What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[BlackBart]

It’s that beautiful time of year again, t-shirts and summer tires.
Investigation while I’m under there -
• My winter patch plastic around the failing RF half shaft boot is still there - surprising.
• Cannot find the clunk in the LF - new strut and top bearing, new control arm and ball joint, new sway bar end link. Could be subframe bushings? (in a box ready to do)….sway bar bushings? Never thought of that.
• Rearmost muffler (the big box) is rusting at the center seam bead. Impressed that’s lasted over 20 years. What was the brand everybody loves again? (I should search…)

[Krons]

It’s that beautiful time of year again, t-shirts and summer tires.
Investigation while I’m under there -
• My winter patch plastic around the failing RF half shaft boot is still there - surprising.
• Cannot find the clunk in the LF - new strut and top bearing, new control arm and ball joint, new sway bar end link. Could be subframe bushings? (in a box ready to do)….sway bar bushings? Never thought of that.
• Rearmost muffler (the big box) is rusting at the center seam bead. Impressed that’s lasted over 20 years. What was the brand everybody loves again? (I should search…)

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If the car is a keeper I’d do subframe bushings, not too bad of DIY if you have an electric impact to drive the new bushings back in a thread on that somewhere here in the forum.

If the back box is bad also give the middle resonator a look. When I did the kids 02 S60 it and the hanger on the long rear pipe were pretty rotted. Worst part was removing the two bolts at the flange and getting a grinder in there—have a face shield.

I got this one, says it is stainless:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192311042263

I’m sure they have a XC70 version.

[vtl]

Driveshaft replacement....

Cold, rainy day, myself is under weather. The car doesn't fit in the left half of New England pitiful garage and the right side is occupied by garden tractor. Eh, whatever. Also put that Chinese diesel heater to work. At some point had to crank it down since I started sweating.

Old Coloradodriveshaft-rebuilt driveshaft was surprisingly OK. The u-joint was smooth both ways, however I saw it spew grease and the rubber around support bearing was totally annihilated. The driveshaft was whacking around and even pushed half of rear CV joint grease out.

Half of work done was treating new rust found abundant in crevices. All in all, not bad for a 20 y.o. car that I'm only taking care of the last 7 years. The one I had before, it had much less rust, almost none.

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The reason CD driveshaft failed prematurely is welds used to fix the u-joint. U-joint was doomed. I'm OK with cheap parts, which probably both CD and Dorman have used, if I can service it myself. Now it is possible, since Dorman driveshaft is a regular, old school one. I can take it apart, replace old broken parts and put back together.

[vtl]

It’s that beautiful time of year again, t-shirts and summer tires.
Investigation while I’m under there -
• My winter patch plastic around the failing RF half shaft boot is still there - surprising.
• Cannot find the clunk in the LF - new strut and top bearing, new control arm and ball joint, new sway bar end link. Could be subframe bushings? (in a box ready to do)….sway bar bushings? Never thought of that.
• Rearmost muffler (the big box) is rusting at the center seam bead. Impressed that’s lasted over 20 years. What was the brand everybody loves again? (I should search…)

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Some good old school rust proofing!

[BlackBart]

Like an old Italian car - the oil on the bottom slows down the rust!

[BlackBart]

Driveshaft replacement....

Cold, rainy day, myself is under weather. The car doesn't fit in the left half of New England pitiful garage

That’s a good color of blue.
And what’s the red box gadget on the 2x4s?
<EDIT> …unless that’s the Chinese diesel heater.

[abscate]

Tropical down here on Long Island , worked on the Miata killer….

[vtl]

Driveshaft replacement....

Cold, rainy day, myself is under weather. The car doesn't fit in the left half of New England pitiful garage

That’s a good color of blue.
And what’s the red box gadget on the 2x4s?
<EDIT> …unless that’s the Chinese diesel heater.

It is. Was like $69, had to rebuild it before putting to use, but it works well now.

[BlackBart]

Tropical down here on Long Island , worked on the Miata killer….

Right color, wrong shape.

What did it need?

[abscate]

Thought it needed new shifter cables, an ugly underneath job involving dropping exhaust.

Instead, two liters of fresh transmission oil eased balky shifting