Bill is right, do it now! I'm at 95k / 10 years old now and did mine yesterday. It was dried and cracking. It is not just wear you have to worry about but age as well. They do dry-rot and that leads to internal degridation. Its a bit of a pain, yes, but I would rather do it when it's due rather than...

Try an 8mm box end wrench. I haven't done my S40 yet, but that was what the nipple looked like last time I had a rim off of it. The box end also helps open and close while you are bleeding them. You also might put a drop of penetrating lubricant on the threads first, they tend to rust up pretty good...

I did the drain & fill using (as suggested by a mechanic from Volvo) CASTROL ATF+4. Now it shifts rough but not much. Next, I am going to do another drain & fill, but before that, I'll add the Sea Foam Trans - Tune ... Does the Seafoam really work? I'm a fan of Lucas oil additives, and I ha...

Thanks, "Hoov"! I agree, this is a great site and its nice to see people contributing. I have also seen a lot of this on VW and Audi sites as well since I also do all my own work on those vehicles as well. Volvos don't seem to get tinkered with as much, but there are people doing it and th...

Thanks. Well, I am not sure about everything going on here, but it made sense to me.

Well, there are differences. I think Jesse and Mark are right on. OK, not doing the transmission every oil change, but certainly staying on top of it. Transmissions are much better 'sealed' than an engine, and don't have openings and blow by to contaminate them, so they need a lot less service over ...