I installed an OBX exhaust on my S60 today. The fit and finish of OBX is surprising considering the cost. Sounds nice and deep. But man, what a PITA to do in the garage. That's the first and last exhaust I want to do with just hand tools. While I was down there I changed out the flex pipe and oxygen sensors.

 

Replaced the battery. O'Reilly said $148. I was like "NO". Carquest gave me the same battery for $84

 

Sheeeeeet, you guys don't do much around here.

Today I took my whole interior out. Seats first, then ran the carpet cleaner on all carpet, both front seats and rear seat bench and back. Proceeded to take all plastic out, from kick panels to e brake console. Cleaned and treated everything. Replaced a few burnt out bulbs, zip tied some loose stuff. Took out the now broken door pockets....then put it all back together. No leftover screws or nuts!

 

$1000 Says it's much easier to clean your 88 like that than most newer volvos

 

No bet. I know it to be true! As a detailer, I have had my hands on some ridiculous cars. Don't ever detail a Diablo by the way...what a pain in the *** that car is.

 

knew I'd regret sellin the 940... had withdrawls and bought a 92 745 turbo for $600 w/188k, and has been sitting for what looks like a couple years.. dragged it home last week and finally got it runnin last night...

dezertsub, you wanna come over and detail mine???

 

Only as long as I don't have to pay any baggage handling fees....LOL!

 

850 - Picked up another tranny.

Saturn - Fixed radio, OBD-II port, lubed window tracks, cleaned door panels, installed window switch on pass rear.

 

Cleaned her up real nice. Plan on going to PIR soon. Should be fun.

 

Saturn: Fixed rear pass door.

Saturn: Fixed drivers side rear door window.

Saturn: Cleaned interior.

 

Installed walbro 255lph fuel pump and H1 conversion HID's for fog lights! NICE!!!!!

 

OK, it is not the Volvo (it has factory headrest DVD's) but the Mini Van did not and we are taking a road trip to Baltimore, DC and Annapolis next week so I thought I would give these a try. At less than $250 I was not expecting much. They are better than I expected.

The install was easier than I expected. Especially with no real directions included. I went with powering from the accessory cig lighter than the hard wire approach. Everything else went neatly behind the seat skin and under the center counsel.

The headphones are better quality than the Volvo (we will have to see if they last) Came with 2 remotes, 2 wireless game control, and the IR headphones.

Now, lets see if they last.

 

Finished cleaning the interior of the Saturn.

 

This has been an ongoing project. Finished port work on a 15g hotside to accommodate a Evo3 16g MHI turbo. The compressor cover had to be milled a little bit but fits nicely.

 

Finished the Saturn detail. Buffed the paint today. I'm finally done... Oh wait, I locked all the keys in it. Dang!

850 - Picked it up today after the tranny replacement and RMS replacement. $466.50 PTL

 

Now that the Saturn is done and sold, time for the restoration and stage 0 on the 850.

REPLACED THE PCV SYSTEM: The car has about 192,000 and the dipstick did NOT smoke. Well, a few of the guys encouraged me to do the PCV anyway. I don't think it was EVER done. My guess is that the PTC valve was NOT clogged, that's why the dipstick did NOT smoke. However, the lower hole in the block was almost totally clogged and the top hole had some gunk in it. I scraped it out with a long wood screw.

SERVICED THE EGR: A few days before I took the car to have the transmission done I was getting an EGR error. P0410 or something like that. Well, during the PCV system replacement I decided to paint the manifold (black ) so I pulled the manifold with the EGR attached. When I pulled the EGR off of the manifold to make sure the port to the intake was clean, it seemed ok, that is if that port was suppose to be a weep hole. Well, I stuck a tiny screw driver in it to make sure the hole went all the way to the throttle housing and the hole got a little bigger, then bigger, then bigger, it was almost totally clogged. A hole that started out as big as the hole on your cd drive (to eject it manually) and ended up being large enough to stick a pencil through it. WOW!

PAINTED THE MANIFOLD and FRONT SIDE OF THE MOTOR. Cleaned up the manifold and painted it along with the front half of the motor.

Top hole:


Bottom hole:

 

Went to the dealer to get the code cleared for the SRS. That turned into a fun trip!
Also finally got the ABS fixed (module) and trying to find a vacuum leak for the cruise control!

 

Fixed the lock on the tailgate/hatch (wouldn't lock with the key from the outside, only via the electric locks), so at least something got accomplished today!

I'm all set to start the timing belt, started looking under the hood and decided I really should replace the serpentine as well, so I picked that up at the local AutoZone, along with a few minor sundries the PO never bothered with like new headlight bulbs and wiper blades. Got home to discover the serpentine tensioner tool I have doesn't have an adapter that will fit the tensionder socket, and my 1/2 to 3/4" socket adapter won't fit down there either. The local Sears had a kit that looks like it'll work, but it started raining on the way home, so now I'm stuck inside until it lets up. I live in an apartment, so I'm a literal shade tree mechanic - no garage for me!

I'm trying to motivate myself to go back out and at least start cleaning the interior - the seats could use a good conditioning and cleaning if nothing else.

 

Almost forgot - I also contacted a local Craigslister about some miscellaneous parts from his parts car. I need the interior panel for the tailgate, and a replacement cover for the throttle body .

 

Changed oil, filter, cabin filter and installed a K & N box filter. Could not find my oil filler cap seal (wonder if I gave that to my daughter).