Hey Mike, Thanks for your follow-up. I did check the trans fluid with the car running. What concerned me most was where did the fluid go?? I didn't get so far as to check for leaks; maybe I should have. I was also concerned in that same way with the coolant; there was none in the reservoir. The a/c ...

THE END OF THE STORY I backed off this car after inspecting it. The things that concerned me the most were an almost empty transmission and a depleted radiator. What little trans fluid was left didn't really look like coolant was in it, but I wondered if there wasn't a leak in the trans, and I alre...

Thanks again, Mike, for all that input. I'm relieved to hear that I can change the timing belt and water pump by myself. It's a job that I've always been skittish about, but the internal adjustment feature solves that. Ever since I discovered this forum, it's provided me with answers I can't get any...

Thanks again for the quick responses. Mike, as I said, I've never done anything with timing. Can I replace the water pump and the timing belt and get it all back together without a timing light, or is this something better left to a mechanic? I am little concerned about the transmission cooling brea...

First of all, thanks to both of you for the quick and thoughtful replies. I do need some clarification on a few points: Precopster, you mentioned the timing, which has never been my strong suit. Can you explain what you mean by "newish timing sets?" Is that just having the timing belt chan...

Calling all with opinions! (You know who you are!) In light of a number of repairs that have to be made to my 1989 240, I'm considering buying a 1994 960. From the pictures, it looks good, and the ad says it's a "daily driver." But, of course, I still need to drive and inspect it. I have ...

Thanks so much for that input, but the mystery is solved. I remembered seeing a comment from someone on a different thread about the ground at the switches. I jumpered between the ground contact on the switch and metal on the door and, just like magic, the windows worked. I used a splice connector t...

Well, the good news is that I checked the contacts on the center switch of the master unit in the driver's door and the contacts are clean. I cleaned the other switches as well and reinstalled The bad news is that nothing changed. Still no window operation. Anything else I should check? I checked th...

Thanks so much for your input and the great walkthrough. I'll be working it on the windows this weekend and this will be of great help.

The power window saga continues. I could really use some advice on this. I experienced a sudden failure of all windows. The fuse has been replaced. I bought a window relay online and located the old one behind the dash and changed it, but the windows still do not operate. I pulled the relay out abou...