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Ok, super. Let's consider the parts claimed by abscate for the FDPP.

Ferrari = speed
Rolls Royce = luxury
Volvo = safety

Everybody knows these automotive truths. They're not nearly as clear-cut as they were in say the 1970s, when things were simpler.

Thanks. I'm still due to own one. I think it was the pinnacle of Volvo's safety advantage on the rest of the field. Even 10 years [after its introduction] the Volvo 240 was still rated as the safest car in its class by the Highway Loss Data Institute, having the lowest death rate of any vehicle on t...

dbpjr, skyman posted this 14 years ago. I don't think you'll get an answer. I'd post a New Topic in the 850/S70/V70 forum with this question.

Sufbug wrote: ↑Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:04 am Nice moose! Remind me how that is part of the volvo scene. I know it is....c'mon can't think this am

This ^

More here: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/pranc ... -stickers/

^ too true

If I had to guess, I'd say the 90s explosion of color was the result of the end of the Cold War. It was a pretty carefree time. Also, Earth Day, recycling, and a new generation of Gen Xers felt concerned about the environment, thus the greens.

I can't get up on my high horse because both of my Volvos were monochrome. I bought those used.

95% of SUVs I see out there are monochrome. I love Volvo partly because they (still) sell red XC90s. Gen 1 and Gen 2. Consumers don't buy them often based on my observation, but they're available. Hooray for Volvo!

I ordered this mouse yesterday afternoon and it was at my doorstep this morning :? :shock: I'm a Prime member, but overnight? Hey I'll take it. I'm using the mouse right now and it's very good. Tracking, scrolling, feel, and plug-n-play all excellent. Under $20. Amazing. Twenty years ago when MVS wa...

Bought Volvo parts on eBay? How was it?

This post got me thinking Professional Parts Sweden quality?

I can't recall ever buying anything for my Volvos on eBay...

It's Prime Day!

Great photos BB. Thanks for posting!

abscate wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:33 am Saw a nice Galaxie 500 on the way back from a trailer Queen Show

Back when they restyled models every year(!). What a great era.

Pretty car. Long live American iron.

Sorry to hear, BB. A couple of my son's (10 year olds) friends have gotten it recently. Cancelled 11th birthday this weekend for one, poor kid.

I love it. Classic 1990s color.

Can you make a post in Classifieds? viewforum.php?f=6

Lugnut, you might want to put those 75's inside. While not being particularly collectible over the decades, I think simple attrition had made them rare now.

$28,800 https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/ca ... 18498.html

Thanks for the offer, enotslim. We don't have any sort of holding areas unfortunately. The best thing to do is do what you would normally.

Did it fall out of the sky?

Hi plumsmooth, I'm locking this topic because it's a duplicate of viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95382

shifts at 9100 RPM As a teen, I had a early 1980s Honda 500XL enduro motorcycle, 4-stroke, street legal. My friend had a 125cc two-stroke. Off the line it was no contest, I beat him. But his 125 would come on strong once we got moving. My 500 was big and heavy, and would lose power after 10 minutes...

I asked him to go ahead and help you. I don't know what his schedule is...

pkc303, can you post a photo of the VIN plate?

Gnalan, I emailed Yagger. I'll update this thread when I hear from him. I want that S60 running.

Ha! Cool ^ My buddy has a 2004 Subie wagon*. I feel like I'm sitting on the floor when I go anywhere with him, like most 80s-90s-2000s Subaru, Toyota, Honda cars and trucks. The seats simply don't raise high enough. It's a high-trim Outback Sport, so it's not a matter of an economy trim seat issue. ...

Sorry for the sharp dark tone there!

I just drove past white water junction between VT and NH. In 1996 , a Learjet on short final did a go around, pilots got confused and crashed 7 miles fro, the airport. It took 3 years to find the wreckage. Every winter like clockwork a doctor or two die in their private Cessna traveling between Den...

945

A Basin is a fun place. Very "locals" place. Fun in the parking lot, fun on the runs etc. Me and friends used to snowboard down from the top of the pass, the Continental Divide. You could go down toward A Basin if I recall correctly, but we always went down the other side and shoot out of the woods ...

I got hypoxia at the top of Mt. Evans a couple years ago. Something I wouldn't have been caught dead having in my 20s.

