I would think that after 8 1/2 years, OP has made his trip.

Discussed here https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=78410&start=3540#p547269 1999 uses a P2 harmonic balancer with the roll pin more offset to one of the Mount holes The NA 1999 have been found with the earlier 1998 harmonic balancer The replacement part from Volvo co...

This sounds like a Monty Python sketch, where your 850 will eventually become a V70, one part at a time, due to a chain of dependencies.

Looks good to me.
Here's a picture of how deep my seal sits. I borrowed a Volvo OE tool to seat it.

Swapped the head on my 940 today. I just put an iPd turbo cam in this refreshed head (came with my 240, straight from the machine shop!) and adjusted the valves. Since I've had low compression on cylinder 1 and it's been idling like crap since I bought it, I went ahead and tore into it. Plus it star...

Valvoline synthetic transmission gear oil is fine in these. Running it in both of mine

Hello MVS, No need for help today. Just wanted to publicly pass along to Matt and everyone here that makes this site what it is: thank you. I was given this car by my dad who got it new in 2000. It had a fair amount of issues when I got it (parents were tired of the all the random problems) and as a...

Finished the mock-up fab on my copy of the Ultra Performance rear lower chassis brace for my 854. https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20854T5/2020/chassis%20stuff/rrlwrbracefab.jpg Also finished the install (save for bleeding) of my P2 R Brembos on the car. https://turbochu...

Diagnostic trouble code (DTC) ECM-4020 is stored if the engine control module (ECM) registers a fault in the signal cable to the fuel tank pressure sensor.

Clean the connectors and check the wiring harness for shorts and opens before replacing that expensive sensor.

Was checking my fuses and relays and figured I'd investigate why I don't have an airpump relay. I also don't seem to have an air pump based on the diagrams I've looked at. I started a thread about it but I'm wondering if it means it was deleted, or never had one.. '99+ P80s never had air pumps. The...