Reply to "Re ZF LEAKS"

I haven't moved to synthetic (yet?) but the car has had the ZF fluid changed yearly for the past 4/ 5 years , I had always been apprehensive about driving it very far , mostly because I had become accustomed to how  the car was ? idk when my father had it there  was  the might get hot thing so mostly driven at night and not very far even that was no guarantee . That was Before the  world wide web, and access to,,,, well,, the world wide web and its information , my father loved that car unfortunately he didn't get to experience the doesn't get hot any more version . We had a ranch and family business in northern California and I was the mechanic ,of a wide range of equipment , machines and vehicles , but that car was not included in that list . Until his frustration of him having trouble getting it tuned like he wanted along with my sarcastic comments re my car being able to blow the doors off his , he  gave in . I tuned that car he took it for a  drive came back all i could see was teeth after that Nobody else touched that car mechanically again . I apologize for going on a little walk down memory lane , doing so gives me a smile mmmmm almost like his after I tuned his car . So  no  synthetic but regular fluid changes , And I am almost glad my truck blew, I now have complete confidence to drive that car anywhere .