Thank you so much, Matthew! I appreciate the help man.

Only buy the Genuine Volvo update banjo bolt! It has a steel ball that can get loose and destroy a cylinder effectively ruining the engine. My 2004 had the old design still, so your 2001 definitely has it. Buy this part from the dealer to ensure a Genuine part. What's $20 compared to the disaster of...

More statistics on US states and COVID-19 growth rates. My raw information is from Worldometer. Any errors or misrepresentations are my own. These tables show all available US states and territories and the COVID-19 data for the last 5 days. I have sorted the states alphabetically and added growth ...

What size front rotors does my Gen1 XC90 have? Very common problem for XC90 owners is to determine the size of their front brake rotors. Volvo built front rotors in 3 sizes for the XC90- 316mm, 328mm, and 336mm. A number of folks have tried over the years to get a solid "rule" about which ...

New S60 owner here. I live in Minnesota and bought a 2017 S60 Dynamic T5. Owned it just over a week now. Loving it so far!

I realize I'm reviving an old thread, but since it mentions torque wrenches, Harbor Freight and calibrations I thought it would fit in OK. I recently got a Quinn digital torque adapter which records peak torque and used it to test out my 3/8" and 1/2" drive HF torque wrenches that I've had...

That is a really good article, Matthew. I missed it back then.

Next it is time to install the new boot over the inner tie rod end. Remove the rust-preventative paper and the yellow plastic cap if you haven’t already. I applied a little silicone grease to the mating lip inside the end of the boot. Partly this was because I had studied Nlemerise’s write-up of ho...

Since the pics disappeared of the SMI rack, here is one of the SMI, hex cap I found on the web:

7A0CF3BE-846A-427A-A26C-799143B7312C.jpeg 318693AA-889A-47BB-8427-255B1BBB531B.jpeg 9BE250FF-8DA2-449B-9F5E-0B28D0FFBAF2.jpeg I’m really not a toy guy, but I just love these. My wife surprised me with 4 of the white/blue cars right around the time Matthew posted this thread. Then, today, my wife su...