Assuming you can find them, I'd rather remove and fit a used seat cover or dash top than deal with rust!

Neil.

Very through and detailed write up. Some comments: On the NA version the fan, shroud, and relays can be left in place. Just bungee cord them to the engine to keep them out of the way. The STEM bolts have a separate nut on the top protruding part of the bolt through the welded frame nuts that is used...

That user name always makes me smile and feel so….. transcendental….😀 I replaced the sandwich hardware with m6 stainless nuts and bolts. I drilled two one inch holes in the plastic member to get easy access to the hardware and plugged with one inch plastic caps All the steel hardware around the warm...

Get the filter turning on the line first. This unsticks the orings

Now tighten the filter until it is firm

You have to grasp the fat part of the rear fuel line, apply pressure to the collar to rear, then slide the line off, holding the collar depressed.

ESR stands for "equivalent series resistance": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalent_series_resistance Yes it is like a resistance in series with the cap. When a current flows into the cap it has to go through that resistance and that means that the voltage at the terminals of the actu...

Hello again, I just wanted to make a note that when i did the jumper on jumper off jumper on etc. test the relay was not working right so i had to connect it and disconnect it several times to get the internal coil to the relay to energize and thus close the contacts and thus turn the fuel pump on. ...

Meanwhile, in England:

Hello there, This is a Volvo that was driven a million miles. It's a 1987 but thought this was a good place to post it. One thing i noticed is that the people who get very high mileage out of their cars usually do their own maintenance or at least most of it. Dont know the full story behind this car...

Time for new lines! Wet tire and concrete under the split hose.

jreed wrote: ↑08 Jan 2023, 08:20 Thanks. I may try them for this order of cooling hoses. Just confirming.... their website is https://www.volvopartscounter.com ?

That's the place.