After 2.5 years or 80,000km my rear brakes were due. I think I got my money's worth out of the brake pads :shock: :lol: Usually I don't run them THAT far down but I simply forgot that I wanted to replace them when I put the winter wheels on, so it was a bit of a surprise in the spring(ish) :shock: B...

abscate wrote: ↑01 Jul 2025, 03:28 Got my Fourth acquisition for Beryls Volvos (cars for Community College Kids) delivered.

Its a 100k mile 1998 S70 in the Aqua Blue. Still to be evaluated and qualified as a runner.

I hope you had your glasses on when checking the mileage on this one

This may be documented elsewhere, but wanted to provide a warning of how quickly a leaky heater core can progress. Although the typical heater core leak may be a slow drip, it has the potential to be a source of massive coolant loss, as happened to me. My 1996 850 had a slow heater core leak (a few ...

Got myself a mighty sword that adds 10hp when equipped.

I limit it to just one complete Volvo overhaul per life.

At least it wasn’t poisonous mushrooms at your in-laws….

Maybe you can find an S60 at the junkyard? Those are for more plentiful than V70 cars.

2001-2007 S60 uses same control arms as an 02 V70.

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, ...

I don't think S/V70 rear seats are interchangeable.

Got all three m6 hex bolts out of the hard line and compressor hose fitting without drama. Had to go to the KOBalt test of fluted nutgrabbers on all three as the internal hexes were not going take the break free torque. All of this hardware will be replaced, it’s all my hex by 20mm threaded shaft l...