You can push it by hand. The tough part is doing 3 things at the same time, necessitating 3 hands. I guess your method could work too, to hold the cover in place while you install the snap ring.

Wow this car of mine has been gone for a long time, but I'm glad the trick worked for you!

If I believe the Contitech sticker on the timing cover, the last belt was 60 000 km ago. Most likely the PO had the tensioner and the idler changed as those 2 always come in the kits. Maybe the pump wasn't done then. But to verify I basically need to do the belt.

The car is a '00 S70 2.4 N/A. Today I changed the control arms. All went well until the end of the job where I decided to investigate a whining noise from the engine. I decided to remove the serpentine belt and spin the accessories by hand. None made noise so i don't know what else it could be? Wate...

Sad news, after a little while the shifting started getting harsh again, especially the 2-3 shift. All the other shifts feel fine, but the 2-3 is sometimes terrible. It usually happens after sitting in traffic for a while with a lot of stop and go. It feels like the transmission shifts from 2 to 1 t...

All the details you guys are describing, I did them. The car was running, warm transmission, in P, on level ground, dipstick pulled out twice, etc... Today I drove the car again. It was maybe the 5th time driving it since installing the B4 servo cover. IPD's instruction mentioned that the TCU adapta...

I have a 2000 S70 5 speed auto. I bought it and it shifted bad. I did the fluid fill and drain via the cooler line with 12 litres of Aisin T4 fluid. The fluid that came out was pitch black and after that it shifted a little better. After a while it started shifting bad again, I thought maybe the det...

As you might know, doing the B4 shift servo update on 5-speed auto AW55-50 cars can be a little difficult because of the snap ring. When putting everything back together, you need to push down on the spring-loaded cover (1st hand), hold the snap ring (2nd hand) and hold the snap-ring pliers (3rd han...

Also check the rear suspension delta link bushings. Neil. Yes, this makes sense as the noise seems to come mostly from the rear. How do you verify that those are bad? Like all cars older than 5 years here, everything is rusty... I tried moving the wheels by hand, I thought maybe the whole delta lin...

I'll definetly check the control arms, the car has vague handling too...