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Oy ! Enough of this &()#*## ! Ko pinthura ? We are very visual creatures. Give us pics or the only way we can cope with all this is convincing ourselves that this car of yours is nothing more than a figment of your imagination

When you have explained the fuel tank story, I can imagine the tough conversation you may have faced for haggling the price. 😂 Hope the owner's wife made the final decision price 😄 I remember once we had to wait for the owner's wife to come back from work so she make the final decision she came home and lifted the price by 10K, reminding the owner of the service they had done millions of years ago 😁 Please check the fuel light, it may have blown by the high usage 😉 Good luck with the car, I would say "restoration" If the car could speak, it would say "Thank you for saving me!" Regards, JC

If the oil had not been changed for a long time (was black and thick coming out)....it probably would be prudent to put an engine flush and do another oil change sooner than the 5000km/6month plan. There might be a bit of sludge deposited here and there. Also, it would be a good test to see how the seals are. If there was any sludge blocking any worn out seals they will get unclogged and you will have to replace them (in SL garages discourage you from using flushes because they don't want to replace oil seals...they would much rather have you drive around with a sludgey engine).

Just to be clear...we are not asking to see you ! We want to see the car

I am not exactly sure what they did. I think they drained the fluid and took the bottom (sump?) off as well as something else. The fluid was dark, felt great to replace it with fresh fluid.

Thank you JC. Yes, restoration is the word - my heart goes out for the car if that makes sense. Such a fine vehicle and so sad to see it abused. I'm slowly working on it.

Yes an ATF swap would also be prudent. Exchangers work well in pushing out the fluid but not necessarily heavy residue and sludge. So you will have to use some kind of substance to break down the residue.

Would a full ATF flush with an exchanger machine be a good idea? Dropping the pan wouldn't drain all the old fluid right? Then again if the car has a transmission filter it'd be a good idea to drop the pan, clean the magnets and replace the filter but in that case the fluid change wouldn't be as complete as if it's done with an exchanger hmm.

This is very true. Few years back I managed to source an EP71 in a very remote farm. Inspected the car with the owner - his asking price was also low even considering the car needed a paint job- and yet I offered him a lower amount to which the guy agreed. Dude went inside the house to fetch some papers, and returned saying ' Denne na mahattaya, gedara kattiya kamathi na wahane denawata' I wanted to respond 'ehenam #$@$@$ da @$@$@ Ad ekak damme' but I had already wasted enough time so I headed back.