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by Grantkat
02 Mar 2025, 06:03
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Re: Plastic Parts Repair

I cleaned out a glass jar with a metal lid. this is important, you need metal or glass as these solvents dissolve alot of plastics or other materials. any pickle jar. mason jar etc will work. I used a salsa jar. I cut the ABS filament into small pieces and put then in the jar then added MEK and put ...
by Grantkat
02 Mar 2025, 06:11
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Re: Plastic Parts Repair

here is the broken part to repair followed by the repair itself.
Note in this case I also used some flat nails from a nail gun as stretchers across the breaks to fortify them. It worked extremely well.
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by Grantkat
02 Mar 2025, 06:14
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Re: Plastic Parts Repair

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I built up the patches from the back along with the nails to give it some strength

Here is the end result from the front. Not perfect but over all I am happy with the result.
by Grantkat
05 Mar 2025, 13:13
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Re: 1999 S70 GLT - Suggestions on broken lugnuts

i got it taken care of. I sprayed both with blaster last night and again today. I removed the calliper, bracket and rotor. Unfortunately there was nothing to grab on to, so I went the way of an easy out. When I drilled the first one, the bit caught and ended up screwing the remainign stud out the ba...
by Grantkat
06 Nov 2025, 07:16
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Re: 1999 S70 GLT - Transmission Fluid Change ?

I forgot to add.... after this and upon 30k I plan to switch to the Gibbons method and replace the fluid wholesale from there on out.
by Grantkat
11 Nov 2025, 04:11
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Re: Problem with VIDA

I think it worked THANK YOU!!

As soon as the sun comes up I will connect it and make sure.
by Grantkat
21 Nov 2025, 07:13
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Re: S70 to 850 hood swap, how insane?

AEG, The front end of the 850 is a different design than the '98-00 S70s, meaning the hood, fenders, bumper cover, header panel, headlight assemblies, and corner lights are all different. The hood and fenders are not compatible due to differences in design and mounting points. A full front-end conve...
by Grantkat
26 Nov 2025, 06:51
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Re: Scraping sound when accelerating. 1999 v70 t5

There are some possibilities and based on your description, your issue is when the drive train is under load so Thats where I suggest your focus. These are strictly my opinion. I think your likely culprit is a bad CV joint. While it is not definitive - there could be other issues based upon what yea...
by Grantkat
02 Dec 2025, 08:06
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Re: 96' 850 problem torque converter/lock-up clutch

+1 on tires/rims Before I found a trustworthy tire shop, i would have a similar issue when changing tires or buying new ones. When my tire guy started his own shop, problem solved. I took my new tires <100 miles into him and he immediate spotted the issue described above. the tires were balanced wit...
by Grantkat
22 Dec 2025, 08:36
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Re: What have you hauled in your Volvo?

No pictures, but I cant count the number of 8, 10 and 12 ft lumber boards going through the back seat access hole and sticking out of the trunk a fair distance......