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Fuhgeddaboudit trash it sorry as mentioned above the EA cars , yeah did that at least a couple times and once down in Jersey had to drive three hours home like that but “a foot or so showing” ? Holeee crapp never had one that extreme. Pull the good parts and trash it. My opinion. Sorry. The Subarus keep coming. Plenty of good original owners around our area. Yeah I know it’s been rough lately finding a good older Subaru , hopefully these times blow by soon and you can still score while we’re in this funk.

Get a rust free body! One of many problems to surface, I"m sure.

yeah, my concern would be where the next weakest rusted-thru spot is....!?

the chances of finding a shop to do that work are pretty slim. If you were going to do it yourself, yes, it is doable, but not a lot of fun. time to move on from that car... salvage what you want out of it and scrap it, or sell it for parts is about the best you can do at this point.

definitely sounds clutch related to me.. but then.. has been a while since i have had one,...

Bust out the welder and weld on a new Sturt top section, I’d bring it down the side of the tower and weld around it too. The weld from the inside of the strut tower, seal it up to reduce future rust. Then check the other side. Add a steel strap over the top of that if you feel the need. Ive never seen these rust belt issues, but I’ve read of this happening many times on this forum Cheers Bennie

I have no idea. Sounds like clutch/cable/fork related to me, but this kind of stuff doesn't happen enough for me to have any statistically meaningful feedback. If it was a transmission issue I'd think you'd feel or hear noises like synchros crunching/grinding or bearings/diff whine/clunk/etc. But I've never seen what a MT Subaru trans does when it's run out of gear oil so I don't have any reference for that. I'd wonder if you can find someone who's destoryed a trans due to oil starvation and see what the symptoms were?

Subarus with dual range swaps are still king.

Secondary O2 doesn't play a role in fuel trims on pre-05 models so wouldn't cause running issues. Might cause a CEL, but that's it. GD