Awesome, thanks for the encouragement. I've been up & down and all over the place, but mostly down lately with this whole thing, so that really boosts me up. What about that little tiny bruise on the corner of the rod bearing? You can see it in picture numbers 5 & 6, it's the top left corner...

get plastigage and measure that rod bearing clearance on that rod with it torqued and angled maybe 45 degrees Maybe I misunderstood you. I'm guessing you mean turn the crank 45*, then put the plastigauge & rod cap up & torque, then remove & measure. If I were to put the plastigauge in w...

Plastigauge'd & torqued to 22 lb/ft + 90* swing and measurement came out to .0015". Think I'll start putting it back together. Machinist said the "burr" won't contact the journal & not to worry about it. I also pushed the piston up to look at the top shell and it looked to be ...

As far as this anaerobic sealant goes, I've read about using a roller to smooth out a 1-2mm bead and such, how critical is this? I was thinking just go around all the bolt holes, not sure about encircling the seal pockets, then smooth out with finger so not much pooches out into the pan once the bol...

Thank you Herman, You're right, why do anything but what is the Volvo recommended procedure at this point. So with this oil PSI relief valve on the top of the oil filter housing, I tried to find a replacement but it sure is an evasive little bugger. Mine is now clean & as far as I know works as ...

I can blow compressed air through from the top side (as if blowing air into the filter housing from the crank case), but cannot blow air from the filter housing to the crank case above it. Is that operational? Just want to know before I put this pan back on for good. I read til my eyes about bled l...

I think I gotcha. Mine seems to operate as it should then, air freely can be blown from the top through to the filter housing, and a small amount of air PSI can be blown from the filter housing back up through the relief valve but it closes at a certain amount of air PSI. Let air off and it springs ...

I'll hold off on relaxing until after I've pulled the motor & replaced the flywheel/flexplate (see HERE , oh lucky me). But for now, the engine runs good, no leaks put maybe 60 miles on this evening. Oil PSI is good again, will pull this temporary "flush" oil & SeaFoam out shortly ...

You will inevitably need to replace the cable, and possibly the pull lever too. You'll know if & when the pull lever breaks. The ball end of the cable mates up to a "socket" molded into the proximal end of the pull lever. Especially when it's cold, this likes to break rendering the pul...

If I'm out of line here, just delete this post. I have nothing to do with the seller nor have anything to gain by posting this helpful tidbit, other than helping fellow Volvo geeks. Historically, I don't buy hard, high mile parts off ebay or the likes. Just so hard to find genuine/OEM stuff. Anyhow,...