Solid tappets are just shims of different thicknesses to obtain the correct valve clearance and keeping them in order will save some time for the shop if nothing is done with the valve or valve seats but when resurfacing the valves seats or replacing the valves the shop must go through and check the...

If you provide the exact model S60 you have, engine mainly, one could look up the part number for replacement lifters. Some Volvo engines have hydraulic lifters and some don't. See this post: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=45924 Another reason to keep them in order is to ma...

I'm writing this to have a proper maintenance log of my 99 S70 - NA m56 transmission. I've made plenty of panic threads where I've learned a lot from the community, and a couple where I've shared what I've done. It's also an exercise in sharing my own experience in sunk-cost bias, and naive obsessiv...

TLDR - Naive young guy knows nothing about cars, buys an old volvo to fix it up, gets obsessed and spends way too much money doing it, learns alot but hopes to get enough years/miles out of it to make it all worth it. $$ - Depending on how you want to calculate it, the 'pay off' on this could be 3-4...

Agreed - an impressive amount of work! Did you already know how to weld? I went to a vocational high school where i did a 2 week intro to the welding program as a freshman. So took that experience and watched some youtube videos as a refresher. I had a friend who does professional autobody come ove...

No other car group comes with this amazing community and it’s incredibly high talent/ wanker ratio.

Mvs did as much to pull me into the brand as Volvo

Even SWMBO knows when we replace her E83 eventually, it will be with an XC90

Sounds like a flat battery or poor elec connection, bad ground somewhere.
Break out the meter and read the battery v, then read the big red cable at the solenoid.
make sure the engine turns freely by hand.

I can push some lube through this one before shipping. Let me know here or PM, please

Well unless you have a bunch of spares or junkyards near by! I think I have about 10-12 of the cabin sensors and multiple fans and a few resistor units in the stash. I think I bought the cabin sensor for my current 00 R new from Volvo and was shocked at the prices. Then I found that local junkyards ...

Round of applause to Misha for suggesting correct answer. Just for my education: i thought that immobilizer problem usually should be accompanied with a immobilizer(key) light on the dash. So older Volvo's dont have that light i guess and show the issue with flashing hazard lights?