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

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 24 Feb 2021, 20:43

Yup, it's easiest to get to the bottom one from underneath. It's a pain either way though. A ratcheting open end wrench would work well, but I don't have one so I have to do it the old fashioned way turning it a little bit at a time and flipping the wrench to get the most rotation out of the bolt. It's tedious, but doable.

Post by **abscate** » 25 Feb 2021, 03:51

Definitely get a skinny, low profile ratcheting 10mm wrench for this bolt. I did mine 8 years ago and still remember the horrible words I used. They got even worse when I finally got it in, then looked down and saw the diaphragm sitting on the garage floor

Post by **volvolugnut** » 25 Feb 2021, 08:17

abscate wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 03:51 Definitely get a skinny, low profile ratcheting 10mm wrench for this bolt. I did mine 8 years ago and still remember the horrible words I used. They got even worse when I finally got it in, then looked down and saw the diaphragm sitting on the garage floor

Good wrenches improve language.

volvolugnut

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 25 Feb 2021, 08:45

volvolugnut wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 08:17
Good wrenches improve language.

volvolugnut

This is true!

Cookeh · Post by **Cookeh** » 25 Feb 2021, 10:05

Thanks guys. Learning vicariously through you chaps meant it was done and dusted in 45 mins. The bottom bolt actually was easy to get to from under the car, and I found access to the top passenger (US) side easier from underneath too. The hardest part for me, with a RHD car, was getting at the darn heatshield bolts and removing it. The brake booster couldn't possibly be more in the way.

Couldn't see any rips or tears in the old one, but gauge is showing better vacuum and the car seems less hesitant on boost, so must have done something. I guess the next thing on the list is the BCS...

Car boosts up to 8/9psi and then drops to 5 within a second or so, which it holds the whole way through the revs.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 25 Feb 2021, 20:12

Cookeh wrote: ↑25 Feb 2021, 10:05 Thanks guys. Learning vicariously through you chaps meant it was done and dusted in 45 mins. The bottom bolt actually was easy to get to from under the car, and I found access to the top passenger (US) side easier from underneath too. The hardest part for me, with a RHD car, was getting at the darn heatshield bolts and removing it. The brake booster couldn't possibly be more in the way.

Couldn't see any rips or tears in the old one, but gauge is showing better vacuum and the car seems less hesitant on boost, so must have done something. I guess the next thing on the list is the BCS...

Car boosts up to 8/9psi and then drops to 5 within a second or so, which it holds the whole way through the revs.

Yeah, I agree. BCS is likely shot. I'm pretty sure you can upgrade to the later TCV on 850s without any other changes.

yanga001 · Post by **yanga001** » 27 Feb 2021, 14:26

Planned out a maintenance schedule: Family was using the car heavily this past week with about 600 km put on over the week. Oil changes and a drain and fill have been pushed up.

Longterm:
Driver suspension strut needs to be replaced as it creeks
Headliner (already have the replacement)
Front body panel swap from the old workhorse
Address chips and scratches in roof and side
Coolant Flush
PNP Switch (reverse lights do not work)

Hopefully nothing too bad happens between now and May when all this is scheduled.

Funnily enough i checked under the car to see how a canadian winter of salt was treating it and was pleased to find a 2-3mm coating of something by the last owner which seems to have stopped all rust.

Post by **kallekula** » 27 Feb 2021, 14:39

I replaced my oil drain plug with a tap. Hoping for less messy oil changes in the future

Post by **amblerman** » 01 Mar 2021, 10:03

kallekula wrote: ↑27 Feb 2021, 14:39 I replaced my oil drain plug with a tap. Hoping for less messy oil changes in the future

I had one of those on a car for a while I thought it worked well. It was well made and I never had an issue with it.

The only downside is that the oil drains a bit slower but the upside is it's a lot less messy.

I ordered mine with the locking clip so that the level couldn't accidentally move and drain your oil while you were driving. I quickly lost my clip, so I used a little zip tie in the groove as a security measure. Just find a zip tie skinny enough for the groove and it will prevent the lever from moving.
I honestly don't think there is much risk of the lever moving on it's own, but a zip tie was easy piece of mind.

I would just snip it and use a new one each oil change.
-A

Post by **kallekula** » 01 Mar 2021, 10:55

Good idea with zip tie! Think I just briefly saw the security clip before I lost it

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