Auto or Manual trans?
Has the timing belt been done yet?
How much $$$ and how hard of a job is replacing the seat heater element?

Looks real nice. Thanks!

It's a pretty basic Volvo 850 wagon, in decent shape. It's got about 200k miles on it (odometer broke recently), and it shows. The engines been running pretty rough lately. But after not having been run in a few months, it still started right up... I guess it's a testament to how well built these ca...

The contacts on the switch corrode up over time and the lights stop working - as I found out, of course, the day my car went in to be inspected. Remove the switch from under the dash (you'll have to remove the knee bolster first - single T-25 screw) and pry the connector off. A pocketknife is very ...

My bulb failure indicator would also go off for a split second every time I stepped on the brakes. I replaced the brake light switch last Friday, and problem has gone away. I imagine I could have disassembled the switch, cleaned the contacts, reassembled, and solved the problem that way. But given ...

well, now I'm hosed. at least, my current parts are hosed. I bent and broke the big metal piece that holds the whole thing together, the frame I guess you'd call it (the big silver part below, I'm pulling this image from the instructions renns linked to above): https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/foru...

definitely did see that, and that's what I tried to do first. problem is that I can't do this step on one side: 6.) Carefully remove the retaining clip from each wiper shaft - slotted screwdriver because it's so corroded that the clip is seized on there. can't get it off. and I don't want to mess up...

I can't for the life of me find anywhere to buy a wiper linkage assembly from... My motor is fine, it's just that one side of my wiper linkage is completely seized up. Can't even get the locking washer off to pull the shaft out and clean the thing... So I'd like to try to buy a new one. But I can't ...

thanks! I'll jack up the front end this weekend and have a look.

If it is the control arms, how critical is that to fix? Any ideas as to how long those typically last? Like I said, the car's a 99 with 110k miles...

If my mechanic said that I need "both ball joints", what exactly might he be referring to? I know that when I look at the possible steering/suspension parts on FCP or eEuroParts, there isn't anything that's explicitly called a "ball joint". But I know, in theory, what a ball join...

Someone is going to be buying the entire car, so this car and parts are no longer for sale. Thanks for your interest!!!