Presenting Everyday Carry video (YT) of my mint Volvo

[yanga001]

To lighten the mood, sometimes one needs to carry tools to fix their own tools. I carry an ifixit pro kit for the days when my air pump switch decides it wants to bind up. need to fix the air pump to fix the volvo

Added to the list: Zip ties (for any random fixes, or to release tension on electrical cables)
-Needed to use them to fix a friends infiniti. Those cars make me appreciate how easy it is to take a headlight out of any volvo. It was 7 push pins, 8 10mm bolts. 3 hours spent trying to remove two bolts since there shitty plastic decides to snap and allow the bolts to spin in place. All of that to replace a ballast in a headlight. Hell you have to pull back the wheel well cover and blindly stick your hand in just to replace a lightbulb (rant over).

breaker bar, for extra stubborn bolts.

Battery terminal cleaner (those wire brushes work wonders)

floodlight with a small inverter

edit: changed headlight to lightbulb

Are you refering the lightbulb/headlight swap to the infiniti or volvo? I asume infiniti becausethe 70 series p80 doesnt require that work. p80 70s are easy. Unless as you sat the headlight bolt strips. Those are 6, not 8 though.

The infiniti, I can take out and fully disassemble the volvo headlight in the time it takes to pull off the bumper. 3 bolts and your done

[850 LPT]

Carrying a breaker bar has been mentioned, but length makes all the difference here. They are not that easy to find, but each of my cars has a 30" bar. That will get the most stubborn lug bolts either loose, or snap them off
I always advocate non violent conflict resolve, but I suppose they could be re-purposed

Other items you will find in my cars are wheel chucks, a set of warning triangles and of course a portable 12 volt air compressor.

[CIK7]

To lighten the mood, sometimes one needs to carry tools to fix their own tools. I carry an ifixit pro kit for the days when my air pump switch decides it wants to bind up. need to fix the air pump to fix the volvo

Added to the list: Zip ties (for any random fixes, or to release tension on electrical cables)
-Needed to use them to fix a friends infiniti. Those cars make me appreciate how easy it is to take a headlight out of any volvo. It was 7 push pins, 8 10mm bolts. 3 hours spent trying to remove two bolts since there shitty plastic decides to snap and allow the bolts to spin in place. All of that to replace a ballast in a headlight. Hell you have to pull back the wheel well cover and blindly stick your hand in just to replace a lightbulb (rant over).

breaker bar, for extra stubborn bolts.

Battery terminal cleaner (those wire brushes work wonders)

floodlight with a small inverter

edit: changed headlight to lightbulb

Are you refering the lightbulb/headlight swap to the infiniti or volvo? I asume infiniti becausethe 70 series p80 doesnt require that work. p80 70s are easy. Unless as you sat the headlight bolt strips. Those are 6, not 8 though.

The infiniti, I can take out and fully disassemble the volvo headlight in the time it takes to pull off the bumper. 3 bolts and your done

I love the simplicity and ease of fixing/replacig a lot of the volvo parts. The one replacement im dreading is the 960 heater core because the people that have done it say that the car must have been built around it. In other words, its a pain.

[CIK7]

Are you refering the lightbulb/headlight swap to the infiniti or volvo? I asume infiniti becausethe 70 series p80 doesnt require that work. p80 70s are easy. Unless as you sat the headlight bolt strips. Those are 6, not 8 though.

The infiniti, I can take out and fully disassemble the volvo headlight in the time it takes to pull off the bumper. 3 bolts and your done

I love the simplicity and ease of fixing/replacig a lot of the volvo parts. The one replacement im dreading is the 960 heater core because the people that have done it say that the car must have been built around it. In other words, its a pain. On the other hand, the HC replacement on my 98 XC was a breeze.

[CIK7]

This is the new edc video. It is 9 min instead of previous 20 min.