Tim240z

I know that there are several volvo guys on here, so can you recommend good sources for parts? I have found this place that seems pretty cheap: http://www.alleurasianautoparts.com I need some basic tune up parts for the Wife's 96 850 NA: cap, rotor and plugs and plug wires Rear pads and rotors Front rotors The car just doesn't have much pep anymore, so I need to give a tune up. I am going to run some sea foam through a vacuum line on the intake too to try clean up any carbon deposits....... It has a new fuel pump, and I can't think of anything else that it may need to give it back some life..... Thanks, Tim

Actually it isn't...there is a bit of a transition from the bend at the hatch, but the stuff in the driveway (reflected in the tail panel) is pretty well accurately reflected....

yeah but your sanity is something that has been drawn into question many times(j/k) Amen to that!!!

Bloody Pommies....wouldn't know a decent car if it sat on their face!! This coming from the folks that brought us the Sunbeam Talbot and lucas electrical systems......bah......

Beautiful detailing on that motor!! Well done!! Tim

Tough to get good pictures, but gave it a try anyways.... And here she is...sans tampon string :

Well...all done..... The little pump that I got from NAPA for 30 bucks works flawlessly and is very quiet. Now that the high pressure pump isn't having to suck the fuel (I think it actually has a little pressure at the inlet) it is also very quiet!!! What a great byproduct of the install!! That MSD pump was starting to really annoy me with the constant whirring sound..... I also took out the filter before the high pressure pump and put a filter between the cell and the low pressure pump and then another filter between the surge tank overflow and the cell. That should take care of filtering the fuel before the high pressure pump and the injectors..... I wired the low pressure pump to come on with PCM signal along with the high pressure pump......So far so good......

Look very promising:

I have no HVAC, window wipers, or anythig else under there......except PCM wires and gauges...

The threaded collar should not be welded to the strut housing. Once you take off the gland nut and slide out the strut insert, the collar should slide off.... There are a couple of pics on my site.....

From Scoggin Dickey's web site: http://www.sdpc2000.com/cart.asp?action=catalog_start&catid=2172

Just go to the steel yard, get some pipe, and slip it over the strut tube and use it as a spacer to push the collar up by 2 or so inches....why buy more springs, when for about $5 worth of steel it will be fixed.....

Mike, What fuel pump is that hanging under your car?

Terry is the HybridZ fiberglass master!!

OH Good Heavens!!! Look at Terry's website....

White vinegar, or a razor blade....

DAMN Mike!!! You don't screw around, do you?!!! Wasn't it just last week that you were blasting down the 1/4 mile!!!

Go to your local parts store and borrow a damper installation tool. DON'T hammer it on! Do you have the JTR manual? It discusses damper sizes...

Perfectly....just wondering if you tried it and had some pics for compo

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Hey Terry...nice arse!! ?: Did you consider carrying the stripes through the grey panel?

67-72 chevy truck 7-509

Bring it on inliner boy ....provided of course that the thing doesn't put a hole in the piston, or block...

Get a ratchet and socket, stuff a bit of paper or something in the socket to fill some of the void and allow the nut so sit near the top of the socket. Then put a dab of silicone on the washer to make it stick to the nut and hold the ratchet (with socket and nut attached) under the hole and thread the bolt through. If you need some extention on the handle of the ratchet so that you dont have to reach under the seat too far, tape a long wrench or simlar to the handle of the ratchet