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    Bills Pre-Brexit stage zero....

    Hi
    In the last few thousand miles I’ve been plugging away trying to get my cars back to showroom condition (or better). I’m running a 2005 Volvo XC70 Ocean Race D5 as my daily, and a 2004 volvo V70R as my weekend car. (Some may recall my modification thread a while back, however this thread is purely focused on maintenance)
    With the uncertainty of Brexit looming and not knowing how parts supply and delivery would be impacted, I decided to order everything in advance and aim to complete by end of March 2019.
    Below are the pics of my cars with the maintenance works. (Yes I’m fortunate enough to have my own 2 post ramp in my garage at home which makes things a hundred times easier)
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    V70R @160k miles:
    New spark plugs
    New TCV
    New angle gear oil seals to Gearbox
    New angle gear oil seals to drive shaft
    New clutch and SMF
    New timing belt and water pump
    New auxiliary drive belt
    New rear main seal
    New oil pump
    New VVT gaskets
    New engine oil and filter (Fuchs Titan Race Pro S 10W50)
    New radiator
    New fuel filter
    New pollen filter
    New Jetex air filter
    New manual transmission oil (Redline 75w140NS)
    New OEM Haldex oil and filter
    New angle gear oil (Redline 75w90NS)
    New rear differential oil (Redline 75w90NS)
    New brake discs ad pads all round (Brembo/OEM)
    New Monroe front shocks including bump stops, HD top mounts, bearing plates, bellows.
    New Monroe rear shocks
    New fuel filler cap
    New lifetime engine oil filler cap seal (IPD)
    New OEM thermostat
    New PCV
    New front subframe bushings (Delrin)
    New Power Steering fluid
    New Coolant
    New R600 brake fluid
    New wiper blades all round
    All hinges and window runners lubricated (white grease/silicone spray)
    MAF and TCV cleaned.
    New Air Quality Sensor
    Entire car treated with underbody seal
    (Only remaining job is to refurbish front calipers)

    XC70 @ 85k miles:

    New brake fluid
    New engine oil and filter (Fuchs Titan race pro S 5w30)
    New automatic transmission oil (Fuchs 4400 (jws3309 compatible) total flush Gibbons method)
    EGR clean and delete
    MAF TCV cleaned and lubed
    New Pipercross Lifetime air filter
    New pollen filter
    New power steering fluid (CHF202)
    New wiper blades all round
    Entire car treated with underbody seal
    All hinges and window runners lubricated
    New upper and lower engine mounts, including transmission mounts.
    New Air quality sensor and re-circ damper motor
    (Only remaining job is to fit an auxiliary transmission cooler in series)

    Both cars are 99% there now. Have run them both through VIDA and have no logged faults either - touch wood.
    BIG THANKS TO LEET5 for his advice, recommendations, and his own maintenance thread which helped a newbie like me!

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    That must have been some parts bill!!!
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    The parts bill is a fraction of what I’ve saved in labour costs

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    Nice.
    Are you sure your R is from 2004?

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    Just checked my documents, it was first registered in September 2003! Many years ago I was told it was a 2004, which is why I refer to it as an 04. I think VIDA has it as an 04, but I’m doubting that now too!
    I’ll plug in soon and find out for sure this weekend. Thanks for the prompt.

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    Yep, VIDA has it as a 2004.

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    It's weird because the rear lights are from >2005 model and the same for the rear wiper.
    Is the R center console the same as your XC70?
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    The rear lights are an upgrade, the rear wiper and the 05 centre console have also been upgraded with spares from an 05.
    The unpainted bumper trim shows the car truly is a pre-facelift.
    It looks younger than it’s true age, unlike me! However both motors are parked in garages which helps with UV damage, and have been polished to get the swirls removed from the paint.

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    I like the team car consistency

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    Quote Originally Posted by uqj83l View Post
    The rear lights are an upgrade, the rear wiper and the 05 centre console have also been upgraded with spares from an 05.
    The unpainted bumper trim shows the car truly is a pre-facelift.
    It looks younger than it’s true age, unlike me! However both motors are parked in garages which helps with UV damage, and have been polished to get the swirls removed from the paint.
    Got it!
    The unpainted bumper trim could have been a downgrade LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ric@rdo View Post
    Nice.
    Are you sure your R is from 2004?
    Mine is the same. Registered 2003 but Volvo class it as a 2004.
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    Are you and Lee not the same person!
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    Quote Originally Posted by jellison View Post
    Are you and Lee not the same person!
    Lol, No. I'm much more handsome than Bill is
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    Completed my transmission cooler project today on the XC70. Had a power steering cooler off a V70R and I bought a heavy duty plate and fin cooler off eBay. (From Canada not China!)
    Also scooped up a 3/8 transmission oil filter from amazon, and a spare oil hose from eBay so I didn’t have to cut the hoses which belong to the car (So the mod is reversible). Both lower and upper coolers are connected in series with a hose coming out of the lower one and straight into the upper one.
    I also had a load of OEM power steering hose and fuel line clamps.
    The filter is located down by the lower radiator hose for ease of changing out. See pics below.
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    Very nice and neat, po-fesh job.

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    The XC70 has almost reached 100,000 miles (95k), so I gave it a fluid service today. Did both front and rear diffs, the Haldex (AOC) and filter, engine oil and filter (with a flush using a bit of cheap oil). The transmission oil, power steering and brake fluid have been done already very recently. It only leaves a coolant change which is still on my list of things to do. Hopefully this’ll give me trouble free motoring moving forward into the next 100k.

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    Very well looked after cars.

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    Finally got round to installing the 20mm PU lift kit on the XC.
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    Rear nivomats taken out. Note if you have nivomats you don’t need to use the spring spacer on the rear. You just need to spacer the top of the nivomat by 20mm.
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    Getting the rears back in was easy with a transmission lift, car jack out of tailgate, and ratchet strap
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    Whilst I was there I did my final outstanding 100k fluid maintenance which was to flush the coolant system and refill.
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    So all good now on both cars, not phased if we crash out with no deal now. Phew....as long as fuel is available!
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    Bit the bullet and bought some powerflex LCA bushes (front and rear) for the XC70. Also bought a pair of used control arms so my car wasn’t off the road for 3 days. Also bought some trailing arm bushes which should be the last bushes I need for this car.
    A pair of XC LCAs off ebay...
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    Cleaned up...
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    Polished clean...
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    Pressed front bushes out...
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    Pressed rear bushes out...
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    All done...
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    Primed with aluminium etch primer...
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