Thanks...will stop looking for the sensor! I have the manual one you pictured.
Don't quite understand how you set the temperature up a few notches from all the way cold. Are you saying move the dial up a tad from max cold? Or is there some way to increase the Max cool setting to make it colder ...

Probably all true, but my car doesn't have an ETM. 2003 (maybe 2002) and later models have an updated Throttle Body. That said I still think it might be my throttle body failing.
You still have an ETM in your car (as that’s just an abbreviation for “Electronic Throttle Module”), but the difference ...

If you have a climate control panel that looks like this:
http://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mSgLWEDuhOqtv00d79ybv1w.jpg
there is no cabin air temperature sensor. If you still get warm air after some time, you might try setting the temperature up a few notches from all the way cold—that helped ...

Thanks JRL, that’s good to know—I’ll just live with that for a while then. I just measured my ride height and it’s at 17 ¼" on level ground, so accounting for it settling about ½ an inch over time, and the addition of that spring isolator that probably adds another ¼" or so, the current situation ...

JRL: do you know if your XC70 had the spring isolators/rubber bumpers on the bottom of the spring installed or not? I noticed that it’s there now, and it wasn’t there with the old springs.

What I have noticed about the ride height in the front is that the fender gap appears to be huge when the car ...

This seemingly decent looking 940 Wagon popped up on the Western Mass craigslist this week: http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/4455750536.html. It’s that I don’t have a need for it, or I would have picked it up already. It looks pretty good for its age, and it seems that the only serious flaw is ...

Are you sure it’s the hoses? There was a problem with the fuel pumps on these, leading to a recall. A fuel leak is one of the possible symptoms:

Vehicle Make / Model: Model Year(s):
VOLVO / S60 2001-2004
VOLVO / S80 2001-2005
VOLVO / V70 2001-2004
VOLVO / XC70 2001-2004
VOLVO / XC90 2003-2005 ...

I just replaced the front springs (& struts) on my ’04 XC70 as well. My indie used the same springs with the 31200372 part # as well, and my car seems to be sitting a bit higher also. I verified in VADIS that this spring and the shocks that we used are the right parts for a car with my suspension ...

Those tires should fit the car just fine, and narrower tires are usually better for snow anyway. You'll see only a .5% inaccuracy in your speedometer, so that's well within tolerance. I would go for it!


Specification Sidewall Radius Diameter Circumference Revs/Mile Difference
235/45-17 4.2in 12 ...

Looks like I can add something to this thread myself: I just read in the local newspaper that a new Volvo/Saab/Subaru indie (appropriately named "Indie Automotive") opened in nearby Hatfield, MA. The two owners both seem to have good pedigrees: one of them used to be the shop foreman at the local ...