Have you checked under the windshield wiper cover and that the drains in there are all clear? I might be wrong, but I think there are 4 drains in total. The 2 at the front of the cowl with the easily blocked rubber drain hoses help on by the PITA clips, but there are 2 others if I recall, one by th...

As Bob Dylan might say, "I seen an old Volvo with dashboard a-sloshin / and it's a hard rain's a gonna fall" I had some blocked cowl drains, which I think allowed water into the ventilation system of my wife's car. I could hear a sloshing noise when I accelerated uphill, turned corners, or...

Bought SKP brand oil cooler lines from Rockauto to replace the original ones that were weeping and seeping. Figured that for the price, even if all I got to use from them was the o-rings and clips, I'd still be getting a decent deal. I also didn't want to futz around with rebuilding my own, if I cou...

Done 250 miles so far with the Cardone MAF. Car gets much better mileage, it seems!! Smells a little like sulfur on startup. I'm guessing that's from overloading the cat with the overrich mixture while the MAF was malfunctioning or disconnected. Hopefully that goes away. Doesn't seem like the cat is...

Glad that mostly worked out. What does $500 metal ticket mean? Do you get inspected every time you enter Vermont? volvolugnut Nah, state vehicle inspection is ostensibly for safety and emissions. Having lived in states where it's required and other states where it's not, I don't think it helps anyt...

All Right, came back from Vermont. Spent a lot of quality time with the inlaws, and went winter backpacking to a cabin in the Merck Forest, which was fantastic. Honda failed Vermont state inspection for surface rust one brake disc, which is insane. Next time remind me to use scotch brite beforehand,...

Pm me in the new year if you are near Cambridge. I’m there most weeks during semester meeting interesting people, like the guy who armed the Trinity test bomb. For sure! Would be great to meet you! I'm at the tail-end of a biochemistry PhD program at Harvard and it's getting brutal between breaking...

That’s a key from a replacement tumbler. Confirms you do not have an immobilizer installed and it is pre 1999 We already knew that since you have a cap and rotor ignition system All right! Glad not to have an immobilizer. I have no clue about what is usual for what market. What is a replacement tum...

If you post a picture of your key I can probably tell you if you have a chipped key or regular. I have not heard of a 1998 with a chipped key here in North America, but then anything is possible, if for example it was a personal import. Are you certain it is a 98 and not a 99? The 99- antenna reads...

Glad you made it to family for holidays. I had been following the thread. volvolugnut Yeah, I'm so relieved! It was a bit touchy with the Honda, as it hadn't been driven since mid-September, but the junkyard run was a good shakedown. Got a whine in the water pump, radiator is fin-rotted, interior g...