This plastic stuff from URO can be acceptable and this is one of the parts that I would buy. They also make (made?) a P80 tailgate repair kit which is better and cheaper than the OE Volvo sold kit as they came with the plastic clips. When you add that to the Volvo OE kit it was about 4 times the pri...

^ Yep. You can be having the worst day ever, but just feeling the pull of the turbo, especially going up a somewhat windy road, will put a grin on your face. Happy Happy ! However some similarities develop over time between that, and say Cocaine and Heroin.

And…it’s the 2022 edition

Don’t forget about lawnmower syndrome when you go to shuffle cars….let them run at least 5 minutes to burn off excess cold start fuel

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Always great when you can buy a car with a $50 bill!

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you south of the 49th and anyone else that celebrates it! Hope the stretchy pants hold together!

Neil.

In the interest of helping others convince their partners of the sanity and normality of owning multiple Volvos (and other vehicles), I will add my fleet statistics: 10 Volvos (5 wagons) 11 Mercedes (2 wagons - I like wagons) 1 Smart 1 Honda 4 Fords (3 trucks and one 1938 Sedan) Total 27. Some all j...

I noticed the rack on my '97 855 GLT started leaking about 10 years ago. The leak was about 25-50mL per week. I switched from regular ATF to "high mileage" ATF, currently using the inexpensive "SuperTech" brand from Walmart. That slowed the leakage down to less than 25 mL per mon...

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2022, 16:29 Love the Thunderbird! 2.3 or 5.0?

Originally a 5.0 when I bought it back in '96. Been a 2.3T for a long time now, though.

Have a list of projects to go through on it, but it's 3rd in line behind the 850 and the '85 LTS.

Do you have a twin brother in Australia that also owns old Volvos??

Neil.