What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[P80GLT]

Change of plan. Knowing my luck it would have stuck again and fubarred the wheel bearing

The Gathering begins...
SWMBO said "This looks expensive"... I replied "Yes, dear"

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I started with the easiest job first and fitted my Volvo wiper blades

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Last year when I fitted new parking brake shoes one of my cables was sticking. I freed it off but it was never quite right and the handbrake lever never sat fully down, it always bounced up a few millimetres. I bought cables last year so today I decided it was time to fit them. Well that's when the fun started, the centre console needs to be removed from the car to allow access to the cables, the rear seat bases need to come out to allow access under the carpet and truth be told I've been desperate to pull the centre console since I bought the car to clean the muck underneath, so it's been a busy day

This was the clean part, all the spilled drinks sticky substance was at the front

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Seat bases removed, centre console removed, door thresholds removed (1 broken clip)

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Looking better

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To preserve my sanity I spend almost 3 hours stripping the centre console to bits and sticking Tesa Tape all over it to stop the squeaks

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Parking brake cables fitted (not fun) rear discs fitted, waiting on a new caliper and two flexi hoses before I can proceed.

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[Krons]

truth be told I've been desperate to pull the centre console since I bought the car to clean the muck underneath, so it's been a busy day

There is some sort of twisted satisfaction in seeing that filth under your console.

Now looking spotless—like every other part of it. Always amazed how clean that one is! Well done.

[Krons]

vtl if you have any wisdom to share I’d appreciate it.

My wisdom, after I dumped more than a grand on finding a cheaper alternative to "expensive" Volvo OE fluid says: use Volvo OE. It costs about $60 for 4 liters in US, and healthy transmission always works best with it. How cheaper than that can you really go? Each time you feel transmission shudder, it tells you it is eating itself inside out.

Disintegrating TC clutch produces a lot of worn clutch material - the black soot-like stuff you find in ATF. Your ATF is clean, so it is not yet disintegrating. But shudder clearly says it is missing slippage additives.

More likely than not the transmission has wear/age problems with valve body and clutches, but it can drive with light problems for hundred thousand miles if care is taken. MaxLife is much less viscous than Volvo ATF, that alone steals a healthy share of fluid pressure from the application, why make transmission's hard life even worse? In fact, cSt@100 of 5.9 is absurdly low for AW55. Toyota T-IV has about 7.3, Volvo numbers I saw somewhere is even higher.

Use Volvo ATF, install auxiliary ATF cooler and add Magnefine filter.

Great advice vtl, thank you.

Fortunately I think I’ve caught this early, I’m the only one driving this car and guessing it has slipped less than a dozen times. 2oz of Lubeguard helped but didn’t cure, hoping the additional 2oz will hold me over until my next ATF change.

I’ve already given up on the Valvoline Maxlife ATF since they raised prices to where 3309 is…that little extra for Volvo fluid make sense. Do you still recommend some Lubeguard with the Volvo fluid? It is not expensive.

Another and hopefully last update on my transmission/torque converter. The second 2oz of Lubeguard Shudder Fixx (4oz total) was better but did not completely fix as it would still slip maybe once in a 130 mile trip. I added 10oz of Lubeguard HFM and after 250 miles looks like my ~75mph light engine load occasional slip/studder is gone.

Huge thanks vtl for all your insights. I’m typically not a huge believer in fluid ‘elixirs’ but clear the Volvos are specific on what they like in a transmission fluid.

[MoVolvos]

Change of plan. Knowing my luck it would have stuck again and fubarred the wheel bearing

The Gathering begins...
SWMBO said "This looks expensive"... I replied "Yes, dear"

Parking brake cables fitted (not fun) rear discs fitted, waiting on a new caliper and two flexi hoses before I can proceed.
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Should replace in pairs.
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[dikidera]

My wisdom, after I dumped more than a grand on finding a cheaper alternative to "expensive" Volvo OE fluid says: use Volvo OE. It costs about $60 for 4 liters in US, and healthy transmission always works best with it. How cheaper than that can you really go? Each time you feel transmission shudder, it tells you it is eating itself inside out.

