Wow, that's bad .

Expect to need to change the tranny oil again in no more than 500 miles .

Agreed, fully synthetics are the way to to, I've had numerous old trannies with black or gray fluid drain out that began shifting properly again with synthetic ATF .

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-Nate
1982 240D 408,XXX miles
Ignorance is the mother of suspicion and fear is the father

I did then what I knew how to do ~ now that I know better I do better