here's my dad's v70 i just put the tranny into... i know its not what you would call "clean" but its not too bad after sitting in a field for nearly 3 years...

well, after searching for a few weeks a 50-52sn trans was located and finally installed- in the dirt, under a tree with basic hand tools- *briefly: there is no axle nut on this year model v70-2000 FWD- its a 13-15mm bolt that threads into the axleshaft in the middle of the wheel hub :wink: anyways, ...

im NOT going to attempt the swap- its just that my dad wants the tranny out at least so, well he wants the tranny out:( i agree 100% about the stupidity of even making such an attempt, i only wanted to confirm what i already suspected. to be honest, im suprised the car started up and ran because the...

TY!!!!! now just gotta show my cheap dad this post :( either way, tranny's coming out tomorrow and basically I'd like to if there are any "special tools" required to do so-(don't want any suprises, you know). I can get a socket for the axle nut(what size is it?), but besides that, I'm not ...

I have a 2000 V70, FWD that has the AW55-50sn tranny. apparently dex/mercon was used instead of the specialty fluid and so, 1 tranny lunched. I came across a trans # AW50-42LE and when I went to do the swap today, i found that the donor trans doesnt have the little 8-10 wire pigtale connector that's...