Frantic Friday.

2000 V70 XC: drivers control arm, and drivers outer CV boot, rear latch assembly .

1992 Toyota Land Cruiser: Customer said he thinks the master cylinder is going out or something. Turned out of be leaking brake hose.

1984 Ford F150 2wd: I hate Ford trucks PITA. Truck been off the road for over 6 years been slowly getting things fixed for the guy as he had the money. Took it for inspection today. Ball joints. I swear they felt good, but it turned out I didn't check them correctly. R&R on the ball joints. NO COMMENTS.

2006 S40 tow in no start. CAN line lost communication because of low battery voltage. No start after new battery. Used Autologic to KILL THE CAR, and manually reboot the computers. It was a nail biting 50 minutes. Reboot went fine, customer drive it home.

1995 850 radiator. Did it out in the gravels. Not the funnest thing to do. Its going to hurt in the morning.

2000 S40: check over for state inspection, repair headlight reflector.

 

Finished up the crap-tastic Ford this morning. passenger side ball joints came out smooth as butter and practically fell back in. Drivers side took 2.5 hours, passenger side, 30 minutes. FTW.

Land Cruiser, hunted down a speedo not working problem, turned out I didn't hook a connector up all the way months back when we did the rear main seal. brake hose got lost in shipping, another one coming express from Oregon warehouse.

2001 S40: Alternator pulley fell off. Replaced alternator. Front brakes.

The C70 came back. Check engine light for VVT system and ETM. Found intake cam off one tooth, and did the download for the ETM. Still having ETM malfunction code. Possible bad unit.

 

Why not just replace the pulley? Many Volvos have clutch pulleys which have an expected life of 65,000 miles. The pulleys come off because they seize, allowing the inertia of the alternator rotor to unscrew them from the shaft. But no-one seems to know this.

Did you use the original 2000 ETM? Or did you get one with the 2003 engine? The ETM download is craptastic. It's a band-aid fix for a design defect in the ETM used on 1999 to 2002 C70s. The thin-film carbon resistors on the throttle position sensor wear through and provide unreliable throttle position info to the ECU. Xemodex sells an upgraded ETM with a contactless throttle position sensor.

 

Its a 2003 ETM 2003 replacement engine, 2003 everything. I am aware of the design defect. More common on S80s and the V/S70 though. The download is not a band aid fix. Its an OEM TSB correction with the software for the module.

We have a connection with a Volvo Only previously enjoyed parts place. Let me clarify, sheered alternator shaft. Replacement was necessary. Good pretested one went right in.

 

Thanks for the update. I'm going to replace the (seized) alternator clutch pulley on my V40 shortly.

 

Cruiser brake hose came in.

S40 blower motor quit working as we we were taking it for inspection. Thinking resistor problem. Values are too high for the resistor. Also a hard battery reset, and booster check valve.

C70 hunting down some wiring issues. Found oil in cam position sensor connector, cleaned, and waiting to see if anything goes amuck. Did a hard battery reset.

4 Oil changes on various cars.

There was more, but I was elbows deep in diagnosing things.

 

The Land Cruiser Speedometer is fixed. Turned out that when we were putting the tranny babk in after doing the rear main seal, we accidently cut some wires in the wiring harness going over the transmission. I opened up the harness, spliced, soldered, and heat shrunk. Put it all back together and good as new.

2001 V40: Rear brakes. Timing belt. Original belt. 149k on the odometer. Running on luck.

2004 C70 T5 hardtop convertible: Oil change. Rear brakes.

2004 S60: ETM total failure. Replaced ETM and programed. Also drivers side CV axle, and sway bar end links (both sides).

2001 S40: Oil change

2001 V70 XC: Diagnose and repair vacuum leak.

2003 V70 T5: Radiator

Maybe 5-6 other vehicles, but I was too busy to take note of anything.

I find myself working on 3-5 cars at the same time, all day. Only time for a break is lunch, even then I eat while I work.

 

LOL sounds like you guys need another mechanic. Don't hurt yourself.

