sounds to me like the owner neglected to maintain his ride and takes poor care of it. i wouldn't waste a dime on it. well, now i'm lying maybe a dime so i could use the interior for parts, LOL! if you drained that tranny fluid it would be black as hell. actually at this point with over 200,000 miles on original fluid, it would be a bad idea to do a tranny service. anywayz that tranny's ready to hit the ground to me!
p.s. DONT' BE CHEAP AND ALWAYZ MAINTAIN YOUR RIDE - better off in the long run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jason