Ok, have you ever replaced the Schraeder valve by the dryer on the low pressure line. The o-ring in that can fail. However if you say that it has been like that for years, and otherwise all is well, leave it alone or turn up the radio. Had a 93 850 and a 97 and can't recall ever hearing that noise f...

When you shut off the car it’s normal to hear the refrigerant hissing as the low/ high side of the systems equilibrate.

Abbys car actually sings a bit when this happens, it’s a nice F# tone

The best mounts are from Kuda. They are fiberglass, custom designed for each year/make/model, wrapped in leather which matches interior trim. I had one on my 2002 Mercedes E320 and it looked like a factory accessory. Their 850 mounts appear to be available, including a lovely side mount. I remember ...

Blipshift is currently offering a Volvo t-shirt until the end of the day. They're also offering some generic car enthusiast shirts including my favorite fuel gauge defying "Challenge Accepted". Check them out.

psh like id give away my evil plan so easily your gonna have to take me to dinner first

What does your code reader circuit look like, specifically the type of LED and current-limiting resistor that you're using? Asking because I found that my original design with a high resistance (5000 Ohms) resistor worked for reading but not clearing codes. I switched the resistor to a lower value (...

I’m keeping my beloved Yetrude. I bought her back for $625. I found a replacement tailgate and taillights for $180 which seems really reasonable. Yes it’s black not silver but that will just add to her character.

I see this subject come up fairly regularly. I am currently working on repairing and reinforcing 2 lower dash sections with broken firewall bolt plastic mounts. I will document what I do and then if anyone finds it useful then hopefully it helps. I am not going to document the dash removal and refit...

Thank you so much for this thoughtful and thorough reply! The Newcomers guide is fantastic. Will definitely check out the never leave in the junkyard- I will do my best to harvest as much as I can store. Yetrude is the Swedish name of my best friends Farfar (grandma) and when my wife and I first got...

We are planning to develop some glass fiber reinforced nylon brackets as part of a custom kit to help fix/strengthen those firewall brackets. Updates to come on our Facebook page @VPrints