Tigger

Thanks for all the input, I do not actually own the car but was looking at purchasing it from a friend of mine who runs an auto repair shop, he does not really fix cars though but calls himself a preventive maint shop. The customer brought the car in because it has an external head gasket leak, the eastimate to repair was more than the guy wanted to spend, I am offered the car at 800.00usd, I am considering purchasing it and doing the head gaskets and bolts myself. I am qualified to do this work but the trans issue still bugs me, My friend thinks I can just slap a new head gasket in and go but I would think it better to have a machine shop clean the heads up and maybe mill them if needed. any coments on that from you old hat subby people, also the car has some body damage small dents and dings and the front bumper cover is damaged, is this car worth the 800.00$ with 119,000mi? and a possible trans problem.

I have a 2001 outback with 119,000 miles, sometimes the trans overheat light comes on and the trans shudders but it does not seem to be overheated. To make it stop all I have to do is pull over and turn the ignition switch off momentarily and restart the car. is this something anyone has seen before? any recomendations I think there must be some electrical problem, thanks for the input!