Thanks. I am no longer going to attempt to use the manual trans. in this car. Too many if’s. I will take manual out of the wrecked car anyway in case I buy another V70 with a manual trans. and a bad engine one day.

Okay. Thanks for the input. Here's a little more info. The 2001 V70 T5 I bought had been previously owned by a Volvo dealership mechanic friend of mine. He bought the car because it had a bad engine. He found a complete used replacement engine for it, and installed it. It ran fine, and he drove it f...

Hi. My 2001 V70 T5 Black Beauty with manual transmission was T-boned and destroyed. I found a great deal on a 2006 V70 2.5T with a bad engine. I want to install the 2001 T5 drivetrain (including the manual transmission) into the 2006 body. My concerns are: 1) Will the car start up and run after we d...