The average person has no clue how to fix/maintain a vehicle and relies on a "mechanic" to deal with any problems. To most, cars are a throwaway appliance.

Mechanics work on cars for money. Working on older cars doesn't make money.

I don't have pics from the manual swap on my T5, but a manual console piece is NOT needed. I used a piece of 1/16" black ABS plastic. I cut out a piece that matched the needed opening for the manual shifter boot and them left the flange wide enough to epoxy that to the bottom of the auto consol...

So, I have the Thule stuff on both of our 850's. They are using the 400XT Aero feet mounts with the #161 Fit Kit. The fit kit includes the foot pads (#26 (4)) and the clips (#120 (2) and #261 (2)). These fit the square bars. https://turbochuckcom.ipage.com/webimages/projects/97%20Volvo%20854T5/2021/...

THIS LISTING on ebay in the US says that they can/will ship internationally.

Might be worth a shot.

I know VAST has an option in his ECUs for an alternate mapset- Alternate Mapset: A second map set, allowing you to switch injector calibrations, fuel map, ignition map and boost maps on the fly, without the need to flash a new tune. Usually this is used for a gasoline and E85 map, but can be used fo...

I'd have to dig back in the VS thread, but I think the base "DIY M4.4" stuff has the selectable maps, but I could be wrong. I know there are alternative maps listed in the XDF. I don't remember how you select them though. In run all of my turbo cars on the 93 PON octane. This is equivalent...

Hey Kesha.

Yeah, a new radiator is going to be the fix, unfortunately,

Usually not a difficult job, as long as the bolt holding the radiator to the body aren't terribly rusted.

Finished up a small (10 panel, 3.5kW) solar install on the house a couple weeks ago. Would've liked to have finished it earlier in the year, but life was busy. No storage yet, as I bought what we had money for. I wasn't going to take any loans and didn't want to just sit and wait to install. Right n...

Will you provide more details for your system and why you chose what you did? I want to add solar panels in the future. volvolugnut Nothing elaborate, really. It's a grid-tied system that I installed myself. We had some funds set aside, so I bought what we could afford at the time. I bought a "...

Thanks for the details. East and West facing panels are not generally recommended. Have you found their performance satisfactory? I have South facing primary roof I could use for panels, but also East and West for additional panels if they are useful. How did you haul the panels up to your roof? I ...