You nailed that right about the old Jags... Over-engineering does not make good engineering. But they sure made a fine motor... and of course don't forget the achingly beautiful bodywork (albeit of shoddy construction).

As for my comment on the brake bits... If them parts are new, they surely were lubed prior to assembly. Check if you want, but if the piston moves freely in the bore, I stick with saying its fine to just pop on the car. I've never taken apart a new or professionally rebuilt hydraulic part, and I've never had one fail.

What I *have* done is wrecked a seal trying to install a rebuild kit by simply not being able to get the seal past the groove where the C-clip lives, and ended up pinching a tiny bit of it right off... Granted, that was not on a Volvo. I've never had a problem with that on Volvos.



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-Matt I ♥ my ♂