It takes a lot of time and patience. Once the halves are separated you will see how plastic is holding into the capsule. I took a sharp box cutter a scraped away plastic once layer at a time. It took hours. Always cut away from the capsule, not towards. Just incase you slip. There was minimal to no...

So I just did this recently. I spent way too much time separating the case at the seam with a box cutter. If I had to do it again I would use a dremel wheel and just focus all my efforts at the seam. There is plenty of clearance as the transponder is at the bottom. After that I kept widdling plasti...

I'm performing the inevitable button repair on the switch key of my S60... Fortunately I have BOTH keys to the car, so have a very functional 2nd key in using since my other one had the infamous ears to the button break off. That all said, I bought an eBay replacement case but wondered before trying...

Dealing with needing a smog currently in CA... For the record, some things of note as of 2021... Pending codes are NOT considered and cannot fail you, only codes that cause the CEL to illuminate will fail you. I personally have a persistent P0571 code and that will not fail me since it does not have...

This I don't doubt at all, and I believe you are very well right about the stock cooling system being adequate enough, that's what these cars were designed for. I live in Southern California, so 100+ F is not uncommon at all nor is traffic which is why I felt the cooler might be beneficial. My cooli...

Awesome, thank you. I think when I plumb in the external XC90 trans cooler that I got not long ago that I'll put a filter inline with that to hopefully prevent future issues of junk clogging up the solenoids. From what you describe, cleaning up the existing ones does seem like the better choice. I'l...

Thank you Blacklab467 I appreciate the encouragement, info and tips. I live in So California, so no road salt or even snow here except for in the mountain areas. The undercarriage is dry and clean thankfully. I actually pass by where TransGo is located on my daily commute ironically. Seems like the ...

That's all good to know! I'm definitely aware of the DO NOT TOUCH 27mm bolt up top that holds the B4 band anchor. I actually followed along a member on SS that bought an S60 with no 3rd gear. Turned out some mechanic had removed the bolt to fill the trans from a drain and fill. The member was actual...

Thanks for the replies Black lab and firstv70volvo! Definitely some helpful and promising stuff there. Perhaps the Sonnex kit + new Rostra solenoids might be the ticket. Are Rostras only available on eBay or are there actual reputable dealers of them that sell the genuine product? As for my trans, t...

1st time poster on here, but love reading up topics and threads on here. I normally frequent SS regularly and before my current '04 S60 2.5T I owned an '01 S40 for a few years. Hate digging up old threads, but this one is relevant and quite helpful to my situation... My S60 has had some trans troubl...