Closing up the story:

the Volvo specialist straightened things out with the fuel pump and fuel line. Bagged the Lego for evidence, gave me a decent writeup on what went wrong with the first repair. Videos and photos, too. He drove it and pronounced it fine.

Two Saturdays ago I drove out to ...

Better than all that.

The mechanic had fixed it earlier in the week. Given my work schedule kept me from coming out except on the weekend, he was driving it to make sure the repair was done and going to hold. Everything fine until Thursday night - ran like the proverbial top. Then, while he was ...

I'm not inclined to think fuel pump relay. I had that fail on my 850 and, when it did the car just quit. This is different. If I want to go up a hill or need to tromp on the gas to get extra acceleration - i.e., putting a load on the engine - the car acts like it's gagging for lack of fuel.

OK. Long story short - driving from Maine to PA on 12/24, got to halfway in Waterbury on I-84 and the car died. Started gagging like it wasn't getting fuel then cut out. Pushed it off road, got towed by AAA to Firestone. Describe symptoms, he says he can fix it but not until after weekend. I get a ...

With Maine Antique plates, like this one has on the rear, you don't need inspection and don't need a title.
https://maine.craigslist.org/cto/d/kingfield-california-car/7522908408.html

I didn't look this good at 51: https://maine.craigslist.org/cto/d/unity-1971-volvo-p1800es/7522764497.html

This ...

Last call: https://maine.craigslist.org/pts/d/garl ... 73745.html

When I got my 96 850 tuned up - plugs, wires, clean injectors, yadda yadda close to state 0 - my mechanic called me over: "Hey, you gotta see this"
"What?"
"I took this out." He pulled out of his pocket a Volvo-label spark plug. Looked pretty good, but it had a big gap.
"I think this is original to ...

I wound up taking it to the mechanic. 15 minutes for him, but he's done a bunch of them over the years. Cost me the price of the replacement bulbs and a little vacation time from work. Had the right side changed, too. Just because.

Left front headlight on my 09 S60 burned out today.
Went to the parts store, got replacements. i figure I'll change both and be done with it.
Now, the fun part.
The gap between the air filter box and the front of the car is so narrow I cannot fit my hand in. I doubt there is enough room to withdraw ...

I would go with Flex-Seal, the rubber paint the guy advertises on TV when he uses it to seal the hole in the bottom of his boat. You can get it in a can to brush on. I had a little corrosion damage behind the RF wheel well on my old 850, right next to the black plastic spray guard. My body guy taped ...