Hi All,

We picked the car up in LA on Friday afternoon, stopped at Trader Joes (please open one in Alaska!) and headed west. We arrived in Jackson Wyoming on Saturday night for a visit with some good friends and a day skiing on Sunday on the WY powder (well I snowboarded and it was pretty well packed...)

The car looks GREAT on the outside...no rust (CO origonal, then to AZ and then to Laguna Beach). The interior is good, except the drivers seat which has been abused by a 2,000 pound gorilla! I can see I'll be searching the site for seat rebuilding advice soon. The blower motor was nonfunctional but shims to the brushes and it works now (thanks for the information found here!). I changed the oil and filter to synthetic 5w30 and changed the airfilter and washer fluid. The car does 75 with ease and has minimal smoke. Starting in cool weather is difficult and I'm going to pay for a valve adjustment in Missoula. It will be the only time I pay for it from now on...

The advice needed:
--the heater works great at MAX but pushes cool air at any setting below max. What would cause this?

--the oil pressure gauge is at the max. A diesel mechanic (truck not MB) suggested that the sensor might be dead since old engines tend to have low pressure not high pressure. What do you think? The oil is 5w30 synthetic and is not overfull...

Thanks in advance!