it for my brother-in-law to drive while he's back in the country for a few months.

Ive determined the source of my MAJOR oil leak is the RF output shaft seal. Ive searched for one, but Im having a hard time deciding which one to buy because Im seeing several different listings for the same year/trans. The last thing I wanna do is take the seal out and not have the right seal to put back in... If anyone has a definitive answer on a factory or aftermarket part number and maybe the dimensions, that would be a great help.

That seems like common sense to me.

werd...problem was that the mud was so bad i kept getting stuck if it wasnt in 4wd, so i put it into 2wd as I was coasting out of the mud and back onto the street with the clutch pushed in.