Pseudo Random Volvo and a Bimmer sighting ...on a upstate NY trip

The neutral safety switch. This has to be it because this looks like it's oe and I did the shifting back forth and only got a slight cough from the engine when I turned the key. Green-Red to Solid Green is the Manual transmission bypass. Be careful, with a bypass jumper the engine can be started wi...

It’s starter bypass unfortunately does not bypass the PnP switch

It’s starter bypass unfortunately does not bypass the PnP switch The PnP switch is in the Transmission range sensor. Green-Red & Solid Green. The PnP switch needs to know what gear the transmission is in. What better place then the Transmission range sensor to get that information. The part in ...

The PNP switch would cause a no crank though, not a crank no start. Right? He did not say it cranks, he said it coughs. Completely out would be no crank. Just poor contacts might let it cough as Mdr puts it. Regardless, Mdr now has enough information to confirm or disprove his analyst. If he can ta...

But if I'm on the road anything from Pat Metheny Group or Steely Dan. Throw Jean Luc Ponty in there for the trifecta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUs2spZmX4o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImtdntJQfSs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHLY5VHQEek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcheJ0HeERk https...

Got the timing marks lined up. Cleaning and new belt tomorrow.042.jpg Any ideas for easy crank pulley removal with hand tools? Does the crank pulley need ro be removed? There is usually just enough space to squeeze the new belt in. Last time I just cut the old belt out. Not having to remove the cra...

Yesterday on an errand, I was surprised to find that almost all the resistance in the Silver Bullet’s clutch had disappeared. It now needs a feather-touch to shift, although I have to rev it quite a bit to get it moving in first gear. As far as I know, it’s on the original clutch (190k). Looks like...

mdr1220 wrote: ↑27 Jun 2021, 13:12 I'm f***ed. One of the exhaust cam bolts snapped as I was rotating the cam to line back up with the marks.

Search MVS for suggestions on removing broken bolts.

Note: Somehow I got this posted out of sequence. Sorry for any confusion.

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I had the Volvo gods smiling down on me today when I pulled the exhaust cam to remove the broken bolt and to my surprise I twisted the broken end out with my fingers. Now to hit the salvage yards for some bolts because it's Sunday and tomorrow I'm off. I was going to surmise that was going to be th...