Cheers guys.
I bought another manual Gen2 Outback purely for the manual ecu and wiring loom. Ive already stripped and parted it and got my purchase price back so my parts were for free (if you discount the hours spent stripping it)

So in March when I have two extra cars at my disposal for two weeks, the last piece of the manual conversion will take place with the install of the manual ECU and wiring loom.