abscate wrote: ↑27 Feb 2024, 16:54 I really want to go inthe Bentley dealer and ask the hourly repair rate....

After adjusting his monocle, he'll tell you it's $395/hour. Plus tax, of course!

And nearly 10,000 posts!

I have done enough of the 99-00 alternators to consider them easier, not easy!! :D Pulled several from the junkyards but all have supposedly been bad. I am not convinced on this it is just most of the places that claim to test alternators find they don't have the correct wiring connector to test it...

The '99 alternator spins counter clockwise I believe, and '98 and older are clockwise.

The '99 alternator spins counter clockwise I believe, and '98 and older are clockwise. And it’s incorrectly documented In the 1999 user manual inNorth America , to sort out the Beetles from the Miata’s https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83529&hilit=1999+serpentine+belt+pat...

Is there enough change on the P3s to truly call them junk? I’ve seen enough commentary on the SPA cars to believe that—guess I’ve never heard it on the P3s. No question the P2s are the best of the breed! The P3s were at the point that they were getting more modern, and more complicated. So naturall...

Are you getting fuel? Almost sounds like a washed down cylinder.

The dashboard kickpanel of my 1998 Volvo V70 I has a broken tab where it should be held in place by a screw under the steering wheel. While the previous owner "fixed" that by screwing a drywall screw into the side of the kickpanel, I preferred a more lasting repair... PXL_20240325_2157221...

Thank you for sharing this! These small parts like this are so helpful for us P80 owners (and any older car owners, really). 3D printing is a wonderful thing!

This is awesome! Something to attach to the slot that's on the dash near the corner would be cool too. I just took my kick panel off to find that's broken as well. I was thinking of trying to use fiberglass or epoxy to repair it, I just haven't had time to really get under there and look. Yup, that...