What did you do to your P2 Volvo today?

[SacredHeart]

Used the Sylvania Headlight Restoration Kit because my headlights were looking nasty and they cleaned up very nice. My only issue was a hair in the finish in the light on the passenger side. The lights look great, but I might try to redo that light after it cures. I think I might remove the bumper the next time, since it is relatively easy, so that I can more easily work around the light.

[scot850]

When I last did our son's 06 XC70 headlights, I removed the bumper and took the opportunity to replace all the bulbs wile in there with the exception of the headlight bulbs. Made cleaning the headlights so much easier!

Neil.

[850 LPT]

Bought a pristine 05' XC70 for my daughter yesterday, 1 owner with 112k miles, dealer maintained. Planning a road trip to bring it to Denver, and the enjoy the trip back home with wife and Harold the 850.

[dikidera]

In the coming days I must fix my door handle(by first examining the exact failure and what needs to be done). And then possibly determine if the model year 2020 ETM I have is indeed shorting out at the windings and if so, attempt to fix it so I can actually use it.

A few other fixes I hope to implement is for the Climate Control. Not sure how many of you have this, but mine seems to constantly move the linkages back and forth, sometimes with the fan completely off, and it's an annoying sound.

[abscate]

Bought a pristine 05' XC70 for my daughter yesterday, 1 owner with 112k miles, dealer maintained. Planning a road trip to bring it to Denver, and the enjoy the trip back home with wife and Harold the 850.

Nice, don’t forget pictures! I’ve got a pretty good reference for transport if you change your mind, brought me my xc90 from St Louis

Denver CT quite a ride….Chicago or KC route? Either way, 1800 miles ish

[tfo]

yesterday i swapped out the center-driver air vent! gosh, this has been annoying me since i bought Pyxie. what I ended up doing was swapping JUST the strip with the aluminum center-piece and swapping it to my old vent housing, since the other ones on the spare i bought were all scratched up and mysteriously sticky-- no thank you.

also checked out my suspension: i got my lower-left ball joint replaced and everything aligned 2 weeks ago, but ~5 days ago i was accelerating onto the highway and at about 70 mph i got a new wobble at speed. great. at the same time, the steering wheel stopped being straight while travelling straight, and pulls right again, like it was before the ball joint job. looked up the symptoms, and thought it was probably the sway bar end links gone bad. wouldn't you know it:

ordered the Lemforder replacements on FCP. my first time ordering stuff on FCP and i was pleasantly surprised to find free shipping, and i already knew about the lifetime replacement warranty, so even if these last under 5 years, i'm happy to know they are replaceable for free. hope they send me a sticker to add to the collection!

[Blacklab467]

I don't think the end links will solve your problem, although they probably do need replacement, they are not involved or coincident with the wheels alignment. If things were fine before and now developed a speed wobble, particularly at highway speed I'd look for something that came loose since the alignment, I'm thinking strut to knuckle bolts or ball joint bolts themselves, or tie rod end nut. I'd do this post haste as safety may be a big concern. Please report back on what you've found.

[abscate]

Yah, blacklab is right on that Pyxie, a steering change is an immediate safety issue.

[vtl]

Fuel pump fiasco. This is what was taken out:

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This is what I've got:

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Two motors in old pump vs one in new.

New good pump is installed. Duty cycle (FPMP) at idle dropped from 48-49% to 31-32%, this is good.

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[jonesg]

I don't think the end links will solve your problem, although they probably do need replacement, they are not involved or coincident with the wheels alignment. If things were fine before and now developed a speed wobble, particularly at highway speed I'd look for something that came loose since the alignment, I'm thinking strut to knuckle bolts or ball joint bolts themselves, or tie rod end nut. I'd do this post haste as safety may be a big concern. Please report back on what you've found.

bent tie rods prevented the shop from being able to align my v70, I changed the links and aligned it myself, no more scuffed tires after 1000 miles. But as you say it won't stop wobble.
Mine still vibrates right around 80 mph, I use the vibration as my speedometer,
I can't see the dash anyway, my eyesight washes out due to the sun.