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

Post by **kallekula** » 12 Oct 2020, 18:43

Happy Monday everyone!

Post by **amblerman** » 12 Oct 2020, 20:42

kallekula wrote: ↑12 Oct 2020, 18:43 Happy Monday everyone!

You know what? In your previous post on this you wrote "The quest for a non-oil leaking 540 continues... "

I read that as "The quest for a non-oil leaking S40 continues... " ( as I believe you had one in the past.)

And I sat there looking at that picture thinking "Man.. that is the nicest S40 ever.. what year is that. Why does it look so nice??"

It took a while for my eyes to catch 540 vs s40. Now I know why I thought it looked so nice.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 12 Oct 2020, 22:19

Very luxurious S40! lol

I love that garage floor. I would love to refinish mine eventually. I just don't feel like moving anything.

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 03:06

I’m shipping those struts to kallekula just to be spiteful...

Post by **smacknab** » 13 Oct 2020, 06:19

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 23:03
S60UT wrote: ↑06 Oct 2020, 20:53
So glad you got this figured out, I know thats been a long battle. Im surprised your still getting good boost with those leaks. But huge congrats on getting it sorted !
It's certainly been a long time coming. Still a little funky (needle bounces around a little between 15-17 PSI) but the important thing to me is that it's making full boost now in ALL gears. In first, I was lucky to see 6 PSI before. Now it'll spool to 15 no problem!
Oh well, the Snabb intake is on the way, so I'll see what I can figure out from there.

Got the drivetrain out of my friend's S60R finally. Between other projects, I was working leisurely over the past few days tearing it down since I'm still waiting on parts to arrive. I gotta say, after pulling so many of these white blocks, it gets easier every time. I was happy to get the engine, transmission, and angle gear out with minimal fighting. I was worried about clearance at first. The ABS pump isn't the greatest thing to work around in the P2 engine bay, but the load leveler is a life saver for helping guide the trans around it. The last time I pulled the whole package out of an S60R, it was at the junkyard and I had no help guiding it out. It got hung up constantly. Then again, that was a rush job trying to cut everything to make it easier. It would have been easier to undo everything the right way!

Now to wait on parts so I can drop the B5244T5 in!

As for my own car, I finally got the X70 clutch pedal for my V70R. I was running an 850 pedal since I did the M56 swap, and while it worked, the clutch pedal didn't return as smoothly as I'd like it to. Now with the proper X70 pedal with provisions for the return spring (and a new spring and seats) it's MUCH smoother. Pretty easy to throw that in, just a few bolts and contorting myself under the dash. I'm glad Volvo still makes the pedal, because I was looking for a used one for a LONG time and came up dry. Ended up biting the bullet and dropping $130 on the pedal and spring hardware from Tasca. Super fast shipping too, I think I ordered it on Sunday and it got here this afternoon. This was after an email telling me that there would be a delay!
If anyone needs the 850 pedal, let me know!

Out of curiosity how many engines have you pulled at this point in total? It seems like you do it pretty frequently

Post by **kallekula** » 13 Oct 2020, 07:52

abscate wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 03:06 I’m shipping those struts to kallekula just to be spiteful...

Yuck! I've had my fair share of that thank you. Here old cars look like new underneath.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 13 Oct 2020, 09:16

smacknab wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 06:19 Out of curiosity how many engines have you pulled at this point in total? It seems like you do it pretty frequently

Oh man... a lot. I do it a lot more frequently than I realize. I think I've pulled somewhere around 14-15. At least 12 on this particular hoist... always on the 1/4 ton position

. At least 7 or 8 of them have been Volvos.

abscate wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 03:06 I’m shipping those struts to kallekula just to be spiteful...

Eeeeeew! Get it away!!!

Post by **smacknab** » 13 Oct 2020, 12:30

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 09:16
smacknab wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 06:19 Out of curiosity how many engines have you pulled at this point in total? It seems like you do it pretty frequently
Oh man... a lot. I do it a lot more frequently than I realize. I think I've pulled somewhere around 14-15. At least 12 on this particular hoist... always on the 1/4 ton position . At least 7 or 8 of them have been Volvos.

Wow yeah that's quite a bit, 1 time was enough for me for awhile

I pulled mine on the 1/4 ton as well due to the short reach, and I still mamed my front license plate

Post by **BlackBart** » 13 Oct 2020, 17:13

abscate wrote: ↑13 Oct 2020, 03:06 I’m shipping those struts to kallekula just to be spiteful..

Was it just driven regularly someplace with salty roads and never washed to get like that?

Post by **abscate** » 13 Oct 2020, 20:07

Vermont up near Canada for its life, the last 3 years in a field.

It was home to a German Shepard named a Rusty, too.

I’m guessing the area used that hated liquid calcium chloride solution on the roads

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