Disintegrating TC clutch produces a lot of worn clutch material - the black soot-like stuff you find in ATF. Your ATF is clean, so it is not yet disintegrating. But shudder clearly says it is missing slippage additives.

More likely than not the transmission has wear/age problems with valve body and clutches, but it can drive with light problems for hundred thousand miles if care is taken. MaxLife is much less viscous than Volvo ATF, that alone steals a healthy share of fluid pressure from the application, why make transmission's hard life even worse? In fact, cSt@100 of 5.9 is absurdly low for AW55. Toyota T-IV has about 7.3, Volvo numbers I saw somewhere is even higher.

Use Volvo ATF, install auxiliary ATF cooler and add Magnefine filter.

Great advice vtl, thank you.

Fortunately I think I’ve caught this early, I’m the only one driving this car and guessing it has slipped less than a dozen times. 2oz of Lubeguard helped but didn’t cure, hoping the additional 2oz will hold me over until my next ATF change.

I’ve already given up on the Valvoline Maxlife ATF since they raised prices to where 3309 is…that little extra for Volvo fluid make sense. Do you still recommend some Lubeguard with the Volvo fluid? It is not expensive.

Another and hopefully last update on my transmission/torque converter. The second 2oz of Lubeguard Shudder Fixx (4oz total) was better but did not completely fix as it would still slip maybe once in a 130 mile trip. I added 10oz of Lubeguard HFM and after 250 miles looks like my ~75mph light engine load occasional slip/studder is gone.

Huge thanks vtl for all your insights. I’m typically not a huge believer in fluid ‘elixirs’ but clear the Volvos are specific on what they like in a transmission fluid.

And I am waiting on Lubeguard Platinum to be delivered in the coming weeks as it is an international order. Before adding it in, I will also do a light drain and fill and add a liter or two of genuine volvo fluid.

[P80GLT]

. Should replace in pairs..

Mixed views on the subject, rotors & pads yes but I've never changed calipers in pairs and never had any problems

[P80GLT]

I was attending a local car show with the 850 today and I wasn't planning doing anything to the V70 when I came home, but the sun was out so I decided I may a well put the centre console back in. I'm pleased to say it went back in a heck of a lot easier than it came out. I spent some time with the Dremel removing some plastic so that the silver gear lever surround would sit better as it has never clipped in at the top left corner properly. Glad to say for the first time it now sits as it should and I won't have to push that corner back in when driving along.

The 850 at the Milngavie show today

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I'll refit the parking brake gaiter once I've completed the brake job and took the car for a spin to centre the shoes.

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Rear seats re-installed along with all other parts that had to be removed to do the parking brake cables.

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[matthew1]

The 850 at the Milngavie show today
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whoa

[dikidera]

Ambient temps 35c today, normal driving = 107c transmission temps. These are way higher than the temps from last year in even hotter weather. Don't like this. Lubeguard Platinum can't come fast enough, though I wonder if it isn't too late. Higher friction(from slipping) = higher temps. And I feel less torque than before.

[P80GLT]

I was at the Bo'Ness car show on Sunday and the least said about it the better. Never again...

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The new rear caliper arrived this morning but I'm still waiting on the flexi hoses so I left the rear alone and concentrated on the front discs. The near side has been off before as the car had a new wheel bearing before I bought it, everything came off easily and the new disc and pads were fitted

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The off side has had the pads changed before I purchased the car, but the carrier has never been off since the car came out the factory The caliper pins were filthy on both sides and not sliding easily. Looking at the wear on the pads both were sticking ever so slightly causing uneven pad wear. Pins cleaned and lubed, slides de-rusted and lubed and everything put back together. Sun was out and the temperature rose to 23° so it was time for some refreshments whilst working.

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19 year old factory brake discs

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I noticed when removing a couple of wheels bolts they felt like they were binding up on the alloy wheel. Once removed and on closer inspection the cone of two bolts were seized so I spent a bit of time freeing them off then applied a little copper grease to the shaft between the bolt head and cone to prevent them sticking next time.

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