Here is an excellent DIY (with many photos) by an MVS member who blogs his repairs. It should cover all your questions.

http://volvo850wagon.wordpress.com/cate ... rake-pads/

+1 on the premium fuel. On an NA running around the city I used to use regular gas, but if any highway or long distance driving was required I always use premium. On all 3 of our current Volvos (including the project V70 base) I now only use premium. Unlike many on here I do a very low mileage so th...

WHOA!!! You got ANOTHER car??? I began reading this post waaay back when you bought the car. I traveled with you through all the trials and challenges, all the fixes and failures, and NOW you went and bought another car?? This is horrible!! I’ve come to look forward to the updates, the “next chapter...

A bad cam position sensor (CPS) will result in no spark, no start. But usually when they go they are done, not usually intermittent. If that's the only code I would source a used CPS (junkyard) and swap it in. Then see if it dies again or not. Otherwise, wait for the problem to be permanent and then...

Make sure you gets both mounts firmly on Pete I’m pretty sure I killed my 4 year old Nissens with a loose ear mount, which meant the rad hose on passenger side took the heavy load of the radiator-intercooler-condenser biscuit, and thus separated the plastic side from the metal part. I drilled out th...

The driver's side windshield wiper has become useless, this thread has several solutions, grind down the arm, or the nubs but some say neither work: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=77316&hilit=windshield+wiper+arm&start=40 What is the correct later arm that ...

Unfortunately there is still no panacea for this problem. There seem to be several variables in play, so that what works for one may not work for others. That thread can get you going on fixing your car: grinding the nubs, bending the arm, and replacing it with new are the most common approaches. Ev...

All I remember is that the hard part was the three screws, the rest was ok. You can't get a bent screwdriver or something under the tabs?

Agreed

I've replaced the brushes in those before. Actually just did it when we swapped the motor in the wife's '97 GLT. Swapped alternators a while back, due to a noisy bearing, and installed one of the smaller regulators in it(not having looked at the old one on the car). After the car didn't like that I ...