auctorEcclesiae, see as you have a 2000, do you use the touch shifting much at all? Does it ever come in handy when trying to pass on the highway, or is the automatic tranny able to adjust fast enough?

Thanks for the replies, both points are very good. I did not know that they had head gasket issues, ill have to look into that but i don't think that 150k is high millage, ill have to look into when they generally start to fail. It probably depends on how you drive it, the compressor is probably off most of the time on the highway, so a city car where some one is just stomping down all the time would die faster.

Jim

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1980 300GD SWB