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posted by  benglar on  Wed Jun 18 18:20 CST 2003
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In the main, I agree with Daniel Flading. If you are careful and have a really good shop light, you will probably change the timing belt successfully. However, you'll worry so much about it that you won't have any fun -- and this should NOT be your first task on an interference engine.

A good independent Volvo shop is a true blessing: find one and patronize it for everything you don't feel confident about tackling.

Daniel's right: use common sense, but go for it!

...If you want to learn on a more forgiving car, get a Volvo 240. They are almost immortal (my '81 has over 327k miles on the original engine and transmission) -- and very easy to work on.
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-- Bruce / '82 244 (315k miles!), '86 745, '87 760Ti, '94 854






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New new d.i.y.'er [850]
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