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I did initially try a thumb detecting nutfucker, but they were on tight and I was starting to do a little damage. The tool needs a little work (I have another old hubnut to start again) but it did the job with no damage. I'm loving the volvo life. It's not taken much work and it's real nice to drive now.

Finally, I want to have a good gripe about a completely random issue. Sometimes it would decide that 2000rpm was the perfect speed to idle at. Went through the usual suspects, these have issues with the throttle body where the contacts will wear out after a while and produce interesting idles. Spent a while poking about trying to avoid having to spend a grand on a new one. I ran the test on it using the scan tool, and the 2 sensors stayed within 1 degree of each other through the whole range, so it wasn't that causing the problem. One day in the middle of the summer stuck in crawling traffic it got quite hot as it refused to idle properly and had to keep holding the brake against the torque converter. I gave up figuring it out for a bit when I left the car at my parents to go to uni in September. The hint to the solution happened to be on front of me on the day of this image. I came back from uni in December, started it up (first time, perfect), and went for a drive. Why's my heater shite? Oh, we're running cold. I picked up a thermostat from the local motorfactor, popped it in, and not only did I get a much much hotter heater, my idle problem disappeared. Why did a thermostat fix it? No idea. It even idled until it was way too hot one day. I'm just happy it's fixed. This concludes my notes, for now....

For the underneath, there's been a few more parts required. The engine mounts needed a little work. As did the front A arm bushings. but some approved parts have sorted it out. The Wheel bearings were sounding worse and worse, so I took a guess at which one it was based on which side was slightly loose, and bought a replacement, which while bolt on (very handy), required disassembly of the entire hub. Much better. But didn't solve the noise. FUCK! Yeah, it's fucked. Also did the front strut mounts, which were well overdue. Could move the left one around by hand. I thought this was going to be a simple job, but Volvo decided to use a strange nut on the mount. Very handy. Fortunately I have access to an angle grinder, and I now own volvo special tool #42069. Shiny! Finally, a set of good quality Michelins to grace my rims. They don't do the PilotSport in a 15 inch rim, so Crossclimate 2 will have to do .

Been meaning to start this for a while, but been a touch lazy. This is my 2000 Volvo V70 in all of its detuned 5 cylinder goodness. Complete with a Grandad spec interior, an abundance of blank buttons and a cavernous boot. I got it last year for a massive £300 with a few minor issues * (more on that later) For the easy to get to stuff: when I got it the rear wiper motor and one of the window relays were buggered, which was an easy fix, and only required crawling around under the dashboard for one of the many relay boxes. I also spent £450 on getting the AC fixed (well worth it, even if it was more than the car). I also replaced the broken double din head unit with a cheapo ebay Android auto unit (above). I'd rather have the stock stereo but I can't be bothered to do the dance to find one that works with it.

Ah well, ya see, I might have broken it. Went to check my oil one morning and the plastic had snapped leaving the metal stick in the tube and the handle departed. Was just the photo I had handy that shows it best.

I'll have uhh, a warm guinness please

I believe it is because the suspension in these is set up to accommodate the inline 6 transverse that the s80 got, even though the v70 and s60 never got the engine so don't need the extra room, they share the parts. The previous generation only gets up to the 5 pot transverse so a touch more room. re: High beam: I noticed mine is the same. Won't stick on to highbeam when you have the dial pointed at off, even though that still means lights on for me

Oh that's interesting. It's the same design as the whiteblock dipstick, but the whiteblock one is red (both in my mates 95 850 and my 00 P2 V70)

Love the steelies on it! How many bugs did you have to extract from your teeth?

Superb meet, thanks for having us!

Quite a few early kei cars were 2 stroke: mostly Suzuki, Daihatsu, Subaru, and Mitsubishi. 2 Stroke kei cars were killed in the mid 70s with tightening emissions requirements, and the following change in the kei class up to 550cc. Honda and Mazda avoided 2 stroke engines entirely which helped them when emissions tightened, but did mean they were often slightly down on power compared to their 2 stroke rivals. Suxuki: Suzulight, early Fronte, early Carry, early Jimny Daihatsu: Fellow, early Hijet Subaru 360, 450, R2, early Rex, early Sambar Mitsubishi: early Minica (including pickup, van, saloon and estate forms) These are all roughly 360cc 2 cylinder engines, designed for the kei market, with the exception of the Subaru 450, which is an export version of the 360 with a larger ~425cc engine (yep, I don't know either)

Apologies for the terrible photo, but I was stuck 2 fences from the road when this Goldwing (I think, correct me if I'm wrong) rolled past, towing a small camping trailer.

That's looking super smart

Didn't know Microsoft's favorite chat program was hidden in the highlands??

Looks pretty good, around the same or a touch better than the usual suspects.

It's about a month since you did the linseed oil, have you got a picture of how it is now? Has it lasted well?

That looks an awful lot like my dad's jimny's radiator after a weekend of mudmaster. We only overheated once that weekend though, when the fan belt broke.

Well I guess it's decided now.

I have a soft spot for those, plus its a 2.0 which is a touch more rare. Good luck sorting the aftermarket immobilizer, they can be a nightmare sometimes.

Apologies, ended up caught in some moving chaos and didn't make it, Definitely on for the next one!

At a guess, if multiple sites are breaking then the fault is likely your browser or PC. Tried the usual reboot/reinstall/updates?

Perfect run around, has all you need. An engine, AC and cruise. Should get decent MPG to boot!

Love the red carpets. You not gonna leave them in?

So where was reverse and 1st lurking?

Grand! Finally bothered to sign up for an account and start being active after lurking for a while. I see you're still have a taste for e36s.