BlackBart wrote: ↑Tue Sep 22, 2020 2:47 pm

abscate wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 5:01 am If you look closely you can see the switchback up over Petersburg pass, the road that connects NY to MA at the summit.

wait....you have 'summits" in NY / MA...??

I'm on board this train.

Officially capable of calculating injector flow rates in lb/hr and cc/min. These old Bosch oranges are rated at 29.5 lb/hr and 310cc/min at 43.5 psi. Using a formula I developed to correct for pressure difference and viscosity difference I was able to calculate a mean flow of 29.559 lb/hr and 310.3...

I'm sure they just take it to Jiffy Lube

Found on Facebook today: Sorry Pro Drift cars but the coolest vehicle running one of our @wintersrears Quickchange diff and subframe setups just might be this 5 cylinder TWO STROKE land speed racer S13 that belongs to our client Jack. The car has been 194.16 MPH and 200 MPH is in sight. The custom 2...

Ohio, $2,000:

He wasn't the only one with engine bay ice. Hot sun, high elevation, turbo cars... all the serious owners in this Volvo group were in on it.

[Exif Image Rotation extension (re)enabled.] Steve, can you try those two upside-down/lower hemisphere correct photos again in a new post? Sorry for the housekeeping intrusion. I tried them but I think by the time they got to my hard drive, the EXIF data had been stripped. I'm fairly certain this ex...

He got back to me on Facebook: "I sleeved the block with Darren sleeves and a tubular manifold/GT3076R turbo kit from RSI and a turbo tuner ecm with a TOBZ tune. It was definitely the fastest Volvo I’ve ever driven." Be sure to check the engine bay photos. I made a post for it: Fast 1998 C70 5-speed...

I think the other guy was sandbagging at the end to get into an easier bracket and Brett's launch wasn't as bad as it looked. I can't remember the mods he had, but there were a few. LSD... and it was a manual. That I know. I'll ask him.

Would be sick to see a normal c70 converted to a 350hp+ beast. I think it's lighter than sedan so already faster possibly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9dCA2FB59M That's Brett Borders, a national Volvo-mad treasure we have here in Colorado. He works at Swedish Motors in Boulder. Great guy. More...

Was the high/low reading on the expansion tank within range?

abscate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:51 pm

FLXC90 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 5:37 pm

abscate wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:54 am I don’t have time to sit next to my manifold all night reading “Great Expectations”

Just hone the Dickens out of it?

Nice!

So bad it's good

I'm a woodworker so I'll make a quick jig to hold the manifold on my bench and a template that I can bolt to the manifold flange. Then use a pattern bit in a router and make repeated passes to cut it away. I make round windows and jambs so this is not out of line. Should leave a perfect edge. Yes -...

Your life just got a lot lot easier with a 98. Everything is far more mechanical, hell if you are intersted in tuning the me4.4 & 4.3 have very well documented amateur tuning tools. That is a very rare and desirable car you have there ;). Yea, that's a beauty Volvo right there. Well-spotted model y...

Super mega clean work.

Congrats! I fixed the image. Thanks for letting us know all's good with your XC90.

Besides ensuring a battery or alternator isn't near-dead -- alive enough to start the car but dead enough to cause dash lights and a 1000 other weird things -- I can't think of a more important Stage 0 item than vacuum lines.

Just look what XC90s do to people riding by on bicycles!

BTW this went for $12k on BAT a year ago. If he gets close to $18k it shows P2 R cars are appreciating rapidly. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-volvo-v70r-9/?fbclid=IwAR2-nhsDQPsYJJEq0MTPv7q-DxWXH1CUZbeJ28sgTK2lpngj3aGLUIifPuo This is an auto transmission car. My thoughts on manual V70 R cars...

Fairly pedestrian auto V70 R, except for 2 things: low miles and Sonic Blue.

darrylrobert wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 7:52 pm i have just received over 100 emails from "Matthews Volvo site" thanks

What are the Subjects of these? Can you forward one to me [email protected]wsvolvosite.com ? Thanks.

I deleted the dupes just now. Sorry for the trouble. More on that here viewtopic.php?f=4&t=95268

BlackBart wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:13 pm Moar pics!...

V 122 bikes.jpg

I never realized the hatch on these was nearly as tall as it is wide.

