I hope your evening and tomorrow are fun and warm, spent with family.

If you’re reading this, and I know you are, you’re part of this selfless Volvo clan. Thanks for being here.

Matt

Thank Me for this post. It's the thumbs up icon.

Control arms/boots/CV axles are all not complicated. There's nothing to mess up, no tricky gotchas. Just go slow and ask questions here as you go. Post photos of items you have particular questions on.

Do research here - we've got all this stuff covered. How to, which products to buy, etc.

Oxford commas are like condoms of prose; easy to use, highly effective, and much safer than without.

The fact that you googled punctuation means you will always be welcome on MVS

Buy old Volvo.
It breaks.
Read up at MVS on fixing Volvo.
Fix Volvo.
Post on MVS about triumph!

..wait....that's not what you asked for......

Please "Thank" the users in your post you feel have helped you. The image above shows where you find it on a desktop. On mobile, it's in the dropdown menu in the same location.

You may also thank someone in any thread for any reason -- it does not have to be your thread.

I come to confess and repent of my sins. The MVS faithful have preached well regarding OEM motor mounts, but I had strayed. Somehow tempted by the harlot Hamburg Technic I wallowed in the sin of crap knockoff front and rear mounts. Immediately I felt the weight of my mistake through the vibrations a...

Have you checked a parts drawing at all? If not try this link and see if it helps figure out what bolt(s) you may have missed:

https://www.volvocarstorontoparts.ca/a/ ... 49807.html

Neil.

my 04 v70 the rad came out ok but would not go back without removing the intercooler, reinsert both together at the same time.
A block of wood on a trolley jack lifted them into place.
Thats what vida says to do too.