Not a lot happening with Kära recently. She performed flawlessly during Christmas taking us through Glencoe and beyond Fort William to the highlands and back. Today was another small job completed that gave great satisfaction when done. When I bought the car I noticed the fusebox cover in the engine...

Rear brakes on the kids 05 XC90 2.5T today. Parking brake has never worked in the two years we’ve owned it. Previous owner/mechanic slapped pads on it at some point, leaving the rotors which were pretty spent. And the shoes—oh boy. They are supposed to have brake material on them right? :lol: IMG_13...

So I figured I'd start a new thread on this project that I stepped into a couple of months ago. It started with me rescuing a '99 V70 that was headed to the scrap yard. 161k miles. Desert Wind paint. It had apparently been sitting for 4 years after being overheated and warping the head. The owner th...

I don't know but if you go in there and start unplugging things be sure to unhook the neg battery terminal or risk getting an SRS fault code.
if it were mine...I wouldn't even bother.

Does your sunroof work? Could be the alarm siren is bad. Not had one of those center panels apart (yet) for a P2 car to see if there are bulbs or soldered in LED's for lighting that may have burnt out. Most buttons have their lighting in built. If you depress the button, I'm assuming it doesn't ligh...

The buttons, fan rheostat and alarm button are LED's soldered in. The backlighting of the Panel use T4.2 bulbs and are easily replaced. Look up a video for radio removal to get instructions on how to remove all those components for repair or inspection, it's pretty easy and you can have all that stu...

I used chrome polish, and Barkeepers Friend on the pull backplates (abrasive).

My daughters 60 pound hound needs prayers this week. She is with us this week, needs heart surgery on Monday. She’s only 5, and is a complete social master, loves people and kids. Likes to look at babies in strollers, then go back on her feet amd wag and howl ! So gentle with toddlers. She’s on meds...

Took dog to vet in rear of the V70 as ambulance…..

Working on my daughters XC70 right now, which I picked up for her 2 weeks ago. Installed a new battery and a new alarm module a few days ago, and did the initial drain and fill on the transmission. The fluid was pretty dark, but not horrible. There was a noticeable clunk shifting into first and comi...