I thought I read a post here a month or two ago from a member with a later P2, around 2007, who said he didn't have the port. At least he indicated it wasn't at the left knee zone location. Maybe I dreamed that.

Hi Bill. You may upload up to 100 images per post. If you can, make the images 1000-2000 pixels wide/tall. Save them as jpg format in low or medium quality. Today's low setting is easily adequate. The window to edit posts closes eventually, but you're still within it. Click the pencil icon on your p...

My 2004 V70 did, and it worked to get OBD codes.

I've read some of the later P2s didn't have the port. Does yours? What year is it?

I ran a optimize table query against two tables in the database last night - posts and topics. I thought it would be a matter of minutes, but no, it was 8 hours. During this time you could read the forum fine -- it acted 100% normally. But posting a new topic or reply would cause a timeout. First, I...

I'd love to bounce ideas and discoveries off you, if you care to talk about these subject in this thread. Every forum I've ever run across for this stuff is very orthodox, no chit-chat, focused questions only. This is just a wide open thread. I have a general grasp of the fundamentals of Best Practi...

BlackBart wrote: ↑Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:51 am Pumped up a low tire with a bike pump.

19! Unreal. Thanks Steve! Where did the time go?

19,462,911 users since spring 2006, when I began keeping track. I have an older system I could add to it, but who knows where those records are.

For 20 we'll do something big.

That bushing looks less like it was worn away and more like it's a 4,000 year old Egyptian mummy, where soft tissue has disintegrated.

Whoa.

The turbo is back in the car with a new CHRA... and the problems persist. Still have that annoying whine and the boost still acts weird. I'm down to a clogged cat on the boost issue... I have NO idea what else it could be. It boosts to around 12 PSI, backs off to 10, then eventually builds back up ...

Rollled up the Taconic at 55 in Cruise last night bringing home my daughter from JFK It was lovely hearing ME7 demand torque and spool the turbo on the hills. Stayed in 5th the whole time except for a couple of hills where it ran away This morning. Oil change and fixed exhaust leak Nice! What's RPM...

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:57 pm

abscate wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 6:53 pm I want to see a picture of the 19T on jack stands

3 ton is a little overkill for the compressor housing, but it works.

Write test:

Fixed. Can anyone confirm? I can always use a second set of eyes.

Test this: viewtopic.php?p=554670#p554670

Super, super cool videos. I'll watch all of them in full today or tomorrow. I love this historical stuff.

Ok thanks for the heads up. That’s a third discrete drive I need to unattach from the old server and attach to the new one.

We're back. It went from a 10 minute database move to an SSD that I did prepare for to an 8 hour battle. Things went sideways. I ended up moving it to my 2nd, better server that I'd been planning on anyway. The database living on an SSD will (does) mean faster pageloads. Thanks for your patience and...

Lots of towing info/experiences here in case anyone's interested. Summary: low range is your friend. When I'm towing my 5 x 8 utility trailer I drive it just slightly slower. I live 3 miles off road with hills that are very steep past 50 degrees. 50 degrees?! :shock: :shock: That's an incredibly ste...

Not Volvos, hell not even cars. I'm not too into motorcycles, but this is cool. https://youtu.be/q0O8Q0x38mI I've owned a few bikes, but not any longer. This is a good reminder why newer/better isn't always better, in anything. Also a reminder of the importance of objective testing. They hit a beaut...

Locked as duplicate of this.

I don't want to celebrate or accept any thanks until it's in and working. Maybe I'm superstitious...

gnalan, MVS Forums member billy780 has shipped a XeMODeX rebuilt unit to you, from a 2000 S70 NA with only a few hundred miles on it. (S70 transmission failed shortly after.)

I sent you the tracking # in an email.

And so the condensation is a byproduct of the Ideal Gas Law also? The vapor condensates when it touches the manifold during the air flashes?

This is so interesting. Can anyone here explain the science behind say the quick condensation cloud between shifts?

josephodrain wrote: ↑Wed Sep 02, 2020 1:46 pm Video is no longer available.

Fixed. He changed the URL sometime in the last few years, and that broke it. I found the new URL and swapped that in.

Good responses, everyone. Benny, welcome to MVS Forums. I'd do a Stage 0. The reason is this: you could spend a grand and get a 50hp tune (ballpark) but be down 30 or 40 or 50hp because of old components. In that second scenario you'd also be risking a lean condition, or risking brake failure while ...

