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

Post by **foggydogg** » 14 Jul 2021, 07:04

abscate wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 05:01 Drained and replaced M56 gear oil , 1 liter.

Horrible stuff, makes me naseous from smell

You can strain oil through a coffee filter and four days later, it won’t have finished.

Valovoline 75W-90 synthetic

Swapping gears in the quick-change rear at the speedway involved draining the Volcano-Hot 140. That's the kind of smell that doesn't wash off right away, and my racing ensemble was laundered by itself.

Post by **smacknab** » 14 Jul 2021, 09:49

Recently replaced my passenger side lock (for the second time), passenger side window regulator lock tab (the little green circles) and driver's side door speaker. Having access to two pick n pull's plus multiple other junkyards within a 20 minute drive is very nice.

Aside for the SRS light from the clockspring I'm happy to be fixing small stuff.

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 14 Jul 2021, 09:50

abscate wrote: ↑14 Jul 2021, 05:01 Drained and replaced M56 gear oil , 1 liter.

Horrible stuff, makes me naseous from smell

You can strain oil through a coffee filter and four days later, it won’t have finished.

Valovoline 75W-90 synthetic

You ain't kidding... that stuff takes an eternity. I remember pouring 75w90 into a Miata transmission a couple years ago in 28 degree weather one night after a super fast engine swap. It took a solid 20 minutes to down 2 quarts.
And the smell... I wish I could share the smell of the 300k mile fluid that we drained out of my cousin's old V70. That stuff was rank.

Driving around the V70R last night and the CEL popped on... yay! P0455 of course, because what other code would ever appear? I'll figure it out eventually... no idea what it could be now. Hope I don't have to drop the tank again.

Post by **BlackBart** » 14 Jul 2021, 12:42

foggydogg wrote: ↑13 Jul 2021, 20:33 While waiting for the stars and planets to align on any one of my various daily-driver candidates, I decided to dig a couple things out of deep storage and get them ready for the day I can start on the Basket Duett .

Those are sweet!

With gear oil smell, I sometimes wonder if the dinosaurs are still rotting in there.

yanga001 · Post by **yanga001** » 15 Jul 2021, 11:29

Got my car realigned. I think the last place took my wallet to lunch. Had excessive toe in and out on both fronts. This matched the edge wear which I thought was camber. Hoping this will fix the wear issues

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 15 Jul 2021, 11:40

People never seem to do alignments right anymore. They charge top dollar, then they do the job wrong or not at all. Then they'll argue up and down that they're right and you just don't know what you're talking about.

Post by **abscate** » 15 Jul 2021, 22:47

Drain and fill 4 liters ATF on both of my slush box P80s

Caught a bad o-ring on one of them

Post by **foggydogg** » 16 Jul 2021, 15:19

Made room inside for one of the daily-driver candidates ( heat index close to the Century mark today ) for a little maintenance.
I wonder if I acted a bit hastily here ?

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 16 Jul 2021, 21:11

What was wrong with those old shocks? You probably could have gotten at LEAST 5 more miles out of those!

Post by **foggydogg** » 16 Jul 2021, 21:49

bmdubya1198 wrote: ↑16 Jul 2021, 21:11 What was wrong with those old shocks? You probably could have gotten at LEAST 5 more miles out of those!

I saved the tubes they came in, and am waiting patiently for the Frugal Brigade to stake a claim.

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