Hello, I had a 960 where one of the cam belt bearings exploded. When pulling the head one bolt broke deep in the block and one came out with the threads messed up pretty bad. I have no way to fix the block and cant find one without broken bolts, so now I'm looking for a used motor and have a rebuilt head with new bolts and gasket kit for sale.

Asking $450.00 but don't know about shipping because of weight.

 

hi, i just installed a new cylinder head on my 96 960 volvo....i got ir from odessa cylinders heads in florida...u can find them on ebay as well. its a refurbished head...comes complete with valve cover,springs,valves,cams,etc..mine was absolutely beautiful when it arrived...everything is machined back to factory specs...all for 430.00 including shipping!

 

While what happened is a pain in the butt, don't loose hope here.
Breaking head bolts happen, and this can be repaired. The engine in my car had 150 bolt holes helicoiled. Which is actually stronger than the original bolt holes in many cases, especially where the hole is into solid aluminum. The head bolts on these engines though, go into a steel threaded block cast into the aluminum. This can be repaired, call around to some machine shops, it might only cost 3-4 hundred.

DanR '94 964 368,000 miles (134,000 on the new engine)