I love riding trains, they just never seem to be going where I need to end up.

The shifter boot is held on by 4 plastic fasteners. Some mechanics will try to reuse them and oftimes, they eventually fail. Sometimes the boot itself will tear around the holes. In that case you should replace it.

Twenty years is a looong time for a radiator, especially in an environment like New Mexico. You must take good care of your cooling system. I guess I'm from the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school, but after 20+ years, a new rad could be considered good preventative maintenance ;-)

There have been a ton of posts recently about A/C and conversions. Search the archives for the past month or so. I'm sticking with R-12 for now in the 240. The stuff was expensive, but if I can keep the system sealed, it will be worth it, it's cooold.

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don hodgdon '89 744ti, '81 242t, '71 D-35