Hello All, I've been on here for several years but have been quiet since I totaled my '96 850 a little over two years ago. A little black ice at about 50mph and that's all she wrote. Luckily, no passenger with me. I walked out with a few cuts on my fingers, and bruises. The other party also suffered...

J-Dawg, I'm noticing the same thing on all of the Volvo's I've checked on. Even ones that say they sat for 5+ years don't seem to have any rust. Abscate, we have an '02 Eurovan too- an MV/Weekender version. It is starting to get rusty around the gas filler and under the sliding door. Only from about...

Thanks for the lead abscate. I'll take a look into it. I know tranny swaps aren't that difficult on a VW Vanagon. Any idea about on a Volvo? Haha.

Swe, I'm not in a huge hurry to find one. I'm scouring Craigslist. I hope to find something in the right price range.

Abscate, if you find that, I'd take a look at it. Depending how far away it is. I'm not in a big hurry for a vehicle. But if something comes up for the right price, I'd probably jump on it.

Got an email back today about the 850. The owner sold it a few days ago. Darn. Time to continue the search. I hope to end up with another Volvo.

JRL and Combatkarl,the paint to me isn't a big deal. Nothing some plastidip can't handle haha. Mechanically, it shouldn't have TOO many issues as it was recently inspected in PA. Depending whom they went to, PA is pretty strict on their inspections. Rust doesn't look like it's taken a hold of the 85...

BigRed, Thanks for the information. That definitely makes me want to avoid getting the S70 due to the cost and time it would take for the repair. I don't have a garage to do the work either, so that's another big detterent. I'd imagine with three of the five out, the job would be running over what y...

Scot850, I have never pulled or rebuilt an engine myself, but we do have the tools to do so. It would be a learning process and take a while though lol. I will steer clear of the AWD models though. Don't wanna mess around with drivetrain issues on top of all the other typical Volvo issues. As for th...

Hi TWMn, Sorry for the highly late response. I have not logged on in a while. Did you get this matter resolved? The entire assembly I purchased was the pan and rails. I'm not sure if the place I picked it up from sold the rails separately, but it seemed much easier to do the whole pan than I assume ...

Dosbricks, The poster of the ad didn't provide much information either. You can see it here. http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/cto/4893926338.html It seems as if it would be a good deal if the AWD worked, and if the engine could be rebuilt easily. As for the '850, it can be seen here. http://harrisbu...