Another success story here on a 98 v70 177K.... hardest part was separating the top off... the power pins had definite cold-solder joints and took a TON of heat (had to up my solder station to about 400c). Brought the temp back down for the smaller pins and added a bit of fresh solder to each. I ...

98 v70, purchased 11/10 with 167k

I think I've already voted for HEATER CORE, STRUTS, SWAY BAR LINKS, FUEL PUMP RELAY... but I couldn't find the post.

In last 5months... add to the list WINDOW SWITCH, THERMOSTAT, RADIO DISPLAY LIGHTS, REAR HATCH STRUTS, KEY FOB HOUSING

fwiw...

Just came back ...

Never mind... guess I should have done more research... grrrrr thanks for listening..

Just purchased a used 98 v70 170k !! 8-]

Replace timing belt and h/w... check!

Now onto the little things like turn signal not canceling after turning right and returning to center. I can see that it just 'almost' cancels (small twitch but not quite enough to cancel it.) This leads me to believe ...