Abscate stopped by this morning to take a look at Matilda. He was not able to communicate with the ECU through his Autel scanner, which just confirmed what my indie experienced, and what I saw myself while trying to connect with Vida. Connection to the DIM appeared to be working fine. That, combined...

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...

Hello everyone, This trip happened already, my friend Peter and I came back early last week. But it was a great trip on many levels and I thought I should share some of it here. I have never done anything like this, let alone in a Volvo. Was it a crazy idea? You bet. We drove 3568 miles in 11 days, ...

Thanks Abscate,
But I already confirmed that power comes on at the pump when the key is turned. So the fuel pump relay works just fine. I got the new pump yesterday, a Bosch unit this time.

Hello everyone, I just replaced the bad fuel pump in my 98' S70 base with this Bosch one, and since I didn't see anything regarding this particular pump on the forum I thought I would share how it went. This is on the later assembly with the short insert, not the earlier with the taller insert and t...

What a cool story! And I am sure the new owner will be very happy with your incredibly well maintained XC. And good luck with your new one, I always really liked the Lava exterior.

Nice!

I can't help but notice the beautiful Ford Capri MK3 in the background of the first photo.

I finished restoring a set of Perfos that were sitting in my shed for many years. They had quite a bit of curb rash and there was only so much I could do to try and improve the looks of that. Other than that I think they came out ok.

BlackBart wrote: ↑18 Oct 2025, 10:39 That’s an awfully shiny car to be going out in the woods with.

Well, I am not exactly going through the woods with it, for that I am using the Porsche

Does anyone know if the pipes have to be pushed all the way to the end of the connecting pipe? Otherwise it seems that the exhaust is too short for the estate, because the tailpipe is very inwards of the bumper. Hello Chieber, I had a similar problem, mine was also too short. Can you find an extens...