Put the car up on stands and spin the front wheel by hand and see if you can feel the rotor(s) dragging in some places but not others. have someone depress the pedal slightly and try again, and repeat until you can't spin the wheel. Taht should give you an idea of the rotors are wared. New ones can be. It could also be that you have a sticking caliper that is dragging and it overheated a rotor causing it to warp. or maybe someone over-torqued a wheel or mis-installed the rotor. You could also switch wheels- front to back, and see if that changes the situation, but I doubt it will.
Definitely change the fluid and filter in the tranny. As I remember reding, the OD tranny is sensitive to that.
A gead gasket is a lot easier to change in a garage than on the side of the road when it lets loose 300 miles from home. A machine shop would be best suited to check the head for warpage. You can do it with a quality straight edge and a .001 feeler gauge. Same for the block. Check the cylinder head bolts for proper torque. But once they start leaking then it is probably time to change it.
"Paul Col>
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