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yes but they last more than 100K kms generally without dramas unlike modern diesel utes.

Shssssssh, finger crossed here as worse case the torque converter is rooted and .................................ouch

I wont be changing my 93 Pajero anytime soon, it may be 30+ years old and rattly and done 330k km's, but its a bloody sight more robust and reliable given how it gets treated compared to wifes...

The other symptom is the revs increasing/decreasing as the torque converter locks up and unlocks. Ours was doing this at 65,000.
Also shuddered badly under hard acceleration.
$1400 dollars later...