I have a potential donor off Facebook with an ETM "pulled from a 2000 S70 NA. The motor is basically the same in a 2001 S60 NA". Will this work?

Topic Solved is back

Ok, whew. These are back: Thanks for Post National Flags Similar Topics Complaining and whining: MAN ALIVE phpBB is difficult. It's like working on a 2020 XC90 T8 that's 20 years old, has 400k miles, ten Magneti-Marelli ETMs, a salvage-flood title, while it's running. phpBB is a mess. This is not a...

I used to use the USPS flat rate box for the "Big Blue" delta link tool. That thing was heavy. It was about $15.

It's called Thanks for Posts (TfP) and it's an extension.

If you’re interested in the problem, I outlined it here https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/exte ... pic/222566 after narrowing it down.

I’m getting closer to getting the TfP functionality back.

Yea, that crosses the line from crap manufacturer to simply dangerous. Sorry that happened to you, Steve.

true

Excellent. Thanks for letting me know.

Sorry everyone. It’s not my intention to torture you. I need to keep us ahead of hackers with these periodic updates.

I don't, but some here have tried them: search.php?keywords=%22Module+Master%22 ... mit=Search

viewforum.php?f=12 Enough info there to choke a horse.

Those blue cars are so pretty. My FB friend in TX Kris Weldy has a bananas 940...




https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5iYUi ... AcoHuLcoig

That's Chrome on iOS, Android might look a little different but the concept is the same. The downside of that is -- like it says -- it'll log you out of sites. The upside is Chrome and every modern browser these days has such good password management, I find it's a breeze to get back into sites beca...

Zion, can you do this please and report back.

...[three dots] -> Settings -> Privacy

Can you guys please try this https://browserhow.com/how-to-do-hard-r ... e-android/ and let me know if that works.

Do you guys have projects in your head that sit there for years? 945, lowered, chin spoiler, GTA wheels, not "stanced" just lower, not a garage queen, no stickers/fancy headlights/tint or aftermarket anything on the outside besides those listed mods... and one grotesquely, unreasonably, incomprehen...

I don't know if this is one of the famous BTCC 850 cars. Anyone know?

(Without my Fortnite playing I could have gotten this update done a week or two earlier. Truth be told.)

He said I can’t play Fortnite for a week

I'm trying to get a well-known party to comment on these Vida ETM data. I don't want to get your hopes up, gnalan. Likewise I don't want you to pause plans you have to move forward. I want you to know I'm trying and following this thread though.

The forum page performance is objectively faster. Here's a before and after page test: webpagetest-before-prosilver-matt-2020.png webpagetest-after-prosilver-matt-2020.png Feel free to try it yourself https://www.webpagetest.org/ and test https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/ You might see bette...

Sound good.

Neil, I’ll cover the cost out of the FDPP fund.

matthew1 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:01 pm If you have been logging in and getting a White Screen of Death or some other error, I'm 99% sure I fixed that. I'm waiting on Rick to get back to me that he's able to log in ok.

Confirmed fixed on his end. Remember to clear cookies before logging in if you were having this problem.

If clearing cookies doesn't work for you at this point, don't hesitate to email me [email protected] and describe your issue.

I got Flags *kinda* working. If you have been logging in and getting a White Screen of Death or some other error, I'm 99% sure I fixed that. I'm waiting on Rick to get back to me that he's able to log in ok. If you're having trouble, https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/ucp.php?mode=delete_cooki...

I'm working on bringing back extensions... Thanks for Posts, Flags, others.

June, follow these directions to hard refresh any MVS forums page and it'll fix itself.

Notifications fixed. I'll comment on the feasibility of the other items later. Thanks all.

Changes made but I haven't brought the extensions back yet. I'll do that either tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for your patience.

You can comment on the changes and requests you may have in this topic.

Consensus? Are there any dissenters to declaring a failing ETM diagnosis?

mkc1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 5:12 pm It sounds like from gnalan's other thread that a replacement ETM is needed. Would the FDPP be able to find/provide/send one to him?

Yes.

The symptoms overlap with failing ETM symptoms, certainly.

I'm about finished with the forum redesign. So far, it's very promising. My tests indicate page load speeds are twice as fast, but there are other variables at play that are affecting this, so take it with a grain of salt. I'm going to roll it out tomorrow. I'll post a pagetop alert ten minutes prio...

