thanks guys/ and that was my acura legend that needed a new clutch a couple months ago. i've taken care of that one and bought a 240 less than 2 weeks ago. the seller offered to bleedit but looking at the time constraint i was under at the time i declined. i should've done it. but i'll get started on this thing in the morning. just talked to a mechanic friend of mine yesterday and he recommended i bring it by his shop today and let him run through it bumper to bomper to look for issues. was going to this morn but i couldnt get it in gear no doubt!!