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

[abscate]

Ha! It’s reserved for the 1999-2000 with their sexy Italian throttles

[kallekula]

I repaired a seat gear box on my bmw.

[Sveedy]

I had a cracked fan shroud, so I went to the JY to find a replacement. I noticed a slight difference in the style of fan blades between the older and newer P80's. Not sure if one style is better than the other, but when I removed my existing shroud, I found that it has these air flaps that no of the other ones I saw had, no matter if older or newer. Any thoughts on if these flaps are necessary ( to help cool the alternator ? ) or if they were just a passing idea for one year or so.

[bmdubya1198]

I had a cracked fan shroud, so I went to the JY to find a replacement. I noticed a slight difference in the style of fan blades between the older and newer P80's. Not sure if one style is better than the other, but when I removed my existing shroud, I found that it has these air flaps that no of the other ones I saw had, no matter if older or newer. Any thoughts on if these flaps are necessary ( to help cool the alternator ? ) or if they were just a passing idea for one year or so.IMG_20210404_083418902_HDR.jpg

The idea behind the air flaps are to better regulate the temperature. It helps keep some warm air in the radiator, so it's at a more efficient temperature.

[Sveedy]

Thanks bmdubya ! So do you think it's a better design than no flaps at all ? All the other shrouds were solid, but I'm not against either modifying one or just repairing mine if the flaps are a good thing to have. Don't know why they all don't have them.

[mdr1220]

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Removed the nasty 26 year old headliner. I got tired of breathing brown snow.

The sensor for ECC

This is why I had to replace the climate control.You have to remove the headliner to access the sensors which is insane.

[bmdubya1198]

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Removed the nasty 26 year old headliner. I got tired of breathing brown snow.

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The sensor for ECC

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This is why I had to replace the climate control.You have to remove the headliner to access the sensors which is insane.

Looks familiar... I just dropped my headliner yesterday in the V70R. Just got done laying down new fabric. Hopefully it comes out well, I had a couple small spots that didn't really want to lay flat (cargo net hooks).

Thanks bmdubya ! So do you think it's a better design than no flaps at all ? All the other shrouds were solid, but I'm not against either modifying one or just repairing mine if the flaps are a good thing to have. Don't know why they all don't have them.

I think so. I don't know how much of a difference it really makes, but it's just something I like to have in place. If for nothing else, I feel better! lol

Hmm... now I'm thinking, I'm not sure if my P80 shrouds have them. I know the RWD ones do. That curved blade fan is the older style that Volvo put in 960s/S/V90s. I guess early 850s got them too, because the RWD fans have longer wiring.

[abscate]

Pulled Shaggkira driver seat, shampood carpet.

Fore aft motor stuck on driver. Tested motor, stalled. Removed motor, runs. Gear box apparently seized, or runners seized. I used my other 99 to mark a seat position that fits three ladies that drive this car and set the runners there.

Swapped in a nice arena/ wood console and swapped in driver kick panel.

[bmdubya1198]

Just threw mats back in the S70 today after shampooing them yesterday. They were covered in red dirt... looked nasty.

Reinstalled my headliner after reupholstering it yesterday. What a pain! It looks worlds better now, and it's nice to not have it flapping around and raining foam on me.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised with how it came out. There are a couple small wrinkles, but it'll be fine... they're covered. I got the material on Amazon for about $70, can of 3M headliner adhesive was $16 at Walmart. Hopefully it wasn't garbage... I wasn't thrilled with the Permatex stuff I've used before on sunroof shades. Then again, those were more touchups... I never cleaned the foam off and redid it properly.

[matthew1]

That looks great. Nice work.