My calipers look like those on your pic thread. However, I have seen calipers on the net, where the spring goes under the ears behind the outer pad, so hence a shorter spring. I think that is what came with my kit as the spring is impossibly tight - I just cannot imagine it going on in the current c...

Thanks Lee, I'll give it a shot, that so far has held the most promise in my trials....from what I see...What I have come to realize, comparing the old and new spring, is the old one was broken at one end- at the tip which goes in the hole. It was just the side force of the spring which kept it in p...

Thanks for the reply. "strong engineering language" LOL. And safety glasses should be worn as well, because they fling out. I left it and went out for a few hours downtown, will tackle it again tomorrow.....

So, I'm putting new pads and rotors on my v70. Please, please, explain how to put the heavy spring clip back in? I have new ones with the kit and I have tried every manner to put it back in. I saw a guy online just clipping it back in with his hands. I tried that, but the little bend on the end of t...

Thanks gents. I yanked out one of the spark plugs just for curiousity. It is tan colour (my wife would say, thats not tan, thats taupe, get it right :) ) all around the electrode, but I can see the electrode is all rounded off and probably shorter, I did not check the gap. I see these bosch platinum...

Thanks Blackburn. Where do I find the flame trap?
Sounds ominous....

I just did the nitrile glove tie wrapped over the oil filler opening. when I increased the RPM on the motor, the glove sucks into the opening and when it was idling the glove kind of pulsed a little then just lay there not doing either blowing out or sucking in. I put some drywall tape around the ca...

I suspect that this is the issue with my car. I'll do the tests. If it is, it's so long V70 hello new car.
This is craziness......I've had enough of working on this thing....

I wonder how the volvos stack up against other cars of like vintage regarding a similar list?
Although I voted on the poll, I hope I did not jinx myself by doing so....

I have a 98 v70, non turbo with a 5 speed manual. Built in Belgium, driven in Belgium, then shipped here when owner moved to Canada. Car is all metric in gauges, which most N/A cars have both imperial and metric on the gauges. Makes it a challenge to keep the speeds correct when traveling stateside....