Happy New Year! 2021!

[Amskeptic]

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Happy new year from sequestered upstate NY!

I’ve managed to gulp a valve on my favourite Volvo, but taking it as a sign from the Creator that I have time to do a head job without impacting anything at work

No travel for the next three months at least

[Amskeptic]

Happy new year from sequestered upstate NY!

I’ve managed to gulp a valve on my favourite Volvo, but taking it as a sign from the Creator that I have time to do a head job without impacting anything at work

No travel for the next three months at least

... and how is the Volvo?
Colin

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Well, it took forever into November 21 but I got the head reworked, back on the car, and back on the road. Did a power steering rack too. In fairness, three of the kids plus SWMBO relocated to new jobs over summer so I had to refurnish three Volvo’s for each of them. I did three charity Volvo refurbs too.

The 1999 T5 is a really fun car. Gets 25-29 mpg highway ( top end if you stay off the boost) but is a zippy near 300 HP with the M56 fivespeed. It’s still on the original clutch after 6 -9 girls learned stick shift on it