Exactly! My brother's '78 flares on every gear, so I'm looking for any reason to not suspect the clutch packs... This leads me to doing as I've often done before... reading ALL the threads that MIGHT have something to do with the issue at hand, and trying to help others along the way. seems like 2004 and 2006 were hot years for unfinished threads...

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1981 300SD - Sunburn Gold, 200ish k.
1984 300D Turbo "The Green Lantern" - Mango Green (DD) - 183k with no more fingers to count on
1979 300SD "The Whale" - Black (Back-up mega-sled, soon to be for sale!) - 160k and no longer keeping track...
Confucius say: Man who run behind car get exhausted, man who run in front of car get tired.