someone on here had a factory jack support brake off because it was rusted. didn't look bad at all, but be careful with them.

I usually use the triangular plate that secures the front subframe to lift it, and in the rear that red arrowed spot pictured above.

wasn't there an easy method to measure the exhaust temp before and after the cat with an IR Thermometer? if the difference is too high, the cat is blocked.

I think they were 4 or 5mm from the factory, and 3/16 is right in between, so you should be good with that. I think all vacum hoses except the large one for the crank ventilation are the same diameter.

After a few weeks of consideration and reading all your comments, talking to the master mechanic at my local Volvo dealer and hearing my 12 year old say: "I knew it was you coming home, I heard you long before I saw the headlights ..." I decided to stick with what I've got. For long trips,...

Do you have a clutch by now? The R clutch seems to be NLA and roght now noone carries a standard Turbo clutch either, as it seems. Just mentioning tjis so you don't throw away the old clutch assembly from the donor car and rather kep it and have it rebuilt in case the clutch shortage is not only tem...

+1 on brake cleaner and reusing the box. it is not very complex in design, if you clean it thoroughly you should be good.

w/o trying to push you over to swedespeed, I think there should be valuable info over there, there are alot of people doing RN swaps, so they might know about the similarities and differences.

foggydogg wrote: ↑10 Dec 2024, 13:58 What's all that white stuff on the ground ?

Most probably Cocaine ... Or snow.

The heated rear seats are rare, I'd buy them right away if you were in Europe. If you have the time, pull at least the wiring harness, switches and possibly the heater mats. The center console is easy to get out. If you own one of these, I'd keep body panels, doors, headlights, taillights and alot o...

wow, thank you for this level of detail.
My first Volvo 850 memory dates back to a ski trip with a friend's 850 and me falling asleep in the backseat and waking up because my backnwas super hot. 25 years I have multiple 850ies but no rear heated seats