Ran the old heap through the car wash, cheap-o option. Hit it with Slick Mist wax at home. 60°F today.

I still don't understand what this mod is for or why it is needed? I recall asking the local dealer shop foreman about this for my 00 V70R and he said my car did not need it. It has a 5 speed auto trans. Neil. Last week my '04 developed a flaring 2-3 upshift. Under light throttle it will shift ok, ...

I've noticed the radar maps will use different colors for a storm depending on who is reporting. Some make it look worse than it is. Tuesday morning this is the radar I was looking at as the storm was approaching my house in Indiana. I was in Missouri and drove back to make sure the Indiana place st...

A good source for steel wheels is Wheels Express. I purchased a st of Dodge/Plymouth cop car wheels from them years back for a '77 Dodge I had. They sandblasted and I painted them.
https://wheelsexpressonline.com/

Doing a quick search at Rock Auto, it shows the length at 29.6mm.
https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/vol ... +stud,7680

David Reamer (@ANC_Historian) posted this photo on "X". Anchorage 1977, and I remember seeing this car back then. Appears to be a mid-60's Dart wagon.

I used the TRQ parts from 1AAuto to replace control arms and ball joints. About $160 for the package. I bit the bullet and bought the ball joint tool. The handiest part of it was the slide hammer adapter to fit my Sunex axle puller. The driver is not much different than using a 2" iron pipe and...

Link....
https://volvo.custhelp.com/app/manuals/ ... model/XC70

At work we had several A35C Volvo articulated haulers. Our Volvo construction equipment dealer was able to get us the Volvo drawing of an obsolete radiator hose. So, it is possible to get a drawing of an obsolete part from Volvo. It's probably not easy from the dealers point of view, but not unheard...

Neil, no I didn't find a part number on the safety filter.