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

[WhatAmIDoing]

Last week all I did is take advantage of my lifetime alignment . .It was out and now it's not.
Steering wheel is nicely centered again. Which , feels strange after driving for a few months with it being a a few degrees off.

Oh and I also switched from winter to summer tires before the alignment . It rides a bit quieter now.

I bought a five year alignment warranty from Pep Boys for $129 (before they offered lifetime). It has definitely more than paid for itself. I pretty much get it aligned every 3 months.

[bmdubya1198]

I bought a five year alignment warranty from Pep Boys for $129 (before they offered lifetime). It has definitely more than paid for itself. I pretty much get it aligned every 3 months.

Might as well get your money's worth! Fortunately my cousin works at a dealer and can do my alignments for free . Which reminds me, I need to bring my R back to him since the steering wheel is a couple degrees off.

[GlennG2759]

While looking through a pile of angle iron in my shop I came across a piece of .75 x .75 x 72" hollow tubing and thought it could be used for the belt tensioner on '94 850, I sort of doubted if the thickness would hold up (16g). Cut a piece 1.25 long worked perfect. I know a million ideas have come up with for this, but I think this even beats
2 quarters. Lowes $17.85 for 6 ft.
72" divided by 1.25 = 57 - $17.85 divided by 57 = approx. 31 cents. Good to have in the glove box.
Now I just have to find 56 other Volvo 850 owners who need one !!!

[mt98t5]

Removed and de-rattled dash! Twice!

[abscate]

Now I just have to find 56 other Volvo 850 owners who need one !!!

That’s easy, but finding 56 owners with 31 cents won’t be....

[WhatAmIDoing]

Now I just have to find 56 other Volvo 850 owners who need one !!!

That’s easy, but finding 56 owners with 31 cents won’t be....

Best I can do is a quarter... a Canadian quarter.

[brunocerous]

After learning the hard way that the '99 XC didn't only need a new starter (it also had a damaged flex plate) and finally deciding against attempting to repair it myself, my brother and I decided to remove some of the easier components to access (AC compressor, alternator, starter, turbo hoses, etc.)

I also managed to remove my first dash, instrument cluster and front seat, which are in much better shape than what's in my daily driver '00 V70.

[abscate]

Crap, Bruno - is that a parts car now or are you trying to unseat me from my King of AC throne??

Tranmission drop for the flex isn't bad at all...

[brunocerous]

Ha! Basically, it's a parts car. It doesn't help that the XC AWD is on a pitched driveway, we're still working on the EuroVan, and I've got a T5 that I have yet to tinker with. I was hoping to junk it this week after SWMBO tired of looking at it in our driveway, but I can't seem to find the keys for it. That might give me time to swap the nicer steering wheel for mine.

We also found mismatched coil packs, oil-soaked spark plugs, badly cracked serpentine and timing belts and some other signs of neglect.

[abscate]

Be careful with the two forward facing Torx to release the air bag, they can suck.

I can help harvest on my next NJ run. Hitting Rahway, MONTCLAIR, and Mahwah a lot this quarter.