Interesting mystery. Thanks for posting. Following.

FLXC90, did you mark this (your post) Solved? If so, that's reserved for cars and parts that have sold in Classifieds posts...

Fixed thread Subject: DE -> Delaware

Long way from Deutschland!

Faust, thank you.

Foggydogg, your request has been added here viewtopic.php?f=1&t=94984 and added to the FDPP status thread.

Everybody, if you want to comment on any particular request, please do so in that request’s specific thread. Thank you.

After doing the timing belt stuff on my '00 V70XC, I decided to use most of my Rainy Day Fund to refresh the front suspension a month ago. On my way into DC for chemo at the VA hospital it suffered catastrophic head gasket failure; once I saw the needle swing up, it took some time to extract myself...

Yep, on July 1 I scrapped the old custom design and subbed in an off the shelf theme, with a few minor customizations.

800, owning Volvos because of MVS is high praise!

You can help by posting to the bug report thread I’ll post when I roll out the changes. Thanks in advance to you and others.

The Internet has opened up a bustling worldwide bazaar, full of scammers and grifters.

BlackBart wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 3:47 pm A lot of cam and overlap there I think.

Yep

matthew1 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2020 5:37 pm I'll get busy on the long-promised but never-delivered MVS Sticker II. I'll have a design lot within a week.

Still nothing out of the MVS sticker factory. I'll shout over to the guys to wake up the lazy louts at the MVS Ministry #2319 (Design).

Faust, I'm going to lock this because your other thread has the background to this and has your reprogramming question.

It's preferred that we keep the same subject/discussion in one topic. Thanks for understanding.

YYC thanks for looping in. Let us know if there are any problems with shipping or getting those on. They're pretty easy as you know. Marking this solved. mkc1, you're awesome. I made your account MVS Contributor. Let me know if you don't want it for whatever reason. (Every so often a donor or DIY wr...

X X one million

That's a $1200 car, give or take. It's well used. Great car if you want to learn or expand what you know about car DIY. And there's us to help.

BlackBart wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:18 pm automatic.png

so true

Coffee too please!

Looks like a P80 wagon with a wing to me.

The ones I've heard from local Denver car enthusiasts using are all run off the car's 12v. Anywhere from a dedicated product to a hidden old Android phone. You can get super basic 4G service for cheap for these GPS applications.

I would do something... GPS tracker, hidden kill switch, steering wheel lock, or all the above. A P2 V70 R got stolen nearby 3 days ago here in Denver. Manual, Atacama. It was towed away, he thinks. In that sense, it shares characteristics with your son's 325: not very valuable to the general public...

What a super project, BB. That car is great looking. Reminder you might want to do some anti-theft measures, besides the manual.

YYC850 -- I haven't heard any resolution to this, so I'm checking with you before I run it farther up the flagpole.

Well written ad! I love it.

Can we assume Volvo spot-/random-bench-tests water pumps and other 3rd party components at the factory? If so, we can assume there is no equivalent testing for units that go to the retail chain. Therefore, the producer of say water pumps has a motive to send the best units -- based on their producti...

Remove the spark plugs and try to turn her over by hand. If you're able to do this, the pistons did not contact and destroy the valves. Almost always a broken timing belt equates to bent valves as it is an interference engine - the easiest way to find out is to put a new timing belt on and see what...

How likely is it for something in the head to be broken given that the belt broke? 97% Yikes, sorry to hear this. How many miles have you put on her in the 5 years? Remove the spark plugs and try to turn her over by hand. If you're able to do this, the pistons did not contact and destroy the valves.

I apologize in advance. Let me start there. Overview I'm going to update the forum software to the latest version. While phpBB isn't a big hacker target, it is a target, like anything on the Internet. It's a good practice to keep it up to date. The last core update I performed was 2 years ago. Speci...

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/download/file.php?id=56363&t=1 I can smell the new car smell through my screen. I'm not just saying that. The actual smell was created by my brain when I looked at these interior shots. Anyway, that particular sample looks great. The interior is stunning. I'...

I really shouldn't be giving CIK7 ideas.

CIK7 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:55 pm

matthew1 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:51 pm All that engine bay room. So much space. Hm.

You going to let all that empty volume go to waste?

