All of the other directions are very good. If I had to do it again, I'd do it in this order: 0. Drain the coolant. 1. Get some large zip ties and use them to tie the condensor lines to the underside of the bumper. This will support the condensor. 2. Remove the fan (4 bolts). 3. Detach the tran oil c...

Symptoms of Blown Head Gasket: bubbling coolant, oil in coolant, coolant in oil. My guess is a bad rear cam seal. I had a lot of oil where you are showing. In my case, it was a leaking rear cam seal. It leaks on the side of the engine then makes its way to the back. $10 in parts and an hour or two y...

Have you tried cleaning the switches with electrical contact cleaner? They might be a bit dirty.

Did they all fail at the same time or did they go out one by one?

I just wrote this up over on VS since it seemed like a lot of us are doing this replacement these days. Not a dumb question.

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This happened to me 3 years ago at 114k miles (funny how that works). The shop replaced: Front & rear 02 sensors Air Pump & Air Pump check valve Charcoal canister hose. They charged me a mere $1700 for this fixit job. If you're going to do this yourself, I'd start by replacing the coolant te...

The shop quoted me $650 for the job. The oil cooler hoses cost about $90 each and are a real pain to replace. Replace both while you're at it. I just finished mine this weekend. The hardest part of the job is getting to the 10mm bolt which attaches the lines to the front of the block. There's a bolt...

This happened on my 98 v70 last summer when the tailgate was slammed on a wooden coathanger. The trick is to get the panel off of the tailgate while you're cramped in the back. It can be done. Once it's off, you can unbolt the latch from the tailgate. You'll need to unattach all of the rods to the l...