Had a bird chirping at me all day yesterday when I pressed the clutch. Yes, it's the dreaded "failing Throw-out Bearing". 11 years ago I bought a clutch kit from a parts place 40 miles from home. My clutch had already failed and I was driving my wife's car. The next day (saturday) I pulled the tranny and pressure plate. Sure as snuff I'd been sold the wrong kit and the store wasn't open. The only right part was the clutch disc (I still don't understand it after all this time) so needing the car badly, I put it back together using only the new disc. I knew that this day would come sooner or later (about 100K), so now I've got to deal with it (ha ha). I don't mind working on quality machinery. Man I love my Volvo(s).