^ No. If you were loony, then you'd be driving a car with Lucas electric.

You might try Scottishbrick over on sweedspeed. He does a lot of turbo work. I bought mine from him.

Finally got " Tab A " inserted into " Slot B ". So far, so good. I MIGHT have it all buttoned up this weekend, but I kind of doubt it.

When repair manuals were printed on paper thicker than toilet paper ( yes Haynes I'm referring to you ), because they knew you were actually going to be using it.

^ Is it the sodium hydroxide that is hard on aluminum ?

Answered my own question - https://www.google.com/search?q=is+sodium+hydroxide+bad+for+aluminum&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=APq-WBtobWPgr5ZvQ-xePLxa0tX5lsyncQ%3A1643386280295&ei=qBX0YYLMEcTLkPIP35-TiA4&ved=0ahUKEwiCwNz76tT1AhXEJUQIHd_PBOEQ4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=is+sodium+hydroxide+...

Well tomorrow should be the day that the key will be turned, and the engine will come back to life. If the Volvo Gods are smiling. Just need to button up a few things. But I'm missing a picture of how this wire loom fit relative to the top engine mount frame. I looked in Haynes and couldn't find a p...

^ Yes ! That's what I was looking for.
Many thanks - now down to the shop for a couple of hours to wrap this project up.

Have you ever drained / flushed the transmission ?

Well if your planning on keeping the car, then it would be worth doing it. And it might solve your problems as well.
Lots of write-ups on it, and a few ways / options on the best procedure. I did the three drain and re-fill's in my case.