Well, crap. Blinking arrow of doom.

Post by **jblackburn** » 13 May 2011, 20:59

Well, I put over 100 miles on it today and it's still shifting gears just fine

It's got another 350 ahead of it this weekend, and I'll make sure to keep my AAA card on me, even though I've never had to use it yet with this car!

Thanks for all the support and help with this everyone! You guys are awesome

Post by **FlyingVolvo** » 13 May 2011, 21:37

MVS is the best, hands down!

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Post by **t5rrr** » 13 May 2011, 23:29

What an amazing saga Justin, glad to see one more perfectly fine Volvo saved from the crusher of doom

Again, congrats on a successful repair!

Post by **precopster** » 14 May 2011, 04:23

I'm gone from the forum for a week and I almost missed the biggest saga in my encounter with MVS!!

Just as you decelerated down from 80mph you said "Oh my God I love this car".

I think that just about sums it up.

Post by **JRL** » 14 May 2011, 06:04

I AM impressed
You fixed someting that really should not have been "fixable" by the way you did it.
I reaslly do hope it holds together for you.

dbeckwith · Post by **dbeckwith** » 14 May 2011, 08:02

Congratulations. I have been pulling for you. I have had similar problems with my tranny but not to the extent it has left me stranded. So if something happens I will be getting a hold of you. I have only been on this site a short time but you have been a valuable source of information to me.

Alecw81 · Post by **Alecw81** » 14 May 2011, 11:33

I may consider this as preventative maintenance... I'm at 246k miles now. Although I'm also keeping my eyes open for a wrecked 5spd to swap, preferably a T5 so I can take the turbo and Ecu too.

Post by **jblackburn** » 31 May 2011, 06:52

2,000 miles later (in 2 weeks

), it's still shifting beautifully!

Such a great car

da7 · Post by **da7** » 31 May 2011, 08:41

that's amazing, I've read through all the pages.. just amazing... I mean usually when you get an old car, you'd be worried about the condition of the automatic transmission, as all other parts you can pretty much tell fairly easily... whereas it's hard to tell the condition of the transmission and when that fails usually the car aren't worth fixing... but in this case, everyone was proven wrong....

again... just amazing...

Post by **jblackburn** » 31 May 2011, 08:48

Isn't it?

My family has never owned auto cars for any period of time - we've always had manuals. The 2 other autos that ARE in the family now - a 2001 Ford Escape and a 2005 Jeep Liberty (that we've owned since new and taken care of as it should have been) - both have jerky and slipping transmissions - 105K and 65K respectively (the Jeep has been doing it since as early as 50K, but hasn't blown up yet). I know several people with Honda vehicles that have had transmissions go out on them. These Aisin-Warner transmissions, though - they're awesome!