It helps to keep two things in mind: Volvo, being a fairly small car
company, used lots of standard European and even Asian parts in their
cars.
That includes several kinds of brakes, and their automatic
transmissions.
Also, they designed models up to and including the 240 and 700 series to
be easy to work on. Except for the 240 ventilation fan. You really don't
want
to replace *that* yourself.
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