Hey all, it's been a while since I've been on here but I do stop in from time to time to see what's going on and am always amazed at how helpful most are on here! Keepin' up the good work.

Trying to decide what we want to do with our nearly 18 yr old car that is still a good looker and simply very clean but needing some TLC at this time. It now has 113K mi and I'm suspecting that the harness is starting to rear its ugly head. It stumbles at start up from dead stop periodically and it will often times miss pretty bad when restarted after it has sat for an hour or two once it has been driven. (Needless to say, it has the original harness.)

Is it folly to think I can buy a used harness off ebay at half or more off the new price for a harness and expect it to serve us well for a couple years? Anybody reading this post ever replaced one of these things? I have read the Wiki on here regarding a DIY project and it is an encouraging piece as the author says he did his in something like 2-3 hrs but that most anybody with any mechanical ability could do the job in 4-5. I'm not necessarily intimidated by it, just don't know that I'm physically able to contort my body in ways I might need to do this! Like many of you, I try to keep my costs to a minimum by doing many things myself but I want to know for sure that what I'm about to undertake, I will be able to complete. Comments?

On a side note - I have a chronic transmission leak that has been in for service twice but no definitive diagnosis (until they are allowed to pull it and dig deeper). I'm fearful they will find that the front seal needs replaced and I'm not sure I want to shell out the big bucks to have it done.

The rear suspension is getting 'stiffer' and I suspect the gas-filled spheres are shot and need replacing. I'm sure there are many bushings needing replaced under the car, although it drives nicely as is.
Wifey is fine to put the $$$ into it and just keep it a couple more years but I can only look at the same dash panel so long until I get the itch! We have had this car since AUG 2007 so we're at 5 years and it's been a good car, but...

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Dale