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What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

Help, Advice, Owners' Discussion and DIY Tutorials on Volvo's stylish, distinctive P2 platform cars sold as model years 2001-2007 (North American market year designations).

2001 - 2007 V70
2001 - 2004 V70 XC (Cross Country)
2004 - 2007 XC70 (Cross Country)
2001 - 2009 S60
2003 - 2007 S60 R
2004 - 2007 V70 R

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Re: What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

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The middle one still has the correct factory curve.
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Got my alignment done. Steering wheel at 11 o clock to drive straight now… doesn’t seem right. I read something about adjusting the steering angle in VIDA, is that easy enough to do so that I don’t have to drive it back into the shop to cry to them about it?

Once I got home, I smelled that wonderful smell of overheated ceramic brake pad. My passenger rear rotor was nearly 500f. Clearly my rotor is sticking. I’m going to try and work it free tomorrow. I need this car for a road trip next week!
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prwood wrote:I wish I had a permanent car repair area that was covered, had a level surface, lighting and fans, a workbench, and tool cabinets. You know,like a garage. Much of my time during the job is spent hauling things up and down the stairs to the basement or in and out of the storage shed, or running back downstairs when I realize I need something else,or taking a break from standing out in the sun,or using flashlights or work lamps when it gets dark.

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Replaced old glitchy turn signal stalk

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New parts, made in 2020?

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Installed lost crankshaft pulley nut...

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Fixed broken fog lights.

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Bettah! :)

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Those brown protective driveway covers are nice. Can you get those on Amazon?
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abscate wrote: 01 Oct 2022, 03:23 Those brown protective driveway covers are nice. Can you get those on Amazon?
Yes. Really expensive for what they are, can't recommend. Unless you get it for free.

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abscate wrote: 01 Oct 2022, 03:23 Those brown protective driveway covers are nice. Can you get those on Amazon?
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I get my supply at Costco :D. The isles in the back where the toilet paper, laundry and dish washing detergents are displayed. I help to neatly rearrange the pallet at times so they don't mind. Fold them in half under the shopping cart, sometimes up to 6. They have to bale it anyways so I'm helping to reduce their labor cost :lol: .

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abscate wrote: 01 Oct 2022, 03:23 Those brown protective driveway covers are nice. Can you get those on Amazon?
They come free every time my wife orders something.

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Volvo: 2001 V70 T5, 1986 244DL, 1983 245DL, 1975 245DL, 1959 PV544, multiple Volvo parts cars.
Mercedes: 2001 E320, 1973 280, 1974 280C, 1989 300E, 1988 300TE, 1979 300TD, parts cars.
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Post by Rvolvos »

Passed the 200.000 miles mark👍.
Both my oldest son and myself are sharing the car. Average mpg according to the cluster ~23. Mostly high way miles.
Swapped newer parts from the V70 onto our xc70, before it went to the yunk yard🥲.
Turn stalk, maf sensor, lf tail light, rear hatch struts, cam sensors and grom unit. Still have add the transmission cooler.
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S60 wouldn’t start yesterday. Well it would turn over but then it threw what I think was the “Start prevented, try again” immobilizer message (my DIM is in French and I’m not very fluent…) and die immediately. It did this about five times then it finally turned over and stayed running and threw P0600 Serial Communication. I’m going to take a look at VIDA today and hopefully get some answers. Immobilizer is one rabbit hole I never wanted to go down on these cars. It seems like if it’s not the antenna ring it’s a trip to the dealer from what I’ve read….
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br0dy519 wrote: 02 Oct 2022, 06:03 S60 wouldn’t start yesterday. Well it would turn over but then it threw what I think was the “Start prevented, try again” immobilizer message (my DIM is in French and I’m not very fluent…) and die immediately. It did this about five times then it finally turned over and stayed running and threw P0600 Serial Communication. I’m going to take a look at VIDA today and hopefully get some answers. Immobilizer is one rabbit hole I never wanted to go down on these cars. It seems like if it’s not the antenna ring it’s a trip to the dealer from what I’ve read….
Read the codes with VIDA first.

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