Chuck, I need that cool jig for supporting bearings for my press, can you tell me source please? Two half circles with threaded rods. Congrats on your fender find! Thanks! I just needed to finally commit to getting one. Life kept getting in the way. As far as the tool goes, it's just a Bearing Spli...

MoVolvos wrote: ↑14 Nov 2023, 12:47

Right, forgot my 98 S70 T5 had a cable for the TB. Shouldn't you have a cap and rotor instead of coils though?
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Nope. Converted to COP.

Not quite at retirement age myself, but also a mech engineer. I just really enjoy wrenching and building stuff.

Good score!

It's supposed to be held tight to the rear arm with a cable holder, but they don't hold up too well for reuse.

I've used a couple long zip ties to retain the cables on my T5.

Perfos fit.


That's what we've run as back-ups on her car with the 302's.

The standard Volvo/Pierburg is TCV is only stable to about 12 psi boost and gets flaky above there. So if you are running that you should be fine. The 00 R came with the standard TCV and a claimed 261 bhp. When I bought the car it had the Rica tune and a supposed 312 bhp and around 300 ft/lb of tor...

The issue I have in front is that the threads for the axle protrude past where the center cap would go by a good 8-10mm. It seems there have been similar issues reported on the forum and the cause was stated to be because there's two different axle mounting types, one using a bolt and one using a n...

That long Torx screw looks like one of the front speaker/door screws in an 850.

One of the screws that holds the speaker in place, also acts as a door panel fastener.

brunocerous wrote: ↑19 Jan 2024, 21:03 Replaced a fuel pump relay in the snow after a few weeks of intermittent cold-start failures, and Blue Steel fired right up!

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You should replace the capacitors in the old one and keep it as a spare.