I am doing the upper control arm bushings and wanted to take a moment to thank the other authors for this thread. It has been very useful.

One suggestion from me is that for the rearward facing bushing I would suggest using a compression sleeve before forcing the bushing into its seat. I tried ...

Hey MDK,
The locking relay for the fuel filler door is also used for the two rear door locks (RMI20, fifth relay up from bottom on left side of REM). If your rear doors lock but your fuel filler door does not, then it's not the relay.
The unlocking relay for the fuel filler door is RMI21, 4th ...

reinstalled the high pressure headlight nozzle. Interestingly enough, nothing comes out of the drivers side nozzles, but they do extend outwards. The passenger side seems to spray double the amount it should and fully extends out.

Will fix it when time permits


LOL you just reminded me to pinch ...

Canada Day long weekend, 2024

Getting my 2004 XC70 ready to go....wait for it....cross country!. Alberta to Ontario and back via Northern USA. Car is at 475,000km (300000miles) and should be close to 1/2 million km when I get back.

Following is the "regular maintenance list"

Change Rear Diff ...