Well, I got it put back together today. If I had known how this worked I could have done it without taking the boot off. Put I was not sure what I was forcing, so I took the boot loose. There were just some punch marks in the metal that created a slight ridge to keep the thing together. Once I saw t...

Thanks for the replies, I will let you know how this works out. I am encouraged that I won't have to dump more money into this. At least this week.

I change my strut bearings on my 99 v70. I did the left side no problem but the right side it seems that the cvc joint has come apart inside the rubber. This is the inner one and now the wheel won't fold back in to get the upper strut to spindle bolt and if I turn the wheel the rubber casing would j...

My 86 760 b230ft has gone bad so I found a nice b230ft at pick and pull. It had 138k on the clock and every indication under the hood was that was real mileage. I took the head off at the yard and the bores head valves etc all look good. What I would like to find out is are there any specific issues...

So much brake fluid accumulated in the booster that at one point it leaked into the manifold and the pistons hit an immovable object. At first I sort of hoped I would be lucky, but that hope is fading. I need to get time when it stops raining here to go out and do a compression check after I get all...

Thanks for the quick reply. I was looking at a 2001 but that would be out then.
As I was looking around the net getting my head around volvos I noticed someone on ebay selling a camshaft crankshaft holding tool. I am now suspicious you need a special 450 dollar tool to pull the cylinder head? Doug

Hi, I just joined the forum. I have owned volvos for 20 years but always the easier ones to maintain. I just bought a 1999 v70 xc and it might need an engine. What happened was the po kept adding brake fluid to the master cylinder because of a leak. Eventually the fluid got sucked into the engine. I...