Hi All,

A Coworker of my sister-in-law has a 1993 965, mileage unknown. I spoke with her husband briefly yesterday, and here is what he says:
Timing belt broke. He took it to his (apparently non-Volvo) mechanic, who fixed the valves and reinstalled the head, but failed to mark the cams (?) properly and now has no idea how to reinstall. Ownwer says that the car is in good shape (my brother and I will go look at it this weekend), has new tires, and has recently had the PNP switch (I think) redone. He doesn't want this thing in his driveway anymore and is willing to take about $1K for it. A quick perusal of the FAQs shows tha I would need to buy a tool in order to time the thing properly at the cost of about $400. I spoke to my Volvo independent, and he said he'd be willing to square the car away for $600 to $1000, depending on what else the car needs.
My questions are: Is this a good deal? How hard is it to do the job with the correct tool(s)? Where can I get /rent the correct tool(s)? What manual should I get? Is this even a good idea?
I figure worst case I ruin the engine and then have a candidate for a V8 conversion, but I really would like to get it running again. Wife.gov has no problems with this approach but might balk at going to the independent right away.
Any comments are welcome. Thanks iin advance for your advice.

Andy De Block
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93 940