Lol maybe modify the current engine, but I will not do a GM swap. It's called Swedish for a reason.

+T it!

All that engine bay room. So much space. Hm.

You going to let all that empty volume go to waste?

MVS Thread of the Day™ here, folks.

$5000 not $4000. This car has provenance, lots of provenance.

CN90 and everyone, as you might have noticed in the last 10 minutes, I've modified my plan a bit to centralize the various FDPP statuses.

Here is the FDPP Status Thread.

Hi YYC850. Welcome to MVS! We'll get you those corner assemblies.

Your topic is here. Please use that to track your request, answer questions, follow-up, etc. If someone responds to you in this topic, I'll move it to yours.

Everybody, please use that topic for this request.

I'll update this as it happens. As of today, we've had 3 contacts, one is nearly complete. FDPP #1: initial email contact, currently backburnered & waiting to hear back, July 2020 FDPP #2 : nearly 360° complete, August 2020 FDPP #3 : initial forum contact, underway, August 2020 Considered solved at ...

YYC850 needs corner lamp assemblies for his 95 850. Location: Calgary. I own a 95 850 and am looking for the front corner lamp assemblies. Really only need the plastic lenses and the main housing. Don’t need the black bulb holder or springs. Most important is that the lenses are not cracked or brok...

Whoa. Thanks for the warning, VLN. I used it like the guy in that article: for everything. Luckily, I'm only a shadetree mechanic, so it wasn't often.

Sounds promising, gnalan. (I can never keep track of who uses their real first names here, apologies if you do, I'm not trying to be rude when I use forum usernames.) Cancer took my best friend from HS/college, a father of four, and is now trying to take a local friend here in Denver who has Stage 4...

dsharp, thanks. I sent you an email with my address. CN, I agree it's clunky. What I'll do will be minimal since interest/program use has been low: I'll update the head post in this topic with current status of each request. So we'll just pop in for a quick update. I'll post the link in that status ...

Ed this is amazing and great. Congrats to you! It would be so cool to completely renovate it. If I had unlimited money, how cool would it be to drop it off at a place that rebuilds it from the inside out. New electronics, new motor, maybe a 5-speed, new interior/exterior. The works. Wow that would b...

Here's a V90 slideshow I made...

Here it is viewtopic.php?f=9&t=94860

By Famfeld. Thanks very much for this. I made your account MVS Contributor.

2004 XC70 Steering Rack Replacement DIY Writeup

Comments taken in this thread.

Hey exciting. Have a look at Lucky's writings in Fast Fridays. viewtopic.php?t=57982

As well as VRD Performance category.

Hi iac74205, I changed the price in the 1st post's Subject line and did a strikethrough on the $2500 in the body.

Good luck with the sale. Hang in there. It's a tough market these days for P80s.

Congrats on the XC70, Starbuck. To post a photo, click “Full Editor & Preview”.

Below the post box and Submit button is Attachments. That’s what you want.

I want to get out on the highway and see if I can get 0-60 better shifting myself, than with the automatic. The last time I checked I’d just replaced the PCV system and 0-60 was about 8.16. I saw some historic reviews showing a range of 6.2 - 6.6 - 7.2 so I’d like to shave a second or more off if I...

manovlov wants to know about these ECU files... do they add HP, what else are they for, etc.

manovlov, I know a little... they can be used after a manual swap to enable things that the car needs to make it run with a manual, or if the owner installs a larger turbocharger.

Sweaty palms. Heartrate and breathing increased.

Oh dude. I have butterflies. This is near me. I don't need this. But I kinda need this. I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight.

The low miles might be a broken odo gear. Seems like a non car guy seller.

Welcome Dragon1! Thanks for posting.

Turns out I was wrong. 8667253 A. Does have spring, spring seat is good, top bearing plate is good. I don’t know what shipping will run you, but you can have it (and the LSM) for the cost of shipping. Guys, I'm sorry I didn't read this through. I missed this post entirely. Pete, I sent you $45 on P...

Thanks Paul. Very interesting. It's hard to wrap my mind around this constant. i.e.: that you could be traveling so fast away from something yet that speed won't affect the speed of light it's emitting. I enjoy thinking about how this stuff happens whether I wrap my mind around it or not :lol:. I've...

