I have a '97 850 AWD in Eastern Ontario that I've been using as a parts car for some years. Anyone is welcome to any parts I've not already scavenged from it, or to the whole car itself if they can arrange transportation.

Maybe this would help?

I tried most of the "normal" combinations for the B901 from the list at jonesrh.info with no joy. The cluster refused to accept some of them (scanning the cluster after programming showed that the value hadn't changed) and others didn't make much of a difference. In desperation, I tried th...

Hi, I'd had an unpleasant scraping kind of sound from the driver's-side rear wheel for a while. When I tried to remove the rotor, it seemed that the e-brake shoes were lifting off the hub and catching the rotor preventing it from coming off easily. I deduced that the clips holding them down were pro...

Thanks for all the responses! The original shop I took it to decided they could weld in a new section of pipe after all without replacing the cat, so $300 later, it's good. Thanks again!

Well, it's working again, but I couldn't tell you exactly why. We replaced the coil. We were going to put a few mls of oil in each cylinder, but after doing #1, the rubber boots from the IPD spark plug wires stayed on the plugs when the wire was pulled off. There didn't seem to be any way of removin...

Thanks. I did fill up the tank before the very cold night, but still might've had condensation especially since I have a large evap leak. I put in some Kleen-Flo gas line antifreeze, which I think is similar to HEET, but not until after the fact, so it probably couldn't get where it needed to go to ...

BlackBart wrote: ↑13 May 2025, 09:57 Looks like the exterior trim held the moisture and grime and salt in against the paint. Is this typical of what Ottawa roads do to cars?

Fairly typical, I think. Lots of cars on Ottawa roads with rusted rocker panels.