Finally drove my R on the Autobahn... what a feeling after three month of on/off wrenching.

Man if I had to write here everytime I spotted a Volvo. It's perhaps the most common brand here on the roads. Typically a Volvo V70 is the most common car, followed by other brands of wagons.

An Update on my thread.
The brand-new Corteco seal's garter spring came loose during installation.

I posted an update in the main thread...

DIY: 2004 V70 2.5T Axle and Seal (110K miles):

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Fredagsmys in back.

Decided to do an oil and filter change and SRI reset. 12½ months and 3,727 miles since the oil was last changed at the time of having the turbo rebuilt. Genuine Volvo oil was cheaper to buy online than the equivalent Castrol oil Oil Service 1.jpg Oil Service 2.jpg Internal filler neck still looking...

abscate wrote: ↑21 Dec 2024, 04:58 Can someone help my Google Fu this morning? Searching unsuccessfully for the thread on master tabulation of drive axle part numbers …can’t find it.

I am author, has photo of a sheet I made culled from Volvo online stuff

This one? viewtopic.php?t=94409

I installed my third row. Need the seats, brackets, seatbelts. The seatbelts were a pain because you can recoil them beyond their normal limit and it’s a nightmare to fix.

It’s for little people but a lot of fun for the little ones. And rear facing means you don’t have to hear them yapping.

Are both wheel raised off the ground? If both front wheels are off the ground then I would expect you to be able to spin either wheel which causes the opposite wheel to spin in the opposite direction. Try jacking up only ONE wheel with the opposite wheel firmly planted on the ground. Are you then ab...

abscate wrote: ↑26 Dec 2024, 04:55 Picked up my last Muffin on Christmas Adam to make a full set of women home for a Holiday week…

Evita just keeps rolling…

Christmas Adam...

Merry belated Christmas to the Abscate family, and everyone else here who celebrates!

It is best to always use stranded wire for all automotive applications. Solid wire will work harden with vibrations and may break. I have purchased automotive blade type fuse holders with stranded wire ends. Some even have water seal caps over the fuse.
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