You're in a ship traveling away from Earth at 50% the speed of light, relative to Earth. You turn on a bright light pointing at Earth. How long does the light take to reach Earth? Say you're one light minute away from Earth, traveling at a constant velocity, for the sake of argument. I don't know th...

Still haven't heard back from #1. We have #2 up to bat: https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=94744 In need of strut assembly for a 2001 S60: bearing, spring, bumpstop, bellows, and strut. Anybody have one? Please reply in https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.ph...

Sounds like something from the Kerouac book "On the Road", except 30 years late.

Video sent in by Ben.

I had a '79 CC with a 350 in 1989. Transmission died and I sold it to a towing yard for $100.

I attempted to try the resoldering fix, but the parts are too small for me to see and I didn't feel comfortable trying it.

Ok, so the parts needed are 2001 S60 (or any P2 equivalent) front right strut assembly and light switch module.

volvolugnut has the strut.

Anybody have an LSM?

He's in Circleville, Ohio 43113

Ok, FDPP has its own separate contact form.

Contact Matthew if you need parts and are in financial distress.

Thanks guys. I'm awaiting further contact. I gave him my phone number, and he already has my email. I'll post here when I hear back.

The official name of this moving forward will be Financial Distress Parts Program . (-Pool). I'll create a new FDPP contact form asking for name, model, year, and city. I don't know what city #2 is in. With a comment field also. Engine I'll throw in as an optional field... I think. I don't want to o...

Still haven't heard back from #1.

We have #2 up to bat: viewtopic.php?f=9&t=94744

For background, please see https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=94509&p=550175#p550175 I have a 2001 Volvo S60, base model, and I could use some help with getting parts. My fiance has cancer, among other health issues, and goes 3 times a week to see her doctors (each time is ...

It's a Plat.

When I hear back from him/her, I’ll start a new thread and simultaneously post in this thread. Keep watching this. Thanks for offering your help.

We've heard from our first Volvo owner in need of help. Naturally, s/he will remain anonymous. Everybody who requests help under this program will remain anonymous . Please don't provide help with this request here . The user or I will start a proper, discrete thread for this. I'm just putting this ...

Volvo women are awesome. Welcome to MVS, Christi. ~ ~ ~ I think we've got a robust set of parts delivery methods and (thank you!) donors. Many tossing their hat in the ring for this. I'm so proud of this community. Now the problem is getting word of this to those in need. I've stickied the posts abo...

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1972-bmw-3-0csl-2/?utm_source=dm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2020-07-28 Classic BMWs are going for bonkers prices. That sample is not only re-painted, but comes with replaced engine and "Batwings"(!). A first-gen M3 just sold for a quarter-million dollars https://...

Love it! I'd drive it. But I'd be concerned if I started hearing suspension noises...

Ok, this is active. I'm monitoring email for messages from people who need a part or two. https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/free-volvo-parts/ I posted on FB MVS , FB MVS Group and my personal FB page. Also MVS Twitter and MVS LinkedIn . Please share, forward, re-post, carrier-pigeon, fax, whatever w...

That's great!



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Exactly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_PV800_Series#TP21

Not my photo, just something I pulled off the Interwebs.

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https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/how-t ... -v70-fast/

Ok, now for the hard part. Getting the word out to Volvo owners in financial distress. I'll make a page here (like the VRD entries... i.e.: non-forum) as a landing page for press/people Make a Google Maps page with pins for you who have offered to help ("nodes") (not your name, just a pin on a city)...

abscate wrote: ↑Thu Jul 16, 2020 10:09 amDad was a space/aero engineer (Concorde, Saturn V, lem, space shuttle)

Too bad he didn't do anything exciting with his career

Yes. I'm working hard to lower MVS page load times. It's important for Google and users' experience. Slow pages = nobody is happy. One of the ways I'm doing that is by scrapping the expensive (in server load/page weight sense) list of recent forum posts on MVS Home page and the two thousand VRD page...

Thanks Darryl. This is much better than what I tried.

I made your account MVS Contributor for sharing this. Let me know if you want the contributor avatar.

I think it's great.

This sounds like a Monty Python sketch, where your 850 will eventually become a V70, one part at a time, due to a chain of dependencies.

It's beautiful in about a dozen different ways.

Karmann Ghia -- thanks BB.

Ok, it's back. Kinda.

I didn't want to (re-) clutter the new Home/VRD pages, so here's what I did. https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com

What do you think?

