Spent the weekend replacing the right rear hub on The Beast. Probably spent as much money accumulating the tools as it would have cost to have the local Volvo guy do it, but don't tell my wife! Much quieter now, but I think I hear the beginnings of the left side going, so maybe I'll get to amortize ...

Do we dare ask for the back story?

Is this http://forum.vccn.no/dokumentasjon/Volv ... n_3_39.pdf what you're looking for?

Time to close this thread before it goes completely off the rails! (abscate is correct about Dave. I barely remember Frank. And, HAL? Maybe HAL's why I'm a programmer-- trying to protect the human race!) Back to the topic-- The grommet ("bushing" in Volvo-speak) worked! The key now locks t...

And, I guess I'm showing how obtuse I can be. I acknowledged your reference under the "Fear" bullet point (can you name the actor who played Dave?). But, then I got literal and tried to justify the nickname. We're too smart(-ass?) for our own good!

The Beast, eh? Sure it shouldn't be called Hal? Your name isn't Dave is it? It's a moniker inspired by fear, frustration, and awe. Fear, because it has stranded my daughter numerous times since she got it. "Open the driver's door, Beast." "I'm sorry, but I can't do that." Frustr...

I can't tell you how many times, and for how long, I've stared at that diagram, Mo. And every time, it looks to me like that grommet (or bushing, as it's called in the diagram) is associated only with the door handle link, not the lock cylinder link. It took seeing the actual mechanism, properly ass...

1A Auto and Sue to the rescue! Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmxLDSXNW0s shows how to remove the driver side handle (on a 2002 V70), and reveals this: DoorLinkGrommet.png There should be a grommet in that hole in the arm attached to the key lock! I really think I'm on the home stretc...

How does one dispose of used ATF, anyway? The last time I brought oil in for recycling, they put me through an interrogation, afraid that I might contaminate their (already contaminated) oil with some other fluid. ...Just find a place that uses a waste oil heater in the cold months. I see you're in...

If your old DDM has a little white sticker with two or three numbers on it then you want to match those numbers to the sticker on the replacement DDM. I replaced mine a couple years ago with a junkyard part and as I recall I was able to match two of the three numbers. I also made sure the replaceme...