Good resemblance, but my friend Alf is a little hairier.

I don't know why Alf, being a big solid person and working in a confined space, decided to head butt one of my car ramps. I actually heard the thud, followed by a few choice words. ( the naughty boy) It's not funny. :lol: Anyway after Alf got the plug loose, I gave him a slab of VB beer for his trou...

I finally got the plug out today. After trying again with a smaller pipe wrench and a power wrench, with no luck, I gave up. My friend Alf who used to be a boiler maker, came over for a visit. I mentioned to him, that I was going to take the car to a mechanic and see if he could weld a nut onto the ...

Hey MIJ if you fly to Tullamarine airport Melbourne, I'll pick you up. You fix the car, you'll be back home by Friday. :lol: I'm taking your advice and driving to the hardware store to purchase a smaller pipe wrench, and I'll give it one more try. As I'm working a nine day shift starting from this a...

Hello and thanks again. I went to the hardware store to purchase a pipe wrench, and the assistant handed me the same tool I was already using. So I bought a good pair of lockable vise-grips and gave them a go, to no avail. I may now have to take the car to a mechanic and try what tailor suggested. (...

Thanks for the reply. I sprayed on some WD40, left it for a while and tried with one of those tools with sharp teeth that are supposed to fit any size bolt. Not sure what you call it over there. But the plug seems to be on so tight, that I'm just chewing it up even more. I even filed down two sides ...

I decided to change the oil and filter today. After taking the beast for a spin to warm it up, I drove it up onto ramps, then with ring spanner in hand crawled under it and noticed that the head on the drain plug was badly stripped. There was no way I could undo it, as I couldn't get a good hold of ...

thanks Solutech, when I work out what fly wire is. I'll give it a go. Cheers.

hello everyone, I am a new member my friends call me double mark. I live in Melbourne Australia. I have just purchased my first volvo, 94 850 gold turbo wagon. It was imported from Hong Kong by the previous owner.It has only 85ks on the odometer witch dosn't work. The previous owner informed me that...