 

then I won't be making the big bucks lol

 

2001 S80: Bank 1 and Bank oxygen sensors.

2003 V70: Rear shocks.

2000 S70: Front O2 sensor. Sensor failed from start-up. Defective sensor. New one coming Monday.

1995 850: alternator not charging. Replaced by another shop recently. Sense wire not turning alternator on. Assuming back connection/pinched wire. FFR (if you replace a alternator and forget to hook the sense wire up and run the engine just after replacing the alt. the alt. will NEVER charge, and will have to replace the alternator you just put on again. This is on all OBD up cars/trucks)

1985 240 wagon: Clean TB and adjust.

2001 V70: adjust rear latch.

2000 S40: Replaced passenger side euro turn signal.

2001 S80: Hard start. Customer bought at auction. Timing belt recently replaced. Zero compression in 1 and 5. Bent valves.

2003 V70: Replace rear trailing arms.

Also various repairs on other cars (light bulbs, ect.) 6 oil changes.

 

2005 Jeep Liberty: The POS 42RE tranny finally burned up. Replacing with a reman. Working on the ground. Jack stands, a creeper, and a floor jack. Very slow going. Took 4 hours to get the thing out. Wishing for a new lift.

2001 Chevy Tracker: Brake pads. Stuck caliper pins. Check rear drums. Replaced rear oil seal upon inspection -- oil everywhere in the drum.

Uhh got no idea what else came in. I was creeping around on the floor all day for the most part.

 

2005 Jeep Liberty: Well started early this morning when I got in 7 o'clock ish and had the tranny buttoned back in by brunch snack time.

1995 Volvo 850: noise coming from accessory area. Sounded like alternator bearing. We have a junk 850 for parts on lot. Swapped all accessorys over from junk car. noise persisted. Remove serp belt, still had the noise. Pull the timing cover off. Right there it is timing belt idler. (thought I highlight that for ya RSPI)

bunch of other stuff, but too busy panting from 85* heat with near 100% humidity. It all seemed like a blur!

 

LOL, thanks man, I love it.

 

2011 VW Passatt. customer just bought it. Showed him how to work tiptronic transmission.

2000 V70 XC Turbo. Head gasket.

Jeep Liberty: toped off tranny fluid and took it for a long hour long test drive. Those Libertys aren't that bad going down the highway, in the city, they suck.

1997 Ford Exploder: remove and replace 2 tires, and I balanced.

1989 Ford F250 XL: starter solenoid, and look at gas tank for possible gas leak. Leaking tank under the strap.

1995 850: timing belt and component kit.

2006 S60R: oil change, tire balance, rotate.

2004 V70: oil change

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my NEW Makita 10.8V impact driver and drill arrived today!! My boss was letting me use his, but I wanted my own...these things can literary drop hours off of doing engine/transmission swaps and many other jobs. These will pay for themselves by the end of the week.



I also bought myself some Snap-on ratchets and another $70 10MM 1/4 drive flex head socket. I splurged.

 

Nice. Most of the time I work on the car I can't find enough room for a ratchet, I would never be able to get those guns in there.

So, about the compression test... If I didn't crank at WOT, will my numbers be bad?

 

YES they would be bad. It would be too low.

Those Makita guns are about 3.5 inches long and 7 inches high. Have a max reverse torque of almost 100 ft-lbs in 3 seconds and max tightening force of 65 ft-lbs. Max of 3500 RPM. batterys charge from dead as a door nail to full charge in 15 minutes. Batterys last about 4 hours of constant use before they need a recharge.

 

Awsome on the tools.

My compression numbers were 178 / 175 / 179 / 175 / 175 but I did not have the pedal at WOT. Are you saying at WOT my numbers may have been higher?

 

yes. Basic physics. compression test is a test to see how much air can be compressed by an engine. You always want to have the throttle fully open to ensure you are getting the maximum amountd of air for the test for it to be correct. When you do the test and not have the throttle open you are basically having the engine breathing through a straw while preforming through the test.

 

Wow, so my numbers may have been in the 180 range. Maybe letting it pop 10 times instead of 6 or 7 allowed all the air in there. It's hard for me to imagine having numbers any higher than that with over 200,000 on it.

 

Finished up another head gasket on a V70 (B5234t). In the morning

Cleaned and located my tools for a couple hours.

Did a flame trap on a 2004 V70 XC. 2 hours, 5 minutes from the second I turn the wrench. (stopwatch) Book time is 4.5 hours. Lining my pockets.