2009 XC90. Bought it only because I knew the seller and he had cared for it meticulously. It needed rear wheel bearings, he didn't want to spend the money, and he gave me a good deal.
It's been a good car overall. Comfortable, well made, pretty easy to work on overall. It's a two wheel drive model, which in this car is front-wheel drive. The engine is a 3.2 liter inline 6, basically a Ford engine I think, Ford owned Volvo until 2010. Transmission is by Aisin. It tows our little pop-up camper fine. It's probably comparable to an ML320, though I've never owned one of those. Just under 200k on it now. I've owned it since 2018. I was able to unclip the wiring harness in a few other places and raise it up enough so that I can work on it in a neutral standing position. That is going to help a lot. Now I can't find my solder, may have to buy some. Going to finish this up tomorrow. On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 17:02, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: > I know you have referred to the Volvo previously, but I don't recall all > of it. What year, and model is it, what mileage on it, and has it been a > good car? > > Randy > > > On 11/02/2024 3:57 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >> I found a wiring diagram, and I've been able to work out how to disassemble >> the connector plug. The individual connectors were crimped on to the wires. >> The crimp that was on the insulated part of the wire I can reopen, but the >> crimp that actually made the connection is too flattened. I'm thinking I can >> either try to solder the wires directly back on to the connectors, or solder >> on some pigtails, and then solder those to the original harness with >> heat-shrink tubing to seal the connections. Then reassemble the plug. >> >> This is not going to be fun, as I'll have to work bent over and reaching >> about halfway down in the space between the engine and radiator. Will need >> some way to hold things together while I solder -- alligator clips I suppose. >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, at 15:23, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: >>> Well I found the problem and it's the ham-fisted mechanic who was >>> working on the car (that's me). >>> >>> The intake manifold runs down between the engine and the radiator and >>> converges at the throttle body which is near the bottom of the >>> radiator. Hard to see around it and hard to reach it from above or >>> below. I overlooked a connector on the bottom of the throtle body >>> housing and when I pulled the assembly up and out it just ripped the >>> wires out. >>> >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AT5c-txDnCydPNf94TJS4qT39LRtkrYW/view?usp=sharing >>> >>> Now I have to find a wiring diagram somewhere and figure out how to >>> reconnect the plug. >>> >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gMet72dITNAl66OVuceYOshLc3DMXobN/view?usp=sharing >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
