Re: 2001 S40

Greetings to All,

After 24 years this hose failed at the Brake Booster end - just crumbling due to age. Please see attached.

I have checked all my sources (more than a dozen) and can't find the part anywhere = Part # 30616993, pic attached.

Does anyone have a source or way to create ...

Greetings,

I want to replace the original shifter boot / gaiter -
but can't get the shifter frame off.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

Tom in Carolina


P.S. If anyone wants pics of the housing removal process so far - just PM me.

Guess what I found on the inside of my hood ??

Update: one of the hoses is attached to the PCV "big hose":
in the pic - see the earlier style, the horse shoe shaped hose. I only cut one of the two -
and think the two are identical - Phew !!

Hi - it's me again...

I learned how to remove hoses that have probably been attached to my 01 S40 for 15 years - after ...

I cut one apart to get it off. The parts dept. at Volvo can't seem to find it / give me a part number.
And, it is a molded to a horse shoe shape, a regular hose will kink when ...

Greetings,

Because I have very limited experience working on cars - I really should not have started ...
but - I have taken my 01 S40 apart to replace the oil trap breather box and associated hoses.
All the way down to the PTC valve and most of the car's hoses and things that got in the way.

It ...