Me too; the original gearbox has 240,000+ miles on it, I've probably been fortunate that it has gone this long. On the other side, it's lasted twice as long as the automatic POS that I had in my Carat. My wife said it wasn't rolling even though it was on an incline, in neutral without the e-brake on.:>( Thats not a good sign, it usually rolls backwards at Florida intersections. Cold in LA Tim Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: I think you may be looking at tranny time. 4th gear could be busted and jammed. Hope I'm wrong. Dennis
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