- It is likely this item. Like a dry wall toggle they are afraid it will become a onetime use item. Someone may have installed it due to strip threads on the oil pan drain hole. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Oil-Drain-Plug-Kit-Pan-Rubber-M12-M18-1-2-3-4-/160583521157#vi-content Blessings, BKM -...

Hi guys, I did a search for bumpers in this forum and didn't find a topic related. I have an 84 245 GL and really like the older aluminum bumpers. My very first wagon was a 79 265 GLE that never ran (not counting the 72 145 we had when I was a children) and I'm trying to get as close to this look as...

I am a bit confused because I did a quick google of "1984 volvo 245 oil drain plug" and got a lot of hits of sites trying to sell such plugs. The plug looks rather ordinary. i.e. just perhaps uses a copper seal ('o'ring shaped) to do the sealing. I don't see any special retainer or ???? E...

Does sound reasonable not to take the risk, makes sense to me. I will check these options out. Just read the "proper English" thread and hope that run-on and off-topic babbling weren't too unbearable, I now see the error in my way. Bad first post, thanks for approving it Moderator. The mil...

Thank You Jimmy!! For a second I thought they just didnt want to do it since I had one of those grocery store check out coupons for $20. This is my 4th Volvo wagon and its too nice to not keep up. I just left TX in 09, say hi to everyone for me

Hello and thanks in advance for your info. So my 245 has been me and my dog's home for a bit over a year and so upkeep is extremely important, (actually the 940 was the house and the 245 the ride,) not to mention avoiding SF parking nazis. Recently I went to a midas and they refused to do the oil ch...