January: I started to notice oil stains in the driveway below the engine of our 2005 XC70. I bought this one-owner car used two years ago, with 100K miles. The whole car is fairly immaculate. So far it has been a good replacement for our old 240. I took off the belly pan and decided, by reading the ...

That video is great. Nice to see someone work with confidence like that. The two engine support bars: https://kourt.dehaas.com/volvo/rms2.jpg The boat winch mounted in a wood frame (also used on my Vanagon to remove/install engines/transmissions): https://kourt.dehaas.com/volvo/rms3.jpg The flywheel...

Just a quick update: the 05 XC70 was fully reassembled, started, and driven today. That's progress. Now to drive it for a few weeks to make sure the oil leak does not return. I had to replace one of the engine oil cooler coolant lines because I set the bevel gear on it and the line split. Other than...