My ‘94 wagon has the plastic tank.

Yes, that dipstick location and length are a pain in the ass (or wrist), aren't they? Especially when everything is red hot.

That's the "Chain is off" code?

on Youtube the 200 series was unreliable. That seems contrary It is not unreliable. It is bone simple in most of it's forms. You had to keep them tuned, yes, this is normal for any car of the era. In the 740-940 era, there are NA redblock fours, there are turbo fours, there are straight sixes (960?...

click....crunch....click......SNAP!!

And just like that, the humor column isn't funny any more.

That's a great history, Matt! And good old Jan Wilsgaard designed the 122 and the 850, I'm always amazed by that.

I would steer away from anything with that PRV V6. The 740 turbo wagon was a nice car. The 16V twincam four was a sweet engine.

1. Good man for keeping the 145 wagon going! 2. Yes, even more heat would be my next guess. 3. Can the shaft or bolt be cut with a sawzall blade? We cut the frozen shaft at the bottom of the air strut to the lower control arm on a LR LR3. Everything is big on those. Hardened steel, 1" diameter ...

Oh sure enuf, I AM wrong. Look at these two wiki panels of engines - The 940 engines are all red block based, B200s, B230s. The B234F is the 16V twincam. 940 engines.jpeg Then the 960 engines.... B200s, the twincam 16V, B230, the PRV V6, then the B6244/6254 is an I-6 and when you click on that link,...

Is this stuff helpful to the conversation? 140 cross member. It looks like an oval hollow "box" with a pinch seam between upper and lower halves. I don't see a center gap at the control arm bolt. From parts diagrams it looks like a steel cylinder to carry the bolt is fit in at the seam on ...

Looking at the cross member pic I realize those control arms aren’t coming off of there without the bolt coming out or getting cut off.

Would a small hole drilled into the bolt tube allow you to inject PB Blaster into the middle and maybe it wicks it’s way down the tube to soak it?