Now that allen wrench sounds familiar. Maybe that's what I recall. I'll use this info on my own car.

I didn't buy the wagon. The yahoo didn't have a title for it after I rode a bus 280 miles to pick it up. I hope he sells it soon - he is running at least 90k on his serp and timing belts (the serp had a bunch of cracks). It rode nice. Engine had an overheated look about it, and records verified that had happened at one point. The oil level I could not read despite several attempts - it had a whiteish yellow foam appearance on the stick going way up, with small drops of what appeared to be water each time I tried. Looked funky even though it was changed 4 months, unknown miles ago. Ext roof windshield trim had that peeling thing going on, lots of scratches in the paint. Full set of tires bought 25k ago, but one had a lot of wear and was now the spare (with a different brand taking its place). He had done a lot of common maintenance, but the ignition exhibited an intermittent behavior (lights not on, abs on until tweaked), and a 3 month old Volvo report in his file advised a new Turbo (and a new ign switch). It hadn't been safety inspected b/c Volvo said they couldn't. The final straw was when we stopped at a parking lot, I found a large spot of fresh oil under the front side of the engine. I couldn't tell if it came from the car or not. Between all these facts and suspicions, I took another bus back home and canceled the insurance I had just gotten.

So much for buying a car sight unseen. As far as the timing belt, yeah I read the procedure and it sounds interesting. Don