Recap of my Sunday project: My V70 has the dreaded driver side door catch damage. Weld spots in A Pillar failed and pre owner apparently tried to weld it before. It was time to do something about it. You can see the cracks in the area around the catch hinge and the repair welds. IMG_20250406_145408_...

Two M6 bolts slide into that pipe where the yellow arrows point..,

Tough to access.

Decided to finish the day on something really really simple. How about putting in the oil filter, so I don't make the mistake of starting to add oil and wondering why it's taken 5qts, but nothing on the dipstick. This is my first cartridge type on a Volvo, and when I went to fit it, it seemed to bo...

I come to confess and repent of my sins. The MVS faithful have preached well regarding OEM motor mounts, but I had strayed. Somehow tempted by the harlot Hamburg Technic I wallowed in the sin of crap knockoff front and rear mounts. Immediately I felt the weight of my mistake through the vibrations ...

Our vision of retirement was traveling the United States and other countries by plane, train and automobile.
The reality is occasional travel to nearby counties by old Volvo.
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I had just slipped the turbo on to the studs, and was in the process of putting on the first washer, when I decided that maybe a flange nut would be better. I didn't remove the turbo originally so I wasn't sure which was used. That's when I dropped the washer. I heard it hit metal and then waited to...

If you own an AWD Volvo, at some point you will inevitably have to service/ replace/ remove or repair the angle gear, collar sleeve, various seals or propshaft components. I've done this job many times and hope that this tutorial will help and clarify the job and demonstrate the easiest and most eff...

I Think, using Sta-bil fuel treatment all the time would be prudent.
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I had to go to the supermarket for some lunch today and there was a red Volvo 740 with swedish license plates and old style S sticker on it (cars had to have these before EU license plates), looked real neat. I parked my blue 850 behind it, I was curious to see what kind of owner had a car like this...