I was hoping to get at least a couple years out of the Dorman but it died this weekend! 6 months old. New Volvo one is on order and another filter and bottle of fluid.

I just finished installing my Lower Control Arms and did new Ball Joints at the same time. I've read on several post of people taking several days to do this job so I thought I would provide some tips to make the job more doable and easy for those contemplating it. A little history: I replaced these...

Check underneath the sunroof glass in the front, I'm thinking it may have been adhered to the bottom (inside) of the glass. Mine has a similar piece but not exactly the same.

Nicely done! Did you road test it yet?

I don't really think that stuff would do much good to rejuvenate collapsed bushings due to rubber deterioration. There's just too much weight and pressure on some of these bushings. I think I will instead determine which bushing are most in need of replacement and take that approach, using OEM Volvo...

All wives are like that! I've tried teach the concept of the thermostat unsuccessfully. Mine likes to get into a minus 20 car and start it up and turn the heat and fan full blast expecting heat to come out immediately.

Yeah, that rust is common, same on the driver's side. The axles go into a dry female spline on the transmission. It's also dry where it goes through the angle gear. You might want to put some grease on the splines when it goes back in.

It sounds like your AWD isn't working. The front tires shouldn't spin more than 15 degrees before the Haldex sends power to the back . You noted that you "know" the AWD works because when the front tires are spinning you do get some power to the rear, this is somewhat encouraging. It sugge...

I would suggest reviewing your decision to install an external transmission cooler until after rebuilding your solenoids. I just read your original post to try to figure out what is going on. Although heat is the enemy of transmissions, these cars were well engineered to properly dissipate heat adeq...