“Glad I didn’t buy it...................”
I bet you are. I worked at a place where the owner had a Diesel Cadillac, around ‘80s vintage. Every year till he got rid of it, either a new motor or new tranny. It was a pitiful piece of junk.
GM decided to make the diesel engines with gasoline engine blocks and crankshafts, pistons, etc, to save money. The diesel engines would not last under the more powerful stresses that they encountered, since true diesel engines are made from tougher materials. Transmissions could not handle the extra torque and just quit...............