I am planning a spring trip from RI to Alaska, returning by way of CA and the southern route. The trip will probably be close to 10K miles. I want to have on hand critical, show stopping devices that would be hard to come by without ordering and waiting for parts. My List so far includes a good set ...

98 V70 398,000 miles Starter list.... ... full size spare tire as well as the donut , forget the fix a flat, it just ruins your rims and does absolutely no good for a blow out! bottle of windshield washer fluid. a flashlight with spare batteries and bulb a good blanket and pillow for those unexpect...

A third unrelated question , what is with the utterly stupid muffler setup on this thing? The pipe goes into a muffler on the drivers side with no tailpipe outlet then over to a muffler on the passenger side. I can't imagine a less efficient design , what were they thinking? The first one is the Re...

... I pull the cap and the rotor looks ok but the inside of the cap is completely soaked with a layer of condensation. I dry it with a rag put it on and drive home. ... why is it wet ? ... Immediate, top suspect would be a dislodged rear cam seal. That would get water in the cap? When I got the car...

Well, with heavy heart I had to drive him up to Saratogato say good bye. He took a sudden worse turnon a Thursday night, and this morning I knew we had run out of options. Abby and I spent the afternoon holding him,he wasn’t up for much walking, but just purred andpurredand purred andfelt loved. Sle...

Get any needed sodium-filled valve-or-two from a junkyard head, spend the money on good seals instead.

Hey Bronco, nice of you to check in! Actually, I've had some more urgent stuff to do these last week. I will pick it up as soon as I can. In fact, I really need my car back... I will update this thread with whatever I'll find.

I have a question!! Has anyone found a reasonable replacement for the Quick Disconnectors at the fuel pump? Or, even better, has anyone found an upgrade? Dorman has a number of products in their line for replacement high pressure fuel fittings I just used one to repair my fuel filter in a recent th...

Thread creep. No I am not referring to abscate. Or anyone else.

Want to know how to strip out the motor and front end fast? Then refer to my 98 xc trailer conversion pics. Of course place cinder blocks under the subframe and lower entire car before disconnecting subframe