Excellent. It seems like years since we spent the day with Maddie the dog ( since passed) picking up that 240….

If you need parts from Skandix Im ordering some engine stuff and you can ride on my 100 EU shipping from GER to USA, I can ship to you from NY using USPS at the usual flat rate box charges. Lets use this thread for the list, and PM for payment info

Currently Germany flag for my heritage.
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France bought the rights to the Ford flathead V8 and continued production for decades, mostly in military equipment and stationary applications, but... ...it was used in the Esplanada with a set of French copied Arkus-Duntov OHV conversion heads.

Until we see it on the Port Jeff ferry it's just a fever-dream.

The $5000 s70 was a family owned low mile unit, Like 70k miles but, reserve not met.

Foggy and I conspired to score KarlaKat from the MD AUCTION but I was 2k in for a Nautic blue s70 AWD with 105k , he put about 10 hours into it so I could drive it home from DC to NY.

Decided to see what I could do with the roof trim. I found a set of remarkably good trim pieces for the V70, so I have a set to play with. But the 850's are beginning to crack. I read about Plastic Dip etc, but decided on just primer and paint to see how that might look. I just used a sharp chisel t...

Here is a random thought on the OBD2 not communicating. Has the center console been removed at any point or perhaps a coffee or drink spilled on the center console? The main connectors for the center console are just under the parking brake cover. Perhaps check under there and see if the connectors ...

Ok, here are the two codes we unload from Mathilda, I want o dig I and understand if these are ECM faults or DIM faults

Liked the cat picture! One last thing to check based on the messages are the ECU connectors corroded? Worth checking. I had a nightmare with the 00 V70R with dash light issues. Was at the point of replacing the DIM pcb at huge expense. However, it turned out the connector to the DIM must of somehow ...