I checked all the hoses while I was under the hood, and they still look good and feel good -- no cracking, not too flexible, not too hard.

I think I'll leave the hoses in there just for the coolness factor of having the original GM hoses under there. I like vintage cars -- I check Hemmings out of the library regularly and read everything in it, I am subscribing to Hemmings Classic Car, have read Cobra in the Barn, Hemi in the Barn, and Corvette in the Barn, etc. I am a big fan of survivor cars, and the Buick actually gives me something a bit like that to mess with . So everything is staying original unless it must be messed with (like the spark plugs).

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

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