first let me thank everyone for their continued help on this board. My car is running and starting fine now and most of all consistantly. it seems the ground on the altenator was bad. a two dollar fix and i am back on the road--YEAH!!!!!!!!! nOW MY NEXT QUESTION--has anyone heard of putting auto trans fluid in a five speed gear box??? And what do most of you recomend for the e23 5spd???? thank you