Renns...the intervention of labour and minimal cost of grease is saving an expensive wiper motor from early demise..well done! Not to get too political ,but those of us maintaining these 15+ year old cars are being more "green" than the most efficient hybrid car on the planet. Saving both ...

OK - good mechanicing is not a race, but I had an hour of time in a boring conference call where I was just a listener, so I plugged earphones in and dashed outside. My front left caliper locked up on me so I got two rebuilt ATE calipers from BAP GEON (in stock, local, 42 USD with 16 USD core) - you...

Sex, politics, religion, oil change intervals

Any combination of the above words leads to trouble.

Joe..would you mind posting part numbers for the SS bolts to this thread please here's what I ordered from McMaster Carr 92290A188 Metric 316 Stainless Steel Socket Head Cap Screw, M4 Thread, 50mm Length, .7mm Pitch, packs of 10 92153A418 Metric Type 316 Stainless Steel Split Lock Washer, M4 Screw ...

If you wear your seatbelt religiously, it's cosmetic.

By religiously, I don't mean just on Sunday.

Recently written up by moi onmy 1999 here

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Duct to the radiator from front of ECU box.

Insulated duct from rear of ECU box goes back to the climate system.

I use lithium grease for everything and rub it into my hands when done. That stops me from hearing the voices urging me to do bad things to people I don't like, too.

Presumably the oil pan did not come off on this top end job, but for reference the sealer is used for both the oil pan and the cam cover. A 1.69 ounce tube is enough for like 6 of those jobs. You only need a thin layer and most of it will be squeezed out when you cinch down (gently!) the cam cam co...

Hello fellow Volvoists. I've learned so much already from sites like this that I thought this would be a good place to ask about a very specific issue. So here goes: I have been told by my mechanic that the wiring harness to the MAF sensor on my 96 850 turbo is bad - it keeps throwing off an error ...