Exhaust headers have a great shape. Chrome em! Get some bling on that thing!

I stare at Volvo 4, 5, and 6-cyl inlines all day here and on FB, so this 4cyl looks alien to me.

BlackBart wrote: ↑13 Mar 2025, 17:25 Hopefully not in a country that starts with a C...?

Thank goodness, no. Begins with P…

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/memberlist.php?start=98568 I just got Thailand correct. Netherlands and France I mix up. If you use the cursor to roll over (not mobile/tablet) the flag it'll say what it is, so you can just go down the list and try your hand bam bam bam. One missing : The D...

I have had a lot of fun over the years making shiny new parts look old and grimy.
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Today I finally found an inner timing belt cover which wasn't broken, which I then promptly broke. Of the three pieces that make up the belt cover, this inner piece is the only one that is discontinued. The ones I've been finding have all been busted up, and now I can see why. Even after removing th...

Nobody mention thst the Audi sign isn’t Centred on the blocks. …..

Scotland - the Romans were too afraid of the Scots so they built a wall and told themselves nothing was up there, no reason to go..

You can tell rod bearings by revving it lightly and seeing if the noise changes as you go from accelerate to foot off - car standing still. The rod bearings change loading when you do this and will rattle instead of knock right as you transition.

If you listen , you can hear it in your video

Yes, the consumer price of car parts will go up. No, they will not go back down if/once/when tariffs are removed. Yes, there will be huge market uncertainties (in the big picture) and a few insiders will exploit that volatility and get richer(er). But US citizens want to have less buying power, to r...

Somehow I am reminded of Smokey Yunick's Best Damn Garage in Town.
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It’s that beautiful time of year again, t-shirts and summer tires. Investigation while I’m under there - • My winter patch plastic around the failing RF half shaft boot is still there - surprising. • Cannot find the clunk in the LF - new strut and top bearing, new control arm and ball joint, new sw...