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

[WhatAmIDoing]

Went on a back road grande tour of sorts today for nearly 4 hours and almost 200 miles. Was all going well until the last 30 minutes home when the idle got rough and nearly stalled 4 times. Details in my high mileage T5M thread.

[kallekula]

I added a backup camera for my audio system

[bmdubya1198]

My OE Volvo strut brace came in today from iPd. Seems they're the last place in the US that has any in stock. I would have loved to get it for around $80 shipped from FCP when they had them, but they're out of stock there.

[abscate]

I added a backup camera for my audio system

Now you can see the line if cars both in front and behind trying to get to Laguna Beach



Be safe there in Orange

[smacknab]

Pulled the dash for the first time to refresh the AC system
-new evaporator, accumulator, condensor and a used Valeo compressor
-pulled all the lines and flushed them using a solvent and loaner flush kit from O'Riley's
-new o-rings all around
-cut out, cleaned and bleached a section of floorboard foam that was soaked in coolant
-used a ton of two-part epoxy to fix up the dash tabs. (The car has never been so quiet!)

On Monday the vacuum pump comes in so I can check my work and have cold air again!

This all took about 3 days taking it slow and getting hung up. Big thanks again to Uncle Steve aka Abscate for the hand holding

[abscate]

Make sure you have the trombones locked into the springs correctly before you charge. You have to expand the springs with the tool, pop the line in , and then catch the horn with the ring behind it to secure it.

I didn’t lock wcms well and a week later he blew the whole charge out on of them

You can also safety clamp them with three zip ties to hold them until the rust together.

[smacknab]

Make sure you have the trombones locked into the springs correctly before you charge. You have to expand the springs with the tool, pop the line in , and then catch the horn with the ring behind it to secure it.

I didn’t lock wcms well and a week later he blew the whole charge out on of them

You can also safety clamp them with three zip ties to hold them until the rust together.

Good call, I'll double check my work before I pull the vac!

[bmdubya1198]

I bet it feels good to have that done! The best part I think (aside from cold air) is the quiet dash.

[abscate]

Make sure you have the trombones locked into the springs correctly before you charge. You have to expand the springs with the tool, pop the line in , and then catch the horn with the ring behind it to secure it.

I didn’t lock wcms well and a week later he blew the whole charge out on of them

You can also safety clamp them with three zip ties to hold them until the rust together.

Good call, I'll double check my work before I pull the vac!

Just remember the vacuum test won’t help test the lockintegrity of the horns, that was my mistake, in retrospect.

You need a mirror to see if the spring is in the right place. I recall checking and not finding those springs available for sale , but that could be wrong. There are actually four parts to the seal, two o rings, the spring , and the plastic retainer that goes into the spring that has usually shuffled off into the entropic mortal coil. I think springs only come with anew hardline.

Congrats on that job! Completed just in time from city Summer!

[smacknab]

I bet it feels good to have that done! The best part I think (aside from cold air) is the quiet dash.

Having done the entire suspension a month ago, fixing the dash mounts make this thing feel close to a new car.

Ofcourse after fixing all this as soon as I buttoned everything up now the driver side window is coming off the track! The joys of an old car..