What did you do to your Volvo today?

[bmdubya1198]

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I think I fat fingered a lock on my last post , sorry about that.

Good, I was worried this thread was just going to be all about you now!

Day 2 now of my evaporator replacement, and I'm currently about 50% done. It's been MISERABLE. Anyone who knows me knows that I refuse to let anyone else work on my cars, and I do everything myself except for wheel alignments, tire mounting/balancing, and machine work, but this job is one I will never do again. For a couple hundred bucks, I would love to let someone else take care of this as long as I get a guarantee it's done right. It's so ridiculous that you have to remove the entire climate control box to get to the evaporator... I had no idea it was this involved. Seriously, I've pulled complete drivetrains faster than this. I can have a Miata engine and transmission out in 2 hours max.
What really sucks is that I still need to reinforce my dash mounts with fiberglass. Fortunately I was able to glue the anchors back in place since they weren't too destroyed, but I still want to reinforce them.

In other news, I picked up a 3 Pilot Sports for the new S60 yesterday for $20/piece off a local Volvo enthusiast. All I need is the front pair, and I'll transfer the current Continentals to the '01 since those tires are beyond awful. It worked out perfectly, the '03 already has a pair of fairly new Pilot Sports on the rear, so now it'll have a complete set.

[Clemens]

Replaced the turbo diaphramg, the TCV and some hoses on my 94T5M. This seems to have cured the strange boost problem I´ve had ever since I got it.
Also did an oil and filter change. And changed some of the power steering fluid.
Additionally I did an oil and filter change, changed some of the power steering fluid and drained and refilled the ATF on my 96R.

Great weekend for people like us...

[Rattnalle]

Last day of the holiday. I've done about 6500 km of driving during the last six weeks or so. Zero hickups.

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Thread should be good now

I think I fat fingered a lock on my last post , sorry about that.

Good, I was worried this thread was just going to be all about you now!

Day 2 now of my evaporator replacement, and I'm currently about 50% done. It's been MISERABLE. Anyone who knows me knows that I refuse to let anyone else work on my cars, and I do everything myself except for wheel alignments, tire mounting/balancing, and machine work, but this job is one I will never do again. For a couple hundred bucks, I would love to let someone else take care of this as long as I get a guarantee it's done right. It's so ridiculous that you have to remove the entire climate control box to get to the evaporator... I had no idea it was this involved. Seriously, I've pulled complete drivetrains faster than this. I can have a Miata engine and transmission out in 2 hours max.
What really sucks is that I still need to reinforce my dash mounts with fiberglass. Fortunately I was able to glue the anchors back in place since they weren't too destroyed, but I still want to reinforce them.

In other news, I picked up a 3 Pilot Sports for the new S60 yesterday for $20/piece off a local Volvo enthusiast. All I need is the front pair, and I'll transfer the current Continentals to the '01 since those tires are beyond awful. It worked out perfectly, the '03 already has a pair of fairly new Pilot Sports on the rear, so now it'll have a complete set.

The problem is it’s $2000. Stupid labor rate is the same as smart labor rate

The next one you do will take 1/2 the time, though.

[Chuck W]

Finished up the delta link bushing refresh on the wife's '97 GLT.

Both of the inner bushings were broken.



Figured out the quick way to do the outer bushings. Even with the tool, they can be a bear. Just drill through the upper part of the outer plastic sleeve. They pull right out with the tool. A bit of dish soap aids in the reinstallation.





We should be good for a while now...

Installed this guy under there as well.

[bmdubya1198]

The problem is it’s $2000. Stupid labor rate is the same as smart labor rate

The next one you do will take 1/2 the time, though.

Yeah, I definitely believe that... it’s a big job. Granted, I’ve taken quite a few breaks to do other stuff (helped my cousin swap out his rear brakes on his S70 he just got back on the road with a new Xemodex ETM, that only took 20 minutes though. Also helped my dad bleed the brakes on his E39 which also got new rear brakes today) but this project is going on 3 days.
I’m also repairing the dash, so that makes it take longer.

Honestly though now that I’ve cooled down, it’s really not THAT bad of a job. It’s just a lot of disassembly. All I still need to do is install the lower dash and all of the other stuff (radio, ECC, etc). I’m hoping to get that PAG oil smell cleared out of the car once I can run the AC and use one of those air freshener foggers. Then I’ll air it out for a day. Mid 90s this week... I’ll need that AC!

Anyway, have a look at this expansion valve! I’m glad I decided to change it along with the receiver drier!

[BlackBart]

I practiced with my new Griot's polisher.....

[ZionXIX]

Spent the afternoon trying to diagnose why my low speed fan doesn't seem to work.

Things I'm noticing:
At 206F the overflow tank is filled to the top
At 208F the lid begins leaking
Turning on the AC engage the fan and brings the temps down quick.
The yellow wires for the center relay plug were crammed full of whatever orange insulating rubber material was originally put in there. It wasn't doing its job anymore so I removed them from the plug housing and connected them directly to the relay pins.

Things I've tested:
Low speed and high speed both come on if I ground out the yellow wires on the relay.
The yellow wires correspond to A7 and A22 of the ECU. I am measures 3-5 ohms for both wires up to the ecu.
I tried switching the yellow wires
I swapped out the relay for a spare
I tested the relay outside the car with a meter.

Also changed out the thermostat today. A craftsman T40 ended up doing the trick. The new one is made in Germany where as the previous one is stamped France.

Conclusions:
Theory 1: bad ground --> cleaned as many as I could find a few weeks ago with a brass wire drill brush.
Theory 2: ECU is not grounding the relay properly = bad ECU
Theory 3: I could have 2 bad relays
Theory 4: reservoir cap is not holding enough pressure, not sure what they are supposed to withstand or what temps activate the fan.

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The problem is it’s $2000. Stupid labor rate is the same as smart labor rate

The next one you do will take 1/2 the time, though.

Yeah, I definitely believe that... it’s a big job. Granted, I’ve taken quite a few breaks to do other stuff (helped my cousin swap out his rear brakes on his S70 he just got back on the road with a new Xemodex ETM, that only took 20 minutes though. Also helped my dad bleed the brakes on his E39 which also got new rear brakes today) but this project is going on 3 days.
I’m also repairing the dash, so that makes it take longer.

Honestly though now that I’ve cooled down, it’s really not THAT bad of a job. It’s just a lot of disassembly. All I still need to do is install the lower dash and all of the other stuff (radio, ECC, etc). I’m hoping to get that PAG oil smell cleared out of the car once I can run the AC and use one of those air freshener foggers. Then I’ll air it out for a day. Mid 90s this week... I’ll need that AC!

Anyway, have a look at this expansion valve! I’m glad I decided to change it along with the receiver drier!

Errr , now we know why we don’t use “stop leak’ in a “COTS “ or orfice type AC

Walter weatherman

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The upstate NY triangles...ALB ....SYR.....ROC.....ITHACA.......CORNING......ALB

0500-1930 in the P80 seat. I’m so glad I didn’t sell this car