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

jsrnsis · Post by **jsrnsis** » 04 May 2026, 19:07

rolsen11 wrote: 03 May 2026, 14:23 Since the weather finally got really nice, I changed my out my winter wheels: 20260503_130215.jpg

To the summer Perfos! 20260503_130135.jpg

Very clean alloy wheels, I'm jealous.

jsrnsis · Post by **jsrnsis** » 04 May 2026, 19:11

abscate wrote: 02 May 2026, 12:17 If you have the air pump sometimes you hear fuel firing in the exhaust which sounds like a misfire. It ends in 28 seconds

I think you mean the rusty water indirect-injection system interface manifold.

Perfect place to mount the compressor for a train horn though.

rudsaki · Post by **rudsaki** » 05 May 2026, 21:06

Went crazy on last rattle.
Cut this mount out where the end of the console goes in S70.
Worked!

Chieber · Post by **Chieber** » 07 May 2026, 04:24

Went to my beloved pnp junkyard.

I love it, but also hate it.

Whyyyy would you tear up all the door panels that are perfectly fine.

Also, I don’t like forklifts. They keep bending the braces under the c70’s.

brunocerous · Post by **brunocerous** » 07 May 2026, 16:21

One of my kids actually requested a ride in Blue Steel today because we needed to fit his friend’s mountain bike in the back. I was so proud!

Unfortunately, the ABS once again started acting up as it had over the past week. Today, the ABS light came on, even though I’d gotten one of the refurbished ones. Is there something I should check before reaching out to the company?

Post by **Chuck W** » 07 May 2026, 18:11

Seeing as my wife keeps killing tires on her GLT (4 in the past year, 2 since Jan), I decided to try my hand at mounting/balancing tires.
(She claims "bad roads", and they *are* bad. I however drive on the same roads....and more than she does. Haven't killed a tire yet)

I picked up the manual tire changer and balancer from Harbor Freight, as well as the "duck head" upgrade and a couple other needed items (like bead jacks).

After a little trial and error, I figured out the system that also works pretty good with these low-profile "stiff" tires I like to use. Took me about 20 mins or so to dismount/mount the second tire over the weekend.

The new set went on the back of her car, as I don't need her bashing the NEW tires just yet. I have 2 other projects that I need to put tires on and a few junk tires I need to dismount and run to the recycler, so this stuff (I have about $300 into everything) will come in very handy and save me trips to the tire shop.

brunocerous · Post by **brunocerous** » 07 May 2026, 18:53

That looks great! Congrats!

What did you bolt the tire changer on to, a steel plate?

Post by **Chuck W** » 07 May 2026, 19:02

brunocerous wrote: 07 May 2026, 18:53 That looks great! Congrats!

What did you bolt the tire changer on to, a steel plate?

It's a 1/2" thick AL plate. I tapped holes in it, so I could take things apart and store it away when I'm not using it...and the plate won't rust when it sits outside. It moves around a little bit, but now that I figured out the procedure, it doesn't require quite as much wrestling around with things.
I have the other half of that plate, and I could double-it up if I needed to, but I don't think that'll be necessary,

I don't have the garage space to put inserts in the floor and bolt it down there.

Post by **abscate** » 08 May 2026, 17:54

That cap pops off and leave you with this

Post by **abscate** » 09 May 2026, 03:41

New rear brakes for Evita 186k
Volvo rotors pads and ATE hardware.
Both calipers had a frozen piston which had torched one pad and rotor. Bad monkey
Used UBG Shagg calipers
Parking brake shoes were fine so I left them

Juno supported me by guarding the slate and listening for earthquakes