Dogs need so little. Just love and a warm bed at night. The little girls who adopted them grew into beautiful ladies over her life and she just followed them twice a day, and a good sleep at night …

Matthew's Volvo Site has helped fix many problems with my fleet of P2 Volvos! This topic inspired a slightly different solution. Attached are a couple pictures of the fix that I used for attaching replacement hooks to the end of the lumbar cables. Both cable ends were broken on my 2007 S60. The goal...

My car is a 1998 and I just did the bump stops. It was surprisingly easy. First, here is what I saw when I went under the car to do some brake work. The stop had fallen and was just banging around the spring. Bad stops.png The new stop is easy to install once you get the spring off. Loosen the rear ...

This story from Down Under starts with a brief overview of early Volvos in country. " Meanwhile... the first 144 was imported into the country. It was ordered in 1967 by businessman Eric Nordling to be delivered with 36 ignition keys. When asked why 36, he replied that his wife had a habit of l...

Car is back on the road. I decided to rebuild my calipers if possible. The passenger side piston popped out without an issue but the driver's side required a battle with a pipe wrench. The issue was the rubber seal tore or popped out of groove and allowed rust to build up. This was after cleaning up...

Oetiker clamps used on a 2000 V70 NA FWD automatic: The measurements are estimated diameters of hoses/boots in place on their fittings. They were found by measuring the assembly with clamp and subtracting 2 mm (1 mm clamp width on each side). Axle boots - Front left: Outer boot large = 91 mm, Oetike...

My car overfills. If I'm at Costco (high velocity pumps) and leave the pump in until it clicks itself off, it ends up leaking out of the filler hole, and out of the vent. I was told that it was possibly a clogged vent canister, I took it out and blew it out with compressed air. It didn't fix the iss...

I was having intermittent no start after running my 2002 S60 base so I tracked it down to no fuel pump activation after a long drive or when hot. I noticed other members having similar issues with CEM after it get warm. Most diagnostic procedures say to warm CEM with a hair drier to re create hot CE...

If the new switch does not do the trick. Leave the bolt out of the switch. Turn key to start and turn switch the opposite way. If it starts, it is the Column lock. Which are notorious for going out on the X40 platform. I wired a push to start button on mine and mounted the switch in a empty slot nex...

From time to time, certain Volvo dealers sell genuine parts at 15% Off + FREE shipping. To qualify for FREE shipping: I think the minimum order is $100 (verify to be sure). Sales period: Aug 15-21, 2022 . If you need Genuine parts that are only available from Volvo such as: - VVT Sprockets - Interio...