In case anyone is curious about how long you have to crank it when you've "lawnmowered" your engine...

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I had the same problem, I have an S80 from 2000 and bought a mirror from 1999. My mirror had a 16-pin green connector and the one that I bought a 10-pin grey connector. I took of the mirror glas and put in the motor of my old mirror (don't know if it's necessary), and soldered the green connector to...

A quick one of my new daily under drizzly conditions, replacing my IS300 of the same year (2001) Really have to get used to the dimensions of this one! volvos60_1.jpg And this secretly got me into the brand, my grand-parents'car (which my aunt took over afterwards), a basic 4-door 122 - which I trie...

This year my driver side leather seat skins were replaced due to being torn. My leather looked great all these years using Armor All. Well the new genuine Volvo skins are softer than the rest which are 15 years old. Lexol is crap as well as everything sold in stores for leather as far as my hardenin...

Hello everyone, I always wanted a T5R or 850R but living in France almost none are ever for sale, so i decide to buy mine in Sweden and bring it back. I bought this 855R with an M59 box in Stockholm and drove it all the way back to Paris. Here are a few pics along the way. Still lot of things to fix...

Well I did this on just 2 days with a very good friend. We did an article for the french Octane magazine issue of October/November ( we are both photographer ). So we left Stockholm around 3pm on friday, headed directly to Malmo, slept there. Then we went to Copenhagen, crossed onto Germany via a fe...

matthew1 wrote: ↑26 Nov 2018, 13:30 Hadrien, can I use one of your photos for the MVS Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/MatthewsVolvoSite/

That would be with great pleasure

This is Wednesday day four after applying the leather oil. I applied three heavy coats on last Saturday on all the original leather. The seats are amazingly softer and the product gives a light scent of new leather. Seats are long dry as all the oil was absorbed on Sunday. Today the car sat in the m...

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Warning: anytime you mess with the SRS system you risk setting it off, proceed at your own risk. Disassemble the OEM steering wheel and locate this component it is called the Contact unit and should be attached to the bottom of the OEM steering wheel. SRS.jpg There should be a Solid Black wire and ...