heneghan@ihuxa.UUCP (Joe Heneghan) (02/29/84)
I am the proud owner of an '81 Buick Skylark with a 2.5 L Phoenix engine. Problems I have encountered: while trailering, I find any manuevering will cause my power steering belt to stretch. Any tight manueveing causes a shaking sound in steering. I had to replace all gaskets for trans at 50k mi.. Be careful about motor mounts. See MOOG replacement parts. If a transaxle seal breaks, big bucks for new parts. Also the layout of parts that require normal maintenance is an insult to the integrity of the American Engineering Mind. Then