Great to hear that another manual wagon is being saved! On my 2000 V70, I am able to add heated seats to a car which doesn't have them simply by adding switches and the circuit breakers in the fuse panel. See this thread about adding heated seats , specifically the post linked for the circuit breake...

There are times I feel like smacking my head really hard (my wife agrees that too :o :lol: :lol: ). I have a Volvo SC-816 audio unit which I pulled a few months back.With help from a friend at the local dealer, he was able to get me a code, after a false start as it was not the original radio sold w...

I changed the distributor cap and rotor, along with the spark plug wires in the T5. There was a fair bit of corrosion and wear on the old set. The wires seemed to be stamped “12/04,” so it was probably time. 835E5986-DDE2-4A44-B5BB-1D63C63C01C7.jpeg 3DCDF472-4CC1-41E8-A3D7-75A0C5011D75.jpeg That lo...

10 years is about the service life of the timing belt. I wouldn't consider it extremely urgent, but I would recommend putting it on the list.

I ran Elizabeths timing belt 15 years, 145000 miles. Bad person.

The second one I ran 100,000 miles, and the third barfed up the band new INA idler pulley and killed a new head job with 5k on it.

Your mileage may vary.

The T5’s previous owner kept decent service records and had an envelope with receipts, one of which shows the timing belt was replaced 10 years and almost 50,000 miles ago. Should I think about redoing the TB/WP or figure it’s still good to go? ... The rubber timing belt yes, but none of the metal ...

The T5’s previous owner kept decent service records and had an envelope with receipts, one of which shows the timing belt was replaced 10 years and almost 50,000 miles ago. Should I think about redoing the TB/WP or figure it’s still good to go? Ooof, that’s bad, Bruno. Hard to start, I bet. I’m hop...

Plus one on the belt, Robert uses ten years as his benchmark as well. He only replaces the water pump every second belt job on his fleet - I think his Driver has north of 450k on it now. Take a hard look at the repair ticket, make sure the tensioner and roller were quality parts back then. Yup, thi...

Volvo recommended a water-pump for every 2 belts changed on my P80's. Al, if your battery is draining that fast is may be you have a parasitic drain greater than 10-20 mA. I would suggest checking that. You are an electrical wizz, so you know to close all doors on the car, and then disconnect the -v...

I’ve pushed many a car up a driveway incline with another car and a tire in between