I just had those apart so remember them well, they are a "spigot" type fitting sealed with an O ring, not flares (O rings are number 10 and 12 on the diagram below). The diagram doesn't show it well, but the end of the tube is straight for about 1/4" then an annular ring is pressed in...

Time to report back. It held all summer. Then about turkey day I detected a whiff of burnt oil smell and then noticed he left a new little stain on the driveway... Bad boy, he's leaking again. I haven't taken it off yet to see what it might be THIS TIME , but I did lift it up enough to see that it w...

Look at the plug at the bottom of the rack for a leak. Trace a line from the steering pinion shaft (the input shaft connected to the steering wheel) straight through the housing. On the bottom where otherwise the shaft would come out is an aluminum plug that has an "O" ring seal and is &qu...

Congrats! I think you left out "stand on my head"!

Take any pictures???

Hi da7- Its been a few days.. I may take back (a little bit) my statement that hydraulics don't fix themselves. Since your leak has slowed maybe it was just some junk that got under the lip of the rear piston seal that has since cleared itself out. Still, it may have damaged the rubber some and shou...

Hi da7! As leaking to the inside the cabin? No, don't think so. The vacuum brake booster sits between the cabin and the master cylinder. In order for brake fluid to get into the cab or interior of the car it would have to travel through the vacuum booster which is likely impossible. The vacuum boost...

Hi da7- Haven't had it happen to my volvos yet but I've had it happen same way on other cars, rear piston seal of the master cylinder gives away and it leaks between the booster and master cylinder. I don't think so much the type of fluid you went to caused it, but probably the fact that you changed...

Agreed, it would be pretty tough to drill without straight-on access and my experience with drilling for an ez-out in a steel bolt surrounded by aluminum hasn't been good. Even under the best of conditions It is hard to start a hole in the exact center of the bolt and keep it there and not have the ...

I had a lot of problem with the socket for the third brake light in the spoiler on the sedan. I would work then not work then work again. It even caused me to get pulled over one time when I probably shouldn't have been driving. Cop was kind though... I soldered wires to a new bulb and to the leads ...

Hi Kevin- Actually I'm quite surprised you broke the bolt instead of stripping the female threads in the aluminum. It seems at 4:00 position it should one of the least-stressed bolts by belt tension, so I think you are probably good. During my shipboard engineering days I've seen a lot of flanges an...