Definitely not a BTCC car - wrong sponsors and wrong wheels. That car actually looks more like the Volvo 850 Super Touring from the Swedish Touring Car Championship - in which the 850 was more successful than in the BTCC. The STCC 850 still holds the record of most consecutive STCC victories with dr...

1.Headlights are interchangeable with newer model headlights as long as you use thicker headlight trim from newer model.In addition to that...you will also need side lights from newer model. Hoods and fenders are the same for all model years,except that fenders from '95-'97 have wider plastic trim. ...

'95-'97 one.

I think you may have gotten a bad unit, which is why the seal was pushed out. The only thing the reservoir does is keep the clutch master cylinder supplied with fluid. Mine only has a single nipple on the reservoir to feed the clutch system. It points straight down. Again, as long as the reservoir i...

I have not seen the manual slave cylinder on an 850 or P80 for that matter. What I do know from older Volvos and other manual transmission cars is that as abscate says, there is often an adjustment that can be made to the slave cylinder rod connected to the arm carrying the release bearing. This hel...

I am glad you found the reason for your slave cylinder problem. Some times there are no substitutes for the proper tools.
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That is the cruise control pump in the picture.

Neil.

I’ll have to bring my own ‘essence’ at 0,40 EURO per liter

Great news on the clutch now working as it should. Always like to hear good news!

Neil.

I thought you might enjoy this film. I was looking for the Promotional film for the first R that got me so excited in 94. Cars just got better and better every year up through the early 2000s. Now they just get more gimmicky... Even brands i thought would never give in like RR have. Recently I went ...