I knew going in that the speedo was not original, it had the chrome button on it... PO was oblivious of this... right. anyway, the glove box has a nicely filled out maintenance book lots of records since 87 on it... too bad it's a 1981 maintenance book... HA. the real funny thing is the 85 book was in there too! moron.
anyway, I have to hook the coolant hoses back up and pressurize the system to see if the head gasket is really bad before I go ahead and pull it. trusting the PO at this point is not wise.
at least when he started dissasembly of the head, he did not open up the SLS system, he just unbolted the pump. all the $$$ fluid is still there!
the rust in the kick panels is worse than I thought, but still better than my 79 is. so I will begin tackling that when I get the car running.
I will add to this list as I find more about the car.
John

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 560SL convertible
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
2005 Dodge Sprinter 2500 158"WB
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!