Contacts have definitely been used. Someone bought a new part, put their old one in the box, and returned it to get their money back. Someone at RockAuto screwed up and didn't notice, or didn't care. You got blatantly ripped off and I'd be lighting up the Better Business Bureau's phones like a Chris...

May Providence fall upon you, if not, stay on the Train and get off in Boston

The technical measure of reliability is MTBF- Mean Time Between Failures.
Volvolugnut

Spent about 30 minutes lube, heat, and hammer on axle shaft stuck in hub

Then to the right tool

30 seconds

In the semi, sort of, famous car road trip game my wife and I created, dead mattresses on side of the street were worth 2 points to the first person to spot them. It happens often in our town. Beer trucks are 20 points. But anyone can call TILT on a beer truck spotting to reset all scores to zero. W...

BlackBart wrote: ↑23 Sep 2024, 14:35

I went to install a gas cap tether and found this issue - I think they maybe sent me the wrong one......

Volvo tank2.jpg
Volvo tank.jpg

The stock gas cap and tether should look like this for reference:

these simplify t'stat removal. https://www.amazon.com/Neiko-10080A-8-Inch-Socket-T10-T40/dp/B006E5P8YI/ref=sr_1_5?crid=30KJQLNAPRYDA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-Ia51FPBeKPLxQplhr6yB3zwSdRowbBN26RtxpaR_HUp9qssCqzd_azcFCCu7fqMFdA1MvM0_OVpVa6bqQ7KRmXHhxO1KVoXxgjMYqexezT_u1TH-nDAxBH24hUvoG5ih2d_vNTq0JFPh2IY9P...

BlackBart wrote: ↑30 Sep 2024, 13:41 Sorry to go off-topic - did you find that graphic or add the colors yourself?

Saved it from some place long ago. If I could I'd change the color of the water line that heats the main PCV hose, both are currently yellow.

^ this must be the seed of my Steelie Appreciation™... 50s-60s Ferraris, Jaguars, etc. I must have looked at enough photos of them in car magazines in the 80s and it just set the hook in me when I was young.