W. Germany, 1958. What's the car in the foreground with the trunk up?

volvolugnut wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:23 pm I assume used take off parts (still in usable condition) will be needed for redistribution?

Yep.

Hello ladies and gentlemen. I'm starting a money pool / supporting program to get free Volvo parts to those in financial distress. Contact Matthew if you need parts and are in financial distress. FDPP Status Here is the Here is the FDPP Status Thread . It has the latest on the overall lifecycle of a...

Yep, I'll bring it back.

I'm going to sunset this thread tomorrow. We've gone a bit off topic: Scott Drozd put out a piece describing the boundaries of FCP's thought on the currents of race in the US. I applaud him for this. It's a political minefield, yet he put the piece out. Whatever the case, it's been a month, so if yo...

In the near future our group buys will move over to www.bambooey.com

So it's not ready yet.

https://www.pdvmotorsports.com/pages/group-buys?fbclid=IwAR03baT4apSOT_4StXwhKza2M_sFNmLx9vHgiwZMk5aLlGD2wKXDAoFFsXw Group Buys Group buying has been our lifeblood! It provides unparalleled pricing competition and enables new products to be sourced without massive capital costs which makes new produ...

28,600 views!

Wow, blast from the past. It’s fun to read these old threads.

How much time and work would that save us? Tens of thousands of man hours, I'm sure. For anyone who doesn't live/breathe Volvos, here's the explanation: driver's side seats wear out well before passenger sides... the leather. If we could just swap driver's sides with junkyard passenger seats, life w...

Darn distance.

D=R*T

kklepack wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2020 2:15 pm I did done as well if is not too late so you can hoop over $1500 mark'

Outstanding!

kklepack - $10 - ZAMBOOMO!

$1501 total!

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I have other ways tho

Oh man, no. I pulled it off of Facebook that day. Unfortunately, Google doesn't index FB at FB's request, so Google image search doesn't turn up any relevant info.

your location - Chicago what Volvo model/year it is 1999 V70R whether you have the necessary parts and tools - garage ,VIDA ,jacks ,tools what you've done so far, new spark plugs, Coolant temp sensor. thermostat, cleaned injectors, next fuel pump how you came to your diagnosis of the problem google...

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That wraps it up for 2020 Moderator donation drive! THANKS TO ALL DONORS. You make the MVS moderators feel appreciated, and they help this place run right. I'll task the MVS Supercomputer cluster with totalling the donations, and it'll have a sum by end of day. Then the MVS robot drones will see to ...

Shiruba - $25 - ZAZOOOM!

What a great photo ^.

He's been back for a few days now, and on the first day he was back he was somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-30X better than me.

Someone asked my opinion on this one but I don't know RWD cars at all. I know it's overpriced but other thoughts? https://volvonly.com/vehicle/1993-volvo-940-turbo/ L1040634-scaled.jpg My feeling is that it's a niche car at a niche price. If the seller finds a square peg for the square hole, it'll ...

I'll close this drive on the weekend. Thanks to everybody who has donated. If you haven't, you've got a few days more.

volvo_mania - $25! - KABOOOM!

Congratulations! That it went to a dealer in Palm Springs is fitting. Palm Springs is a design-conscious/history-conscious city.

The 440 Six Packs were faster 0-60 than Hemi 426 if I recall correctly, but the Hemi was faster in the 1320 ft. I know we're talking about a dual carb here, but I just had to add my 2¢ because how often do I get to write "440 Six Pack"? it just sounds powerful. The Dart with the 340 and stripes I al...

They want $37k on their "no haggle price"... I'd haggle. That feels like too much.

This is exactly the great look steelies give a car. This particular sample is just incredible to me. I'm dizzy.

Scott's a good guy. I haven't had a lot of interaction with him, but when I have he's been solid dude.

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We were just talking about your wagon viewtopic.php?f=16&t=94203

She's a beauty! Please let us know how the bidding/sale goes from your inside perspective, flyn-hawn.

Whoa viewtopic.php?f=6&t=94213

My son has been in Iowa with his cousins on their farm for a month, and I've been playing every day trying to get better. So he has no FN for a month and I've been improving. I'm still not as good as he was when he left, but I'm closing the gap. Now that I'm almost 50, my mind and reflexes don't pic...