frekin A!

[kylebes1]

I am a trainee of sorts at Precision Motorcars. By trainee I mean they through a "bad-engine" '95 540 at me and I replace it... "bad engine" '01 740iL and I replace it... replace VW Thing engine, install and remove 3 times (discovered "new" original engine had issues!), no problem! 15 bucks an hour (comission, not actual time)!

But not a Swedish car, NO!

Anyway, I have been working on a 1996 volvo 860 turdo (miss spelling intended) for about 20 hours... over a 7 day period. I am gettin paid for 20 so it is not a bad situation... Any way, I could not get my head into the damn thing. In my mind a BMW is perfect, especially a V8. Bolts positions are semetrical, and intuitive... Fa;hasd;lkjasd*** a Volvo transverse mount!! Not only that I took some advice from John, the "head tech" that put me WAY off course!!

Dunno y it beat me so badly, but I just started it for the first time in two weeks! I purposely forgot to bolt on the down pipe from the turbo, however... sounded GREAT!! :p

Anyway, that is my rant for the moment

My next job is a '76 911! I can get into that, even if it is hard

[chuckybob]

id bet the bolts are harder to find because volvo engineers put a little more thought into minimal material use and cost effectiveness.

[yozsi]

i dont remember there being a 6 cyl turbo in the 800 series volvo. they only came with the 5 cyl whiteblock.

[Digitalwave]

I don't much about the mechanic industry but it kind of sounds like they are using you to do their bitch work on the cheap. How long have you been working there?

[Mike325]

I don't much about the mechanic industry but it kind of sounds like they are using you to do their bitch work on the cheap. How long have you been working there?

I agree, you are getting bitched around.

[kylebes1]

I am the PMCar whore... wrenching for about 2 months, website, autotrader ads, and car detailing for two years

I mistyped it was an 850- five cylinder turbo