Re: Regarding the 5000CST

[WBITTRICH@aol.com]

I look for parts cars in the paper and buy the whole thing, which can be had
from $100 to $400.  I part them out and store the parts and have the carcass
towed away (sometimes they will pay ypu for it.  I bought a nice 84 Avant
this summer for $250 that needed a trany.  I just happened to have on in the
shed.  I slapped it in and it runs great.  I'm going to sell it here this
month.

So I'd try to find a used trany and slap it in.  But still, for an initial
investment of only $350, you could afford to put a reconditioned one in and
still be ahead on what a completely working 88 might cost.

I'm wondering, have you tried to replace the fluid yet? Auto transmissions
can be a funny beast.  If the diff is ok in it, it may just have a bad or
fouled torque converter.  If you change the fluid I'd drop the pan and clean
the filter as well and see if that doesn't do the trick.

Good luck.

Johann