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Throwing down the gauntlet to June! Show pictures m if you dare…
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Look, the machine shop was competent!
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
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abscate wrote: 29 Dec 2021, 00:09Show pictures m if you dare…
Nowhere near that clean!
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abscate wrote: 29 Dec 2021, 00:09 Throwing down the gauntlet to June! Show pictures m if you dare…
I'm voiceless... :mrgreen:

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Uhmm...
Is that the car that just spent eleven months in various stages of disassembled ?
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That looks a lot like the glamour shots of food for advertising.

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Copy “ I only use Castrol”
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It probably helps that the Hobbs meter only shows 0.6 hrs at this point
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Post by June »

abscate wrote: 29 Dec 2021, 00:09 Throwing down the gauntlet to June! Show pictures m if you dare…
They forgot to clean the camshafts! Lol! Now keep that oil changed to keep it clean. No reusing oil allowed! :twisted: :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: June
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1989 740 GLT ordered
1994 850 4door standard shift ordered
1996 960 ordered
1998 S90 ordered totalled after 3 weeks
1998 V70 GT dealer stock car
2002 S80 T6 ordered totalled
2004 S80 T6 dealer stock car and current car owned

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