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

[abscate]

I finally found a use for my whitworth socket set too...

[xanthefin]

As father needed car with hook and for four people for the weekend i emptied and cleaned own 855 and checked some little things like tire nuts and pressures and liquid levels. Nothing to worry. Just need next change the engine pillow holders mounts and do little work driver side door lock (cleaning).

[Goupil]

Engine was out by noon without too many issues
So far:
- I bought the wrong flywheel bolts (too long, I think they are dual mass flywheel bolts
- previous owner went hard on the RTV sealing the oil pan
- a few snapped bolts here and there, local hardware store doesn't sell extractors
- forgot to buy cam seals for the gearbox side
- oil pump/pickup seals were okay but remplacemeent is welcome
- clutch and timing belt don't look too old so I guess the seller wasn't lying, but I didn't have any written proofs

[bmdubya1198]

Nice work! Definitely change the oil pan and pickup seals. They always get pretty bad.

[j-dawg]

I took my V70 to its first track day! I wasn't sure how this ancient family car would endure but it held up great. I was taking it fairly easy on the brakes and tires, but I ran it out to redline on the straights. Got a lot of laughs and "you're my hero"s driving a station wagon on the track. I wasn't passing left and right, but this was more a shakedown run than a set-lap-records kinda day.

The car understeers a ton and needs better dampers, but the tires held together for most of each 20-minute session and the steering was up to the task. I thought it'd be too slow. The car carries much less speed through the corners and requires gentler steering inputs than does my 94 Miata, but there's no comparison in the straights. It sounds great when it's really opened up, which I can't do on the street. The Quaife LSD continues to be my #1 recommended upgrade; it just dug in and pulled the car out of corners. Temp needle stayed at 3 o' clock on a 90-degree day and I saw no oil pressure lights, even with revs almost always above 4000, and shifting was smooth all day. Brake feel and performance didn't change even as the brakes got very hot. I drove home listening to a podcast and running the AC. The day had massively increased my confidence in its reliability and the limits of its performance. I can drive it way harder than I do.

An instructor a few years ago taught me a good trick for non-racing seats: slide your seat back, tug the belt to lock it, and slide your seat forward so the belt presses you into the seat. Worked better than I expected in this car. I forgot to do it at the start of my second session and I was all over the cabin. The leather seats are like Teflon. My driving was much worse.

I'm so happy the car did well! This had been my goal for a few years. I'm not sure what to do next. If it blew up I was ready to give it a Viking funeral, but it passed the test. I don't intend to take it back to the track, so I won't bother addressing its shortcomings. Maybe just drive it, maybe sell it, maybe push it off a cliff and shed a single tear as it tumbles.

[bmdubya1198]

Sounds like fun! I have a lot of work I need to do to my V70R in the coming weeks if I get a chance. I would really love to grab a spare M56 and put a Quaife in it. I see nothing but amazing feedback on those!

[j-dawg]

It's a game changer. Not cheap but worth every penny.

If you are tearing a gearbox apart, order the diff early. Mine took a few weeks to arrive.

[bmdubya1198]

It's a game changer. Not cheap but worth every penny.

If you are tearing a gearbox apart, order the diff early. Mine took a few weeks to arrive.

Good to know!

[Goupil]

Maybe one day I'll get a Quaife, but those aren't cheap !

Today I installed the new rear main seal, realised I bought only one gearbox seal and then did the timing belt/waterpump/cam seals job. Went really smooth thanks to this thread https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/forum ... 52#p269552
Contitech belt kit, Aisin water pump and belt tensionner

[Chuck W]

Used it as a pop-up hold-down at a very soggy CX series finale today.