What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[jonesg]

It's in.
Was a real pain.

[Krons]

Thanks. I really wanted those Michelin X-Ice snow, they’re well reviewed up here. Any good winter tire recommendations?

Put Falken Winterpeak F1-Ice on my wife Nissan Rogue last Fall and they were excellent on snow and ice. A little noisy but that is most winter tires as I understand.

[gnalan]

I lowered my price in my for sale ad in the classified section.

[br0dy519]

I put a new front wheel bearing on wife’s XC driver side. I think the issue may actually be the axle. The sound/vibration went away during swerve test but not gone completely. There was some in/out and lateral(?) play on the axle at the gearbox portion of the CV. I’m gonna pay my mechanic to test drive and spend an hour to diagnose properly.

Only real issue I had was i took a small chunk out of the knuckle that corrosion had caused during removal. Thankfully not an edge of the hub that had much contact. I sprayed PB blaster all over and took a wire brush to everything hours prior trying to smack it out. Oops, i’ll try and go easier on the sledge hit next time.

[jonesg]

I put a new front wheel bearing on wife’s XC driver side. I think the issue may actually be the axle. The sound/vibration went away during swerve test but not gone completely. There was some in/out and lateral(?) play on the axle at the gearbox portion of the CV. I’m gonna pay my mechanic to test drive and spend an hour to diagnose properly.

Only real issue I had was i took a small chunk out of the knuckle that corrosion had caused during removal. Thankfully not an edge of the hub that had much contact. I sprayed PB blaster all over and took a wire brush to everything hours prior trying to smack it out. Oops, i’ll try and go easier on the sledge hit next time.

I have same noises in my front end, sounds like something rubbing, checked dust shields etc, I think i'll let it ride til it gets unmistakable
or run it on front jackstands and listen with a stethoscope. Haldex fuse is pulled.

[jonesg]

filled radiator and test drive car, seems ok.
muffler much quieter using the better split clamp on the flange, didn't use any muffler cement on the joint, just the gasket.

[jonesg]

Replaced the leaked tranny fluid, i only measured half a cup when the lower cooling pipe was pulled from the radiator, thats all I put back.
I found it easiest to pump it back in the top cooling hose rather than mess with the dipstick hole.
Pump conveniently threads on the top of a soda bottle, same threads as quart of oil.
never bothered measuring the fluid hot as it shifts fine and i put back the same as came out so...
Don't know how the pic got rotated 90 degs.

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[volvolugnut]

I had rough running, Coil 5 Code, and misfire on other cylinders. I replaced the #5 coil with another Blue box Volvo coil, but still had missing and codes. Then replaced coils 1, 2, and 4 with Volvo coils as these cylinders had misfire codes. I also checked plugs for condition. They were all a bit loose but were clean and had good gaps.
It now runs well again.
The removed Volvo coil was replaced only about 1000 miles ago. The other coils were no name brand. They had about 20K miles. I will need to check if I bought Volvo coils from FCP and get replacement. My coil spares are all installed.
volvolugnut

[gnalan]

I stopped at AutoZone and bought a STP air filter to replace the dirty filter I had.

[br0dy519]

I replaced both rear shocks and shock mounts on my S60. Not too bad of a job, but awkward on the ground and I needed to get the car as high as possible to make it easier. Also installed that rear exhaust repair bracket for that hanger that always rusts out. Silencer hanger is also busted but just did a ghetto fix using a spare piece of ground wire to secure it. Took my time and used lots of PB blaster and drank lots of PBR so there goes an afternoon.