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Hi everyone got a 1990 subaru legacy as my daughter's 1st vehicle. I need an owners manual. Any advice on this would be appreciated. There are levers and switches I don't know what they do. like the manual button on the gear shift. And the red button at the base of the gear shift it looks like a lock button for a door lock. Thanks in advance for any help.

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My father told me they used to have automatic transmissions that could be used as a manual transmission. He never saw one but thought this might be one. He had no idea how it worked.

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It has a safety feature of closing to approx 3/4 of the way then stopping. Releasing and pressing the button again will let it close.

 

Or if it REALLY has died, there is a manual close portal under the lone plastic cap in the headliner, above the rear seat. The bellcrank for the manual operation is under the lid of the center console.

 

The MANUAL button will keep the transmission from down shifting into 1st at a stop/slow speed condition in order to prevent major wheel spin for the heavy-footed in poor traction conditions.

Edited by 86 Wonder Wedge
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