Everyone who contributes to the Brickboard
Some content on this site is built up from
forum discussions.
Thanks for being part of the community!
Dwight Anderson
Dwight found a cheap source for an OBDII
reader.
Andres
Gave us great info & sequence of piccies on brake pedal switch repair.
Jan-egbert Annevelink
For some interesting links found on the brake & links page.
Pablo Antoine
For his information on Excess Crankcase
Pressure, Aircon smells, 850 Vs 940,
auto transmission, timing belt replacement
and fixing
door straps.
Hank Bates
Thanks to Hank for the
.pdf on the estate rear seat installation!
Richard Baumann
850
headlight alignment tip
how
a failed water pump can wreck your engine and end up costing you BIG
$$$
Fixing a broken
glove box latch mechanism.
& a fix for turbo
boost / Horepower loss
Wayne
Burns
Info on his long-surviving
240 DL
See
John Cook's "bloody marvellous" guide to fixing the door here.
(based on pabloantoine's suggestions)
John Cook
Thanks to John
we have an excellent illustrated
guide to changing front rotors.
and equally useful fixing
a broken glove box hinge
(Some home grown Aussie advice for the
swedish brick!)
Jack Corneveaux
for info on his platinum
plug disaster
info on removing
stubborn rotors & lug nut torqueing
& additional comments on the simple
door stay fix
John
Cook
for his excellent guide
to adding
a rear seat to the 850 wagon.
Alistair Dally
gives us some great info on
engine
stalling & the throttle body
Dave
for the help offered re. excessive
engine crankcase pressure
Eric Dubac
For an excellent tech statement on Volvo
& Safety
For her amazing story of being rear-ended by a mack truck at high speed...
Neil Evans
Scanned & emailed all of the Canadian 850 Brochures, plus some juicy crash info.
Vladimir Ferdman
Excellent information & pics on the management of sound devices in your 850, and spark plug info.
Ken Harry
For a note on his 175000 mile 850
Tory Matheney
for his SUV
crash Story
info on CDR use in the V70,
V70 pollen filter cowling pics,
V70 window switch pics,
V70-S80 reset service light tips,
(addition of url) in 3m 'carbra' product
thread,
a fault code relevant link.
For some interesting links found on the brake & links page.
Keith Potter
For the technical article on airconditioning, and on the removal of the Catalytic Converter
Brad Reichert
Information on timing belt changes.
Eric Salathe
Important safety information on seat belts and child seats.
Rille Svenson
Rille on the T5R
Ian Tew
great info on how
to get back lost radio codes
Peter Thatcher
gives us a good little
alarm/immobilizer
workaround
Janusz Widz
Supplied a number of helpful tips and piccies
on ATF flushing, timing belt changes, brake bleeding and other maintenance
items.
Also thanks to these people for crash stories;
Randy Humiston
Jennifer Ellis
Luke "crash" Wilcox
Steve Ringlee
Steve F., Hoboken NJ USA
Natalie Hill
Leon Tong
Michael Casey
Henry K. Lee
Jerry Felcher
Richard Langis
And a contributor wishing to remain anonymous,
who sent us the full text of the amazing S70 head on crash
Chris
My auto tech mate, who has trained in Honda
high tech systems and worked on everything.
He has contributed a number of small editorials,
and checked many details on the site for accuracy.
