Well, it seems like people stopped reading my "145 Story" thread,(go check it out, I added a couple posts) so here's a new one with just the issues in it...

Electrical system... Is a little funky. Main problem is the brights. I think it may just be the turn signal switch, I'm going to take a look at it after I finish posting this. What happens is, when using the right blinker, you can hear it shorting out and the brights flicker on and off randomly. Sometimes you can turn them off with the turn signal stalk, but sometimes you can't. Sometimes they just stay on for a lil bit. Then, when on the highway, at speeds above 70mph or so, they do it a LOT more. The brights will sometimes even mess around when I'm not using the turn signal stalk at all. It's a bit embarrasing... And people think I'm flashing my lights at them on purpose on the highway. I don't think I could flash them as fast as they flash sometimes though. It's not good. I guess it's very likely the switch, I'll have a look see and clean it up, and then maybe switch it with the one in my 142 if need be. My 142's brights aren't hooked up to it so if it's shorting out and I can't fix it, it doesn't really matter. Also, the right front turn signal keeps burning out or something. I'll try and fix this signal situation, then clean out the socket up there, and see if that takes care of it.

Now this was a bit ODD. While driving up to Portland on the highway around 70mph, the car suddenly started slowing down... The car didn't respond when I pushed the gas more other than revving up the engine. Sort of like a slipping clutch feeling... Kinda worried me a bit considering I was an hour away from Portland still, and I didn't feel like being stranded anywhere. I thought it might have popped out of gear, so I pulled back on the shift lever, but nope, it was where it should be. Took the car out of gear, put it back in, and got some slight response. Anywho, it started working again, and I didn't lose too much speed while messing with it and wondering what was going on. I'm thinking this has something to do with the overdrive unit??? What could be happening? I don't know where the wires are for the OD unit so I don't have them connected to a switch anywhere, and so I don't have an operable OD right now. I don't know if it'll work/engage/slip/do anything when I find the wires and hook them up to a switch. What do you think?

After parking at my parent's house for 15 minutes, when I moved my car, I found a silver dollar sized spot of clear gear oil from the tranny, and a dirty silver dollar sized spot of very black engine oil. Not fun. The actual oil level in the engine is still ok after 300 or so miles without adding any(after putting on the correct oil cap and putting in some fuel pump gaskets), and it's relatively clean still. So maybe that oil drip is just dirty from other dirty stuff on the bottom of the car because it hasn't been cleaned yet? Who knows. It does drip. One of my projects this summer will be replacing seals... What seals are there for me to replace on the m41?(new news on that... The drain plug FELL OUT of the transmission today. Lost fluid all over the exhaust and made a nice smoke show... This could be why when I got it the car didn't have any tranny fluid though, the plug was just barely in there...)

The rear end has a little bit of play in it, when you let off the gas you can hear it rumbling. I don't know how much fluid it has in it if any. I'll eventually get around to putting in some Redline Shockproof oil in it, with the heaviest weight they sell. Because why not. I'll get a new gasket for the "inspection cover", should I also look into getting a new seal for the part where the driveshaft goes in? Is that a complicated job? Should I mess with it at all?

Thoughts and suggestions about any/everything always appreciated. Thanks!
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Kyle - '68 142? - Oregon Volvo Tuners?