You won't drain much, Jim. just put some tape or a rubber glove on it and you will be fine Or, if you don't want to mess with break fluid at all (except for a few drops) you do it the way I suggested (no fluid can escape the master cylinder when the break pedal is in 3/4 position).... See this illu...

Volvo says; There is no need to have the air bags inspected as Volvo has extended the lifetime of the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) components to be the same as the lifetime of the car. What's the life expectancy of a 850? Does this answer take into account that my 1997 850 might last until 20...

Have you checked price and availability at estateservices.nl ?
I bought a nivomat set there for a really good price.

Quick advice wanted: Road tripping with 326k km 2000 V70XC, girlfriend and tent from Netherlands to Sweden. Abs light came on twice in 3000km, went away when restarting. Suspected front sensors to be dirty: used lots of anti rust to get bolts loose during control arm replacement a few weeks back. W...

Here's a video of a P80 vs new V70 crash test (the one June is mentioning a few post above). I think the old one stands up pretty well.... https://youtu.be/so2wJJPge88 According to a major swedish insurance company, investigating 170 000 accidents, the P80 is,still in 2017, 20-39% safer than the ave...

Please, Sommerfeldt and Misha, try to keep up the good conversations we're used to in this forum. There are tons of forums out there for insults.

If you have a look at the PDF on top in this page;

http://www.proparts.se/sv/artiklar/chas ... index.html

You'll see that the first one you're suggesting is
12.50 * 126 * 385 mm
The second one;
12 * 126 * 392 mm

Driving home from the Check republic to Norway my alternator stopped working. Luckily a Polish alternator expert had a new Bosch/Volvo OEM in stock. I replaced my original alternator with a cheap one since I couldn't find the spare part regulator to my original alternator during a vacation trip 4 ye...

Nice work! Instead of letting brake fluid drip you can push down the brake pedal a few inches (preferably by a stick between the seat and the pedal). This will close the valve preventing any fluid from dripping.

I bought my 855 7 years ago and there's no reason for me to sell it now. Especially not since it's worth a lot more to me than any possible buyer. I've maintained it like it was new. Oil change every 5000 miles, flushing auto fluid, always using electric heater during the winter, sendt it twice to p...