What did you do to your Volvo today? Topic is solved

[abscate]

Had to do a quick thanks that I wasn't driving when a cockroach popped out onto the steering column cover.

Ran for some bug spray and noticed it appeared on the windshield in under 15 seconds. Tonight's little incident plus some unfortunate apparent rodent damage on my steering wheel makes me think I have some sort of easy access hole in the firewall somewhere around the steering column. Are there any known issues for this area?

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Hair spray causes the roach to really slow down and easier to catch. Easier to clean up and smells much better than long lasting odor petrol-chemical bug sprays.
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I did not know roaches had hair, good to know.

[DennisCA]

My rear window wiper stopped working a while ago and I decided to see what was up. Removed the whole assembly and I could tell the part where it goes through the window was stuck. Motor in the background, the plate was coming loose but I put it back and hammered out the rivets again-



After several heating sessions and oil I got it loosened, then I hammered it out.


After some work with sandpaper on both the bore and pin it's looking a lot better. Yeah it's corroded in parts, but I greased it up good and put it back, it just went back by hand without force. Then I put an O-ring behind the C-clip and put some vulcanizing rubber tape over it all to help it keep the debris out.



It was dark (16:30) when I put it back so I got no photos, but it works again now.

[5underpressure]

I plugged my scan tool in and I got code P0340 cam sensor, which mine is the flat circle type. located on the exhaust cam behind the distributor. I checked the wiring, the plugs didn’t crumble, did it really just up and quit?

[RedBrickCollector]

I plugged my scan tool in and I got code P0340 cam sensor, which mine is the flat circle type. located on the exhaust cam behind the distributor. I checked the wiring, the plugs didn’t crumble, did it really just up and quit?

Not specific to that issue but the contact area of the pins can develop oxidation over time, and a lot of the time it's oxidation that is the same color as the metal

[MoVolvos]

Had to do a quick thanks that I wasn't driving when a cockroach popped out onto the steering column cover.

Ran for some bug spray and noticed it appeared on the windshield in under 15 seconds. Tonight's little incident plus some unfortunate apparent rodent damage on my steering wheel makes me think I have some sort of easy access hole in the firewall somewhere around the steering column. Are there any known issues for this area?

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Hair spray causes the roach to really slow down and easier to catch. Easier to clean up and smells much better than long lasting odor petrol-chemical bug sprays.
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I did not know roaches had hair, good to know.

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It's always a hairy situation unliving them.
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[abscate]

Hard cold start on Tosh the 1998 today. I have got to get that ECT changed.

[RB3]

Switched out the Driver Window switch with one I got at the junkyard. Successfully removed and replaced the top cover and each of the 6 buttons with the ones from my original as they were nicer to the replacement unit without damaging! Good to go.

[abscate]

USed Windex to find and seal a rim that was leaking to near flat over one week - just enough time to return from overseas to a flat tire.

Here is what a one week leak looks like ....

Yeeks - rear pads down to 5mm, spec??

[scot850]

5mm of brake material left? Loads. Rears are pretty skinny.

Neil.

[abscate]

5mm of brake material left? Loads. Rears are pretty skinny.

Neil.

Volvo says 2mm is minimum so some way to go yet.



Alternative 2
AWD cars up to and including week 49, 1998. Lucas rotors. New thickness 9.4 mm
Minimum thickness 2.0 mm
Alternative 3
AWD cars, from and including week 50, 1998. Teves rotors. New thickness 12.0 mm
Minimum thickness 2.0 mm