Just a few lines to say hello and introduce myself, I am a little way from most of you as I live in the UK and already a member of the UK forum but as we all share a common interest here I am, and I am a subscriber to Robert Spinners excellent youtube channel, in fact it was one of his videos that brought me here.


My vehicle is a 1998 T5 CD Auto Estate (wagon) with all options fitted at point of purchase, I paid £206.00GB which works out at about $334.00 as here in the UK a lot of old Volvo are just seen as junkers to drive around in until they break then throw away. The car was a one owner vehicle with some history and had cover just over 187,000 miles on purchase the car drove excellently with no issues other than a slight blow from the cat.


Car as purchased;



Since purchasing I have done a few improvements, fit some roofbars, wind deflectors on front windows, a roof spoiler and a towbar, I also changed all the filters, spark plugs and oil;



Recently I have changed the cambelt, water pump and tensioners some of the old parts here;



And today I changed the PCV system and associated parts where needed;



So there we are one UK spec V70 T5 given a new lease of life, I intend to change the transmission fluid soon using the drain 3 litres, refill and drive method for as although there are no issues and the fluid looks in good condition it's for my piece of mind.

 

Perfect, very nice, thanks for joining and sharing. Wow! Nice deal.

 

Thanks for the welcome Robert, I actually did the cambelt and PCV jobs after viewing your video guides, although to be honest I am useful with a toolkit as I have 2 other cars to look after, a 2005 Ford Mondeo ( I think it's a Fusion in the USA) and a 1991 Landrover Discovery.

 

Just don't try to tow any of those campers in the pics above... lol