Cherdalcub I will let you know how the test drive goes. Thank you getting back to me. garyr

Catherdalcub, sorry about the misspell there.

I won't tell if you won't.

Hello once again. I took a test drive and I could feel the tranny shift 1st to 2nd and 3rd . the motor still sounds bad though. Could the tranny have any vacuum that may be leaking causing some of the trouble I am have having? Thanks for taking time to read this and any ideas you may have. gary r

Are you thinking the transaxle is causing the engine to run bad? What does a vacuum gauge do. Here's an old paper on using a vacuum gauge to diagnose engine problems.

thanks carfixer,, I will check out the info and let you know what I figure out. My computer is freaking out tonight. Thank you for getting back to me