I stick with the plugged cat converter. My cat just plugged up on my 97 850 turbo. This B.S. of that they never plug up on a "these cars" is BS! They can build up just like any other car ceramic or not. It also helps to know what causes the build up. On my car it was the turbo blown. It w...

Sounds like you may have a winner there!

Neil.

OK everyone! I big thank you to misha with the knowledge and advice. After a few hours a day, after work, after brain clearing jogs, and in two days of rain, I have replaced alternator and fired her up today. No flickering dash lights. Consider this a fix! Hot damn! Thanks again misha! Nice directio...

Nice , Misha. Good eye for detail.

This car is almost 1/4 the way to Irv Gordon and his 3.2M mile P1800

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Misha. Not sure the V70XC had a 5 speed auto. My 98 had a 4 speed, and I thought in North America only the V/S70 base got the 5 speed auto in 2000 MY as well as the 'R'.

Neil.

Misha. Not sure the V70XC had a 5 speed auto. My 98 had a 4 speed, and I thought in North America only the V/S70 base got the 5 speed auto in 2000 MY as well as the 'R'. Neil. My 98 I'm pretty sure had a 4 speed. It used Dextron rather than the newer type 4 fluid. I bought many quarts at gas statio...

You use less ATF if you rollover just your odometer and not your whole car....

You got that extra 5th early for those long Siberian winters

actually, that is true. Serbian sense if practicality. I like that

Actually, Misha solved the problem somehow. I'm almost ashamed to solve the mysterie: When I was putting the new wires on in cold temps around the freezing point, my girlish hands must have had too little pressure to press on 2 wires ontonthe distributor completely. Seems to be good for now. I did m...

Waiting on misha to check the box



....done