Harvey's Sonic V70R Resting

[Harvey]

Just flushed the power steering again as was a bit dark, used the correct stuff as it's a P2. Nice light green now.

[Harvey]

Well some thing turned up today for the car

Snabb S60R / V70R M66 Short Shift kit.

http://snabbuk.co.uk/products/04-07-...ow-shifter-kit

Wanted one for a long time but we're not in production for a while, but they are now ..



Must say it looks very well made the machining finish is top notch for something you can't see when fitted .




Going to fit it this weekend if the clips & bushes turn up from Volvo got to come from Sweden ,will do a Thread of its own when the other bits turn up roll on the weekend.

[Tim Williams]

Well some thing turned up today for the car

Snabb S60R / V70R M66 Short Shift kit.

http://snabbuk.co.uk/products/04-07-...ow-shifter-kit

Wanted one for a long time but we're not in production for a while, but they are now ..



Must say it looks very well made the machining finish is top notch for something you can't see when fitted .




Going to fit it this weekend if the clips & bushes turn up from Volvo got to come from Sweden ,will do a Thread of its own when the other bits turn up roll on the weekend.

Make sure you cut the base of your remote unit directly under the lever or the cable will foul it being lower.

[Harvey]

Make sure you cut the base of your remote unit directly under the lever or the cable will foul it being lower.

Will do just finished reading the 5 page guide with photos of how to fit it , Just the pictures were enough to see what you need to do . Looks easy enough for me.

[Harvey]

Well the Volvo clips & bushes turned up today

This is the clip thats very easy to break when you remove it.




The other bits should be ok but we will see when I fit these bits.

[Nealevo]

Glad you are still looking after me next car

[Harvey]

Glad you are still looking after me next car

Just can't help myself, couple nice mods around the corner. .

Just one of the things that has bugged me for a while when the windscreen was changed at some point the fitter marked the A pillar trims so these will go in when a new screen is fitted, by me with nice clean gloves on.

[Ettienne]

The not so small job was shim the block & came across the exhaust manifold was blowing on 4 of the ports. Big thanks to Tim Williams for doing it for me.

How many miles have you got on the engine now. Mine didn't split until 141k, been perfect since shimming.

But I'll most likely change the engine if I ever got gearbox issues.

[Harvey]

Mines on 109k just got it done to make sure it doesn't split a liner, just insurance , a total no brainer to get Mr Williams to do it and the other jobs at the same time.

[Ettienne]

Oh definitely, be better to shim before a crack like mine, but I suppose if mine wasn't cracked the owner wouldn't have sold or be such a bargain price, with doing the shimming myself I managed to get it on the road cheap.

At least it didn't get broken up and it's a good excuse to freshen the engine up later.

[Nealevo]

Glad it's getting looked after and having some future mods, I took mine to Tim for a small job, it was there for weeks while he rectified all the little mistakes I had made before hand It's also going back when I return for some 'more upgrades'

[Harvey]

Glad it's getting looked after and having some future mods, I took mine to Tim for a small job, it was there for weeks while he rectified all the little mistakes I had made before hand It's also going back when I return for some 'more upgrades'

You can see very quickly why people think very highly of him, likes things to be just so, just like most of us .

[Harvey]

Got these in the post today, just the correct colour for the car.

[MIKESC70T5]

Beautiful car, a real credit to you. Funny how some of the parts are made in Germany lol.

[Ettienne]

Got these in the post today, just the correct colour for the car.

Good stuff I've got a set to put on but haven't had a chance yet, always nice to have a fluid flush and new lines.

I like the blue, did you pick the colour (have them made that way)

[Harvey]

Good stuff I've got a set to put on but haven't had a chance yet, always nice to have a fluid flush and new lines.

I like the blue, did you pick the colour (have them made that way)

No stock colour for them.

[Harvey]

Glad it's getting looked after and having some future mods, I took mine to Tim for a small job, it was there for weeks while he rectified all the little mistakes I had made before hand It's also going back when I return for some 'more upgrades'

So how's the new engine now there's some mileage on it ?, worth all the work.

[Nealevo]

So how's the new engine now there's some mileage on it ?, worth all the work.

Only managed to do a couple humdred miles before I came away with work, it seemed to pull well, didn't really give it the beans as always listening for noises, but really happy about how things have worked out, if the engine hadn't of failed then all the other stuff wouldn't have been done.

It's going to have more goodies when I return too.

If you can wait until end of May I will send you some race brake fluid to go with the new hoses

[Harvey]

Only managed to do a couple humdred miles before I came away with work, it seemed to pull well, didn't really give it the beans as always listening for noises, but really happy about how things have worked out, if the engine hadn't of failed then all the other stuff wouldn't have been done.

It's going to have more goodies when I return too.

If you can wait until end of May I will send you some race brake fluid to go with the new hoses

Oh yes please no mad rush.

There's some big ticket bits am looking at but not 100% sure yet.

[Harvey]

Couple of jobs done today.

Coolant bottle clips cracked - broken off.
Before

After


Just got these , For my summer wheels .
old ones.


New ones.




These are fitted to the new XC90 cars if you ha e bright silver wheel then they match spot on.