Changed the oil tonight. Seriously, O'Reilly's didn't have a PCV valve OR breather, OR 20w50 oil. Whatever. Took me a while to find the right filter because I guess this sh*t is so old they don't stock stuff for her any more and the stupid book only goes back to '92.
Got to reference an old thread here that I actually participated in to learn my stash of PF24's won't work.
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Looks like granny was insistent on following the manual, because I think whomever was still putting 5w30 in there, thin thin thin. Yikes.
10w40 now. Don't know if that will help the leaks or not.
My god, the shocks are so trashed on this. The suspension's been bottoming out regularly judging by the stop marks on the control arm, and the squeaky front springs. Probably needs new springs eventually. It *does* have a front sway bar, and the diagonal braces. The rears feel good, though, and the trashed fronts actually give it a decent rake lol.
Service manuals, shocks and intake/valve cover gaskets ordered. Going to order some more stuff in a minute. Going to drive this a few times (with some peace of mind) before the snow flies.
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