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

Post by **bmdubya1198** » 16 Jan 2024, 19:51

Cerium oxide is probably the best option. It comes as a powder, mix it with water to make a paste and polish the glass with it.

RedBrickCollector · Post by **RedBrickCollector** » 16 Jan 2024, 22:38

Thanks everyone for the inputs. I've gotten a look at it over video call and there's a split in the middle as well as the plastic clip(?) next to the A/C vents is missing. Otherwise the plastic is in better shape than mine.

What makes this a tough call is either way if it needs work, the local fiberglass guy will charge the same, so I'm not sure there's much point in getting a better frame. I do think my upholstery is in better shape.

It's a hot country, I think I'm resigning myself to the fiberglass repair and I won't hold out for a completely intact dashpad.

Post by **850 LPT** » 17 Jan 2024, 06:43

I broke the odometer gear on my 850 yesterday

After getting gas I hit the trip meter reset (while standing) and that did it. It's a little disappointing because I replaced the gears already 5 years ago after buying the car. New gears are on order already, hopefully I can find some time on the weekend to fix it.

Post by **P80GLT** » 17 Jan 2024, 08:13

I refuse to reset my odometer for that reason. Mine has never broken and certainly I don’t have any desire to pull the dash out to repair it

Post by **scot850** » 17 Jan 2024, 08:23

The most common reason for the odometer to break is people try to reset it while moving. NEVER do that! Only ever reset when the car is at a standstill. Bad luck with the 2nd break in 5 years. Guess that maybe the plastic replacement gearing parts are of different qualities.

Neil.

Post by **850 LPT** » 17 Jan 2024, 08:55

scot850 wrote: 17 Jan 2024, 08:23 The most common reason for the odometer to break is people try to reset it while moving. NEVER do that! Only ever reset when the car is at a standstill. Bad luck with the 2nd break in 5 years. Guess that maybe the plastic replacement gearing parts are of different qualities.

Neil.

Thanks Neil, I am aware of all that, which is why I did it while still sitting at the pump. But it rolled back from a high number, in the 8 hundreds, which means it had to do a lot of turns to get back to zero. I guess that little gear just couldn't handle it.

RedBrickCollector · Post by **RedBrickCollector** » 17 Jan 2024, 09:58

Found out that while I've been trying to silence my trim, the actual cause of the noise in the rear was a loose bolt for the latch, probably loosened by the latch itsellf being loose, allowing the whole tailgate to rattle. Some silicon hose and a zip tie seems to have fixed it nicely

454cid · Post by **454cid** » 17 Jan 2024, 12:47

Finally got my battery charger/tender on my 850. The car is sitting frozen next to my driveway. I could not open the driver's side door, due to it being frozen to the plastic rocker panel cover. I had to walk through the snow, and open the passenger side door, and lean across the seats and pull the lever.

RedBrickCollector · Post by **RedBrickCollector** » 19 Jan 2024, 01:37

Finally pulled out my ABS module. Took longer than I would have liked because the chinese socket set I ordered had a manufacturing defect on the E5. The only one I needed on the whole set.

Anyways posting this before I can even say anything about the repair because I just got a little excited seeing that the ABS module is made in the Philippines. Rather proud of that, that aside from just assembly, there's something made here.

Update: Multimeter tested at the harness and my pump is at around 320, rear sensors are okay, front sensors read open circuit. From what I've seen it's "test the sensor then test the wiring" but is there anything along the lines of common failure points? Having to undo the loom seems like a bit of a mess that might mess up other circuits. Front right was recently replaced before I purchased the car but I don't know what brand was used.

Post by **foggydogg** » 19 Jan 2024, 06:18

RedBrickCollector wrote: 19 Jan 2024, 01:37 Update: Multimeter tested at the harness and my pump is at around 320, rear sensors are okay, front sensors read open circuit...

Easy enough to unplug the front sensors and measure across the pins. Open is not good. Even if the ends of the sensors have picked up some debris they should still read the same as the rears.