This is indeed sad news. I tried every contact I had for him a few months back and found them filled with unanswered messages. I knew something was up when I stopped getting frequent emails. Many of his posts still live here. There are the ones we just saw on the thread about the GMC rear main seal. He was unique and one of the first to befriend me here. John's vast experience as a GM tech will be missed here. "There are no short cuts to any place worth going." was his signature. 52er, Thanks for letting us know. Beater


"I wonder if God created man because he was disappointed in the monkey?" Mark Twain