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Dennis -
Add to the car price (and the taxes and all that stuff) about $100 for the Bentley and Haynes Shop manual, and the Volvo Service Manual Wiring Diagrams, which is p/n TP 30808/1. Haynes at AutoZone, Bentley from Rusty at rprusa.com, and the Volvo WDM at www.volovcars.com/lit and look under service.
The 1985 is a transition model, (old type body, new type engine) but many bricksters have done very well with them. You should go through the servce records slow and careful. Look for major repairs, engine, transmission, and especially suspension parts. At 280K the front and rear bushings and shocks/struts, ball joints, tie rod ends, etc. should have been replaced. If not, you will want to do all that soon, and it's big bux for a budget. Have a Volvo tech check it out, and go around with him. Pay him the $50 or whatever, it's good insurance. Especially since the car sounds like quite a good deal.
There is a Monday post about "Tale about two Volvos" that contains description of a compression test and the palm test. You should do the palm test, it will reveal the state of the positive crankcase ventilation system (PCV) of which the flame trap is a part. Run the compression test if possible.
While the car is on the rack, look at the boots on the tie rods. If they are broken, you will need to replaced them or prepare for tie rod replacement. That is another spot to evaluate the PO's maintainence persistency, along with the amount of crud on the inside of the oil filler cap.
BTW, whenever you take off the oil filler cap set it upside down on the hole where the hood latch goes in. Forgetting to put it on makes a mess. BTDT.
Good Luck,
Bob
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PS Is it a DL or GL? GL has a tach, but you can put one in a GL, it's pre-wired. Look for one on eBay.
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