Over the last few months, I've had 2 no start episodes - cranking but not catching. I finally figured out that a decrepit fuseable link was the culprit and replaced it with a new one from Auto Zone, spliced and soldered. Car's running fine, I park it in the driveway, come out 2 or 3 hours later and it won't start. Our driveway's on an incline and the gas gauge in on empty, so I roll it onto the street and try again: no dice. I add a couple gallons to the tank and continue trying in vain to get it going as it occasionally catches then dies - just enough to keep me trying with my remote starter switch, jiggling wires and hoses until the battery starts losing it. I decide to let the car sleep on it, come out the next morning and after a few tries it fires up and runs for about a minute until I give it a little throttle and it dies and will not catch at all thereafter. I decide to go camping for a couple of nights with my son rather than spend the weekend screwing around with the Volvo figuring I'll just get it towed on Monday. I come back from our trip this afternoon, and of course the old girl fires up and runs perfectly. FWI, It's got a brand new air filter and distributer cap, hoses are tight, air intake's tight, fuel filter is old and probably well overdue and the wiring harness is definitely on borrowed time.

Any and all thoughts are welcome.

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