I don't believe that turning the car off in reverse has anything to do with your problems. 2 weeks after I got my 850 I spun out into a corn field after a heavy rain. My car was rolling backwards while in drive (aka, it should have been going forward), so I pressed the brake pedal and turned off the...

...continued from PNP Removal Part 1 . With the plastic connector exposed, use a small screw driver to break off the plastic tabs. 25.JPG Spray the inside of the connection box with WD-40 as shown by the arrows and outline. 26.JPG Use the small pocket knife and stick it into the very back of the co...

To see Part 2 and/or discuss this fine writeup, go >>> here . <<< This is a write up for the removal, cleaning, installation and alignment of the PNP switch on a 1996 854, I'm pretty sure other year 850's as well as s/v70's are very similar if not identical. Tools Required: 10mm wrench 10mm socket ...

This is a write up for replacing the shift solenoids in the AW50-42 transmission on a Volvo 850. My particular car is a 1995 model and the S1 and S2 solenoids are different. Earlier models had S1 and S2 as the same solenoid. This explains why many Volvo parts vendors have the same part number for S1...

This is a write up for replacing the AW50-40 slush box in an 850 with an M56 manual transmission. Most of the necessary information is already out there on various Volvo forums but another addition won't hurt. I won't go into detail on every step but I'll try to add useful tips for what I found to b...

Oil Changes: The mechanic tried to explain that synthetic should be used for this vehicle despite Volvo indicating otherwise. Seems off to me. Synthetic certainly is recommended for this motor, I think your mechanic is spot on and I'm unaware of Volvo recommending against it, but I don't think that...

ecbsykes wrote:Nice. I'm going to be trying my first LEDs in my new fog lights I just got for the old girl.

Any updates on that? I've had my fogs out ever since I repainted my bumper and I would love to do this upgrade before I get around to installing them again.

Without a lift I don't see the advantage of going out the bottom but as mentioned earlier both methods are about the same level of difficulty. I recommend replacing the axle seals while you have the transmission out and replacing the gear oil is a no-brainer. If you were to pull the engine it would ...

Well the people who run and work for each corporation are certainly Earthlings I am hesitant to call the corporations themselves Earthlings.

This is a short write up on flaring the rear hard line on the passenger side; it is largely a rehash of cn90's thorough write up which can be found here https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1350813 . Parts list: O'Reilly's Auto Parts Copper Nickel hard line (1): IMG-0676.JPG IMG-0677.J...