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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  Hasegawa on  Wed Apr 28 10:05 CST 2004
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I have 95 855 tubo station wagon. i think that the things to keep the tailgate open broken, and it won't stay up. is it easy to replace the parts by my self? or i should take it to a shop.







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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be Dave f on  Sun May 2 05:41 CST 2004 [RELATED]

Just replaced mine yesterday. Bought struts from FCP Groton. $40 dollars for two and shipping $6.50. Follow instructions from Bay 13 as they are much better than Haynes manual. Took no more than an hour.
Dave F
96 850R
70K mi








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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  Hamfisted on  Wed Apr 28 15:05 CST 2004
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Yeah replace both tailgate struts. If one went bad the other won't be far behind. FCPGroton.com has them for $25 apiece, takes a day or two to get them.


http://www.fcpgroton.com/volvo850other.htm


Easy to repair.



Mike
'95 850T








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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  Hasegawa on  Sat May 1 10:54 CST 2004
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Thank you for your help.








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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  someone claiming to be 850 dude on  Wed Apr 28 10:29 CST 2004 [RELATED]

It funny you ask that because I just ordered a new strut for my 850 also, it is very easy, there are two and you need to decide if one or both are broken, do you see leaking fluid around it?

Here's a link for the install instructions and the place to order it from, it's awesome, the shipping is free for over $50 and it only took 1 day, i ordered from them twice this year, the prices are good.

http://www2.swedishpartswholesale.com/parts/parts1/swedishpartswholesale/wizard.jsp?year=1994&make=VO&model=850--001&category=O&&part=Tailgate+Strut


http://www.volvospeed.com/volvo_performance.php








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Tail gate cannot stay up 850 1995

posted by  Hasegawa on  Sat May 1 10:54 CST 2004
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Thank you for your information.







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