well, I'm learning my lesson about buying on older volvo in the rustbelt. Tried to replace the shift linkage bushings on the AT today, and discovered that the pins at the pivot points are completely corroded in place. The rear one was worse. I'm from CA, so my previous older 240 did not have this type of corrosion.

Any suggestions about what to do? Will I need to completely replace the linkage parts, or can the pin at the pivot point be sawed off somehow?

The other strange thing was that the two bushings that FCP Groton/Euro sent me were not at all the correct size for the AW70 transmission on my car. They were at least 2mm to large in diameter to ever fit inside of the hole. Did the AW70 come with different sized components, or is this just a simple mistake in the parts dept? I didn't see any options when I ordered the parts...

Try soaking the stuck pins with a rust breaker. If you don't have any get some from a car parts or hardware store.

What part numbers did you order for the shift linkage bushings?
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Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502
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I'll look for a rust breaker. Is that different than PB blaster?

I figured out the part problem: FCP sent me the bushings for the MT. I had called on the phone after placing the primary order and added on this part, and the salesperson must have assumed that it was a MT and assumed that they had my vehicle info saved.

Pb Blaster and Kroil are both rust inhibitor sprays.

I was going to suggest that they may have sent you Manual Trani Bushings..

I hate to suggest it because of the Close Quarters but Oxy-Acetylene torches are your friends when it comes to rust. We, in the North, call them Smoke Wrenches.

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