After narrowing it down to the connection with the bulb-holder and socket, I priced new lighting & bulb assemblies and decided to find a way to make these work. In short, I added two jumper wires off the bulb-holder and soldered them to the metal plate that carries the hot and ground signal at t...

You troubleshoot electrical stuff working backwards, using a VOM. Thank you thank you thank you. I have become a wiser man this morning. I pulled the bulb out and connected two alligator clips the the hot and ground terminal at the socket connection. I ran two wires from the clips up to the front s...

Recently, the gasket on my oil-filler cap cracked, unbeknownst to me, until I got a flashing CEL light telling me mis-fire in cylinder 2. I removed the plastic covers showing my coils and there was oil pooled up everywhere. Needless to say it leaked under the ignition coils and down onto the spark p...

Hello, Volvo newbie here. Thought I'd add to this thread rather than start another. I have a 2001 V70 2.4l Turbo. Like most people in this thread, my two side-brake lights aren't coming on when I depress the brakes. I'm getting a "check brake lights" warning on my dash when I depress the b...