Thank you for your write up and the tips on doing this without dropping the subframe. I have a '98 V70 X/C and a P0740 code for the lock-up solenoid. I checked the resistances of all my solenoids this past weekend hoping I had a wire issue instead of a bad solenoid. No such luck. The lock-up solenoi...

I did a basic search and there were over 400 topics for "keyless entry", so what's one more? On page 74 of this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/28783687/volvo-c70-s70-v70 shows the Volvo remote control receiver (device 4/19). According to another page in the Scribd link above, this unit is...

Aluminum Head Rebuilders, Portland, OR. I'm going off memory here so don't take it to heart but their head price was a little less than what I paid but their core charge was around $250, up front and you paid for shipping both ways: to receive the head and to return your core. In addition, the amoun...

I recently acquired a 98 V70 X/C wagon that had a "miss" as described by the previous owner. Long story short, it ended up being a burned exhaust valve in the #2 cylinder. After looking around online and Ebay, I decided against Clearwater "Odessa" cylinder heads and went with a &...

Almost forgot...Thank you for the helpful guidance about the camshaft slots and the proper orientation.

Long story short, I had the correct marks to begin with. I pulled the distributor and cam sensor and both slots were horizontal on my originally used marks. I got it to start but I've got at least two bum cylinders. One sounds like the intakes and the other like the exhausts. Oh well. Now to decide ...

No turbo. I did remove the distributor cap to clean up the electrodes but I didn't remove the rotor. The rotor was pointing towards the front of the car slightly above 'level', if that means anything. I'll go deeper this weekend.

The first picture is the same as the others but at a different angle which is why it looks off. Neither cam sprocket has been removed and all bolts are tight. Those aren't sharpie marks. I did sand the edge of the sprocket to highlight the marks but they are stamped in the sprocket just like the oth...

Not to be "sensitive" or anything but I'm not some snot-nosed newb who blew his car up and is hoping for a miracle. I've been working on my own cars since my first one in 1981 so save the doom and gloom pronouncements for someone else. I'm fully aware of what an "interference" en...

I searched the forum but I didn't find my problem. I have a '93 850 that the water pump failed on causing the timing belt to get loose and skip time. It looked like the marks I found were all still fairly close to right so I'm hoping pistons and valves didn't meet. I got everything back together but...