I need to replace gear shifter. I just need the plastic handle that goes on to the floor shifter. Volvo part # 6843471. New shifters cost around $120 - 160. This seems insane for a piece of plastic in 28 year old car. If anyone knows where to find this part for a reasonable price, I would appreciate...

Here is picture of the shifter on my 960. Volvo part # 6843471 I believe, it is different from 240/740 as those shifters have a button on the top of the shifter. On 960 the button is located in the front (facing the radio). Later 940 models might have the same shifter. Have not seen too many of thes...

Turns out I was freaking out over nothing :). The cause of misfires and other problems were indeed in the ignition coil plugs. As I mentioned before, I did purchase new coil plugs from Amazon (obviously made in China). Turns out 3 out 6 were purely assembled. The wire was not crimped properly. As th...

To answer coil plug question (sorry forgot): I bought a set of 6 new coil plugs and had a local shop replace all plugs. For some reason, instead of just replacing plastic plug (the piece that comes apart) they spliced into original harness. It is very possible that they screwed up somewhere along th...

Purchased 2 new ignition coils (aftermarket). Installed them on cylinder 1&3 (cylinder 3 was coming up as misfiring prior to intake manifold gasket replacement). Had 0 effect. I did visual inspection of all coils. They seem to be in pretty good shape. Tomorrow will remove coils again and test th...

Today we had an unfortunate development. The car was parked overnight, when I tried to start it in the morning it was idling VERY rough. To the point I was afraid to drive it at all. Tried revving up engine a bit - nothing helped. Ended up turning the car off. Trying to figure out the next step. Sur...

We came across rather odd problem on our 1996 volvo 960 with only 130k original miles (mileage is accurate we are the only owners). Vehicle starts and runs perfect (no misfires, no shaking). BUT after EXACTLY 20 minutes, the engine vibration get to the point that the car is impossible to drive. Also...