Hi All - Having a lot of trouble sourcing a door guide for the drivers window on a 1998 V70 t5. Unbelievable I cant find an old door somewhere... The part number is:9187646 Anyone have any suggestions on this? I thought I had one a pelican parts, but they just said they are out of stock. Great car, ...

Just a quick note for anyone struggling with the same issue; the above is correct, according to a dealer mechanic.

Ok, this is really embarrassing; I did not properly mark the plug wires before pulling the coils, and now it appears they may not be right. Given I am in the process of replacing the ETM with a xemodex rebuilt unit, diagnosis is not straightforward. The car will start, sounds like crap, the engine r...

Thanks Oly - You are correct about the tensioner being loose in the picture I provided. Turns out that the volvo directions say to tension in the clockwise direction, and the FCP video (s60) say counter clockwise from 11 to 7. Tensioning clockwise put about 3/16's of an inch, and counter clockwise i...

I have a quick question regarding the spacing between the timing belt tensioner on the S80 and the crank shaft pulley for the serpentine belt (behind the balancer). Upon reassembly, it is very close, less than an 1/8 inch. I am wondering if I have done something wrong, forgotten to add a spacer, etc...

Final Recap: 3 weekends later the car was running again, but with a major exhaust leak. I ended up pulling the exhaust manifold and having it machined - for it was warped. Apparently this just happens sometimes - so if you pull yours, make sure it is true before reinstalling. The car is running well...

The car has 157k or so. The gentleman at the machine shop suggested that the timing belt may have been installed too tight for this sort of failure. I picked the head up this weekend and am hoping to get to it next week.

Update: - the water pump bearing failed catastrophically, causing the pully to freeze and the belt to tear and slip. - the head is being rebuilt (~$600 + ~$200 parts). There are two split sleeves, two bent valves that have to be replaced. All valve seals will be replaced. - I will replace all the ti...

The timing belt was replaced about 20k ago by a small local shop that is no longer in business. It was a mistake to have them do it, and I am pretty certain the tensioner was not updated. Having read all the posts, the next steps are: - continue the tear down and remove the harmonic balancer - evalu...

One other clue - about a mile before the strange swishing sound began, my daughter (who is learning to drive a stick) had stalled and restarted the car. She held the starter down once it was running for perhaps 5 seconds, being in a bit of a panic. Is it possible the starter / restart of a running m...