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Help, Advice and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's P80 platform cars -- Volvo's 1990s "bread and butter" cars -- powered by the ubiquitous and durable Volvo inline 5-cylinder engine.

1992 - 1997 850, including 850 R, 850 T-5R, 850 T-5, 850 GLT
1997 - 2000 S70, S70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70, V70 AWD
1997 - 2000 V70-XC
1997 - 2004 C70

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bmdubya1198
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Re: What did you do to your Volvo today? (now Sticky!!)

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TheOtherside wrote: 19 May 2019, 07:28
bmdubya1198 wrote: 18 May 2019, 20:02 Ahhh... gotta love my R. Always keeping me on my toes. Constant stress and anger is the goal of this car! Now I need to polish this fender after I just washed and applied sealant last night.

Good thing this corner light wasn't a jewel. I'd be straight up furious if it was.
What happened? And what's a jewel?
The turn signal flew off on the highway. It wasn't clipped in right, I believe because the fender was slightly damaged by a previous owner.
Jewels are 2004 C70 headlights. Crystal clear lens vs. the fluted lens on the older P80s. It's a nice upgrade for looks and light output (I can see better than ever now!).
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00 V70R Venetian Red/Charcoal M56 Swapped 214k
07 XC90 V8 AWD Sport Titanium Grey/Black 220k
92 245 White/Beige 249k
91 944 Turbo 175k
…and a bunch of other stuff
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03 S60 2.4T
00 S70 GLT
98 V70 GLT
93 944
98 S90
95 850 GLT
01 S60 2.4T
05 S60R M66
08 S40 2.4i
88 744 Turbo M46

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Post by Chuck W »

Got the Neptunes mounted on the T5

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'97 854 T5 - Manual Swap/M4.4/COP/NA cams/P2R Brakes/16T/ chassis bracing/ XC70 nose swap
'97 855 GLT - Hers. RN swap/16T/COP/VVT/exhaust/302s/Flashed M4.4/ chassis bracing/ 2 kid seats
'78 GLE - Waiting in the wings. Future whiteblock/T5 swap.

The Others- '83 TBird turbo, '85 Mercury Marquis LTS (1 of 134), '86 LTD Wagon, '81 Granada GL, '76 Beetle, '93 F-150 I6

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Post by TheOtherside »

bmdubya1198 wrote: 19 May 2019, 08:07
TheOtherside wrote: 19 May 2019, 07:28
bmdubya1198 wrote: 18 May 2019, 20:02 Ahhh... gotta love my R. Always keeping me on my toes. Constant stress and anger is the goal of this car! Now I need to polish this fender after I just washed and applied sealant last night.

Good thing this corner light wasn't a jewel. I'd be straight up furious if it was.
What happened? And what's a jewel?
The turn signal flew off on the highway. It wasn't clipped in right, I believe because the fender was slightly damaged by a previous owner.
Jewels are 2004 C70 headlights. Crystal clear lens vs. the fluted lens on the older P80s. It's a nice upgrade for looks and light output (I can see better than ever now!).
The clips or tabs or whatever hold the corner lights on my 98 R must be broken, lol. They're flimsy and ones tapes on. Haha. I like the looks of yours!

What headlights do you have?
98 V70R
13 Flex w/EcoBoost

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Post by abscate »

Have all three Volvo’s a rest and used the Transporter for the last college pickup of my life

Feeling a bit blue
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Post by crlande »

Son of a ........you were in PA again!!!!
Oh and to fit the post, I washed and waxed the '94 today

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Post by Goupil »

Not done to my Volvo but volvo related, I just received my Arduino nano. The goal being to build one of those CD changer aux input for the SC radios
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First step will be to build a test setup out the 700, I don't want to risk damaging my 900
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Loddzz wrote: 09 May 2019, 23:56 I’ve changed to the facelift tail lights on my T6, looks soooo much better :D

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Is this a straight swap?
Volvo S80 2.4T Wasa Limited Edition (+-230-240BHP)
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Post by bmdubya1198 »

TheOtherside wrote: 19 May 2019, 11:31
The clips or tabs or whatever hold the corner lights on my 98 R must be broken, lol. They're flimsy and ones tapes on. Haha. I like the looks of yours!

What headlights do you have?
Probably, they break all the time!

They're factory "jewel" headlights out of a 2004 C70.
00 V70R Venetian Red/Charcoal M56 Swapped 214k
07 XC90 V8 AWD Sport Titanium Grey/Black 220k
92 245 White/Beige 249k
91 944 Turbo 175k
…and a bunch of other stuff
Sold-
03 S60 2.4T
00 S70 GLT
98 V70 GLT
93 944
98 S90
95 850 GLT
01 S60 2.4T
05 S60R M66
08 S40 2.4i
88 744 Turbo M46

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Post by mattconrad850 »

Glued up my headliner in rear above hatch (wagon)
cleaned carpet in same area with woolite spray foam, took off all grease and rust left from valve job last summer
filled brake res
added oil
cleaned dist cap and rotor
replaced ign coil

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Post by abscate »

Dropped ladies at airport at 0500, whipped home to do broken spring on S70

Got parts off, opened trunk, no springs

Almost stroked out over next hour looking for them tearing through mess of garage

Gave up and ordered new ones from FCP
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