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by BlackBart
02 Dec 2020, 20:46
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Re: Volvo s60 2014 SiriusXM no channels above 219

Anyone experienced a Volvo s60 2014 SiriusXM that works but cannot get any channels above 219? I have different brands of cars that get all the channels up through the 300s, 400s 200!!?!?? Gol-darn-nabbit, when we were your age, we walked 10 miles to school, uphill both ways, in two feet of snow, a...
by BlackBart
24 Dec 2020, 22:48
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Re: What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

erikv11 wrote: 24 Dec 2020, 18:59
07 XC70 black on black

A few pics, from the PO:
She looks a lot like Betty!



Grab bar is from XC wagons ‘cuz OFF ROAD!
by BlackBart
02 Jan 2021, 15:23
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Re: How To Become a Volvo Mechanic

Buy old Volvo.
It breaks.
Read up at MVS on fixing Volvo.
Fix Volvo.
Post on MVS about triumph!

..wait....that's not what you asked for......
by BlackBart
25 Jan 2021, 16:52
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Re: Non-Volvo car chat megathread

The gang's all here!

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by BlackBart
27 Jan 2021, 16:21
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Re: Non-Volvo car chat megathread

I did some more reading on this car. Designed by Barnes Wallace, a British engineer who helped design the "bouncing bomb" in WWII. Dan Gurney and Carroll Shelby both turned him down. Many modifications by Andy Granatelli, including the side-by-side design. It had a fabricated aluminum box ...
by BlackBart
28 Jan 2021, 20:48
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Re: Non-Volvo car chat megathread

Addendum! The 917-30 could produce....” 1600 horsepower at 40psi in qualifying trim.” Jeesh. Just imagine that. My understanding is that Porsche was still a very small company in the 60’s, despite all their racing triumphs. They came within a couple hundred yards of beating the GT40 with the 908 at ...
by BlackBart
01 Feb 2021, 14:23
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Re: There are only crickets in here...

Found in a box........

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by BlackBart
04 Feb 2021, 20:02
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Re: How to restore the drip moulding (and in praise of plastidip)

Well that’s very clever. I’ve heard of plastidip on wheels, so it must hold up fairly well.

Do you know if the wagon molding comes off the same way? You just pried up at the very back end? Are there clips that break?

Nice blue as well!
by BlackBart
11 Feb 2021, 18:38
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Re: 18 years later, I notice the 240 in the shot

Hey, I used to work a hundred yards from there!

That might be my neighbor's car!
by BlackBart
16 Feb 2021, 13:03
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Re: What did you do to your Volvo today?

Cookeh wrote: 16 Feb 2021, 05:13 Firstly, does anyone know what material (alu/steel?) the OE intercooler pipes are on the T5s?
I was just in the garage and checked with a magnet ('94 T5) - the crossover pipe seems to be aluminum. The one at the top of intercooler is plastic.